I've never really understood the point of most of the Spring usage I've seen; seems like most people want to replace Java code that is type-checked and can thro

I've never really understood the point of most of the Spring usage I've seen; seems like most people want to replace Java code that is type-checked and can throw exceptions at reasonable places when something goes wrong with XML 'code' that has neither of these properties and thus turns debugging into a black art. Apparently, this is the right way to do things. The only reasonable use case I've encountered in practice is the ability to replace some major components of your program with stubs for use in automated testing.