[BAEL-15990] - Moved properties articles

spring-all/README.md

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ The "REST With Spring" Classes: http://bit.ly/restwithspring
 ### Relevant articles:
 
 - [Guide to Spring @Autowired](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-autowire)
-- [Properties with Spring and Spring Boot](http://www.baeldung.com/properties-with-spring) - checkout the `org.baeldung.properties` package for all scenarios of properties injection and usage
 - [Spring Profiles](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-profiles)
 - [A Spring Custom Annotation for a Better DAO](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-annotation-bean-pre-processor)
 - [What’s New in Spring 4.3?](http://www.baeldung.com/whats-new-in-spring-4-3)

spring-boot-properties/README.md

@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
 ### Relevant Articles:
 - [Reloading Properties in Spring](https://www.baeldung.com/reloading-properties-files-in-spring/)
+- [Guide to @ConfigurationProperties in Spring Boot](http://www.baeldung.com/configuration-properties-in-spring-boot)
+- [Load Spring Boot Properties From a JSON File](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-boot-json-properties)
+- [Guide to @EnableConfigurationProperties](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-enable-config-properties)
+- [Properties with Spring and Spring Boot](http://www.baeldung.com/properties-with-spring) - checkout the `org.baeldung.properties` package for all scenarios of properties injection and usage
+- [A Quick Guide to Spring @Value](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-value-annotation)
+- [Spring YAML Configuration](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-yaml)
+- [Using Spring @Value with Defaults](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-value-defaults)
+- [How to Inject a Property Value Into a Class Not Managed by Spring?](http://www.baeldung.com/inject-properties-value-non-spring-class)

spring-boot-properties/pom.xml

@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+            <version>${guava.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
+            <version>${httpcore.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -99,6 +109,8 @@
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <spring-cloud.version>Greenwich.SR1</spring-cloud.version>
         <commons-configuration.version>1.10</commons-configuration.version>
+        <guava.version>20.0</guava.version>
+        <httpcore.version>4.4.11</httpcore.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

spring-boot-properties/src/main/java/com/baeldung/properties/AdditionalConfiguration.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.baeldung.properties;
+package com.baeldung.properties;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;

spring-boot-properties/src/main/java/com/baeldung/properties/AdditionalProperties.java

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-package org.baeldung.properties;
+package com.baeldung.properties;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
+@Configuration
 @ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "additional")
 public class AdditionalProperties {
 

spring-boot-properties/src/main/java/com/baeldung/properties/ConfigProperties.java

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import javax.validation.constraints.Pattern;
 
 import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.Length;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
 import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ public class ConfigProperties {
     }
 
     @NotBlank
-    private String host;
+    private String hostName;
 
     @Min(1025)
     @Max(65536)
@@ -67,12 +68,12 @@ public class ConfigProperties {
     private List<String> defaultRecipients;
     private Map<String, String> additionalHeaders;
 
-    public String getHost() {
+    public String getHostName() {
-        return host;
+        return hostName;
     }
 
-    public void setHost(String host) {
+    public void setHostName(String hostName) {
-        this.host = host;
+        this.hostName = hostName;
     }
 
     public int getPort() {
@@ -114,4 +115,10 @@ public class ConfigProperties {
     public void setAdditionalHeaders(Map<String, String> additionalHeaders) {
         this.additionalHeaders = additionalHeaders;
     }
+    
+    @Bean
+    @ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "item")
+    public Item item(){
+        return new Item();
+    }
 }

spring-boot-properties/src/main/java/com/baeldung/properties/Item.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.baeldung.properties;
+package com.baeldung.properties;
 
 public class Item {
 

spring-boot-properties/src/main/resources/configprops.properties

@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ item.name=Item name
 item.size=42
 
 
+#Additional properties
+additional.unit=km
+additional.max=100

spring-boot-properties/src/main/resources/conversion.properties

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+conversion.timeInDefaultUnit=10
+conversion.timeInNano=9ns

spring-boot-properties/src/test/java/com/baeldung/properties/ConfigPropertiesIntegrationTest.java

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 package com.baeldung.properties;
 
