Spring <prop> tag

Question

I have

   <bean id="dao" class="......"> 
      <property name="foo">
         <props>
           <prop key="me">Homer</prop>
         <props>
       <property>
   </bean>

I want to use my current properties file, name-value pair, to change "Homer" I cannot figure it out...

Solution

Use the PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer bean. Example here:

http://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/2.5.x/reference/beans.html#beans-factory-placeholderconfigurer