In case you have missed it: recent post-M4 nightly builds of Spring IDE contain basic support for Spring JavaConfig.
Just add the ConfigurationPostProcessor and a bean that is annotated with @Configuration to your bean definition XML file. Spring IDE will parse the configuration class and create bean definitions for every bean creation method - method annotated with @Bean - found in the class hierachy.
At the moment the support does not create bean dependencies by parsing the code of the bean creation method like it was implemented in an earlier prototype - is this feature actually desirable. Furthermore the @SpringAdvisor and @SpringAdvice annotations are not recognized by Spring IDE. Both features will be added later.
Note the little @ overlay image on the beans in the Spring Explorer and Beans Cross References View in the following screenshot. This overlay indicates a bean created by the ConfigurationPostProcessor.
When will javaconfig be out of experimental status ?
Not going to use this in prod (or dev) until it has a firmer footing.
Take a look at Rod’s latest post regarding JavaConfig. Good things to come, and in pretty short order.
http://blog.interface21.com/main/2007/11/04/spring-java-configuration-moving-ahead/
- Chris
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