Production code and Development code/settings must different

[Charles Roos]

My project has a XML file "views.properties", that needs to have different content for Production environment and different content when in Development mode. How can i achieve that?

I understand that Java does not have pre-compiler directives (like #ifdef and others). But if Java had such possibility i would do in file "views.properties" so:

#ifdef Production Then

decisionIType.(class) = ee.vet.tkis.domain.pdf.DecisionITypeView
decisionIType.contentType = application/pdf;charset=UTF-8
decisionIType.stylesheetLocation = file:\\\C:\\ProductionFolder\\xsl\\decisionsIType.xsl

#else

decisionIType.(class) = ee.vet.tkis.domain.pdf.DecisionITypeView
decisionIType.contentType = application/pdf;charset=UTF-8
decisionIType.stylesheetLocation = file:\\\C:\\DevelopmentFolder\\xsl\\decisionsIType.xsl

#endif

I connect to file "views.properties" with a Spring bean automatically so in a xml file (by setting property "basename"="views" which makes connection to "views.properties"):

	<bean id="viewResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ResourceBundleViewResolver">
	    <property name="basename">
	        <value>views</value>
	    </property>
	    <property name="order">
	  		<value>1</value>
	  	</property>
	</bean>

If pre-compiler directives were allowed there, then i perhaps also could there write if-else to determine if to load file "viewsProduction.properties" or "viewsDevelopment.properties".

My overall goal is to have file "views.properties" different when in Production mode and when in Development mode.
What do you suggest?

[Bill Gorder]

Use Spring profiles

http://blog.springsource.com/2011/02/11/spring-framework-3-1-m1-released/