main() Method

Hello,

I have used only a few parts of Spring (IOC, transaction management, perhaps a couple of others) and so I don't know the entire framework. From what I have seen so far, there are no main() methods in Spring (aside from Spring shell). This suggests to me that Spring is not a container in the classic sense of the term; it is more of a library with container-like features Is my understanding correct? Are there main() methods in parts of Spring that I haven't yet used?

Thanks.

-Dan

If you are not building a servlet your would setup the spring container in your main method. See: http://www.springbyexample.org/examp...plication.html