Can prototype beans be defined using Java based configuration ?

[Paul Newport]

Simple question, can it be done ?

Normally with Java based Spring configuration a method defined with @bean returns a new instance of the bean in question, but a prototype bean is different as it's effectively a template for an object rather than something that returns the actual object.

[Marten Deinum]

Yes... The java methods for java config are basically factory methods simply use the @Scope to define it as prototype.