• XML property value
• XML property ref
• XML constructor-arg
• XML autowire
• @Configuration and @Bean
• Life Cycle - initMethod and destroyMethod
• @Import
• @Autowired

TODO:

• @PropertySource
• @Property
• @Bean method that takes parameters. What to do?
• Multiple @Bean that return the same type?

Docs: http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/htmlsingle/

Spring Boot is an opinionated way to get started quickly.

https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot is an opinionated way of getting started with apps quickly. The spring-boot-samples/ directory contains tons of examples. cd into an example, then:

mvn install
java -jar target/*.jar

TODO how to configure port?

Sprint boot is documented at: http://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current-SNAPSHOT/reference/htmlsingle/

Spring offers many artifacts to parts of the entire framework.

Table of available artifacts: http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/4.1.6.RELEASE/spring-framework-reference/htmlsingle/#dependency-management

Use them with:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
    <version>4.1.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>

Description of the modules: http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/4.1.6.RELEASE/spring-framework-reference/htmlsingle/#overview-module-0

TODO check All classes of a module are withing a package that has the same name as the module, e.g. spring-beans has a single top level package:

org.springframework.beans