-import org.baeldung.properties.AdditionalProperties;
-import org.baeldung.properties.ConfigProperties;
-import org.baeldung.properties.ConfigPropertiesDemoApplication;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

spring-boot-properties/src/test/java/com/baeldung/properties/JsonPropertiesIntegrationTest.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.baeldung.properties;
+package com.baeldung.properties;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 

spring-boot-properties/src/test/resources/conversion.properties

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+###### time unit
+conversion.timeInDefaultUnit=10
+conversion.timeInNano=9ns
+conversion.timeInDays=2
+
+###### data size
+conversion.sizeInDefaultUnit=300
+conversion.sizeInGB=2GB
+conversion.sizeInTB=4
+
+conversion.employee=john,2000

spring-boot/README.MD

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ The "REST With Spring" Classes: http://bit.ly/restwithspring
 - [Custom Information in Spring Boot Info Endpoint](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-boot-info-actuator-custom)
 - [Using @JsonComponent in Spring Boot](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-boot-jsoncomponent)
 - [Testing in Spring Boot](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-boot-testing)
-- [Guide to @ConfigurationProperties in Spring Boot](http://www.baeldung.com/configuration-properties-in-spring-boot)
 - [How to Get All Spring-Managed Beans?](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-show-all-beans)
 - [Spring Boot and Togglz Aspect](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-togglz)
 - [Getting Started with GraphQL and Spring Boot](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-graphql)
@@ -29,9 +28,7 @@ The "REST With Spring" Classes: http://bit.ly/restwithspring
 - [Spring Shutdown Callbacks](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-shutdown-callbacks)
 - [Container Configuration in Spring Boot 2](http://www.baeldung.com/embeddedservletcontainercustomizer-configurableembeddedservletcontainer-spring-boot)
 - [Introduction to Chaos Monkey](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-boot-chaos-monkey)
-- [Load Spring Boot Properties From a JSON File](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-boot-json-properties)
 - [Display Auto-Configuration Report in Spring Boot](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-boot-auto-configuration-report)
 - [Injecting Git Information Into Spring](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-git-information)
 - [Validation in Spring Boot](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-boot-bean-validation)
 - [Guide to Creating and Running a Jar File in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-create-jar)
-- [Guide to @EnableConfigurationProperties](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-enable-config-properties)

spring-boot/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/ConfigProperties.java

@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-package org.baeldung.properties;
-
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import javax.validation.constraints.Max;
-import javax.validation.constraints.Min;
-import javax.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
-import javax.validation.constraints.Pattern;
-
-import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
-import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
-
-@Configuration
-@PropertySource("classpath:configprops.properties")
-@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "mail")
-@Validated
-public class ConfigProperties {
-
-    @NotBlank
-    private String hostName;
-
-    @Min(1025)
-    @Max(65536)
-    private int port;
-
-    @Pattern(regexp = "^[a-z0-9._%+-]+@[a-z0-9.-]+\\.[a-z]{2,6}$")
-    private String from;
-
-    private List<String> defaultRecipients;
-    private Map<String, String> additionalHeaders;
-    private Credentials credentials;
-
-    public String getHostName() {
-        return hostName;
-    }
-
-    public void setHostName(String hostName) {
-        this.hostName = hostName;
-    }
-
-    public int getPort() {
-        return port;
-    }
-
-    public void setPort(int port) {
-        this.port = port;
-    }
-
-    public String getFrom() {
-        return from;
-    }
-
-    public void setFrom(String from) {
-        this.from = from;
-    }
-
-    public List<String> getDefaultRecipients() {
-        return defaultRecipients;
-    }
-
-    public void setDefaultRecipients(List<String> defaultRecipients) {
-        this.defaultRecipients = defaultRecipients;
-    }
-
-    public Map<String, String> getAdditionalHeaders() {
-        return additionalHeaders;
-    }
-
-    public void setAdditionalHeaders(Map<String, String> additionalHeaders) {
-        this.additionalHeaders = additionalHeaders;
-    }
-
-    public Credentials getCredentials() {
-        return credentials;
-    }
-
-    public void setCredentials(Credentials credentials) {
-        this.credentials = credentials;
-    }
-
-    @Bean
-    @ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "item")
-    public Item item(){
-        return new Item();
-    }
-}

spring-boot/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/ConfigPropertiesDemoApplication.java

