InputStream is = new FileInputStream("beans.xml");
XmlBeanFactory factory = new XmlBeanFactory(is);

ClassPathResource res = new ClassPathResource("beans.xml");
XmlBeanFactory factory = new XmlBeanFactory(res);

ClassPathXmlApplicationContext appContext = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
        new String[] {"applicationContext.xml", "applicationContext-part2.xml"});
// of course, an ApplicationContext is just a BeanFactory
BeanFactory factory = (BeanFactory) appContext;

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN" "http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd">

<beans>
  
  <bean id="..." class="...">
    ...
  </bean>
  <bean id="..." class="...">
    ...
  </bean>

  ...

</beans>

<bean id="exampleBean"
      class="examples.ExampleBean"/>
<bean name="anotherExample"
      class="examples.ExampleBeanTwo"/> 

<bean id="exampleBean"
      class="examples.ExampleBean2"
      factory-method="createInstance"/>

<!-- The factory bean, which contains a method called
     createInstance -->
<bean id="myFactoryBean"
      class="...">
  ...
</bean>
<!-- The bean to be created via the factory bean -->
<bean id="exampleBean"
      factory-bean="myFactoryBean"
      factory-method="createInstance"/>

<bean id="exampleBean"
      class="examples.ExampleBean" singleton="false"/>
<bean name="yetAnotherExample"
      class="examples.ExampleBeanTwo" singleton="true"/>

<bean id="exampleBean" class="examples.ExampleBean">
    <property name="beanOne"><ref bean="anotherExampleBean"/></property>
    <property name="beanTwo"><ref bean="yetAnotherBean"/></property>
    <property name="integerProperty"><value>1</value></property>
</bean>

<bean id="anotherExampleBean" class="examples.AnotherBean"/>
<bean id="yetAnotherBean" class="examples.YetAnotherBean"/>

public class ExampleBean {
    
    private AnotherBean beanOne;
    private YetAnotherBean beanTwo;
    private int i;
    
    public void setBeanOne(AnotherBean beanOne) {
        this.beanOne = beanOne;
    }
    
    public void setBeanTwo(YetAnotherBean beanTwo) {
        this.beanTwo = beanTwo;
    }
    
    public void setIntegerProperty(int i) {
        this.i = i;
    }    
}

<bean id="exampleBean" class="examples.ExampleBean">
    <constructor-arg><ref bean="anotherExampleBean"/></constructor-arg>
    <constructor-arg><ref bean="yetAnotherBean"/></constructor-arg>
    <constructor-arg type="int"><value>1</value></constructor-arg>
</bean>

<bean id="anotherExampleBean" class="examples.AnotherBean"/>
<bean id="yetAnotherBean" class="examples.YetAnotherBean"/>

public class ExampleBean {

    private AnotherBean beanOne;
    private YetAnotherBean beanTwo;
    private int i;
    
    public ExampleBean(AnotherBean anotherBean, YetAnotherBean yetAnotherBean, int i) {
        this.beanOne = anotherBean;
        this.beanTwo = yetAnotherBean;
        this.i = i;
    }
}

<bean id="exampleBean" class="examples.ExampleBean"
      factory-method="createInstance">
    <constructor-arg><ref bean="anotherExampleBean"/></constructor-arg>
    <constructor-arg><ref bean="yetAnotherBean"/></constructor-arg>
    <constructor-arg><value>1</value></constructor-arg>
</bean>

<bean id="anotherExampleBean" class="examples.AnotherBean"/>
<bean id="yetAnotherBean" class="examples.YetAnotherBean"/>

public class ExampleBean {

    ...

    // a private constructor
    private ExampleBean(...) {
      ...
    }
    
    // a static factory method
    // the arguments to this method can be considered the dependencies of the bean that
    // is returned, regardless of how those arguments are actually used.
    public static ExampleBean createInstance(
            AnotherBean anotherBean, YetAnotherBean yetAnotherBean, int i) {
        ExampleBean eb = new ExampleBean(...);
        // some other operations
        ...
        return eb;
    }
}

package examples;

public class ExampleBean {

    private int years;             //No. of years to the calculate the Ultimate Answer
    private String ultimateAnswer; //The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything

    public ExampleBean(int years, String ultimateAnswer) {
        this.years = years;
        this.ultimateAnswer = ultimateAnswer;
    }
}

<bean id="exampleBean" class="examples.ExampleBean">
     <constructor-arg type="int"><value>7500000</value></constructor-arg>
     <constructor-arg type="java.lang.String"><value>42</value></constructor-arg>
</bean> 

<bean id="exampleBean" class="examples.ExampleBean">
     <constructor-arg index="0"><value>7500000</value></constructor-arg>
     <constructor-arg index="1"><value>42</value></constructor-arg>
</bean> 

<beans>
    <bean id="myDataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close">
        <!-- results in a setDriverClassName(String) call -->
        <property name="driverClassName">
            <value>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</value>
        </property>
        <property name="url">
            <value>jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydb</value>
        </property>
        <property name="username">
            <value>root</value>
        </property>
    </bean>
</beans> 

<bean class="ExampleBean">
    <property name="email"><value></value></property>
</bean>        

