Create List Map In Context
File: Main.java import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext; import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext; import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionDefinition; import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionException; import org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager; import org.springframework.transaction.support.DefaultTransactionStatus; public class Main { private static void printMap(Map z) { for (Object o : z.entrySet()) { Map.Entry e = (Map.Entry) o; System.out.println(e.getKey() + " => " + e.getValue().getClass() + " " + e.getValue()); } } private static void printList(List y) { for (Object o : y) { System.out.println(o.getClass() + " " + o); } } public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("classpath*:**/context.xml"); List y = (List) context.getBean("Y"); printList(y); Map z = (Map) context.getBean("Z"); printMap(z); Map p = (Map) context.getBean("P"); printMap(p); } } class MyTransactionManager extends AbstractPlatformTransactionManager { @Override protected Object doGetTransaction() throws TransactionException { System.out.println("doGetTransaction"); return new Object(); } @Override protected void doBegin(Object object, TransactionDefinition transactionDefinition) throws TransactionException { System.out.println("doBegin"); } @Override protected void doCommit(DefaultTransactionStatus defaultTransactionStatus) throws TransactionException { System.out.println("doCommit"); } @Override protected void doRollback(DefaultTransactionStatus defaultTransactionStatus) throws TransactionException { System.out.println("doRollback"); } } class SimpleBean { private String name; private String value; public SimpleBean() { this.name = "My name"; this.value = "My value"; } public String getName() { return name; } public String getValue() { return value; } } File: Main.properties foo=bar baz=foobar File: context.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx" xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-2.5.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-2.5.xsd http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.5.xsd"> <bean id="transactionManager" class="MyTransactionManager"/> <util:constant id="X" static-field="java.lang.Integer.MAX_VALUE"/> <util:list id="Y" list-class="java.util.ArrayList"> <value>value1</value> <ref bean="X"/> </util:list> <util:list id="greetingsList"> <value>Hello, world</value> <value>How are you doing today?</value> </util:list> <util:map id="Z" map-class="java.util.HashMap"> <entry key="x" value="y"/> <entry key="y"><ref bean="X"/></entry> </util:map> <util:properties id="P" location="classpath:Main.properties"/> <bean id="simple" class="SimpleBean"/> <util:property-path id="Q" path="simple.name"/> <util:set id="S" set-class="java.util.HashSet"> <value>foo</value> <ref bean="X"/> </util:set> </beans>