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-package org.baeldung.properties;
-
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
-import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
-
-@SpringBootApplication
-@ComponentScan(basePackageClasses = {ConfigProperties.class,
-        JsonProperties.class,
-        CustomJsonProperties.class,
-        AdditionalConfiguration.class})
-public class ConfigPropertiesDemoApplication {
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
-        new SpringApplicationBuilder(ConfigPropertiesDemoApplication.class).initializers(new JsonPropertyContextInitializer())
-                .run();
-    }
-
-}

spring-boot/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/Credentials.java

@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-package org.baeldung.properties;
-
-import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.Length;
-import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
-
-@Validated
-public class Credentials {
-
-    @Length(max = 4, min = 1)
-    private String authMethod;
-    private String username;
-    private String password;
-
-    public String getAuthMethod() {
-        return authMethod;
-    }
-
-    public void setAuthMethod(String authMethod) {
-        this.authMethod = authMethod;
-    }
-
-    public String getUsername() {
-        return username;
-    }
-
-    public void setUsername(String username) {
-        this.username = username;
-    }
-
-    public String getPassword() {
-        return password;
-    }
-
-    public void setPassword(String password) {
-        this.password = password;
-    }
-}

spring-boot/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/CustomJsonProperties.java

@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-package org.baeldung.properties;
-
-import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
-
-@Component
-@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "custom")
-public class CustomJsonProperties {
-
-    private String host;
-
-    private int port;
-
-    private boolean resend;
-
-    private Person sender;
-
-    public static class Person {
-
-        private String name;
-        private String address;
-
-        public String getName() {
-            return name;
-        }
-
-        public void setName(String name) {
-            this.name = name;
-        }
-
-        public String getAddress() {
-            return address;
-        }
-
-        public void setAddress(String address) {
-            this.address = address;
-        }
-    }
-
-    public String getHost() {
-        return host;
-    }
-
-    public void setHost(String host) {
-        this.host = host;
-    }
-
-    public int getPort() {
-        return port;
-    }
-
-    public void setPort(int port) {
-        this.port = port;
-    }
-
-    public boolean isResend() {
-        return resend;
-    }
-
-    public void setResend(boolean resend) {
-        this.resend = resend;
-    }
-
-    public Person getSender() {
-        return sender;
-    }
-
-    public void setSender(Person sender) {
-        this.sender = sender;
-    }
-}

spring-boot/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/JsonProperties.java

@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-package org.baeldung.properties;
-
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
-
-@Component
-@PropertySource(value = "classpath:configprops.json", factory = JsonPropertySourceFactory.class)
-@ConfigurationProperties
-public class JsonProperties {
-
-    private String host;
-
-    private int port;
-
-    private boolean resend;
-
-    private List<String> topics;
-
-    private LinkedHashMap<String, ?> sender;
-
-    public LinkedHashMap<String, ?> getSender() {
-        return sender;
-    }
-
-    public void setSender(LinkedHashMap<String, ?> sender) {
-        this.sender = sender;
-    }
-
-    public List<String> getTopics() {
-        return topics;
-    }
-
-    public void setTopics(List<String> topics) {
-        this.topics = topics;
-    }
-
-    public int getPort() {
-        return port;
-    }
-
-    public void setPort(int port) {
-        this.port = port;
-    }
-
-    public boolean isResend() {
-        return resend;
-    }
-
-    public void setResend(boolean resend) {
-        this.resend = resend;
-    }
-
-    public String getHost() {
-        return host;
-    }
-
-    public void setHost(String host) {
-        this.host = host;
-    }
-}

spring-boot/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/JsonPropertyContextInitializer.java

