public abstract @interface

ImportResource

implements Annotation
org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource

Class Overview

Indicates one or more resources containing bean definitions to import.

Like @Import, this annotation provides functionality similar to the <import/> element in Spring XML. It is typically used when designing @Configuration classes to be bootstrapped by AnnotationConfigApplicationContext, but where some XML functionality such as namespaces is still necessary.

By default, arguments to the #value() attribute will be processed using an XmlBeanDefinitionReader, i.e. it is assumed that resources are Spring <beans/> XML files. Optionally, the #reader() attribute may be supplied, allowing the user to specify a different BeanDefinitionReader implementation, such as PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader.

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From interface java.lang.annotation.Annotation