Load entire folder of Java Configuration files?

Question

Is there any way to load a entire folder with @Configuration files, the same way XML have: <import resource="folder/*.xml" />, but with annotations?.

Answer 1

The pendant of <import resource="folder/*.xml" /> but using configuration is @ImportResource

For example:

@Configuration
@ImportResource("folder/*.xml")
public class MyConfiguration {}

Answer 2

You could probably use component scanning.

@Configuration
@ComponentScan(basePackages = "org.example.configs")
public class Config {
}

All @Configuration classes from the org.example.configs package will be included in the context.

Typesafe alternative:

// org.example.configs.SubConfig
@ComponentScan(basePackageClasses = SubConfig.class)