@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-package org.baeldung.properties;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-
-import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextInitializer;
-import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.core.env.MapPropertySource;
-import org.springframework.core.env.PropertySource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-
-public class JsonPropertyContextInitializer implements ApplicationContextInitializer<ConfigurableApplicationContext> {
-
-    private final static String CUSTOM_PREFIX = "custom.";
-
-    @Override
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public void initialize(ConfigurableApplicationContext configurableApplicationContext) {
-        try {
-            Resource resource = configurableApplicationContext.getResource("classpath:configprops.json");
-            Map readValue = new ObjectMapper().readValue(resource.getInputStream(), Map.class);
-            Set<Map.Entry> set = readValue.entrySet();
-            List<MapPropertySource> propertySources = convertEntrySet(set, Optional.empty());
-            for (PropertySource propertySource : propertySources) {
-                configurableApplicationContext.getEnvironment()
-                    .getPropertySources()
-                    .addFirst(propertySource);
-            }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static List<MapPropertySource> convertEntrySet(Set<Map.Entry> entrySet, Optional<String> parentKey) {
-        return entrySet.stream()
-            .map((Map.Entry e) -> convertToPropertySourceList(e, parentKey))
-            .flatMap(Collection::stream)
-            .collect(Collectors.toList());
-    }
-
-    private static List<MapPropertySource> convertToPropertySourceList(Map.Entry e, Optional<String> parentKey) {
-        String key = parentKey.map(s -> s + ".")
-            .orElse("") + (String) e.getKey();
-        Object value = e.getValue();
-        return covertToPropertySourceList(key, value);
-    }
-
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    private static List<MapPropertySource> covertToPropertySourceList(String key, Object value) {
-        if (value instanceof LinkedHashMap) {
-            LinkedHashMap map = (LinkedHashMap) value;
-            Set<Map.Entry> entrySet = map.entrySet();
-            return convertEntrySet(entrySet, Optional.ofNullable(key));
-        }
-        String finalKey = CUSTOM_PREFIX + key;
-        return Collections.singletonList(new MapPropertySource(finalKey, Collections.singletonMap(finalKey, value)));
-    }
-
-}

spring-boot/src/main/java/org/baeldung/properties/JsonPropertySourceFactory.java

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package org.baeldung.properties;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import org.springframework.core.env.MapPropertySource;
-import org.springframework.core.env.PropertySource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.support.EncodedResource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.support.PropertySourceFactory;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-
-public class JsonPropertySourceFactory implements PropertySourceFactory {
-
-    @Override
-    public PropertySource<?> createPropertySource(String name, EncodedResource resource) throws IOException {
-        Map readValue = new ObjectMapper().readValue(resource.getInputStream(), Map.class);
-        return new MapPropertySource("json-property", readValue);
-    }
-
-}

spring-boot/src/test/java/com/baeldung/properties/JsonPropertiesIntegrationTest.java

@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.properties;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
-
-import org.baeldung.properties.ConfigPropertiesDemoApplication;
-import org.baeldung.properties.CustomJsonProperties;
-import org.baeldung.properties.JsonProperties;
-import org.baeldung.properties.JsonPropertyContextInitializer;
-import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
-
-@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
-@ContextConfiguration(classes = ConfigPropertiesDemoApplication.class, initializers = JsonPropertyContextInitializer.class)
-public class JsonPropertiesIntegrationTest {
-
-    @Autowired
-    private JsonProperties jsonProperties;
-
-    @Autowired
-    private CustomJsonProperties customJsonProperties;
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenPropertiesLoadedViaJsonPropertySource_thenLoadFlatValues() {
-        Assert.assertEquals("mailer@mail.com", jsonProperties.getHost());
-        Assert.assertEquals(9090, jsonProperties.getPort());
-        Assert.assertTrue(jsonProperties.isResend());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenPropertiesLoadedViaJsonPropertySource_thenLoadListValues() {
-        Assert.assertThat(jsonProperties.getTopics(), Matchers.is(Arrays.asList("spring", "boot")));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenPropertiesLoadedViaJsonPropertySource_thenNestedLoadedAsMap() {
-        Assert.assertEquals("sender", jsonProperties.getSender()
-            .get("name"));
-        Assert.assertEquals("street", jsonProperties.getSender()
-            .get("address"));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenLoadedIntoEnvironment_thenFlatValuesPopulated() {
-        Assert.assertEquals("mailer@mail.com", customJsonProperties.getHost());
-        Assert.assertEquals(9090, customJsonProperties.getPort());
-        Assert.assertTrue(customJsonProperties.isResend());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenLoadedIntoEnvironment_thenValuesLoadedIntoClassObject() {
-        Assert.assertNotNull(customJsonProperties.getSender());
-        Assert.assertEquals("sender", customJsonProperties.getSender()
-            .getName());
-        Assert.assertEquals("street", customJsonProperties.getSender()
-            .getAddress());
-    }
-
-}

spring-boot/src/test/java/org/baeldung/properties/ConfigPropertiesIntegrationTest.java

