Adding configuration to an already configured bean

[C000415]

I have a question regarding configuring a bean. I would like to do the following:

<!-- define a bean somewhere else -->
<bean id="example" class="...">
...
</bean>

<!-- and then somewhere else, probably a seperate config file
set a property on the previously defined bean -->
<bean id="example">
<property>
...
</property>
</bean>

What I am reallly after is a concise way to have a "library" defined in a separate project that I can drop in to another project, and have that project just provide some values (or override values).

In Hivemind, there was the concept of contributing configuration info to a bean definition.

Any help would be appreciated.