Any way to bind beans automatically instead of having to get context?

[xaeryan]

I have a basic Spring applicationContext.xml defined bean attached to a class. However, those bean properties are not bound to any class objects that are created unless I create them like so:

MyObject mO = (MyObject) appContext.getBean("MyObjectBean");

My question is, since this object will always need to be binded to the Spring bean, is there any way to configure Spring to do this automatically?

[Andrei Stefan]

I'm not sure I understand what is the issue...
You want your beans to be automatically instantiated in a certain class, without the need to access application context and retrieve the bean manually ?

[xaeryan]

Exactly. The application I am working on will be binding many objects to beans, and I foresee the potential for many errors caused by improper/lack of retrieving the beans.

[Andrei Stefan]

Wouldn't simple setter injection do the trick ?
Define whatever beans you want to use in your class, for each define a set method() and in your context file make necessary links between your class and needed beans.

[xaeryan]

Pretend I'm new to Spring's application context altogether. ;-) Can you show me an example of what you mean?

[al0]

Pretend I'm new to Spring's application context altogether. ;-) Can you show me an example of what you mean?

Red the documentation, especially, chapter 3 in the Spring reference.

[Marten Deinum]

Check chapter 3 of the reference guide and also take a look at the samples shipped with Spring.