Re: [Springframework-developer] ApplicationContext without the use of XML

[Rod J. <rod...@in...>]

> What would you like it to look like?
:-) Implement your own BeanDefinitionReader and do your own thing.

Seriously, we are looking for good ideas here from our users for more
out-of-the box options. Several Spring developers are thinking about this,
but user input is essential. Personally our XML works very well for me. But
our architecture allows more options and we want the best in 1.1, _as well_
as our XML format (of course). Groovy is a likely candidate and we're
probably going to work with James Strachan on that soon.

Our architecture actually allows _multiple_ config sources (even different
types) per BeanFactory... That may become more important with dynamic
reconfiguration in 1.1.

Rod