Injecting values for static constants in Spring

java spring static properties code-injection
Shyam picture Shyam · May 4, 2010 · Viewed 32.6k times · Source

In one of my classes there is a public static String member and I need set this value in the applicationContext.xml! That is, is it possible for us to inject a value for this static property?

Answer

JoseK picture JoseK · May 4, 2010

yes there is an example on this link http://planproof-fool.blogspot.com/2010/03/spring-setting-static-fields.html

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