diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/IService.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/IService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..478eea0657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/IService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package com.baeldung.di.spring;
+
+public interface IService {
+    public String serve();
+}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/IndexApp.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/IndexApp.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a45970d6b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/IndexApp.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.baeldung.di.spring;
+
+public class IndexApp {
+
+    private IService service;
+
+    public String getServiceValue() {
+        return service.serve();
+    }
+
+    public IService getService() {
+        return service;
+    }
+
+    public void setService(IService service) {
+        this.service = service;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/IndexService.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/IndexService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad241f5200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/IndexService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.baeldung.di.spring;
+
+public class IndexService implements IService {
+
+    @Override
+    public String serve() {
+        return "Hello World";
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/InstanceServiceFactory.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/InstanceServiceFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f083504e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/InstanceServiceFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.di.spring;
+
+public class InstanceServiceFactory {
+    public IService getService(int number) {
+        switch (number) {
+        case 1:
+            return new MessageService("Foo");
+        case 0:
+            return new IndexService();
+        default:
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown parameter " + number);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/MessageApp.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/MessageApp.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bf6c20b28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/MessageApp.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.di.spring;
+
+public class MessageApp {
+
+    private IService iService;
+
+    public MessageApp(IService iService) {
+        this.iService = iService;
+    }
+
+    public String getServiceValue() {
+        return iService.serve();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/MessageService.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/MessageService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b6efaab2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/MessageService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.baeldung.di.spring;
+
+public class MessageService implements IService {
+
+    private String message;
+
+    public MessageService(String message) {
+        this.message = message;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String serve() {
+        return message;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/StaticServiceFactory.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/StaticServiceFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd70898faf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/StaticServiceFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.di.spring;
+
+public class StaticServiceFactory {
+    public static IService getService(int number) {
+        switch (number) {
+        case 1:
+            return new MessageService("Foo");
+        case 0:
+            return new IndexService();
+        default:
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown parameter " + number);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/resources/com.baeldung.di.spring.properties b/spring-core/src/main/resources/com.baeldung.di.spring.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b8b5b85c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/resources/com.baeldung.di.spring.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+message.value=Hello World
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diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/resources/com.baeldung.di.spring.xml b/spring-core/src/main/resources/com.baeldung.di.spring.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c44d911d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/resources/com.baeldung.di.spring.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<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="indexService" class="com.baeldung.di.spring.IndexService" />
+    
+    <bean id="messageService" class="com.baeldung.di.spring.MessageService" scope="prototype">
+    	<constructor-arg value="${message.value}" />
+    </bean>
+    
+    <bean id="propertyConfigurer" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
+        <property name="location" value="com.baeldung.di.spring.properties" />
+	</bean>
+	
+	<bean id="messageServiceFromStaticFactory" class="com.baeldung.di.spring.StaticServiceFactory"
+        factory-method="getService">
+    	<constructor-arg value="1" />
+	</bean>
+	
+	<bean id="indexServiceFactory" class="com.baeldung.di.spring.InstanceServiceFactory" />
+	
+	<bean id="messageServiceFromInstanceFactory" class="com.baeldung.di.spring.InstanceServiceFactory"
+        factory-method="getService" factory-bean="indexServiceFactory">
+    	<constructor-arg value="1" />
+	</bean>
+    
+    <bean id="indexApp" class="com.baeldung.di.spring.IndexApp">
+    	<property name="service" ref="indexService" />
+    </bean>
+    
+    <bean id="indexAppWithStaticFactory" class="com.baeldung.di.spring.IndexApp" scope="prototype">
+    	<property name="service" ref="messageServiceFromStaticFactory" />
+    </bean>
+    
+    <bean id="indexAppWithFactoryMethod" class="com.baeldung.di.spring.IndexApp" scope="prototype">
+    	<property name="service" ref="messageServiceFromInstanceFactory" />
+    </bean>
+    
+    <bean id="messageWorldApp" class="com.baeldung.di.spring.MessageApp" scope="prototype">
+    	<constructor-arg ref="messageService" />
+    </bean>
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/BeanInjectionTest.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/BeanInjectionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d133faf63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/com/baeldung/di/spring/BeanInjectionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package com.baeldung.di.spring;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
+
+public class BeanInjectionTest {
+
+    private ApplicationContext applicationContext;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        applicationContext = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("com.baeldung.di.spring.xml");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void protoBean_getBean_returnsMultipleInstance() {
+        final MessageApp messageApp1 = applicationContext.getBean("messageWorldApp", MessageApp.class);
+        final MessageApp messageApp2 = applicationContext.getBean("messageWorldApp", MessageApp.class);
+        assertNotEquals(messageApp1, messageApp2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void protoFactoryMethod_getBean_returnsMultipleInstance() {
+        final IndexApp indexApp1 = applicationContext.getBean("indexAppWithFactoryMethod", IndexApp.class);
+        final IndexApp indexApp2 = applicationContext.getBean("indexAppWithFactoryMethod", IndexApp.class);
+        assertNotEquals(indexApp1, indexApp2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void protoStaticFactory_getBean_returnsMultipleInstance() {
+        final IndexApp indexApp1 = applicationContext.getBean("indexAppWithStaticFactory", IndexApp.class);
+        final IndexApp indexApp2 = applicationContext.getBean("indexAppWithStaticFactory", IndexApp.class);
+        assertNotEquals(indexApp1, indexApp2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void singletonBean_getBean_returnsSingleInstance() {
+        final IndexApp indexApp1 = applicationContext.getBean("indexApp", IndexApp.class);
+        final IndexApp indexApp2 = applicationContext.getBean("indexApp", IndexApp.class);
+        assertEquals(indexApp1, indexApp2);
+    }
+}