Cannot read application.yml

Question

I write Spring Boot application. I use file application.properties to contains configuration of database. But now I want to get properties from application.yml which contains:

rest:
  response: RESPONSE

@RestController
public class MyController {

    @Value("${rest.response}")
    private String restResponse;

    @GetMapping("/foo")
    public ResponseEntity<String> register() {
        return restResponse;
    }
}

Directory resources contains application.properties and application.yml. Why I cannot import properties from .yml?

you have both application.properties and application.yml in one directory? — pezetem

Ananthapadmanabhan Ananthapadmanabhan · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-24T20:23:20

If you are using 'application.yml' , if the RESPONSE that is read from application.yml contains characters such as + , - etc , put the value inside single inverted commas otherwise it won't be read properly(since it is mapped to a string variable).

Cannot read application.yml

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