Using list, map, ... with annotated Spring bean

App.java

package sandbox.spring;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;

public class App {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ApplicationContext context =
            new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("applicationContext.xml");
        SampleBean sample = context.getBean(SampleBean.class);

        sample.showFruits();
        sample.showPrefs();
        sample.showTimetable();
    }
}

applicationContext.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
    xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
    xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
    xsi:schemaLocation="
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-3.0.xsd
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.0.xsd">

    <context:component-scan base-package="sandbox.spring" />

    <bean id="fruitsList"
          class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ListFactoryBean">
        <property name="sourceList">
            <list value-type="java.lang.String">
                <value>apple</value>
                <value>banana</value>
                <value>orange</value>
            </list>
        </property>
    </bean>

    <util:list id="prefsList" value-type="java.lang.String">
        <value>hokkaido</value>
        <value>aomori</value>
        <value>akita</value>
    </util:list>

    <bean id="timetable"
          class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.MapFactoryBean">
        <property name="sourceMap">
            <map key-type="java.lang.String" value-type="java.lang.String">
                <entry key="1st" value="Math" />
                <entry key="2nd" value="Science" />
                <entry key="3rd" value="Reading" />
                <entry key="4th" value="Social Studies" />
            </map>
        </property>
    </bean>
</beans>

result

2011/06/02 9:15:09 org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext prepareRefresh
情報: Refreshing org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext@f81843: startup date [Thu Jun 02 09:15:09 JST 2011]; root of context hierarchy
2011/06/02 9:15:09 org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitions
情報: Loading XML bean definitions from class path resource [applicationContext.xml]
2011/06/02 9:15:10 org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory preInstantiateSingletons
情報: Pre-instantiating singletons in org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory@62937c: defining beans [sampleBean,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalConfigurationAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalAutowiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalRequiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalCommonAnnotationProcessor,fruitsList,prefsList,timetable]; root of factory hierarchy
fruit: apple
fruit: banana
fruit: orange
pref: hokkaido
pref: aomori
pref: akita
timetable: 1st, Math
timetable: 2nd, Science
timetable: 3rd, Reading
timetable: 4th, Social Studies

SampleBean.java

package sandbox.spring;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.annotation.Resource;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

@Service
public class SampleBean {

    @Resource
    private List<String> fruitsList;

    public void showFruits() {
        for (String fruit : fruitsList) {
            System.out.println("fruit: " + fruit);
        }
    }

    @Resource(name = "prefsList")
    private List<String> prefs;

    public void showPrefs() {
        for (String pref : prefs) {
            System.out.println("pref: " + pref);
        }
    }

    @Resource
    private Map<String, String> timetable;

    public void showTimetable() {
        for (Map.Entry<String, String> subject : timetable.entrySet()) {
            System.out.println(String.format("timetable: %s, %s",
                    subject.getKey(), subject.getValue()));
        }
    }
}