[Springframework-developer] bean factory scope question

[Steven D. <ste...@gm...>]

Hi,

When I load the application context with the example below I get an
exception because a bean with id "test3" cannot be found. I understand
this bean does not exist in the scope where it's referenced. Is there
a way to make beans with an id or name available in the root scope
apart from defining them there?

	<bean id="test2" class="sandbox.TestObject">
		<property name="value">
			<list>
				<bean class="sandbox.TestObject">
					<property name="value">
						<value>a string</value>
					</property>
				</bean>
				<bean class="sandbox.TestObject">
					<property name="value">
						<list>
							<bean id="test3" class="sandbox.TestObject">
								<property name="value">
									<value>another string</value>
								</property>
							</bean>
						</list>
					</property>
				</bean>
				<bean class="sandbox.TestObject">
					<property name="value">
						<list>
							<ref bean="test3"/>
						</list>
					</property>
				</bean>
			</list>
		</property>
	</bean>

Steven