Introducing Spring Framework

DSL Syntax
Chapter 18 ■ Spring and Groovy
Of course, you need to learn part of the syntax of the Spring DSL, right? This section will help you to understand
the syntax.
First, you need to start with a beans keyword. Between curly braces, you’ll place the bean definitions.
// Some imports
beans {
}
//Beans here or even some logic
Every bean must have an Id and a class between the parentheses.
beanId ( class )
Example:
beans {
}
helloWorldService ( com.mycompany.service.MyService)
//Equivalent to:
Every bean property must be enclosed between curly braces, then you add the name of the property = value.
beanId (class) {
variable = value
variable = ref('value') //Reference to a another bean
}
Example:
beans {
}
helloWorldService ( com.mycompany.service.MyService) {
message = "Hello World"
greeting = ref ("myGreeting")
}
myGreeting ( com.mycompany.service.CustomGreeting)
//Equivalent to:
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