Re: [Springframework-developer] Explicit reference to bean in parent context

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

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Sampaleanu" <col...@ex...>
To: <spr...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Springframework-developer] Explicit reference to bean in
parent context


> Sorry, I meant to reply and completely forgot about it. I think this is
> a decent idea, and have been unable to think of any nagative
> possibilities arising out of it...
>
> Colin
>
> j=FCrgen h=F6ller [werk3AT] wrote:
>
> >Any opinions on this? I've already prototypically implemented it, and =
all
tests pass. Just waiting whether there are any objections, or different
naming proposals :-)
> >
> >Juergen
> >
> >
> >________________________________
> >
> >Von: spr...@li... im Auftrag =
von
j=FCrgen h=F6ller [werk3AT]
> >Gesendet: Di 15.06.2004 23:41
> >An: spr...@li...
> >Betreff: [Springframework-developer] Explicit reference to bean in par=
ent
context
> >
> >
> >
> >There is an interesting feature request in our JIRA:
> >
> >http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/spring/browse/SPR-166
> >
> >Basically, a bean should be able to reference a bean of the same name =
in
the parent context, for example to proxy it.
> >
> >Currently, a reference to the same bean name will lead to a self
reference. I'm not keen on changing this, as there might be valid use cas=
es
for such a configuration.
> >
> >I quite like Damon's suggestion: introduce a "parent" attribute for th=
e
<ref> tag, as alternative to "bean" and "local". Such a reference explici=
ty
refers to a bean in the parent context rather than in the current one.
> >
> >I've already implemented this: was straightforward to do, with
RuntimeBeanReference having an optional "toParent" flag now.
> >
> >As this is fully backward-compatible and a nice (though probably rarel=
y
used) enhancement, I don't mind including this in 1.0.3. Opinions?
> >
> >Juergen
> >
> >
>
>
>
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