Introducing Spring Framework 6: Learning and Building Java-based Applications With Spring

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F. Gutierrez, J. B. OttingerIntroducing Spring Framework 6https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8637-1_5

5. Using Resource Files

Felipe Gutierrez¹   and Joseph B. Ottinger²

(1)

Cary, NC, USA

(2)

YOUNGSVILLE, NC, USA

 

So far, we’ve put all of our data in configurations – whether as annotated source files or in XML configurations. In this chapter, we’re going to look at some Spring features to help us use data from external files.

These external resources not only help us load the data we’re using,¹ but they’re also useful in separating out configuration, such as when you want to store secure data in external locations that shouldn’t be part of your source code or in ...