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In the past, XML verbosity has been a problem in spring. Later versions of spring solve this problem by adding shortcuts and namespaces. It should be terrific to add a quick fix to change this: <bean class="myclass"> <property name="companyName"> <value>redcetus</value> </property> </bean> into this: <bean class="myclass"> <property name="companyName" value="redcetus"/> </bean> or even into this: <bean class="myclass" p:companyName="redcetus"/>
This old bug may not be relevant anymore. If you can still reproduce it in 8.2 development builds please reopen this issue. Thanks for your cooperation, NetBeans IDE 8.2 Release Boss
Still valid in 8.2 dev Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 201607100002)