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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
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Expand Up @@ -463,6 +463,8 @@ Config data files are considered in the following order:
. <<boot-features-external-config-files,Application properties>> outside of your packaged jar (`application.properties` and YAML variants).
. <<boot-features-external-config-files-profile-specific,Profile-specific application properties>> outside of your packaged jar (`application-\{profile}.properties` and YAML variants).

NOTE: If you have both `application.yml` and `application.properties` on the same level, the `application.properties` will take precedence.

To provide a concrete example, suppose you develop a `@Component` that uses a `name` property, as shown in the following example:

[source,java,indent=0]
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