Is it possible to hold prototype reference inside singleton bean and singleton reference inside prototype bean in Spring?

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If both are possible in Spring, what is the difference between runtime functionality?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 27 '16 at 06:20

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The answer is yes, you can wire prototype beans in singleton but there are some pitfalls.

Here is a good example.

answered Nov 27 '16 at 06:20

Avinash

What about the reverse i.e Singleton inside prototype – user18424 Nov 27 '16 at 06:36
You can do that as well. The difference between the functionality is – Avinash Nov 27 '16 at 06:40
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16058365/what-is-difference-between-singleton-and-prototype-bean – Avinash Nov 27 '16 at 06:41

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