i would suggest the following way:
@PropertySource(ignoreResourceNotFound = true, value = "classpath:otherprops.properties")
@Controller
public class ClassA {
@Value("${myName}")
private String name;
@RequestMapping(value = "/xyz")
@ResponseBody
public void getName(){
System.out.println(name);
}
}
Here your new properties file name is "otherprops.properties" and the property name is "myName". This is the simplest implementation to access properties file in spring boot version 1.5.8.