Accessing properties file in Spring Expression Language

Question

I created a simple web application with Thymeleaf using Spring Boot. I use the application.properties file as configuration. What I'd like to do is add new properties such as name and version to that file and access the values from Thymeleaf.

I have been able to achieve this by creating a new JavaConfiguration class and exposing a Spring Bean:

@Configuration
public class ApplicationConfiguration {

    @Value("${name}")
    private String name;

    @Bean
    public String name() {
        return name;
    }

}

I can then display it in a template using Thymeleaf like so:

<span th:text="${@name}"></span>

This seems overly verbose and complicated to me. What would be a more elegant way of achieving this?

If possible, I'd like to avoid using xml configuration.

Answer 1

You can get it via the Environment. E.g.:

${@environment.getProperty('name')}