| Package | Description | 
|---|---|
| org.springframework.beans | This package contains interfaces and classes for manipulating Java beans. | 
| org.springframework.beans.annotation | Support package for beans-style handling of Java 5 annotations. | 
| org.springframework.beans.factory | The core package implementing Spring's lightweight Inversion of Control (IoC) container. | 
| org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation | Support package for annotation-driven bean configuration. | 
| org.springframework.beans.factory.config | SPI interfaces and configuration-related convenience classes for bean factories. | 
| org.springframework.beans.factory.groovy | Support package for Groovy-based bean definitions. | 
| org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing | Support infrastructure for bean definition parsing. | 
| org.springframework.beans.factory.serviceloader | Support package for the Java 6 ServiceLoader facility. | 
| org.springframework.beans.factory.support | Classes supporting the  org.springframework.beans.factorypackage. | 
| org.springframework.beans.factory.wiring | Mechanism to determine bean wiring metadata from a bean instance. | 
| org.springframework.beans.factory.xml | Contains an abstract XML-based  BeanFactoryimplementation,
 including a standard "spring-beans" XSD. | 
| org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors | Properties editors used to convert from String values to object
 types such as java.util.Properties. | 
| org.springframework.beans.support | Classes supporting the org.springframework.beans package,
 such as utility classes for sorting and holding lists of beans. |