Overview
Generates the bean definitions for a Spring XML application context file from the source code of Java classes. Run it from the command line:
java -jar appcontext.jar --source=path/to/src --package=com.example.foo --package=com.example.bar
It creates:
- A
<bean />element for each public class - A
<property />element for each public field and public setter method. - A list of
<constructor-arg />elements if (1) there is only one constructor and (2) that constructor is not the default constructor.
Command line arguments
-s=PATH, --source=PATH (required)
The directory that the Java source code is located in.
-p=NAME, --package=NAME (required)
All public classes in the specified packages will be added to the bean
definition file. Use this parameter multiple times to specify
multiple packages.
-v=N, --springVersion=N
The version of Spring you are using (for specifying the XML schema).
(defaults to "2.5")
-r, --recurse
Recurse into sub-packages (example: specifying "-r -p=com.foo" will also
include "com.foo.bar").
-h, --help
Displays this help message.
Opening in Eclipse
To generate the necessary files needed to open the project in Eclipse, navigate to the project root and run the following Maven command:
mvn eclipse:eclipse
How to build
To build the project, navigate to the project root and run the following Maven command:
mvn clean compile assembly:single
This will generate a runnable JAR file that contains all dependencies.