Injecting Collections in Spring Framework Example

By | June 22, 2021

In this post, We will learn about the Injecting Collections in Spring Framework Example using a Demo Project.

Here We will learn How to  Inject List, Set, Map, Properties, and array.

We have already seen how to configure primitive data type using value attribute and object references using ref attribute of the <property> and <constructor-arg> tags in our  Spring bean configuration file. In both, cases we deal with passing a single value to a bean.

Now, what if  We want to pass more than one value like Java Collection types such as List, Set, Map, Properties and Array. To handle this situation, Spring offers the following types of collection configuration elements which are as follows −

Sr.No Element & Description
1 <list>

This helps in wiring or injecting a list of values that allows duplicates.

2 <set>

This helps in wiring a set of unique values.

3 <map>

This we use to inject a collection of key-value pairs where key and value can be of any type.

4 <props>

This also can be used to inject a collection of key-value pairs where the key and value are both Strings.

We may use either <list> or <array> to wire an array.

We may come across two situations (i) Passing direct values of the collection and (ii) Passing a reference of a bean as one of the collection elements.

Now Let’s try to understand the above concepts using the below demo Project.

pom.xml

Employee.java

Address.java

CollectionInfo.java

applicationContext.xml

ClientTest.java

If you run ClientTest.java as Java Application then it will give the below output: 

That’s all about Injecting Collections in Spring Framework Example

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