diff --git a/Spring-DependencyInjection/pom.xml b/Spring-DependencyInjection/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc818f948b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spring-DependencyInjection/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+	<groupId>com.spring.core</groupId>
+	<artifactId>Spring-DependencyInjection</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+	<name>Spring-DependencyInjection</name>
+	<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+	</properties>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+			<version>4.3.14.RELEASE</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>3.8.1</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/beans.xml b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/beans.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71de8d3293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/beans.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd">
+
+	<context:annotation-config />
+	<context:component-scan base-package="com.baeldung.spring.core" />
+
+	<bean id="department" class="com.baeldung.spring.core.Department">
+		<constructor-arg name="departmentName" value="Sales" type="String" />
+		<constructor-arg name="departmentNumber" value="S01" type="String" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="employee" class="com.baeldung.spring.core.Employee">
+		<constructor-arg name="department" ref="department" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="subject" class="com.baeldung.spring.core.Subject">
+		<property name="subjectName" value="Maths" />
+		<property name="subjectId" value="M1" />
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="student" class="com.baeldung.spring.core.Student">
+		<property name="studentName" value="student1" />
+		<property name="studentId" value="123" />
+		<property name="subject" ref="subject" />
+	</bean>
+
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Address.java b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Address.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e6fe29c0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Address.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.core;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class Address {
+
+	private String address1;
+
+	private String city;
+
+	private String state;
+
+	private String country;
+
+	public String getAddress1() {
+		return address1;
+	}
+
+	public void setAddress1(String address1) {
+		this.address1 = address1;
+	}
+
+	public String getCity() {
+		return city;
+	}
+
+	public void setCity(String city) {
+		this.city = city;
+	}
+
+	public String getState() {
+		return state;
+	}
+
+	public void setState(String state) {
+		this.state = state;
+	}
+
+	public String getCountry() {
+		return country;
+	}
+
+	public void setCountry(String country) {
+		this.country = country;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "Address [address1=" + address1 + ", city=" + city + ", state=" + state + ", country=" + country + "]";
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Car.java b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Car.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f940e1e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Car.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.core;
+
+public class Car {
+
+	private String carName;
+
+	private String carType;
+
+	public String getCarName() {
+		return carName;
+	}
+
+	public void setCarName(String carName) {
+		this.carName = carName;
+	}
+
+	public String getCarType() {
+		return carType;
+	}
+
+	public void setCarType(String carType) {
+		this.carType = carType;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "Car [carName=" + carName + ", carType=" + carType + "]";
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Customer.java b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Customer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da9ac13021
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Customer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.core;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class Customer {
+
+	@Value("Thomas")
+	private String customerName;
+
+	@Value("Cust123")
+	private String customerId;
+
+	private Product product;
+
+	private Address address;
+
+	@Autowired
+	public Customer(Address address) {
+		super();
+		this.address = address;
+	}
+
+	public String getCustomerName() {
+		return customerName;
+	}
+
+	public void setCustomerName(String customerName) {
+		this.customerName = customerName;
+	}
+
+	public String getCustomerId() {
+		return customerId;
+	}
+
+	public void setCustomerId(String customerId) {
+		this.customerId = customerId;
+	}
+
+	public Product getProduct() {
+		return product;
+	}
+
+	@Autowired
+	public void setProduct(Product product) {
+		this.product = product;
+	}
+
+	public Address getAddress() {
+		return address;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "Customer [customerName=" + customerName + ", customerId=" + customerId + ", product=" + product
+				+ ", address=" + address + "]";
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Department.java b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Department.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7da2d560a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Department.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.core;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class Department {
+
+	private String departmentName;
+
+	private String departmentId;
+
+	public Department(String departmentName, String departmentNumber) {
+		super();
+		this.departmentName = departmentName;
+		this.departmentId = departmentNumber;
+	}
+
+	public String getDepartmentName() {
+		return departmentName;
+	}
+
+	public String getDepartmentId() {
+		return departmentId;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "Department [departmentName=" + departmentName + ", departmentNumber=" + departmentId + "]";
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Employee.java b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Employee.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de450b8e6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Employee.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.core;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class Employee {
+
+	private Department department;
+
+	public Employee(Department department) {
+		super();
+		this.department = department;
+	}
+
+	public Department getDepartment() {
+		return department;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "Employee [department=" + department + "]";
+	}
+}
diff --git a/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Product.java b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Product.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..162c9b3429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Product.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.core;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class Product {
+
+	@Value("product1")
+	private String productName;
+
+	@Value("Pro123")
+	private String productId;
+
+	@Value("100")
+	private String productCost;
+
+	public String getProductName() {
+		return productName;
+	}
+
+	public void setProductName(String productName) {
+		this.productName = productName;
+	}
+
+	public String getProductId() {
+		return productId;
+	}
+
+	public void setProductId(String productId) {
+		this.productId = productId;
+	}
+
+	public String getProductCost() {
+		return productCost;
+	}
+
+	public void setProductCost(String productCost) {
+		this.productCost = productCost;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "Product [productName=" + productName + ", productId=" + productId + ", productCost=" + productCost
