In Spring framework, we have a lot of ways to initializing objects in Spring container. One of them is: using XML configuration file. In this tutorial, I will show you something need to know about this XML configuration file!
We usually put the Spring XML configuration file in the folder src/main/resources.
This file is a place where we will define all objects which we need Spring initial and manage them.
This file will declare the namespaces to use the XML tags so that we need to follow the structure of XML tags strictly which is defined in the schema file for the namespaces.
The basic content of the XML configuration file must have in Spring as below:
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<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd"> </beans> |
As you see, here we need to define the beans so that we will declare the namespace for <bean> tag by using the schema spring-beans.xsd of Spring in attribute schemaLocation.
In Spring, for each version, there is a specific schema for that version.
Example, if I use Spring version 4.3.x then Spring will have the schema for this version at http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.3.xsd. With Spring version 4.2.x, the schema URL will be http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.2.xsd.
To avoid changing the schema URL each time we upgrade the Spring version in our project, you only need to declare the schema URL without the version like http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd. With this declaration, the schema will be upgraded automatically when we upgrade the Spring version in our project.
Beside <bean> tag, we can use other tags in the Spring XML configuration file. To add the namespaces for these tags, you need declare them as an attribute of <beans> tag, like the namespace “xsi” above
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xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" |
and schema URL for these namespaces in schemaLocation attribute.
Example, I want to use <context> tag in the Spring XML configuration file with schema URL at http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd, then I will declare as below:
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<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd"> </beans> |
You can compare the content before and after to see what is the difference!
