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# Spring Framework

The Spring Framework allows you to use XML files to configure beans. Each bean represents an instance of an object; the parameters correspond to each object's setter methods.

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**note:** The Data Loader command-line interface is supported for Windows only.

**note:** The Data Loader configuration files are based on the [Spring Framework](http://www.springframework.org/), which is an open-source, full-stack Java/J2EE application framework.

A typical bean has these attributes.

-   class—Specifies the implementation class for the bean instance.
-   id—Uniquely identifies the bean to `XmlBeanFactory`, which is the class that gets objects from an XML configuration file.

For more information on the Spring Framework, see [the official documentation](http://www.springframework.org/documentation) and the [support forums](http://forum.springsource.org/). Note that Salesforce cannot guarantee the availability or accuracy of external websites.