> > a "ds" bean... can Spring just do > > MyServletFilter.setDataSource(myDataSourceBean) at startup? > Nick said: > Unless Spring instantiates the bean, the answer is "no." You can ask > spring to configure a bean programmatically:
I'm not so sure that's the case for static stuff. In fact, I kind of surprised myself -- my config of my Configuration bean already looks like it does what I'm asking about doing....sorta. :-) I don't believe this trick will work for EventLog objects, but have a look at this static setup magic: <bean id="FOOappConfiguration" class="common.Configuration" init-method ="start"> <property name="myConfigurationFiles" > <value>/resources/application.properties,/resources/sql.properties</value> </property> </bean> Relevant bits of Configuration.java private static String theConfigFiles = ""; private static Properties theProperties = null; /** * This is a utility class and is never instantiated. */ private Configuration() {} /** * Tells the class which property file(s) to read. * @param filenames */ public void setMyConfigurationFiles(String filenames) { theConfigFiles = filenames; } /** * Starts up the class, reads in the config file(s). */ public static void start() { // load properties Properties props = new Properties(); InputStream in = null; logger.info("Configuration init - " + theConfigFiles); // allow for comma separated list of config files StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(theConfigFiles, ","); while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) { String currentFile = tokenizer.nextToken(); logger.info("loading config file:" + currentFile); try { in = Configuration.class.getResourceAsStream(currentFile); if (null != in) { props.load(in); logger.info(currentFile + " - loaded."); } else { logger.error(currentFile + " - NOT FOUND"); } } catch (Exception e) { logger.error("Unable to load" + currentFile + ", the error is: " + e); } finally { try { in.close(); } catch (Exception ignored) { } } } theProperties = props; } ------ During startup -- INFO [main] [2004-09-24 14:18:26,607] [org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory]- Creating shared instance of singleton bean 'FOOappConfiguration' INFO [main] [2004-09-24 14:18:26,617] [common.Configuration]- Configuration init - /resources/application.properties,/resources/sql.properties INFO [main] [2004-09-24 14:18:26,617] [common.Configuration]- loading config file:/resources/application.properties INFO [main] [2004-09-24 14:18:26,617] [common.Configuration]- /resources/application.properties - loaded. INFO [main] [2004-09-24 14:18:26,617] [common.Configuration]- loading config file:/resources/sql.properties INFO [main] [2004-09-24 14:18:26,617] [common.Configuration]- /resources/sql.properties - loaded. And then later when I use Configuration.getProperty("test") -> I get the expected value. So it seems Spring configured a Configuration class instance, byproduct is initialized static info... so I get a config'd Configuration Utility class, which is not dependant on Spring. Cool. :-) (This may not be the best design... but hey, it makes me happy today. :-) Cheers, Timo --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]