How to create a bean descriptor XML file?

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This section will mention to the ways to declare a business service as a bean

Example for registration a service as bean

In this example,class “com.visualbuilder.spring.GreetingService” is registered in Spring under name "greetingService".

Example for passing values into properties when initialize bean
Service class:

package com.visualbuilder.spring;
public class ExampleBean
{
private String s;
private int i;

public void setStringProperty(String s) { this.s = s; }
public void setIntegerProperty(int i) { this.i = i; }
}

Bean declaration:

<bean id="exampleBean" class="com.visualbuilder.spring.ExampleBean">
<property name="stringProperty"><value>Hi!</value></property>
<property name="integerProperty"><value>1</value></property>
</bean>

Example for passing property value as an another bean
Service class:

package com.visualbuilder.spring;
public class ExampleBean
{
private AnotherBean beanOne;
private YetAnotherBean beanTwo;

public void setBeanOne(AnotherBean b) { beanOne = b; }
public void setBeanTwo(YetAnotherBean b) { beanTwo = b; }
}

In the XML bean descriptor file:

<bean id="exampleBean" class="com.visualbuilder.spring.ExampleBean">
<property name="beanOne"><ref bean="anotherExampleBean"/></property>
<property name="beanTwo"><ref bean="yetAnotherBean"/></property>
</bean>

<bean id="anotherExampleBean" class="eg.AnotherBean"/>
<bean id="yetAnotherBean" class="eg.YetAnotherBean"/>

Example for passing parameter value into constructor:
Service class:

package com.visualbuilder.spring;
public class ExampleBean
{
private AnotherBean beanOne;
private YetAnotherBean beanTwo;
private int i;

public ExampleBean(AnotherBean b1,YetAnotherBean b2,int i)
{
  this.beanOne = b1;
  this.beanTwo = b2;
  this.i = i;
}
}

In the XML bean descriptor file:

<bean id="exampleBean" class="com.visualbuilder.spring.ExampleBean">
<constructor-arg><ref bean="anotherExampleBean"/></constructor-arg>
<constructor-arg><ref bean="yetAnotherBean"/></constructor-arg>
<constructor-arg><value>1</value></constructor-arg>
</bean>