Bean Factory vs application context code example

Example: Bean Factory vs application context

+---------------------------------------+-----------------+--------------------------------+
|                                       | BeanFactory     |       ApplicationContext       |
+---------------------------------------+-----------------+--------------------------------+
| Annotation support                    | No              | Yes                            |
| BeanPostProcessor Registration        | Manual          | Automatic                      |
| implementation                        | XMLBeanFactory  | ClassPath/FileSystem/WebXmlApplicationContext|
| internationalization                  | No              | Yes                            |
| Enterprise services                   | No              | Yes                            |
| ApplicationEvent publication          | No              | Yes                            |
+---------------------------------------+-----------------+--------------------------------+

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