Spring @Value escape colon(:) in default value

Question

I have the following property annotated with @Value. I have a default value defined using the default separator of ':"

@Value("${prop.url:http://myurl.com}") 

Is there a way to escape the ':' in http://myurl.com or do I have to define a different separator value in my configuration.

Answer 1

Update: For spring 4.2 and higher, no single quotes are needed. Spring will see the first colon as special, and use all the rest as a single string value.

For spring 4.2 and higher,

@Value("${prop.url:http://myurl.com}") 

For the previous versions, I believe single quotes will do the trick:

@Value("${prop.url:'http://myurl.com'}")