[Springframework-developer] Simplify typical xml setup syntax

[<jue...@we...>]

Another request to simply <property> usage in XML bean definitions:

  http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/spring/browse/SPR-379

This time, it's not about considering CDATA inside =
<property>...</property> as value, but rather about further attributes =
for the <property> tag itself:

  <property name=3D"user" value=3D"admin"/>=20
  <property name=3D"linkFormatter" bean=3D"linkFormatter"/>=20

I'd probably name the bean reference attributes differently, i.e. =
"ref-bean" respectively "ref-local". But the general idea is not bad - =
it's cleaner than the CDATA-as-value suggestion, I guess.

Let's compare the currently necessary markup:

  <property name=3D"user"><value>admin</value></property>
  <property name=3D"linkFormatter"><ref =
bean=3D"linkFormatter"/></property>

Which is clearly more verbose, even if not too much. The main advantage =
of the attribute version is that it avoids closing tags completely.

Thoughts?

Juergen