Spring configuration

[rosalie]

What is the best way to handle the following requirement using Spring configuration:

1) A property file contains a comma delimited String.

2) Define a prototype bean, let's call it FOO, which takes as a constructor a String.

3) Define a collection of FOO objects, constructing each one with one element from the comma delimited String.

4) Pass the collection of FOO objects to the constructor of BAR (a Singleton).

I would be interested if anyone could illustrate how this could be achieved both through XML configuration, and Annotations.

Thanks very much!

[Marten Deinum]

Don't... Use a FactoryBean for the BAR object. When using java based configuration you could eliminate the FactoryBean and write it in a @Bean annotated method.