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After reading all these comtenms, the advantages of IoC and the mere definition of IoC are as clear as mud. The problem of class dependency many describe seem like it can be solved by using a simple Abstract Factory. If you have a system dependency, sure use a property file (e.g. JNDI datasource), but that should be the exception not the rule (i.e. the basis for a development framework). The defenders of IoC sound suspiciously similar to the defenders of Struts and EJB in their inability to succinctly answer simple and fundamental questions, and I suspect it will see a similar backlash as those tools had within the next two years.