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>

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