spring framework 3.2.9 annotations - spring

Question

i try to use spring framework 3.2.9
that's my pom.xml
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.mkyong.common</groupId>
<artifactId>3_2_9</artifactId>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>3_2_9</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<dependencies>
<!-- Spring framework -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
<version>3.2.9.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>3_2_9</finalName>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<webXml>WebContent\WEB-INF\web.xml</webXml>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
and i have 3 classes
*hello/MessageService.java:
package hello;
public interface MessageService {
String getMessage();
}
*hello/MessagePrinter.java
package hello;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
#Component
public class MessagePrinter {
final private MessageService service;
#Autowired
public MessagePrinter(MessageService service) {
this.service = service;
}
public void printMessage() {
System.out.println(this.service.getMessage());
}
}
*hello/Application.java
package hello;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.*;
#Configuration
#ComponentScan
public class Application {
#Bean
MessageService mockMessageService() {
return new MessageService() {
public String getMessage() {
return "Hello World!";
}
};
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
ApplicationContext context =
new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(Application.class);
MessagePrinter printer = context.getBean(MessagePrinter.class);
printer.printMessage();
}
}
but the import cannot be resolved and the annotations that i have used are no known.any one can help me..

Answer 1

The #Autowired annotation resides in the spring-beans project, try adding the following dependency to your pom:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
<version>3.2.9.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>