inner "bean" element with "parent" attribute is forced to have an "id" [SPR-380]

[spring-projects-issues]

Davide Baroncelli opened SPR-380 and commented

I tried using an inner bean definition with a "parent" definition, as in what follows:

<bean id="outer" class="blah.blah">
<property name="p">
<bean parent="inherited">
...blahblahblah...
</bean>
</property>
</bean>
<bean id="inherited">
...blahblah...
</bean>

but this fails with an error: "Error registering bean with name '' defined in class path resource [applicationContext.xml]: Child bean definition has neither 'id' nor 'name'".

I think this should be allowed, isn't it? Anyway, adding an "id" property to the inner bean seems to be a suitable workaround.

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Affects: 1.1.1

Issue Links:

• SWF-381 Make it easier to assign a flow definition an identifier when registering it in a registry

[spring-projects-issues]

Juergen Hoeller commented

Thanks for the report! This has already been fixed in CVS a couple of days ago, to be part of 1.1.2. Feel free to give a current CVS snapshot a try!

Juergen