**[Yanming Zhou](https://jira.spring.io/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=quaff)** opened **[SPR-10424](https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-10424?redirect=false)** and commented ```xml <context:component-scan base-package="${APP_BASE_PACKAGE}"> <context:exclude-filter type="regex" expression="${APP_EXCLUDE_PACKAGE:}"/> </context:component-scan> ``` same to context:include-filter --- **Reference URL:** https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-4351 **Issue Links:** - #9030 Placeholders in context:component-scan's base-package attribute - #15058 please let context:component-scan base-package eval placeholder then split by comma - #16862 Consistent Environment access in XML bean definition parsing code