Although I do not know for sure, I would think not, because my understanding is that a proxy is created that is safe to be serialized.
However, I would ask *why* do this? If you're passing it to another component, why not just have that component also use an annotation? I wouldn't think that passing services around is typically a great use-case. -- Jeremy Thomerson http://www.wickettraining.com On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Andrew Humphries (MEL) < andrew.humphr...@foxtel.com.au> wrote: > Hi - > > Probably a simple question : We are using Spring with Wicket in our > project. I have opted for the use of the Spring bean annotations as > described in 'Wicket in Action'. In the chapter on integrating the two > technologies the book explains that you should use proxies instead of > direct references to Spring beans in your components, so that you don't > end up serializing your whole application context. It then goes on to > explain the technique of annotating Spring bean references in your > components - which I gather is safe in this regard (else why would it be > recommended). Is it also safe to pass references to the Spring beans > initialized in one component via an annotation to other components and > set them as members on those other components ? Or will this risk app > context serialization ? > > Thanks > > Andrew Humphies > Analyst/Programmer > > > This e-mail, and any attachment, is confidential. If you are not the > intended recipient, please delete it from your system, do not use or > disclose the information in any way, and notify the sender immediately. > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and > may not be the views of FOXTEL, unless specifically stated. No warranty is > made that the e-mail or attachment (s) are free from computer viruses or > other defects. > >