springspring-annotationsspring-properties

Spring @Value escape colon(:) in default value

I have the following property annotated with @Value. I have a default value defined using the default separator of ':"

@Value("${prop.url:http://myurl.com}")

Is there a way to escape the ':' in http://myurl.com or do I have to define a different separator value in my configuration.

Solution

  • Update: For spring 4.2 and higher, no single quotes are needed. Spring will see the first colon as special, and use all the rest as a single string value.

    For spring 4.2 and higher,

    @Value("${prop.url:http://myurl.com}")

    For the previous versions, I believe single quotes will do the trick:

    @Value("${prop.url:'http://myurl.com'}")