diff --git a/spring-framework-reference/src/beans-dependencies.xml b/spring-framework-reference/src/beans-dependencies.xml
index f3cd4ba597..9156f077c9 100644
--- a/spring-framework-reference/src/beans-dependencies.xml
+++ b/spring-framework-reference/src/beans-dependencies.xml
@@ -170,9 +170,27 @@ public class ExampleBean {
<constructor-arg name="ultimateanswer" value="42"/>
</bean>
- Keep in mind that your code has to be compiled with the debug
- flag enabled so that Spring can lookup the parameter name from the
- constructor.
+ Keep in mind that to make this work out of the box your code
+ has to be compiled with the debug flag enabled so that Spring can
+ lookup the parameter name from the constructor. If you can't compile
+ your code with debug flag (or don't want to) you can use
+ @ConstructorProperties
+ JDK annotation to explicitly name your constructor arguments. The
+ sample class would then have to look as follows:
+
+ package examples;
+
+public class ExampleBean {
+
+ // Fields omitted
+
+ @ConstructorProperties({"years", "ultimateAnswer"})
+ public ExampleBean(int years, String ultimateAnswer) {
+ this.years = years;
+ this.ultimateAnswer = ultimateAnswer;
+ }
+}