org.springframework.beans.factory.xml (Spring Framework 4.2.7.RELEASE API)

Interface Summary
Interface	Description
BeanDefinitionDecorator	Interface used by the `DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader` to handle custom, nested (directly under a `<bean>`) tags.
BeanDefinitionDocumentReader	SPI for parsing an XML document that contains Spring bean definitions.
BeanDefinitionParser	Interface used by the `DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader` to handle custom, top-level (directly under `<beans/>`) tags.
DocumentLoader	Strategy interface for loading an XML `Document`.
NamespaceHandler	Base interface used by the `DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader` for handling custom namespaces in a Spring XML configuration file.
NamespaceHandlerResolver	Used by the `DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader` to locate a `NamespaceHandler` implementation for a particular namespace URI.

Class Summary
Class	Description
AbstractBeanDefinitionParser	Abstract `BeanDefinitionParser` implementation providing a number of convenience methods and a `template method` that subclasses must override to provide the actual parsing logic.
AbstractSimpleBeanDefinitionParser	Convenient base class for when there exists a one-to-one mapping between attribute names on the element that is to be parsed and the property names on the `Class` being configured.
AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser	Base class for those `BeanDefinitionParser` implementations that need to parse and define just a single `BeanDefinition`.
BeanDefinitionParserDelegate	Stateful delegate class used to parse XML bean definitions.
BeansDtdResolver	EntityResolver implementation for the Spring beans DTD, to load the DTD from the Spring class path (or JAR file).
DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader	Default implementation of the `BeanDefinitionDocumentReader` interface that reads bean definitions according to the "spring-beans" DTD and XSD format (Spring's default XML bean definition format).
DefaultDocumentLoader	Spring's default `DocumentLoader` implementation.
DefaultNamespaceHandlerResolver	Default implementation of the `NamespaceHandlerResolver` interface.
DelegatingEntityResolver	`EntityResolver` implementation that delegates to a `BeansDtdResolver` and a `PluggableSchemaResolver` for DTDs and XML schemas, respectively.
DocumentDefaultsDefinition	Simple JavaBean that holds the defaults specified at the `<beans>` level in a standard Spring XML bean definition document: `default-lazy-init`, `default-autowire`, etc.
NamespaceHandlerSupport	Support class for implementing custom `NamespaceHandlers`.
ParserContext	Context that gets passed along a bean definition parsing process, encapsulating all relevant configuration as well as state.
PluggableSchemaResolver	`EntityResolver` implementation that attempts to resolve schema URLs into local `classpath resources` using a set of mappings files.
ResourceEntityResolver	EntityResolver implementation that tries to resolve entity references through a `ResourceLoader` (usually, relative to the resource base of an ApplicationContext), if applicable.
SimpleConstructorNamespaceHandler	Simple `NamespaceHandler` implementation that maps custom attributes directly through to bean properties.
SimplePropertyNamespaceHandler	Simple `NamespaceHandler` implementation that maps custom attributes directly through to bean properties.
UtilNamespaceHandler	`NamespaceHandler` for the `util` namespace.
XmlBeanDefinitionReader	Bean definition reader for XML bean definitions.
XmlBeanFactory	Deprecated as of Spring 3.1 in favor of `DefaultListableBeanFactory` and `XmlBeanDefinitionReader`
XmlReaderContext	Extension of `ReaderContext`, specific to use with an `XmlBeanDefinitionReader`.

Exception Summary
Exception	Description
XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException	XML-specific BeanDefinitionStoreException subclass that wraps a `SAXException`, typically a `SAXParseException` which contains information about the error location.

Package org.springframework.beans.factory.xml Description

Contains an abstract XML-based BeanFactory implementation, including a standard "spring-beans" XSD.