Injecting Collection
<List>
This helps in wiring ie injecting a list of values, allowing duplicates.<set>
This helps in wiring a set of values but without any duplicates.<map>
This can be used to inject a collection of name-value pairs where name and value can be of any type.<props>
This can be used to inject a collection of name-value pairs where the name and value are both Strings.
values:
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd">
<!-- Definition for javaCollection -->
<bean id = "javaCollection" class = "com.tutorialspoint.JavaCollection">
<!-- results in a setAddressList(java.util.List) call -->
<property name = "addressList">
<list>
<value>INDIA</value>
<value>Pakistan</value>
<value>USA</value>
<value>USA</value>
</list>
</property>
<!-- results in a setAddressSet(java.util.Set) call -->
<property name = "addressSet">
<set>
<value>INDIA</value>
<value>Pakistan</value>
<value>USA</value>
<value>USA</value>
</set>
</property>
<!-- results in a setAddressMap(java.util.Map) call -->
<property name = "addressMap">
<map>
<entry key = "1" value = "INDIA"/>
<entry key = "2" value = "Pakistan"/>
<entry key = "3" value = "USA"/>
<entry key = "4" value = "USA"/>
</map>
</property>
<!-- results in a setAddressProp(java.util.Properties) call -->
<property name = "addressProp">
<props>
<prop key = "one">INDIA</prop>
<prop key = "one">INDIA</prop>
<prop key = "two">Pakistan</prop>
<prop key = "three">USA</prop>
<prop key = "four">USA</prop>
</props>
</property>
</bean>
</beans>
values and objects:
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd">
<!-- Bean Definition to handle references and values -->
<bean id = "..." class = "...">
<!-- Passing bean reference for java.util.List -->
<property name = "addressList">
<list>
<ref bean = "address1"/>
<ref bean = "address2"/>
<value>Pakistan</value>
</list>
</property>
<!-- Passing bean reference for java.util.Set -->
<property name = "addressSet">
<set>
<ref bean = "address1"/>
<ref bean = "address2"/>
<value>Pakistan</value>
</set>
</property>
<!-- Passing bean reference for java.util.Map -->
<property name = "addressMap">
<map>
<entry key = "one" value = "INDIA"/>
<entry key = "two" value-ref = "address1"/>
<entry key = "three" value-ref = "address2"/>
</map>
</property>
</bean>
</beans>
Injecting null and empty string values
inject empty string:
<bean id = "..." class = "exampleBean">
<property name = "email" value = ""/>
</bean>
inject null value:
<bean id = "..." class = "exampleBean">
<property name = "email"><null/></property>
</bean>