[filpen]

I also don't get what the author's issues are. Half of the article seems to be against XML configuration, and I don't come from a Java background but it seems that there are containers for Java that do not necessarily require an XML configuration, or is it not the case?

[twistedpair]

Hmm... guess the author is not familiar with @Autowired, @Resource, @Component... etc. You don't need XML fun. And, he complains about 2 of the same type... behold @Autowired(name="bar"), @Autowired(name="bah"). Miracle? No, just DI.