Managing applicationContext.xml

[pradeep_shekade]

Hello,

This question is about manageability of the applicationContext.xml file.

As new business objects and DAOs are added into the architecture this file is going to grow large. Hence, is there a way by which this file can be somehow "modularized" (like struts-config.xml)?

Also, when there is a team working on the project. This file is going to be updated by all. This modularization will help solve the issue of everyone trying to modify the same file.

Thanks

[robh]

There are a collection ways in which you can modularize your Spring configuration files.

1. Use the <import> tag.
2. Most ApplicationContext implementations support input from multiple files, so you can create a single ApplicationContext from n configuration files.

In a web application settings the ContextLoaderListener/Servlet accepts a comma-separated list of file names from which to load the ApplicationContext .

Rob