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Thanks for the clarification - I had erroneously assumed that the ContextLoaderPlugIn was intented to be a full alternative.

In my HttpSession, I have a prototype bean "userBean" containing information about the currently logged on user. This bean has a reference to a singleton bean "userManager" which manages all user...

The documented method of obtaining a reference to the WebApplication context is:

WebApplicationContext webApplicationContext =...

Look at this topic http://forum.springframework.org/showthread.php?t=9640
- code is available.

The code used at http://forum.springframework.org/showthread.php?t=9640 can be used to initialize a bean using System Properties.

1. Create an InitParameters object:

<bean...

The updated code is available from : http://members.cox.net/jwebutil/InitParameters.zip

I was able to get a Timer working as follows:



<bean id="initParameters"
...

karsten, thanks for your comments. Your workflow description is accurate.

Problem a) You are correct - a fix will require a 1 line change to PropertyMapper.createPropertyValues().

Problem b)...

Can you explain why you are checking for identical classloaders?

Thanks

Serializability is desirable for beans stored in HttpSessions. That is why I am trying to make my beans Serializable.

If you are suggesting that an attachToFactory(BeanFactory bf) method could be...

My mistake - you are correct - I did not receive serialization errors because my bean inadvertently held a static reference to a BeanFactory.

It is now clear to me that any bean holding a direct...

My vote is for serializability:
1. The Java convention is that containers/collections should be serializable e.g. HashMap, although their contents may not be serializable.
2. Not enabling...

I have written code to enable initialization of a bean using initialization parameters from a database table. The code can be downloaded from:
http://members.cox.net/jwebutil/InitParameters.zip
...

I have just downloaded the release version of Spring 1.1. I am using lookup method injection using <lookup-method name="..." bean="..." />. It works perfectly.

However I receive a "Not...

Code has been updated as of September 5. See my September 5 posting.

The code is still in progress. It works, but I need to clean it up. I'll target completion in about a week, if not sooner.

Answers:
1. Yes - PropertyMapper has an initMethod property.
2. By dynamic reconfiguration, I mean changing the properties of a bean during execution. It is done by calling the...

I have written some code to initialize bean properties using initialization parameters stored in various locations e.g. database table, servlet context, servlet init parameters, Map, Properties, etc....