I think you can safely "late bind" this. Learn about the XML config if/when you need it for something. If you encounter a legacy codebase that's already using i

I think you can safely "late bind" this. Learn about the XML config if/when you need it for something. If you encounter a legacy codebase that's already using it, you can spend a few minutes looking at the existing XML based ApplicationContexts and you shouldn't have any problem understanding what's going on.