Merge of util:map does not work [SPR-4760]

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Nate Stoddard opened SPR-4760 and commented

Merging of child util:map (when using the schema configuration) does not seem to work. This issue was first posted in the support forums at http://forum.springframework.org/showthread.php?t=53358.

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Affects: 2.5.3

Issue Links:

• Introduce 'merge' attribute for util namespace collection elements [SPR-6523] #11189 Introduce 'merge' attribute for util namespace collection elements

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Kevin Calcagno commented

I don't think this bug is valid. Your example appears to misuse util:map. The util:map tag is intended for creating a named bean that is a Map (it's a shortcut for MapFactoryBean). If you want to create a map as a property value of some other bean, just use <map> instead.

(also posted this on the thread in the support forum)

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Juergen Hoeller commented

We do have an issue there after all, since util:map and co expose a "merge" attribute - which is simply ignored at this point. That's certainly not acceptable. I'll see what I can do about it in the short term.

Juergen

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Juergen Hoeller commented

Merging through util:map and co is not really in line with the semantics of those tags, since they are designed to define standalone collections with own id etc. As a consequence, I've revised our 2.5 XSDs to not expose the "merge" attribute for util:map and co, whereas it still remains available for plain <map> and co.

Juergen