<bean class="ExampleBean">
    <property name="email"><null/></property>
</bean>        

<beans>
    ...
    <bean id="moreComplexObject" class="example.ComplexObject">
        <!-- results in a setPeople(java.util.Properties) call -->
        <property name="people">
            <props>
                <prop key="HarryPotter">The magic property</prop>
                <prop key="JerrySeinfeld">The funny property</prop>
            </props>
        </property>
        <!-- results in a setSomeList(java.util.List) call -->
        <property name="someList">
            <list>
                <value>a list element followed by a reference</value>
                <ref bean="myDataSource"/>
            </list>
        </property>
        <!-- results in a setSomeMap(java.util.Map) call -->
        <property name="someMap">
            <map>
                <entry key="yup an entry">
                    <value>just some string</value>
                </entry>
                <entry key="yup a ref">
                    <ref bean="myDataSource"/>
                </entry>
            </map>
        </property>
        <!-- results in a setSomeSet(java.util.Set) call -->
        <property name="someSet">
            <set>
                <value>just some string</value>
                <ref bean="myDataSource"/>
            </set>
        </property>

    </bean>
</beans>

(bean | ref | idref | list | set | map | props | value | null)

<bean id="outer" class="...">
    <!-- Instead of using a reference to target, just use an inner bean -->
    <property name="target">
        <bean class="com.mycompany.PersonImpl">
            <property name="name"><value>Tony</value></property>
            <property name="age"><value>51</value></property>
        </bean>
   </property>
</bean>

<bean id="theTargetBean" class="...">
</bean>
<bean id="theClientBean" class="...">
    <property name="targetName">
        <idref bean="theTargetBean"/>
    </property>
</bean>

<bean id="theTargetBean" class="...">
</bean>
<bean id="theClientBean" class="...">
    <property name="targetName">
        <value>theTargetBean</value>
    </property>
</bean>

    <property name="targetName">
        <idref local="theTargetBean"/>
    </property>

    <ref bean="someBean"/>

    <ref local="someBean"/>

    <ref parent="someBean"/>

protected abstract SingleShotHelper createSingleShotHelper();

<!-- a stateful bean deployed as a prototype (non-singleton) -->
<bean id="singleShotHelper class="..." singleton="false">
</bean>

<!-- myBean uses singleShotHelper -->
<bean id="myBean" class="...">
  <lookup-method name="createSingleShotHelper"
                 bean="singleShotHelper"/>
  <property>
    ...
  </property>
</bean>

...
public class MyValueCalculator {
  public String computeValue(String input) {
    ... some real code
  }

  ... some other methods
}

/** meant to be used to override the existing computeValue
    implementation in MyValueCalculator */
public class ReplacementComputeValue implements MethodReplacer {

    public Object reimplement(Object o, Method m, Object[] args) throws Throwable {
        // get the input value, work with it, and return a computed result
        String input = (String) args[0];
        ... 
        return ...;
}

<bean id="myValueCalculator class="x.y.z.MyValueCalculator">
    <!-- arbitrary method replacement -->
    <replaced-method name="computeValue" replacer="replacementComputeValue">
        <arg-type>String</arg-type>
    </replaced-method>
</bean>

<bean id="replacementComputeValue" class="a.b.c.ReplaceMentComputeValue">
</bean>

    java.lang.String
    String
    Str

<bean id="beanOne" class="ExampleBean" depends-on="manager">
    <property name="manager"><ref local="manager"/></property>
</bean>

<bean id="manager" class="ManagerBean"/>

<bean id="inheritedTestBean" abstract="true"
    class="org.springframework.beans.TestBean">
    <property name="name"><value>parent</value></property>
    <property name="age"><value>1</value></property>
</bean>

<bean id="inheritsWithDifferentClass" class="org.springframework.beans.DerivedTestBean"
      parent="inheritedTestBean" init-method="initialize">
    <property name="name"><value>override</value></property>
    <!-- age should inherit value of 1 from parent -->
  </bean>

<bean id="inheritedTestBeanWithoutClass">
    <property name="name"><value>parent</value></property>
    <property name="age"><value>1</value></property>
</bean>

<bean id="inheritsWithClass" class="org.springframework.beans.DerivedTestBean"
      parent="inheritedTestBeanWithoutClass" init-method="initialize">
    <property name="name"><value>override</value></property>
    <!-- age should inherit value of 1 from parent -->
</bean>

InputStream is = new FileInputStream("beans.xml");
XmlBeanFactory factory = new XmlBeanFactory(is);

ConfigurableBeanFactory bf = new .....;     // create BeanFactory
   ...                       // now register some beans
// now register any needed BeanPostProcessors
MyBeanPostProcessor pp = new MyBeanPostProcessor();
bf.addBeanPostProcessor(pp);

// now start using the factory
  ...

<bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close">
    <property name="driverClassName"><value>${jdbc.driverClassName}</value></property>
    <property name="url"><value>${jdbc.url}</value></property>
    <property name="username"><value>${jdbc.username}</value></property>
    <property name="password"><value>${jdbc.password}</value></property>
</bean>

jdbc.driverClassName=org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver
jdbc.url=jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://production:9002
jdbc.username=sa
jdbc.password=root

XmlBeanFactory factory = new XmlBeanFactory(new FileSystemResource("beans.xml"));
PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer cfg = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
cfg.setLocation(new FileSystemResource("jdbc.properties"));
cfg.postProcessBeanFactory(factory);