# spring-beans 6.2.8 API

Packages
Package
Description
org.springframework.beans
This package contains interfaces and classes for manipulating Java beans.
org.springframework.beans.factory
The core package implementing Spring's lightweight Inversion of Control (IoC) container.
org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation
Support package for annotation-driven bean configuration.
org.springframework.beans.factory.aot
AOT support for bean factories.
org.springframework.beans.factory.config
SPI interfaces and configuration-related convenience classes for bean factories.
org.springframework.beans.factory.groovy
Support package for Groovy-based bean definitions.
org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing
Support infrastructure for bean definition parsing.
org.springframework.beans.factory.serviceloader
Support package for the Java `ServiceLoader` facility.
org.springframework.beans.factory.support
Classes supporting the `org.springframework.beans.factory` package.
org.springframework.beans.factory.wiring
Mechanism to determine bean wiring metadata from a bean instance.
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml
Contains an abstract XML-based `BeanFactory` implementation, including a standard "spring-beans" XSD.
org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors
Properties editors used to convert from String values to object types such as java.util.Properties.
org.springframework.beans.support
Classes supporting the org.springframework.beans package, such as utility classes for sorting and holding lists of beans.