+				+ "]";
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Student.java b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Student.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2563f01ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Student.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.core;
+
+public class Student {
+
+	private String studentName;
+
+	private String studentId;
+
+	private Subject subject;
+
+	public String getStudentName() {
+		return studentName;
+	}
+
+	public void setStudentName(String studentName) {
+		this.studentName = studentName;
+	}
+
+	public String getStudentId() {
+		return studentId;
+	}
+
+	public void setStudentId(String studentId) {
+		this.studentId = studentId;
+	}
+
+	public Subject getSubject() {
+		return subject;
+	}
+
+	public void setSubject(Subject subject) {
+		this.subject = subject;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "Student [studentName=" + studentName + ", studentId=" + studentId + ", subject=" + subject + "]";
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Subject.java b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Subject.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b160bbef18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/Subject.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.core;
+
+public class Subject {
+
+	private String subjectName;
+
+	private String subjectId;
+
+	public String getSubjectName() {
+		return subjectName;
+	}
+
+	public void setSubjectName(String subjectName) {
+		this.subjectName = subjectName;
+	}
+
+	public String getSubjectId() {
+		return subjectId;
+	}
+
+	public void setSubjectId(String subjectId) {
+		this.subjectId = subjectId;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "Subject [subjectName=" + subjectName + ", subjectId=" + subjectId + "]";
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/config/AppConfig.java b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/config/AppConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..496191d758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/config/AppConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.core.config;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+import com.baeldung.spring.core.Car;
+import com.baeldung.spring.core.Department;
+import com.baeldung.spring.core.Employee;
+
+@Configuration
+public class AppConfig {
+
+	@Bean
+	public Department getDepartment() {
+		return new Department("Sales", "S01");
+	}
+
+	@Bean
+	public Employee getEmployee() {
+		return new Employee(getDepartment());
+	}
+
+	@Bean
+	public Car getCar() {
+		Car car = new Car();
+		car.setCarName("Honda");
+		car.setCarType("SUV");
+		return car;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/test/AnnotationApplicationContextTest.java b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/test/AnnotationApplicationContextTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02daf26eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/test/AnnotationApplicationContextTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.core.test;
+
+import org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
+
+import com.baeldung.spring.core.Customer;
+
+public class AnnotationApplicationContextTest {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		AbstractApplicationContext applicationContext = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("beans.xml");
+		Customer customer = applicationContext.getBean(Customer.class);
+		System.out.println("Customer is :: " + customer);
+		System.out.println("Product is :: " + customer.getProduct());
+		applicationContext.close();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/test/JavaConfigApplicationContextTest.java b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/test/JavaConfigApplicationContextTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01b0c67675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/test/JavaConfigApplicationContextTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.core.test;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext;
+
+import com.baeldung.spring.core.Car;
+import com.baeldung.spring.core.Department;
+import com.baeldung.spring.core.Employee;
+import com.baeldung.spring.core.config.AppConfig;
+
+public class JavaConfigApplicationContextTest {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		AbstractApplicationContext applicationContext = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(AppConfig.class);
+		Department department = applicationContext.getBean(Department.class);
+		Employee employee = applicationContext.getBean(Employee.class);
+		System.out.println("Department is :: " + department);
+		System.out.println("Employee is :: " + employee);
+		Car car = applicationContext.getBean(Car.class);
+		System.out.println("Car is :: " + car);
+		applicationContext.close();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/test/XMLConfigurationApplicationContextTest.java b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/test/XMLConfigurationApplicationContextTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ead4226f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/core/test/XMLConfigurationApplicationContextTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.core.test;
+
+import org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
+
+import com.baeldung.spring.core.Department;
+import com.baeldung.spring.core.Employee;
+import com.baeldung.spring.core.Student;
+import com.baeldung.spring.core.Subject;
+
+public class XMLConfigurationApplicationContextTest {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		AbstractApplicationContext abstractApplicationContext = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("beans.xml");
+		// Constructor Injection
+		Department department = (Department) abstractApplicationContext.getBean("department");
+		Employee employee = (Employee) abstractApplicationContext.getBean("employee");
+		System.out.println("Department is :: " + department);
+		System.out.println("Employee is :: " + employee);
+
+		// Setter Injection
+		Subject subject = (Subject) abstractApplicationContext.getBean("subject");
+		Student student = (Student) abstractApplicationContext.getBean("student");
+		System.out.println("Subject is :: " + subject);
+		System.out.println("Student is :: " + student);
+		abstractApplicationContext.close();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/test/java/com/spring/core/Spring_DependencyInjection/AppTest.java b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/test/java/com/spring/core/Spring_DependencyInjection/AppTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b3c551257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spring-DependencyInjection/src/test/java/com/spring/core/Spring_DependencyInjection/AppTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.spring.core.Spring_DependencyInjection;
+
+import junit.framework.Test;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import junit.framework.TestSuite;
+
+/**
+ * Unit test for simple App.
+ */
+public class AppTest 
+    extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * Create the test case
+     *
+     * @param testName name of the test case
+     */
+    public AppTest( String testName )
+    {
+        super( testName );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the suite of tests being tested
+     */
+    public static Test suite()
+    {
+        return new TestSuite( AppTest.class );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Rigourous Test :-)
+     */
+    public void testApp()
+    {
+        assertTrue( true );
+    }
+}