FYI, you can still use XML based configuration in Spring. The choice is yours. See https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/4.2.x/spring-framework-reference

FYI, you can still use XML based configuration in Spring. The choice is yours. See https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/4.2.x/spring-framework-reference/html/xsd-configuration.html https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/4.2.x/spring-fr... I agree it is not common to do it, most teams follow the autoconfiguration madness.