<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <beans xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd"> <bean id="saxophone" class="com.stono.sprtest.Saxophone"></bean> <bean id="duke" class="com.stono.sprtest.Duke"> <property name="instrument"> <null /> </property> <property name="name" value="#{saxophone.getName()}" /> <property name="name2" value="#{saxophone.name}" /> <property name="name3" value="#{saxophone.getName()?.toUpperCase()}" /> <property name="name4" value="#{saxophone.name?.toUpperCase()}" /> </bean> </beans>