package com.foo; import java.util.List; import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition; import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition; import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder; import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ManagedList; import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractBeanDefinitionParser; import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext; import org.springframework.util.xml.DomUtils; import org.w3c.dom.Element; public class ComponentBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser { @Override protected AbstractBeanDefinition parseInternal(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) { return parseComponentElement(element); } private static AbstractBeanDefinition parseComponentElement(Element element) { BeanDefinitionBuilder factory = BeanDefinitionBuilder .rootBeanDefinition(ComponentFactoryBean.class); factory.addPropertyValue("parent", parseComponent(element)); List childElements = DomUtils.getChildElementsByTagName( element, "component"); if (childElements != null && childElements.size() > 0) { parseChildComponents(childElements, factory); } return factory.getBeanDefinition(); } private static BeanDefinition parseComponent(Element element) { BeanDefinitionBuilder component = BeanDefinitionBuilder .rootBeanDefinition(Component.class); component.addPropertyValue("name", element.getAttribute("name")); return component.getBeanDefinition(); } private static void parseChildComponents(List childElements, BeanDefinitionBuilder factory) { ManagedList children = new ManagedList( childElements.size()); for (Element element : childElements) { children.add(parseComponentElement(element)); } factory.addPropertyValue("children", children); } }