Re: [Springframework-developer] Spring bean factory XML format

[Isabelle M. <isa...@me...>]

HI Rod,

Do it the way JP suggested :

<bean id="foo">
 <property name="moo">moo</property>
 <property name="coll">
  <element refid="alpha">
  <element refid="beta>
 </property>
</bean>

Isabelle

On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 06:17:54AM -0400, rod...@in... wrote:
> Isabelle, 
> 
> OK, we can change name -> id when defining all beans, and use 
> refid for references.
> 
> The only problem I see with your syntax below...
> 
> <property name="thefoo" refid="foo/>
> <property name="moo">moo</property>
> 
> ...is that I can't see how it would support collections. I 
> see this as a major enhancement, possible with the original 
> proposal, that had <value> and <ref> subelements.
> 
> I can easily change the XML parsing for whatever we agree. 
> 
> Regards,
> Rod
> 
> > Hi Rod,
> > 
> > There is one thing I do not like about your proposed 
> syntax: you use <ref
> > name="xxx"> is used in two different contexts, one when you 
> define a bean
> > that can serve as a reference, and once when you refer to 
> such a bean from
> > another bean.
> > That's confusing. It would be better to define with for ex. 
> an id attribute,
> > and reference with a refid attribute:
> > 
> > <bean name="foo" id="foo"/>
> > <bean name="bar" id="bar">
> >   <property name="thefoo" refid="foo/>
> >   <property name="moo">moo</property>
> > </bean>
> > <bean name=baz>
> >   <property name="bla">blabla</property>
> > </bean>
> > 
> > Note that bean bar can in turn be referenced from other 
> beans, thanks to its
> > id attribute. Bean baz cannot be referenced, because it 
> doesn't have an id
> > attribute.
> > 
> > A validating parser will not help you make sure that bean 
> foo really exists
> > when referenced, and neither will a DTD.
> > 
> > Isabelle
> 
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