@ -693,10 +693,11 @@ able to call this method (with optional arguments, as described later) and retur
@@ -693,10 +693,11 @@ able to call this method (with optional arguments, as described later) and retur
object, which subsequently is treated as if it had been created through a constructor.
One use for such a bean definition is to call `static` factories in legacy code.
The following bean definition specifies that the bean be created by calling a
The following bean definition specifies that the bean will be created by calling a
factory method. The definition does not specify the type (class) of the returned object,
only the class containing the factory method. In this example, the `createInstance()`
method must be a static method. The following example shows how to specify a factory method:
but rather the class containing the factory method. In this example, the
`createInstance()` method must be a `static` method. The following example shows how to
specify a factory method:
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@ -725,6 +726,7 @@ The following example shows a class that would work with the preceding bean defi
@@ -725,6 +726,7 @@ The following example shows a class that would work with the preceding bean defi