Which have more priority: Spring annotation or xml configuration

Question

If i have a spring bean defined using both xml configuration and annotation. Then while initialization, which have more priority, xml or annotations.

Like my bean is...

package com.abc;    

@Component
Class Demo{
    ...
}

And my xml configuration is...

...
<context:annotation-config />
<context:component-scan base-package="com.abc" />

<bean id="demo" class="com.abc.Demo"/>
...

Now the demo bean is defined using both xml and annotations. While initialization, who is initializing bean: annotation or xml.

Answer 1

Annotation injection is performed before XML injection. Thus, the latter configuration will override the former for properties wired through both approaches.