enterprise-spring-xml

Spring Bean Factory XML — Dasel v3 Query Patterns

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Load this skill when querying any Spring bean XML file — applicationContext.xml, *_beans.xml, spring-context.xml, or any Spring ApplicationContext XML — for bean discovery, dependency analysis, JMS wiring, property injection auditing, or cross-bean reference tracing.

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Dasel v3 selector patterns for Spring bean factory XML. Always pass -i xml explicitly.

Attribute prefix rule: Dasel friendly mode (default) prefixes XML attributes with -. The id attribute is -id, class is -class. Text content is #text.

Bean Discovery

# All bean IDs
cat chaosrouter_beans.xml | dasel -i xml 'beans.bean.filter(has("-id")).map("-id")'

# All bean classes
cat chaosrouter_beans.xml | dasel -i xml 'beans.bean.filter(has("-class")).map("-class")'

# Map -class across every bean (includes beans without -id)
cat chaosrouter_beans.xml | dasel -i xml 'beans.bean.map("-class")'

Class Pattern Matching

Filter beans by class name via regex on -class.

# Beans whose class contains JmsTemplate
cat chaosrouter_beans.xml | dasel -i xml 'beans.bean.filter(-class ~ ".*JmsTemplate.*").map("-id")'

# Count beans matching a class pattern
cat beans.xml | dasel -i xml 'len(beans.bean.filter(-class ~ ".*Jms.*"))'

Dependency Wiring Analysis

Find beans referencing other beans via the -ref attribute on property child elements.

Pattern: parentCollection.filter(childElement.filter(condition).len($this) > 0) — filters the parent by testing whether a matching child exists (length > 0).

# Beans that reference a specific bean ID via ref attribute
cat chaosrouter_beans.xml | dasel -i xml 'beans.bean.filter(property.filter(-ref == "targetBeanId").len($this) > 0).map("-id")'

JMS Destination Mapping

Find which beans consume which JMS destinations via property child elements.

# Beans wired to a specific destination property
cat integrationpoint_beans.xml | dasel -i xml 'beans.bean.filter(property.filter(-name == "destination").len($this) > 0).map("-id")'