FactoryBean instance itself instead of the bean it produces, prefix the bean’s id with the ampersand symbol (&) when calling the getBean() method of the ApplicationContext. So, for a given FactoryBean with decides which type of Resource to create. If the path string contains a well-known (to property editor, that is) prefix (such as classpath:), it creates an appropriate specialized Resource for that prefix indicated in the following table) are, by default, registered by BeanWrapperImpl. Where the property editor is configurable in some fashion, you can still register your own variant to override the default

FactoryBean instance itself instead of the bean it produces, preface the bean’s id with the ampersand symbol ( &) when calling the getBean() method of the ApplicationContext. So for a given FactoryBean with but not all (as indicated below), are registered by default by BeanWrapperImpl. Where the property editor is configurable in some fashion, you can of course still register your own variant to override the the default one: Table 9.2. Built-in PropertyEditors Class Explanation ByteArrayPropertyEditor Editor for byte arrays. Strings will simply be converted to their corresponding byte representations. Registered

FactoryBean instance itself instead of the bean it produces, preface the bean’s id with the ampersand symbol ( &) when calling the getBean() method of the ApplicationContext. So for a given FactoryBean with but not all (as indicated below), are registered by default by BeanWrapperImpl. Where the property editor is configurable in some fashion, you can of course still register your own variant to override the the default one: Table 9.2. Built-in PropertyEditors Class Explanation ByteArrayPropertyEditor Editor for byte arrays. Strings will simply be converted to their corresponding byte representations. Registered

FactoryBean instance itself instead of the bean it produces, preface the bean’s id with the ampersand symbol ( &) when calling the getBean() method of the ApplicationContext. So for a given FactoryBean with but not all (as indicated below), are registered by default by BeanWrapperImpl. Where the property editor is configurable in some fashion, you can of course still register your own variant to override the the default one: Table 9.2. Built-in PropertyEditors Class Explanation ByteArrayPropertyEditor Editor for byte arrays. Strings will simply be converted to their corresponding byte representations. Registered

FactoryBean instance itself instead of the bean it produces, preface the bean’s id with the ampersand symbol ( &) when calling the getBean() method of the ApplicationContext. So for a given FactoryBean with but not all (as indicated below), are registered by default by BeanWrapperImpl. Where the property editor is configurable in some fashion, you can of course still register your own variant to override the the default one: Table 9.2. Built-in PropertyEditors Class Explanation ByteArrayPropertyEditor Editor for byte arrays. Strings will simply be converted to their corresponding byte representations. Registered

springframework.beans * BeanWrapperImpl keeps registered editors in a linked Map: the first registered editor that matches will be used * BeanWrapperImpl caches registered editors that match superclass or interface springframework.mail * added InternetAddressEditor to JavaMail support package, to be registered as custom editor (e.g. for form objects) Package org.springframework.orm * extended doc coverage regarding plain depend on ResourceLoader only and moved it to package "beans.factory.xml" * factored out resource editor registration from AbstractApplicationContext into ConfigurableBeanFactoryUtils helper * fixed D

springframework.beans * BeanWrapperImpl keeps registered editors in a linked Map: the first registered editor that matches will be used * BeanWrapperImpl caches registered editors that match superclass or interface springframework.mail * added InternetAddressEditor to JavaMail support package, to be registered as custom editor (e.g. for form objects) Package org.springframework.orm * extended doc coverage regarding plain depend on ResourceLoader only and moved it to package "beans.factory.xml" * factored out resource editor registration from AbstractApplicationContext into ConfigurableBeanFactoryUtils helper * fixed D

springframework.beans * BeanWrapperImpl keeps registered editors in a linked Map: the first registered editor that matches will be used * BeanWrapperImpl caches registered editors that match superclass or interface springframework.mail * added InternetAddressEditor to JavaMail support package, to be registered as custom editor (e.g. for form objects) Package org.springframework.orm * extended doc coverage regarding plain depend on ResourceLoader only and moved it to package "beans.factory.xml" * factored out resource editor registration from AbstractApplicationContext into ConfigurableBeanFactoryUtils helper * fixed D

springframework.mail * added InternetAddressEditor to JavaMail support package, to be registered as custom editor (e.g. for form objects) Package org.springframework.orm * extended doc coverage regarding plain depend on ResourceLoader only and moved it to package "beans.factory.xml" * factored out resource editor registration from AbstractApplicationContext into ConfigurableBeanFactoryUtils helper * fixed D primitive boolean fields (accepting various flag values) * added CharacterEditor, registered as default editor for "java.lang.Character" and "char" by BeanWrapperImpl * CustomCollectionEditor's/InputStreamEditor's

springframework.mail * added InternetAddressEditor to JavaMail support package, to be registered as custom editor (e.g. for form objects) Package org.springframework.orm * extended doc coverage regarding plain depend on ResourceLoader only and moved it to package "beans.factory.xml" * factored out resource editor registration from AbstractApplicationContext into ConfigurableBeanFactoryUtils helper * fixed D primitive boolean fields (accepting various flag values) * added CharacterEditor, registered as default editor for "java.lang.Character" and "char" by BeanWrapperImpl * CustomCollectionEditor's/InputStreamEditor's