How to define @ComponentScan without XML and Annotation

Question

How to Define ComponentScan Without Using annotation or Using XML in Spring? Is there any way to set componentScan using java code?

Answer 1

This blog says:

With the WebApplicationInitializer, Spring Framework Web MVC applications can now rid themselves of web.xml. Additional configuration/implementations are available for programmatically registering the DispatcherServlet and configuring the Spring container

You should be using something like this:

public class Initializer implements WebApplicationInitializer {

   public void onStartup(ServletContext servletContext)
        throws ServletException {
       AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext ctx = new AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext();

       ctx.scan("com.package.name");
       //the rest of initialization
    }
 }