This example show you how to configure multiple Java-based configuration files with @Import. The @Import annotation allows for loading @Bean definitions from another configuration class. XML with bean definitions: AppContext configuration class that import multiple configuration: You can load single file like this: You can download the source code of this example here.

In this article, you will learn to write Spring beans and configure them using pure Java based configuration instead of using XML. XML with bean definitions: AppContext configuration class that contains bean definitions: @Configuration indicates that a class declares one or more Bean methods and may be processed by the Spring container to generate bean [...]