package com.springexample;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;

public class RunMyProgram {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("beans.xml");
		StudentHolder studentHolder = (StudentHolder) context.getBean("studentHolder");
			studentHolder.displayStudentDetails();
	}
}

package com.springexample;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;

public class StudentHolder {
	
	/* Autowired annotation wires the property byType by default */
	@Autowired(required=false)
	Student student;
	
	public Student getStudent() {
		return student;
	}

	public void setStudent(Student student) {
		this.student = student;
	}	
	
	public void displayStudentDetails(){
		System.out.println("Student Details");
		System.out.println("---------------");
		if (student != null){
			System.out.println("Student No: "+student.getStudentNo());
			System.out.println("Student Name: "+student.getStudentName());
		}
		else {
			System.out.println("Student Object reference not found!");
		}
		
	}
}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
		http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd">

	<bean id="studentHolder" class="com.springexample.StudentHolder" />
	<context:annotation-config />
</beans>

package com.springexample;

public class Student {
	private int studentNo;
	private String studentName;
	
	public int getStudentNo() {
		return studentNo;
	}
	public void setStudentNo(int studentNo) {
		this.studentNo = studentNo;
	}
	public String getStudentName() {
		return studentName;
	}
	public void setStudentName(String studentName) {
		this.studentName = studentName;
	}	
}