XmlBeanFactoryTests-delegationOverrides.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN 2.0//EN" "http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans-2.0.dtd">

<beans>
	
	<!-- 
		Not yet in use: illustration of possible approach
	-->
	<bean id="overrideOneMethod" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.OverrideOneMethod">
		
		<lookup-method name="getPrototypeDependency" bean="jenny"/>
		
		<lookup-method name="protectedOverrideSingleton" bean="david"/>
		
		<!-- Arbitrary method replacer -->
		<replaced-method name="replaceMe" replacer="reverseReplacer">
			<arg-type>String</arg-type>
		</replaced-method>
		
		<replaced-method name="replaceMe" replacer="fixedReplacer"/>

	</bean>

	<bean id="someParent" abstract="true">

		<lookup-method name="getPrototypeDependency" bean="jenny"/>

		<lookup-method name="protectedOverrideSingleton" bean="david"/>

		<!--
			This method is not overloaded, so we don't need to specify any arg types
		-->
		<replaced-method name="doSomething" replacer="doSomethingReplacer"/>

	</bean>

	<bean id="replaceVoidMethod" parent="someParent"
			class="org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.OverrideOneMethodSubclass">

	</bean>

	<bean id="reverseReplacer" 
		class="org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ReverseMethodReplacer"/>
	
	<bean id="fixedReplacer" 
		class="org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.FixedMethodReplacer"/>
		
	<bean id="doSomethingReplacer" 
		class="org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanFactoryTests$DoSomethingReplacer"/>

	<bean id="serializableReplacer" 
		class="org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.SerializableMethodReplacerCandidate">
		
		<!-- Arbitrary method replacer -->
		<replaced-method name="replaceMe" replacer="reverseReplacer">
			<arg-type>String</arg-type>
		</replaced-method>
		
	</bean>
	
	<bean id="jenny" class="org.springframework.beans.TestBean"
		scope="prototype">
		<property name="name"><value>Jenny</value></property>
		<property name="age"><value>30</value></property>
		<property name="spouse">
		<!-- Could use id and href -->
			<ref local="david"/>
		</property>
	</bean>
	
	<bean id="david" class="org.springframework.beans.TestBean"
		scope="singleton">
		<description>
			Simple bean, without any collections.
		</description>
		<property name="name">
			<description>The name of the user</description>
			<value>David</value>
		</property>
		<property name="age"><value>27</value></property>
	</bean>

</beans>