@Scope:- In Spring 3.0 we can define bean or we can do configuration using Java File. @Scope annotation can be used to define the bean scope.

Example:

JavaConfig.java

package com.babita;

import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope;

@Scope("prototype")
@Configuration
public class JavaConfig {
    private String message;


    public String getMessage() {
        return message;
    }


    public void setMessage(String message) {
        this.message = message;
    }
}

MainApp.java

package com.babita;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;

public class MainApp {


    public static void main(String[] args) {

         ApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(JavaConfig.class);

            JavaConfig obj = (JavaConfig) context.getBean("javaConfig");
            obj.setMessage("Hello World From Manish");

            System.out.println(obj.getMessage());
            JavaConfig obj1 = (JavaConfig) context.getBean("javaConfig");
            System.out.println(obj1.getMessage());
    }

}

Output:-

Hello World From MAnish
null

In above example I have done the configuration using Java File(JavaConfig). The given java configuration file(JavaConfig.java) can be treated as Bean and we can also mention the scope of that bean using @Scope annotation.