Spring Boot doesn't load application.yml config or?

Question

I have a simple main app:

// Application.java
package com.my.application;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;

@SpringBootApplication(scanBasePackages = "com.my")
public class Application
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
    }
}

Just a class:

// TestClass.java
package com.my.application;

public class TestClass
{
    public TestClass()
    {

    }
}

With config:

//ApplicationConfiguration
package com.my.configuration;

import com.my.application.TestClass;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;

@Configuration
public class ApplicationConfiguration
{
    @Autowired
    Environment env;

    @Bean TestClass getTestClass()
    {
        System.out.println(env.getProperty("test"));

        return new TestClass();
    }
}

this is my pom file:

// pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>com.my</groupId>
    <artifactId>test</artifactId>
    <version>1.3.0</version>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>
    <name>test</name>

    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>2.0.5.RELEASE</version>
    </parent>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
            <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
            <version>1.23</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>

the application.yml file is just:

// src/main/resources/application.yml

test: 123

Property "test" always = null. What I was wrong? Tried with @Value, @ConfigurationProperties, @EnableConfigurationProperties, @PropertySource("classpath:src/main/resources/application.yml") annotations, without the snakeyaml library, with another spring-boot versions, but result always the same.

hovanessyan · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-16 18:43:42Z

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It has to do with Maven - application.properties is not part of the build when you're using <packaging>pom</packaging> in your pom file - hence when you start the Application, the file is not there to be read.

Remove <packaging>pom</packaging> from your pom and you should be good to go.

edited Mar 16, 2022 at 18:43

answered Feb 23, 2019 at 15:17

hovanessyan

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aleksaRazer22 Over a year ago

my app is modular, I need my parent packaging to be pom. Is there a way to use module yaml, since my module packaging is jar?

Harshal Patil · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-21 14:55:42Z

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I also faced the same issue. Tried lot of things, but it nothing worked.

In the end, when I added below dependency in pom, my application is able to read application.yml file.

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-boot-configuration-processor</artifactId>
</dependency>

edited Oct 21, 2021 at 14:55

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answered Oct 21, 2021 at 14:37

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Alex · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-26 11:08:25Z

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try adding dependency org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-configuration-processor

answered Apr 26, 2020 at 11:08

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devilcius · Accepted Answer · 2025-09-18 16:24:14Z

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In my case, I fixed it editing pom.xml and including the file in the resources directory.

        <resources>
            <resource>
                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
                <includes>
                    <include>*.properties</include>
                    <!-- Include application.yml -->
                    <include>application.yml</include>
                    <include>public/**</include>
                    <include>templates/**</include>
                </includes>
            </resource>
        </resources>

answered Sep 18 at 16:24

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