http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
element idref

Model

<idref
  bean = string
  local = IDREF
/>

Disallowed substitutions (block)

none (extensions, restrictions and substitutions are allowed)

Substitution group exclusion (final)

none (extensions and restrictions are allowed)

Content Type

empty, not nillable.

Usage

This element can be the root element of XML instance documents.
This element can be a child of the following elements: array, list, property, key, set, entry, constructor-arg.

Documentation

	The id of another bean in this factory or an external factory
	(parent or included factory).
	While a regular 'value' element could instead be used for the
	same effect, using idref in this case allows validation of local
	bean ids by the XML parser, and name completion by supporting tools.
			

bean

Documentation

	The name of the referenced bean.
							

Definition

Defined with global type string

Model

string

Attribute Usage

optional

Fundamental Facets

equality, non-numeric, unbounded, unordered, countable infinite value space

White Space Processing

collapse

local

Documentation

	The name of the referenced bean. The value must be a bean ID and thus can 
	be checked by the XML parser. This is therefore the preferred technique 
	for referencing beans within the same bean factory XML file.
							

Definition

Defined with global type IDREF

Model

IDREF

Attribute Usage

optional

Fundamental Facets

equality, non-numeric, unbounded, unordered, countable infinite value space

White Space Processing

collapse