mini-spring is a Java dependency injection framework and inversion of control container. It manages the full lifecycle of beans, including instantiation, property population, and scope management, while providing a system for automating the wiring of components.
The project implements a Java AOP framework that uses dynamic proxies to intercept method calls for cross-cutting logic. It also functions as a Java component scanner to automatically discover and register managed objects via annotations and as a Java event bus to decouple components through a publish-subscribe multicast system.
The container supports bean definition through XML configuration and annotation-based scanning, alongside a three-level cache to resolve circular dependencies. It includes a post-processor hook pipeline to modify bean definitions and instances, and a resource loader to resolve property placeholders from external files.
