package com.baeldung.properties; import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean; import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration; import org.springframework.context.support.PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer; import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource; @Configuration public class ExternalPropertyConfigurer { @Bean public PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer propertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer() { PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer properties = new PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer(); properties.setLocation(new FileSystemResource("src/main/resources/external/conf.properties")); properties.setIgnoreResourceNotFound(false); return properties; } }