This version is still in development and is not considered stable yet. For the latest stable version, please use Spring Framework 6.1.8!

Advanced XML Config

The MVC namespace does not have an advanced mode. If you need to customize a property on a bean that you cannot change otherwise, you can use the BeanPostProcessor lifecycle hook of the Spring ApplicationContext, as the following example shows:

Java
Kotlin

@Component
public class MyPostProcessor implements BeanPostProcessor {

	public Object postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object bean, String name) throws BeansException {
		// ...
		return bean;
	}
}

@Component
class MyPostProcessor : BeanPostProcessor {

	override fun postProcessBeforeInitialization(bean: Any, name: String): Any {
		// ...
		return bean
	}
}

Note that you need to declare MyPostProcessor as a bean, either explicitly in XML or by letting it be detected through a <component-scan/> declaration.