1. Create the project directory structure. 2. Add the required spring jar files through Add external jar files. 3. create the java class under the package folder. BeanClass.java [java] package com.splessons; public class BeanClass { private String userName; public void setUserName(String userName) { this.userName = userName; } public String getUserName() { System.out.println("Hello, " + userName); return userName; } } [/java] MainApplication.java [java]package com.splessons; import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext; import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext; public class MainApplication { public static void main(String[] args) { ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("applicationcontext.xml"); BeanClass beanClass1 = (BeanClass) context.getBean("BeanScope"); beanClass1.setUserName(" Welcome to SPLessons "); beanClass1.getUserName(); BeanClass beanClass2 = (BeanClass) context.getBean("BeanScope"); beanClass2.getUserName(); } } [/java] 4. Create the bean configuration file under source (src) folder. applicationcontext.xml [xml]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd"> <bean id="BeanScope" class="com.splessons.BeanClass" scope="singleton"> </bean> </beans>[/xml] 5. Run the application and display the output like