org.springframework.context.annotation

Annotation Type ImportResource

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value=TYPE)
 @Documented
public @interface ImportResource

Indicates one or more resources containing bean definitions to import.

Like @Import, this annotation provides functionality similar to the <import/> element in Spring XML. It is typically used when designing @Configuration classes to be bootstrapped by AnnotationConfigApplicationContext, but where some XML functionality such as namespaces is still necessary.

By default, arguments to the value() attribute will be processed using GroovyBeanDefinitionReader if ending in ".groovy"; otherwise, XmlBeanDefinitionReader will be used to parse Spring <beans/> XML files. Optionally, the reader() attribute may be supplied, allowing the user to choose a custom BeanDefinitionReader implementation.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Chris Beams, Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

Configuration, Import

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
String[]	value Resource paths to import.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
Class<? extends BeanDefinitionReader>	reader BeanDefinitionReader implementation to use when processing resources specified by the value() attribute.

Element Detail

value

public abstract String[] value

Resource paths to import. Resource-loading prefixes such as classpath: and file:, etc may be used.

Out of the box, ".groovy" files are going to be specifically parsed with GroovyBeanDefinitionReader; others with XmlBeanDefinitionReader.

reader

public abstract Class<? extends BeanDefinitionReader> reader

BeanDefinitionReader implementation to use when processing resources specified by the value() attribute.

By default, the reader will be adapted to the resource path specified: ".groovy" files are going to be specifically parsed with GroovyBeanDefinitionReader; others with XmlBeanDefinitionReader.

Default:

org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReader.class