Using multiple application.properties

Question

I want to have two application.properties files:
1. src/main/resources/application.properties
2. src/test/resources/application.properties
but I want that during test run it will use both files.
for instance:
In src/main/resources/application.properties:

a=b
c=d

In src/test/resources/application.properties:

e=f

and during test run I will be able use all the properties I listed from both files.

@Value("${a}")
private String a;
@Value("${c}")
private String c;
@Value("${e}")
private String e;

Is it possible?
If not - what is the best practice to do what I want? Thanks.

Why do you need an additional variable "e" for tests? Ideally you should be using same set of variables in application and its tests. — Aditya Narayan Dixit
– Aditya Narayan Dixit, Commented Dec 9, 2018 at 13:42
A Spring boot app will look first in the application-xxx.properties associated to its current configuration (eg application-dev.properties for development), then default to the application.properties file if the property it's looking for isn't found. How about a application.properties which contains a=b, c=d, then in your application-test.properties set e=f ? — Chris Neve
– Chris Neve, Commented Dec 9, 2018 at 13:45
In my case its relevant because I want to set the pact broker details in application-test.properties (because tht's relevant only for pact tests). I need the other configurations which set in application.properties as well. Otherwise, it's not getting compiled. — yoka791
– yoka791, Commented Dec 9, 2018 at 19:23

yoka791 · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-09 20:25:17Z

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SOLVED:

I had to use src/test/resources/application-test.properties (and not src/test/resources/application.properties) and add the following annotation:

@TestPropertySource("classpath:application-test.properties")

answered Dec 9, 2018 at 20:25

yoka791

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