This tutorial explains you the usage of idref vs ref element in spring bean declaration with example. In the previous tutorial we have seen how to use idref element and where it is used commonly with example.
This tutorial explains several ways to instantiate beans in Spring with examples. As you know that, Spring IoC container manages one or more beans and these beans are created using configuration metadata (For example, XML-based) that you provide to the… Read More!
Spring idref is used to pass the id of a bean which is a string value (not a reference) of another bean in the Spring XML configuration nested inside <property/> or <constructor-arg/> element. In other words it is used when… Read More!
This tutorial explains how to use p-namespace in Spring XML configuration. As you know we can define bean properties and constructor arguments as references to other managed beans. Also Spring XML based configuration-metadata supports both <property/> and <constructor-arg/> as sub… Read More!
This tutorial explains the difference between ApplicationContext and BeanFactory interfaces. On high level, BeanFactory is the root interface used for accessing Spring bean container and ApplicationContext is the central interface used to provide configuration for an application. ApplicationContext interface is… Read More!
