Annotation-based configuration is not turned on by default. You need to enable it by defining the <context:annotation-config/> element in application context (XML) files. When Spring reads this element, it activates the actions for all annotations defined in beans in the same application context where this element is defined. In other words, Spring will activate the annotation on all the beans defined in the current application context where the <context:annotation-config /> element is defined.
Let's update the configuration and rerun the previous code. You will get output similar to the following:
// Updated Configuration<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" ...
