applicationContext.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
    xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd">

	<!-- Add entry to enable component-scanning (Spring java annotations) -->
	<context:component-scan base-package="com.gnguyen92.springdemoannotations" />
	
	<!-- Load values.properties file for properties injections using java annotations -->
	<context:property-placeholder location="classpath:values.properties" />
	
	<!-- Load skillLevel.properties file for properties injection into CurrentSkillLevel -->
	<context:property-placeholder location="classpath:skillLevel.properties" />
	
</beans>