Spring - Register Bean by GenericBeanDefinition

GenericBeanDefinitionExample.java

public class GenericBeanDefinitionExample {

  public static void main (String[] args) {
      DefaultListableBeanFactory context =
                new DefaultListableBeanFactory();

      GenericBeanDefinition gbd = new GenericBeanDefinition();
      gbd.setBeanClass(MyBean.class);

      MutablePropertyValues mpv = new MutablePropertyValues();
      mpv.add("date", new Date());

      //alternatively we can use:
      // gbd.getPropertyValues().addPropertyValue("date", new Date());
      gbd.setPropertyValues(mpv);

      context.registerBeanDefinition("myBeanName", gbd);

      MyBean bean = context.getBean(MyBean.class);
      bean.doSomething();
  }
}

MyBean.java

public class MyBean {
  private Date date;

  public void doSomething () {
      System.out.println("from my bean, date: " + date);
  }

  public void setDate (Date date) {
      this.date = date;
  }
}