Exclude subpackages from Spring autowiring?

Question

Is there a simple way to exclude a package / sub-package from autowiring in Spring 3.1?

E.g., if I wanted to include a component scan with a base package of co

Answer 1

It seems you've done this through XML, but if you were working in new Spring best practice, your config would be in Java, and you could exclude them as so:

@Configuration
@EnableWebMvc
@ComponentScan(basePackages = "net.example.tool",
  excludeFilters = {@ComponentScan.Filter(
    type = FilterType.ASSIGNABLE_TYPE,
    value = {JPAConfiguration.class, SecurityConfig.class})
  })