Introduce 'value' alias for @Bean's 'name' attribute [SPR-14728]

[spring-projects-issues]

Sam Brannen opened SPR-14728 and commented

Since use cases exist for which a user need only supply the name attribute for an @Bean method declaration, it would be beneficial to the user (in terms of usability) if the name could be supplied via an implicit value attribute.

For example, the following @Bean configuration for a Spring MVC controller that utilizes a BeanNameUrlHandlerMapping:

@Bean(name = "/testController")
TestController testController() {
	return new TestController();
}

... could be simplified as follows:

@Bean("/testController")
TestController testController() {
	return new TestController();
}

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[spring-projects-issues]

Sam Brannen commented

Resolved in: 8f62b63

[spring-projects-issues]

Juergen Hoeller commented

Since this is so straightforward and consistent with our general annotation alias wrap-up story in 4.3, I've backported it to 4.3.3 as well.