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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/23/15 2:07 PM, Cantor, Scott
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Closest answer seems to be [1]. Assuming that's still accurate, guess not.
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    Ok, thanks.  I was mis-remembering then, it's there in the latest
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      An inner bean definition does not require a defined id or name;
      the container ignores
      these values. It also ignores the <code class="literal">scope</code>
      flag. Inner beans are <span class="emphasis"><em>always</em></span>
      anonymous and
      they are <span class="emphasis"><em>always</em></span> created
      with the outer bean. It is <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span>
      possible to inject inner
      beans into collaborating beans other than into the enclosing bean.</blockquote>
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    I either skipped over that, or hadn't connected that with the
    section on collections and such.<br>
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Probably. Obviously you'd have to conditionally reference that since it won't be present on older configs.</pre>
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    Yeah, I did that.  It's not injected by reference, it's by value
    using getObject(beanName) in an SpEL expression.  That just returns
    null if the bean doesn't exist.<br>
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