org.springframework.context.annotation
Annotation Type Scope

@Target(value={TYPE,METHOD})
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface Scope

When used as a type-level annotation in conjunction with the Component annotation, indicates the name of a scope to use for instances of the annotated type.

When used as a method-level annotation in conjunction with the Bean annotation, indicates the name of a scope to use for the instance returned from the method.

In this context, scope means the lifecycle of an instance, such as singleton, prototype, and so forth.

Since:

2.5

Author:

Mark Fisher, Chris Beams

See Also:

Component, Bean

Optional Element Summary

ScopedProxyMode	proxyMode Specifies whether a component should be configured as a scoped proxy and if so, whether the proxy should be interface-based or subclass-based.
java.lang.String	value Specifies the scope to use for the annotated component/bean.

value

public abstract java.lang.String value

Specifies the scope to use for the annotated component/bean.

Returns:

the specified scope

Default:

"singleton"

proxyMode

public abstract ScopedProxyMode proxyMode

Specifies whether a component should be configured as a scoped proxy and if so, whether the proxy should be interface-based or subclass-based.

Defaults to ScopedProxyMode.NO, indicating that no scoped proxy should be created.

Analogous to <aop:scoped-proxy/> support in Spring XML.

Default:

org.springframework.context.annotation.ScopedProxyMode.DEFAULT