Evaluate 'idref' element and 'local' attribute in Spring 3.1 [SPR-8179]

[spring-projects-issues]

Chris Beams opened SPR-8179 and commented

Spring 3.1 eliminates the use of xsd:ID typing, minimizing the utility of idref and local.

---

Sub-tasks:

• Test idref/local checks by container [SPR-8180] #12831 Test idref/local checks by container
• Consider pruning 'idref' and 'local' from spring-beans-3.1.xsd [SPR-8181] #12832 Consider pruning 'idref' and 'local' from spring-beans-3.1.xsd
• Update reference documentation regarding idref and local [SPR-8182] #12833 Update reference documentation regarding idref and local

Issue Links:

• Decide what to do with 'local' attribute in beans: namespace [SPR-8056] #12711 Decide what to do with 'local' attribute in beans: namespace ("is duplicated by")
• Add external-ref and local-ref to DTD/XSD [SPR-4052] #8731 Add external-ref and local-ref to DTD/XSD
• XML simplification for property tag with nested ref-local tag [SPR-1886] #6579 XML simplification for property tag with nested ref-local tag
• Allow short-form "idref" properties in addition to "ref" [SPR-2444] #7133 Allow short-form "idref" properties in addition to "ref"
• Allow <idref/> to set property value to id of bean [SPR-2500] #7189 Allow to set property value to id of bean
• idref could contain a app context scope to prevent from going to parent bean factory [SPR-3033] #7719 idref could contain a app context scope to prevent from going to parent bean factory

[spring-projects-issues]

Chris Beams commented

#7719, #7189, #6579, #8731 and #7133 should be evaluated / resolved as part of this work.