<bean id="exampleBean" class="examples.ExampleBean">

  <property name="beanOne"><ref bean="anotherExampleBean"/></property>

  <property name="beanTwo"><ref bean="yetAnotherBean"/></property>

  <property name="integerProperty"><value>1</value></property>

</bean>

​

<bean id="anotherExampleBean" class="examples.AnotherBean"/>

<bean id="yetAnotherBean" class="examples.YetAnotherBean"/>

public class ExampleBean {

    private AnotherBean beanOne;

    private YetAnotherBean beanTwo;

    private int i;

    public void setBeanOne(AnotherBean beanOne) {

        this.beanOne = beanOne;

    }

    public void setBeanTwo(YetAnotherBean beanTwo) {

        this.beanTwo = beanTwo;

    }

    public void setIntegerProperty(int i) {

        this.i = i;

    }    

}