Pull a string out of a file on the classpath in spring

StringFromResource.java

package com.foo;

import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;

public class StringFromResource implements FactoryBean<String> {
  private Resource resource;

	public Resource getResource() {
		return resource;
	}

	public void setResource(Resource resource) {
		this.resource = resource;
	}

	@Override
	public String getObject() throws Exception {
		return IOUtils.toString(resource.getInputStream());
	}

	@Override
	public Class<?> getObjectType() {
		return String.class;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean isSingleton() {
		return false;
	}

}