https://blog.foundev.pro/tags/IoC.htmlRecent content in IoC on Random RamblingsHugoen-usSun, 19 Sep 2010 19:01:00 +0000https://blog.foundev.pro/2010/09/19/java-ioc-containers-and-classpath-scanning-or-what-i-ve-been-looking-for-from-net-for-months.htmlSun, 19 Sep 2010 19:01:00 +0000https://blog.foundev.pro/2010/09/19/java-ioc-containers-and-classpath-scanning-or-what-i-ve-been-looking-for-from-net-for-months.html<h1>Java IoC containers and classpath scanning (or what I’ve been looking for from .NET for months)</h1> Frustrated with the typical way I saw IoC used in Java where every example I found involved thousands of lines of XML and/or Java code to configure Java beans or components.&#160; This is very different than IoC typically used in .NET where most IoC containers allow you to "autowire" in their terminology up every class in an assembly with a couple of lines of code.&#160; Having been coding in that fashion for several years in .NET I was dismayed when none of my fellow Java coders that I worked with or knew personally had any concept of the equivalent functionality, and instead informed me the IDE would be my help in maintaining these massive XML files. <p>Not content with their answers I burrowed into Spring, Guice and PicoContainer docs and found &ldquo;classpath scanning&rdquo; which is roughly<br> equivalent to &ldquo;autowire&rdquo; in .NET. Below is an example of this in Spring 3:</p>