Dependencies 1.4.1. Dependency Injection Constructor-based Dependency Injection Setter-based Dependency Injection Dependency Resolution Process Examples of Dependency Injection 1.4.2. Dependencies and Configuration in Detail Straight Values (Primitives, Strings, and so on) References to Other Beans (Collaborators) Inner Beans Collections Null and Empty String Values XML Shortcut with the p-namespace XML Shortcut with the c-namespace Compound Property Names
Bean Scopes 1.5.1. The Singleton Scope 1.5.2. The Prototype Scope 1.5.3. Singleton Beans with Prototype-bean Dependencies 1.5.4. Request, Session, Application, and WebSocket Scopes Initial Web Configuration Request scope Session Scope Application Scope Scoped Beans as Dependencies 1.5.5. Custom Scopes Creating a Custom Scope Using a Custom Scope
Customizing the Nature of a Bean 1.6.1. Lifecycle Callbacks Initialization Callbacks Destruction Callbacks Default Initialization and Destroy Methods Combining Lifecycle Mechanisms Startup and Shutdown Callbacks Shutting Down the Spring IoC Container Gracefully in Non-Web Applications 1.6.2. ApplicationContextAware and BeanNameAware 1.6.3. Other Aware Interfaces
Bean Definition Inheritance
Container Extension Points 1.8.1. Customizing Beans by Using a BeanPostProcessor Example: Hello World, BeanPostProcessor-style Example: The AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor 1.8.2. Customizing Configuration Metadata with a BeanFactoryPostProcessor Example: The Class Name Substitution PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer Example: The PropertyOverrideConfigurer 1.8.3. Customizing Instantiation Logic with a FactoryBean
Annotation-based Container Configuration 1.9.1. @Required 1.9.2. Using @Autowired 1.9.3. Fine-tuning Annotation-based Autowiring with @Primary 1.9.4. Fine-tuning Annotation-based Autowiring with Qualifiers 1.9.5. Using Generics as Autowiring Qualifiers 1.9.6. Using CustomAutowireConfigurer 1.9.7. Injection with @Resource 1.9.8. Using @Value 1.9.9. Using @PostConstruct and @PreDestroy
Classpath Scanning and Managed Components 1.10.1. @Component and Further Stereotype Annotations 1.10.2. Using Meta-annotations and Composed Annotations 1.10.3. Automatically Detecting Classes and Registering Bean Definitions 1.10.4. Using Filters to Customize Scanning 1.10.5. Defining Bean Metadata within Components 1.10.6. Naming Autodetected Components 1.10.7. Providing a Scope for Autodetected Components 1.10.8. Providing Qualifier Metadata with Annotations 1.10.9. Generating an Index of Candidate Components
Using JSR 330 Standard Annotations 1.11.1. Dependency Injection with @Inject and @Named 1.11.2. @Named and @ManagedBean: Standard Equivalents to the @Component Annotation 1.11.3. Limitations of JSR-330 Standard Annotations
Java-based Container Configuration 1.12.1. Basic Concepts: @Bean and @Configuration 1.12.2. Instantiating the Spring Container by Using AnnotationConfigApplicationContext Simple Construction Building the Container Programmatically by Using register(Class…) Enabling Component Scanning with scan(String…) Support for Web Applications with AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext 1.12.3. Using the @Bean Annotation Declaring a Bean Bean Dependencies Receiving Lifecycle Callbacks Specifying Bean Scope Customizing Bean Naming Bean Aliasing Bean Description 1.12.4. Using the @Configuration annotation Injecting Inter-bean Dependencies Lookup Method Injection Further Information About How Java-based Configuration Works Internally 1.12.5. Composing Java-based Configurations Using the @Import Annotation Conditionally Include @Configuration Classes or @Bean Methods Combining Java and XML Configuration
Environment Abstraction 1.13.1. Bean Definition Profiles Using @Profile XML Bean Definition Profiles Activating a Profile Default Profile 1.13.2. PropertySource Abstraction 1.13.3. Using @PropertySource 1.13.4. Placeholder Resolution in Statements
Registering a LoadTimeWeaver
Additional Capabilities of the ApplicationContext 1.15.1. Internationalization using MessageSource 1.15.2. Standard and Custom Events Annotation-based Event Listeners Asynchronous Listeners Ordering Listeners Generic Events 1.15.3. Convenient Access to Low-level Resources 1.15.4. Convenient ApplicationContext Instantiation for Web Applications 1.15.5. Deploying a Spring ApplicationContext as a Java EE RAR File
The BeanFactory 1.16.1. BeanFactory or ApplicationContext?