ShutdownHook method gracefully shuts down each bean process before closing the container.

You can write custom property editors by implementing the java.beans.PropertyEditor interface or extending the convenient support class java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport.

This unique bean instance will be returned for all subsequent getBean() calls and bean references.

To declare a bean from an object property or a property path, you can make use of either the built-in factory bean PropertyPathFactoryBean or the util:property-path tag in Spring 2.x.

Class attribute is mandatory and denotes the class used to create bean.

Java 1.3 saw the introduction of java.util.TimerTask to support doing some sort of work periodically.

Scope attribute defines the scope of a bean.

You can process every bean before initialization callback method by implementing the postProcessBeforeInitialization() and methods.

Spring 2 and later allow you to declare a bean from a static field by using the util:constant tag.

Class attribute is mandatory and denotes the class used to create bean.