org.springframework.config.java.annotation
Annotation Type Configuration

@Component
@Target(value=TYPE)
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Inherited
public @interface Configuration

Annotation for a configuration class. This annotation is not required, however its use is recommended to improve configuration processing performance. Holds similar information to that held in the default values of a bean factory.

Note however that the information here is not used to populate the defaults of the owning bean factory, which would affect other configurations. In the style of the Java configuration mechanism generally, each Java configuration class is kept isolated.

Author:

Rod Johnson

Optional Element Summary

boolean	checkRequired Do we check @Required methods to make sure they've been called?
Autowire	defaultAutowire Specifies the default autowiring strategy.
DependencyCheck	defaultDependencyCheck Dependency check strategy.
Lazy	defaultLazy Bean instantiation strategy.
String[]	names Configuration name.
boolean	useFactoryAspects Do we autowire with aspects from the enclosing factory scope?

names

public abstract String[] names

Configuration name. Allow different variants, such as test, production etc. Default will always match.

Returns:

Default:

""

defaultAutowire

public abstract Autowire defaultAutowire

Specifies the default autowiring strategy.

Returns:

See Also:

Autowire

Default:

INHERITED

defaultDependencyCheck

public abstract DependencyCheck defaultDependencyCheck

Dependency check strategy. By default, the dependency check is unspecified, that is the default Spring option will apply. In most cases, it means no dependency check will be done.

Returns:

See Also:

DependencyCheck

Default:

UNSPECIFIED

defaultLazy

public abstract Lazy defaultLazy

Bean instantiation strategy. By default, it is unspecified.

Returns:

See Also:

Lazy

Default:

UNSPECIFIED

useFactoryAspects

public abstract boolean useFactoryAspects

Do we autowire with aspects from the enclosing factory scope?

Default:

false

checkRequired

public abstract boolean checkRequired

Do we check @Required methods to make sure they've been called?

Default:

false