Can I have Spring's @Component on enum?

Question

I\'m using Spring 3.0.x and following the enum singleton pattern for one of my implementatons.

public enum Person implements Nameable {
    INSTANCE;

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Answer 1

You won't need to use the enum singleton pattern if you're using Spring to manage dependency injection. You can change your Person to a normal class. Spring will use the default scope of singleton, so all Spring-injected objects will get the same instance.