diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/core/ComponentInXmlUsingProperties.java b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/core/ComponentInXmlUsingProperties.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f695326cd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/core/ComponentInXmlUsingProperties.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package org.baeldung.properties.core;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+
+public class ComponentInXmlUsingProperties implements InitializingBean {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private Environment env;
+
+    @Value("${key.something}")
+    private String injectedProperty;
+
+    public ComponentInXmlUsingProperties(final String propertyValue) {
+        super();
+
+        System.out.println("Constructor Injection - Property Value resolted to: " + propertyValue);
+    }
+
+    //
+
+    @Override
+    public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
+        System.out.println("in afterPropertiesSet via @Value: " + injectedProperty);
+        System.out.println("in afterPropertiesSet Environment: " + env.getProperty("key.something"));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/spring/PropertiesWithJavaConfig.java b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/spring/PropertiesWithJavaConfig.java
index 0269053fbe..9b5d7ed047 100644
--- a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/spring/PropertiesWithJavaConfig.java
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/spring/PropertiesWithJavaConfig.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
 import org.springframework.context.support.PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer;
 
 @Configuration
-@ComponentScan("org.baeldung.core")
+@ComponentScan("org.baeldung.properties.core")
 @PropertySource("classpath:foo.properties")
 public class PropertiesWithJavaConfig {
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class PropertiesWithJavaConfig {
     // beans
 
     @Bean
-    public PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer propertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer() {
+    public static PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer propertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer() {
         return new PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer();
     }
 
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForProperties.xml b/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForProperties.xml
index 6ec3d15fe5..fc6cf21069 100644
--- a/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForProperties.xml
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/resources/configForProperties.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.2.xsd
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.2.xsd">
 
-    <util:properties id="fooProperties" location="classpath:foo.properties" />
-    <context:property-placeholder properties-ref="fooProperties" />
-    <!-- <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:foo.properties" /> -->
+    <!-- <util:properties id="fooProperties" location="classpath:foo.properties" /> -->
+    <!-- <context:property-placeholder properties-ref="fooProperties" /> -->
+
+    <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:foo.properties" />
+
+    <bean id="componentInXmlUsingProperties" class="org.baeldung.properties.core.ComponentInXmlUsingProperties" >
+        <constructor-arg value="${key.something}" />
+    </bean>
 
 </beans>
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