SFig - alternative metadata config language for Spring-Framework

SFig is a domain specific language (DSL) for declaratively coding the Spring-Framework applicationContext.xml (bean factory configuration).

The historic choice has been Spring's XML-based DSL, a Java language config approach, Java annotations, and more lately the Groovy scripting language builder syntax.

SFig is based on use of the ANTLR parser and is designed from the ground up for its intended purpose.

Here is an example of the SFig syntax style of bean configuration:

applicationContext.sfig

Contrast the SFig format of the first two bean descriptors with the conventional Spring XML format:

applicationContext.xml

SFig stays strictly in the realm of declarative data initialization and bean dependency association. It will not be enhanced to the point of becoming an imperative scripting language. It will stay focused strictly on the needs of bean factory bean initialization.