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Spring Framework - BeanDefinitionBuilder Examples

[Last Updated: Nov 8, 2025]

Spring Framework 

Programmatically registering a bean with BeanDefinitionBuilder:

package com.logicbig.example;

public class MyBean {
private String str;

public void setStr(String str) {
this.str = str;
}

public void doSomething() {
System.out.println("from MyBean " + str);
}
}

package com.logicbig.example;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;

public class BeanDefinitionBuilderExample {

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

BeanDefinitionBuilder b =
BeanDefinitionBuilder.rootBeanDefinition(MyBean.class)
.addPropertyValue("str", "myStringValue");

beanFactory.registerBeanDefinition("myBean", b.getBeanDefinition());

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

Output

from MyBean myStringValue
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