6.3. Using the Microcontainer with Spring

Example 6.2. Descriptor with Spring Support

<beans xmlns="urn:jboss:spring-beans:2.0">

  <!-- Adding @Spring annotation handler -->
  <bean id="SpringAnnotationPlugin" class="org.jboss.spring.annotations.SpringBeanAnnotationPlugin" />

  <bean id="SpringPojo" class="org.jboss.demos.models.spring.Pojo"/>

</beans>
This file's namespace is different from the plain Microcontainer bean’s file. The urn:jboss:spring-beans:2.0 namespace points to your version of the Spring schema port, which describes your bean's Spring style. The Microcontainer, rather than Spring's bean factory notion, deploys the beans.

Example 6.3. Using Spring with the Microcontainer

public class Pojo extends AbstractPojo implements BeanNameAware {
    private String beanName;

    public void setBeanName(String name)
    {
	beanName = name;
    }

    public String getBeanName()
    {
	return beanName;
    }

    public void start()
    {
	if ("SpringPojo".equals(getBeanName()) == false)
	    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Name does not match: " + getBeanName());
    }
}
Although the SpringPojo bean has a dependency on Spring's library caused by implementing BeanNameAware interface, its only purpose is to expose and mock some of the Spring's callback behavior.