Re: [Springframework-developer] FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX

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

I agree. The ampersand (which Juergen didn't much like at the time back 
in early 2003) probably wasn't one of my better decisions :-)

Juergen Hoeller wrote:
> I agree that "&" is not that great a choice given XML as primary 
> configuration format, so I guess supporting an alternative marker for 
> nicer references in XML would be worthwhile.
>  
> Syntax suggestions? Other opinions?
>  
> Juergen
>  
> 
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> Behalf Of *nicolas de loof
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 13, 2007 9:16 AM
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> *Subject:* [Springframework-developer] FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'd like to suggest to define an alternative value for 
> BeanFactory.FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX as "&" is the XML entity prefix.
> 
> To use this prefix in a spring XML context it is required to setup 
> something like :
> 
>     <property name="" ref="&amp;ID" />
> 
> Doesn't look very nice.
> 
> Having a second prefix supported by spring XML-based applicationcontext 
> would make this cleaner.
> 
> Nico.
> 
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