select.user=select id, firstname, lastname, address \
 from users \
 where id=?

#!/bin/bash
#!/usr/bin/env python

--!select.user
select id, firstname, lastname, address
 from users
 where id=?

--!update.user
update ........

@PropertySource(value = "classpath:sql/queries.sql")
public class AppConfig { ...... }

@PropertySource(value = "classpath:sql/queries.sql", factory = SqlPropertySourceFactory.class)
public class AppConfig { ......}

package cc.unmi;
 
import org.springframework.core.env.MapPropertySource;
import org.springframework.core.env.PropertySource;
import org.springframework.core.io.support.EncodedResource;
import org.springframework.core.io.support.PropertySourceFactory;
 
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
public class SqlPropertySourceFactory implements PropertySourceFactory {
 
 private static final String KEY_LEADING = "--!";
 
 @Override
 public PropertySource<?> createPropertySource(String name, EncodedResource resource) throws IOException {
 
  Deque<Pair> queries = new LinkedList<>();
 
  new BufferedReader(resource.getReader()).lines().forEach(line -> {
   if (line.startsWith(KEY_LEADING)) {
    queries.addLast(new Pair(line.replaceFirst(KEY_LEADING, "")));
   } else if (line.startsWith("--")) {
    //skip comment line
   } else if (!line.trim().isEmpty()) {
    Optional.ofNullable(queries.getLast()).ifPresent(pair -> pair.lines.add(line));
   }
  });
 
  Map<String, Object> sqlMap = queries.stream()
    .filter(pair -> !pair.lines.isEmpty())
    .collect(Collectors.toMap(pair -> pair.key,
      pair -> String.join(System.lineSeparator(), pair.lines),
      (r, pair) -> r, LinkedHashMap::new));
 
  System.out.println("Configured SQL statements:");
  sqlMap.forEach((s, o) -> System.out.println(s + "=" + o));
 
  return new MapPropertySource(resource.toString(), sqlMap);
 }
 
 private static class Pair {
  private String key;
  private List<String> lines = new LinkedList<>();
 
  Pair(String key) {
   this.key = key;
  }
 }
}

--external queries in this file
 
--!select_users_by_id
select id, firstname, lastname, address
 from users where id=?
 
--!add_user
insert users(id, firstname, lastname, address)
 values(DEFAULT, ?, ?, ?)
--
 
--!no_statement
---
 
--!update
update users set firstname=? where id=?

package cc.unmi;
 
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.context.EnvironmentAware;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 
@SpringBootApplication
@PropertySource(value = "classpath:sql/queries.sql", factory = SqlPropertySourceFactory.class)
public class DemoApplication implements EnvironmentAware {
 
 private Environment env;
 
 @Value("${add_user}")
 private String sqlAddUser;
 
 @Bean
 public String testBean() {
  System.out.println("SQL_1:" + env.getProperty("select_users_by_id"));
  System.out.println("SQL_2:" + sqlAddUser);
  return "testBean";
 }
 
 public static void main(String[] args) {
  SpringApplication.run(DemoApplication.class, args);
 }
 
 @Override
 public void setEnvironment(Environment environment) {
  env = environment;
 }
}

Configured SQL statements:
select_users_by_id=select id, firstname, lastname, address
 from users where id=?
add_user=insert users(id, firstname, lastname, address)
 values(DEFAULT, ?, ?, ?)
update=update users set firstname=? where id=?
SQL_1:select id, firstname, lastname, address
 from users where id=?
SQL_2:insert users(id, firstname, lastname, address)
 values(DEFAULT, ?, ?, ?)