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Spring JavaConfig Reference Guide

Rod Johnson

Costin Leau

Chris Beams

Spring Java Configuration

Version 1.0.0.M4

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November 2008

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Introduction
1.1. What this guide covers
1.1.1. Topics not covered
1.2. What JavaConfig requires to run
1.3. Where to get support
1.4. Where to follow development
1.5. How to retrieve and build JavaConfig from source
1.6. How to import JavaConfig as an Eclipse project
1.7. How to obtain milestone builds
1.7.1. Via manual download
1.7.2. Via Maven
1.7.3. Via Ivy
1.8. How to obtain nightly (aka 'snapshot') builds
1.8.1. Via manual download
1.8.2. Via Maven
1.8.3. Via Ivy
2. Authoring @Configuration classes
2.1. @Configuration
2.2. @Bean
2.2.1. Declaring a bean
2.2.2. Injecting dependencies
2.2.3. Receiving lifecycle callbacks
2.2.3.1. Using JSR-250 annotations
2.2.3.2. Using Spring interfaces
2.2.3.3. Using @Bean initMethodName / destroyMethodName attributes
2.2.4. Using *Aware interfaces
2.2.5. Specifying bean scope
2.2.5.1. Using @Bean's scope attribute
2.2.5.2. @ScopedProxy
2.2.5.3. Lookup method injection
2.2.6. Customizing bean naming
2.2.7. Working with Spring FactoryBean implementations
3. Using @Configuration classes
3.1. Bootstrapping applications with JavaConfigApplicationContext
3.1.1. Construction Options
3.1.1.1. Construction by class literal
3.1.1.2. Construction by base package
3.1.1.3. Post-construction configuration
3.1.2. Accessing beans with getBean()
3.1.2.1. Type-safe access
3.1.2.2. String-based access
3.2. Bootstrapping web applications with JavaConfigWebApplicationContext
4. Modularizing configurations
4.1. Partitioning bean definitions into multiple @Configuration classes
4.2. Referencing beans across @Configuration classes
4.2.1. Direct bean references with @Autowired
4.2.2. Fully-qualified bean references with @Autowired
4.3. Aggregating @Configuration classes with @Import
4.4. ConfigurationSupport
5. Working with externalized values
5.1. @ExternalValue
5.1.1. @ExternalValue fields
5.1.2. @ExternalValue methods
5.2. Available ValueSource annotations
6. Combining configuration styles
6.1. JavaConfig and XML
6.1.1. Bootstrapping JavaConfig from XML with ConfigurationPostProcessor
6.1.1.1. Configuring configurations
6.1.2. Bootstrapping XML from JavaConfig with @ImportXml
6.2. JavaConfig and Annotation-Driven Configuration
6.2.1. @AnnotationDrivenConfig
6.2.2. @ComponentScan
7. Transaction-management support
7.1. @AnnotationDrivenTx
8. AOP support
8.1. @AspectJAutoProxy
8.1.1. @Aspect-annotated @Configuration classes
9. JMX support
9.1. @MBeanExport
10. Testing support
10.1. JavaConfigContextLoader
11. Extending JavaConfig
11.1. @Plugin
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