Spring Bean with Factory Method from XML to Java Config

Question

Which is the properly way to translate this bean:

<bean id="velocityEngine" class="org.springframework.security.saml.util.VelocityFactory" factory-method="getEngine"/>

from XML to Java-Config (note the factory-method)?

Is the following solution right?

@Bean
public VelocityEngine veloctyEngine() {
        return VelocityFactory.getEngine();
}

Is there a better implementation according to the Spring-philosophy?

Cheers, V.

Answer 1

The way you are doing it seems right.

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