Spring .properties file: get element as an Array

If you define your array in properties file like:

base.module.elementToSearch=1,2,3,4,5,6

You can load such array in your Java class like this:

  @Value("${base.module.elementToSearch}")  private String[] elementToSearch;

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And incase you a different delimiter other than comma, you can use that as well.

@Value("#{'${my.config.values}'.split(',')}")private String[] myValues;   // could also be a List<String>

and

in your application properties you could have

my.config.values=value1, value2, value3

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Here is an example of how you can do it in Spring 4.0+

`application.properties` content:

some.key=yes,no,cancel

@Autowireprivate Environment env;...String[] springRocks = env.getProperty("some.key", String[].class);