[#SPR-3998] Ability to load util:map, util:list, util:set from classpath

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Ability to load util:map, util:list, util:set from classpath

Created: 23/Oct/07 07:04 AM Updated: 31/Jan/08 07:18 PM

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SpringCORE

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2.0.7

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It would be really nice if it could be possible to load util:map's from the classpath with a location attribute like it's done for properties.

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David J. M. Karlsen added a comment - 31/Jan/08 05:45 PM

Any news on this?

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Juergen Hoeller added a comment - 31/Jan/08 07:18 PM

How exactly would you like to load those collections from a file representation? I can only really imagine populating a plain Map from a properties file, but not really how this is supposed to work for lists and sets (with a standard format)... And ever for a Map, I'd rather build this into PropertiesFactoryBean (<util:properties>), since it's still building on the standard properties format.

Note that a Properties instance is automatically converted to a Map when injected into a bean property of type Map, so you could consider using the existing PropertiesFactoryBean for such purposes as well... Do you have a specific use case in mind here?

Juergen