How to create a Spring Bean of a Inner class?

Question

I would like to create a Spring Bean of a Inner class. If I have the following inner class B:

package x.y.z;  public class A {     public class B { } } 

I would like to create bean instance in my XML configuration files.

<bean class="x.y.z.A.B" name="innerBean" /> 

Answer 1

You cannot access your public static inner class with the dot (.) notation, instead, use the currency ($). An example:

<bean class="x.y.z.A$B" name="innerBean" /> 

This will work.