how to reference a bean of another xml file in spring

Question

I have a Spring bean defined in an xml file. I want to reference it from another xml file. How can I go about it?

Answer 1

Just import the xml defining the bean with and you will be able to use the bean definition.

You can use classpath: in the resource attribute:

See the "3.18. Importing Bean Definitions from One File Into Another" in this chapter of the Spring Reference