Using Class Constants in Spring.xml

[jojopaderes]

How do I pass a Class constant to a bean property in a spring.xml file? Here's a sample spring.xml entry illustrating what I'm trying to configure:

<bean id="myBean" class="MyClass">
    <property name="configValue">
        <value>MyOtherClass.CONFIG_VALUE</value>
    </property>
</bean>

I found the following Spring classes but don't know how can I use them in the spring.xml file:

Constants http://www.springframework.org/docs/...Constants.html
FieldRetrievingFactoryBean file:///home/jojo/java-api/spring-fr...ctoryBean.html

For me the Constants class fits my need although I'm not sure how to use it in spring.xml. Any tips on how to use it?

[Andreas Senft]

The factory can be used like this:

<bean id="myBean" class="MyClass">
    <property name="configValue">
      <bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.FieldRetrievingFactoryBean" >
          <property name="targetClass">
             <value>MyOtherClass</code>
          </property>

          <property name="targetField">
             <value>CONFIG_VALUE</code>
          </property>
     </bean>
    </property>
</bean>

Note that the classname has to be fully qualified.

Hope that helps,
Andreas