Definition Type: Attribute
Name: abstract
Namespace: http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
Type: boolean:http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema
Containing Schema: spring-beans-3.1.xsd
Use (Optional)
Documentation:
Is this bean "abstract", that is, not meant to be instantiated itself but rather just serving as parent for concrete child bean definitions? The default is "false". Specify "true" to tell the bean factory to not try to instantiate that particular bean in any case. Note: This attribute will not be inherited by child bean definitions. Hence, it needs to be specified per abstract bean definition.
Collapse XSD Schema Diagram:
XSD Diagram of abstract in schema spring-beans-3_1_xsd (Membrane Service Proxy)
Collapse XSD Schema Code:
<xsd:attribute name="abstract" type="xsd:boolean">
    <xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
	Is this bean "abstract", that is, not meant to be instantiated itself
	but rather just serving as parent for concrete child bean definitions?
	The default is "false". Specify "true" to tell the bean factory to not
	try to instantiate that particular bean in any case.

	Note: This attribute will not be inherited by child bean definitions.
	Hence, it needs to be specified per abstract bean definition.
				]]></xsd:documentation>
    </xsd:annotation>
</xsd:attribute>