Question

I have hierarchy in 7 beans like:

<bean id="bean01" class="myClass"...........
  <property ..... val-rev="bean1"/>

<bean id="bean1" ...........
  <property ..... val-rev="bean2"/>

 .......................

<bean id="bean6" ...........
  <property ..... val-rev="bean5"/>

 .......................
 <property name="reqProp" value="val1"/>

I need to create second bean very similar to first:

<bean id="bean02" class="myClass"...........
  <property ..... val-rev="bean1"/>

<bean id="bean1" ...........
  <property ..... val-rev="bean2"/>

 .......................

<bean id="bean6" ...........
  <property ..... val-rev="bean5"/>

 .......................
 <property name="reqProp" value="val2"/>

The problem that I wouldn’t create second hierarchy of beans for bean02, but only create 2 different lowest level beans with different property.
Does it possible?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Yes, you should be able to use bean inheritance by using the “parent” attribute.

Here the two beans would inherit from a single bean and only set the “reqProp” property.

Here’s another short tutorial.