The following example shows a typical XML Spring configuration. This configuration file is created in the src/main/resources directory with the name BusinessApplicationContext.xml:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> 
    <beans>  <!-Namespace definitions removed--> 
      <context:component-scan base-package ="com.mastering.spring"/> 
    </beans>

The component scan is defined using context:component-scan.