@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-package org.baeldung.properties;
-
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
-import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
-import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
-
-@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
-@SpringBootTest(classes = ConfigPropertiesDemoApplication.class)
-@TestPropertySource("classpath:configprops-test.properties")
-public class ConfigPropertiesIntegrationTest {
-
-    @Autowired
-    private ConfigProperties properties;
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenSimplePropertyQueriedthenReturnsProperty() throws Exception {
-        Assert.assertEquals("Incorrectly bound hostName property", "host@mail.com", properties.getHostName());
-        Assert.assertEquals("Incorrectly bound port property", 9000, properties.getPort());
-        Assert.assertEquals("Incorrectly bound from property", "mailer@mail.com", properties.getFrom());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenListPropertyQueriedthenReturnsProperty() throws Exception {
-        List<String> defaultRecipients = properties.getDefaultRecipients();
-        Assert.assertTrue("Couldn't bind list property!", defaultRecipients.size() == 2);
-        Assert.assertTrue("Incorrectly bound list property. Expected 2 entries!", defaultRecipients.size() == 2);
-        Assert.assertEquals("Incorrectly bound list[0] property", "admin@mail.com", defaultRecipients.get(0));
-        Assert.assertEquals("Incorrectly bound list[1] property", "owner@mail.com", defaultRecipients.get(1));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenMapPropertyQueriedthenReturnsProperty() throws Exception {
-        Map<String, String> additionalHeaders = properties.getAdditionalHeaders();
-        Assert.assertTrue("Couldn't bind map property!", additionalHeaders != null);
-        Assert.assertTrue("Incorrectly bound map property. Expected 3 Entries!", additionalHeaders.size() == 3);
-        Assert.assertEquals("Incorrectly bound map[redelivery] property", "true", additionalHeaders.get("redelivery"));
-        Assert.assertEquals("Incorrectly bound map[secure] property", "true", additionalHeaders.get("secure"));
-        Assert.assertEquals("Incorrectly bound map[p3] property", "value", additionalHeaders.get("p3"));
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenObjectPropertyQueriedthenReturnsProperty() throws Exception {
-        Credentials credentials = properties.getCredentials();
-        Assert.assertTrue("Couldn't bind map property!", credentials != null);
-        Assert.assertEquals("Incorrectly bound object property, authMethod", "SHA1", credentials.getAuthMethod());
-        Assert.assertEquals("Incorrectly bound object property, username", "john", credentials.getUsername());
-        Assert.assertEquals("Incorrectly bound object property, password", "password", credentials.getPassword());
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenBeanMethodAnnotatedThenPropertiesCorrectlyBound(){
-        Item item = properties.item();
-        Assert.assertEquals("Incorrectly bound object property, item.name","Test item name", item.getName());
-        Assert.assertEquals("Incorrectly bound object property, item.size", 21, item.getSize());
-    }
-}

spring-core/README.md

@@ -4,14 +4,10 @@
 - [How to use the Spring FactoryBean?](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-factorybean)
 - [Constructor Dependency Injection in Spring](http://www.baeldung.com/constructor-injection-in-spring)
 - [Constructor Injection in Spring with Lombok](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-injection-lombok)
-- [A Quick Guide to Spring @Value](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-value-annotation)
-- [Spring YAML Configuration](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-yaml)
 - [Introduction to Spring’s StreamUtils](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-stream-utils)
-- [Using Spring @Value with Defaults](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-value-defaults)
 - [XML-Based Injection in Spring](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-xml-injection)
 - [A Quick Guide to the Spring @Lazy Annotation](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-lazy-annotation)
 - [Injecting Prototype Beans into a Singleton Instance in Spring](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-inject-prototype-bean-into-singleton)
-- [How to Inject a Property Value Into a Class Not Managed by Spring?](http://www.baeldung.com/inject-properties-value-non-spring-class)
 - [@Lookup Annotation in Spring](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-lookup)
 - [BeanNameAware and BeanFactoryAware Interfaces in Spring](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-bean-name-factory-aware)
 - [Spring – Injecting Collections](http://www.baeldung.com/spring-injecting-collections)