Spring Core

BeanFactory & ApplicationContext BeanFactory, ApplicationContext, SingletonBeanFactoryLocator, Container Awareness, FactoryBean. Configuration Files Main Structure, Beans Naming, Abstract and Child Bean Definitions, Multiple Bean Definitions Files, Properties, Other formats than XML.
Not covered: extensible XML authoring.
Dependency Injection Setter Injection, Constructor Injection, Values for Properties and Constructor Args, Lookup Method Injection, depends-on, Autowiring, Dependency Check Lifecycle Instantiation, Singleton vs Prototype, Initializing/DisposableBean, Bean(Factory)PostProcessor, Container Lifecycle, Bean Lifecycle Misc Low Level Resources, MessageSource, ApplicationEvent, PropertyEditor, BeanWrapper.