Spring @Autowired usage

Question

What are the pros and cons of using @Autowired in a class that will be wired up by Spring?

Just to clarify, I\'m talking specifically about the

Answer 1

I have switched to @Autowire. Maintaining the XML configuration on anything other than a small project became a task in it's own right and comprehension quickly degraded.

IntelliJ provides good (not perfect) support for Spring annotations.