Wiring Spring bean through annotations and xml context

Question

I've got the following Spring service:

@Service
public class Worker {

    @Autowired
    private MyExecutorService executor;

    @Autowired
    private IRun run;

    private Integer startingPoint;

    // Remainder omitted

}

Now I want to load the startingPoint through a .properties file.

Is it possible to wire a Spring service through annotations and an xml context at the same time?

Maybe something like this:

<bean id="worker" class="Worker">
    <property name="startingPoint">
        <value>${startingPoint}</value>
    </property>
</bean>

startingPoint is wired through the xml context file, everything else gets auto-wired.

Just on a side note, it is possible to write a property through an annotation, you can do this with the [@Value annotation](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/317687/inject-property-value-into-spring-bean). — , May 31 '11 at 07:52

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 31 '11 at 07:50

Yes! This is most definitely possible, and it's a good way to go if you can't get around using a little bit of XML. Just leave all your annotated fields unspecified, and they'll get injected auto-magically.

Though just to be clear, I believe that you'll have to provide a setter for your Integer field. Spring doesn't want to reach in directly and set fields via the XML descriptor.

Wiring Spring bean through annotations and xml context

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