--- title: Loading Resources in Spring: 3 Methods Every Developer... description: Three approaches to loading resources in Spring Boot are covered: using the @Value annotation with the Resource interface (best when paths are known at compile... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/loading-resources-in-spring-3-methods-every-developer-should-know-u0kikz1hn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Loading Resources in Spring: 3 Methods Every Developer Should Know | daily.dev og:description: Three approaches to loading resources in Spring Boot are covered: using the @Value annotation with the Resource interface (best when paths are known at compile... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/loading-resources-in-spring-3-methods-every-developer-should-know-u0kikz1hn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/u0kIkZ1Hn.png og:image:alt: Loading Resources in Spring: 3 Methods Every Developer Should Know og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Loading Resources in Spring: 3 Methods Every Developer Should Know **[Dan Vega](https://daily.dev/sources/dan-vega)** · 22 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Three approaches to loading resources in Spring Boot are covered: using the @Value annotation with the Resource interface (best when paths are known at compile time), using ResourceLoader for dynamically constructed paths at runtime, and using ResourcePatternResolver to load multiple resources matching a glob pattern. Each method is demonstrated with working code examples including classpath files, URLs, filesystem files, JSON files loaded by name, and SQL migration scripts loaded by pattern. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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