diff --git a/spring-all/pom.xml b/spring-all/pom.xml
index 25a45d9baed8..c70d9d75fc92 100644
--- a/spring-all/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-all/pom.xml
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>3.5.1</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
             <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/async/AsyncComponent.java b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/async/AsyncComponent.java
index 2946ab0aa18b..8503f75c8fe7 100644
--- a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/async/AsyncComponent.java
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/async/AsyncComponent.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package org.baeldung.async;
 
-import java.util.concurrent.Future;
-
 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Async;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.AsyncResult;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+
 @Component
 public class AsyncComponent {
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public Future<String> asyncMethodWithReturnType() {
         System.out.println("Execute method asynchronously " + Thread.currentThread().getName());
         try {
             Thread.sleep(5000);
-            return new AsyncResult<String>("hello world !!!!");
+            return new AsyncResult<>("hello world !!!!");
         } catch (final InterruptedException e) {
 
         }
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/profiles/DatasourceConfig.java b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/profiles/DatasourceConfig.java
index 80cb060c7e06..8fde925fd86f 100644
--- a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/profiles/DatasourceConfig.java
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/profiles/DatasourceConfig.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package org.baeldung.profiles;
 
 public interface DatasourceConfig {
-    public void setup();
+    void setup();
 }
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/AllStrategiesExampleBean.java b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/AllStrategiesExampleBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..64af2d520c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/AllStrategiesExampleBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package org.baeldung.startup;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
+
+import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
+
+public class AllStrategiesExampleBean implements InitializingBean {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(AllStrategiesExampleBean.class);
+
+    public AllStrategiesExampleBean() {
+        LOG.info("Constructor");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
+        LOG.info("InitializingBean");
+    }
+
+    @PostConstruct
+    public void postConstruct() {
+        LOG.info("PostConstruct");
+    }
+
+    public void init() {
+        LOG.info("init-method");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/InitMethodExampleBean.java b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/InitMethodExampleBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea0a85d261fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/InitMethodExampleBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package org.baeldung.startup;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+public class InitMethodExampleBean {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(InitMethodExampleBean.class);
+
+    @Autowired
+    private Environment environment;
+
+    public void init() {
+        LOG.info(Arrays.asList(environment.getDefaultProfiles()));
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/InitializingBeanExampleBean.java b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/InitializingBeanExampleBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..33b14864f32e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/InitializingBeanExampleBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package org.baeldung.startup;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+@Component
+@Scope(value = "prototype")
+public class InitializingBeanExampleBean implements InitializingBean {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(InitializingBeanExampleBean.class);
+
+    @Autowired
+    private Environment environment;
+
+    @Override
+    public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
+        LOG.info(Arrays.asList(environment.getDefaultProfiles()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/InvalidInitExampleBean.java b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/InvalidInitExampleBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0b9c6f0c7d96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/InvalidInitExampleBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package org.baeldung.startup;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+@Scope("prototype")
+public class InvalidInitExampleBean {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private Environment environment;
+
+    public InvalidInitExampleBean() {
+        environment.getActiveProfiles();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/LogicInConstructorExampleBean.java b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/LogicInConstructorExampleBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a7b3e26c777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/LogicInConstructorExampleBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package org.baeldung.startup;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+@Component
+@Scope(value = "prototype")
+public class LogicInConstructorExampleBean {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(LogicInConstructorExampleBean.class);
+
+    private final Environment environment;
+
+    @Autowired
+    public LogicInConstructorExampleBean(Environment environment) {
+        this.environment = environment;
+
+        LOG.info(Arrays.asList(environment.getDefaultProfiles()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/PostConstructExampleBean.java b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/PostConstructExampleBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4cabaad4dfa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/PostConstructExampleBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package org.baeldung.startup;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+@Component
+@Scope(value = "prototype")
+public class PostConstructExampleBean {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(PostConstructExampleBean.class);
+
+    @Autowired
+    private Environment environment;
+
+    @PostConstruct
+    public void init() {
+        LOG.info(Arrays.asList(environment.getDefaultProfiles()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/SpringStartupConfig.java b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/SpringStartupConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12854e1be549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/SpringStartupConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package org.baeldung.startup;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+@Configuration
+@ComponentScan("org.baeldung.startup")
+public class SpringStartupConfig {
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/StartupApplicationListenerExample.java b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/StartupApplicationListenerExample.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..32a63f0c1a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/java/org/baeldung/startup/StartupApplicationListenerExample.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package org.baeldung.startup;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
+import org.springframework.context.event.ContextRefreshedEvent;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class StartupApplicationListenerExample implements ApplicationListener<ContextRefreshedEvent> {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(StartupApplicationListenerExample.class);
+
+    public static int counter;
+
+    @Override
+    public void onApplicationEvent(ContextRefreshedEvent event) {
+        LOG.info("Increment counter");
+        counter++;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-all/src/main/resources/startupConfig.xml b/spring-all/src/main/resources/startupConfig.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8226665a9079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/main/resources/startupConfig.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd">
+
+    <bean id="initMethodExampleBean"
+          class="org.baeldung.startup.InitMethodExampleBean"
+          scope="prototype"
+          init-method="init">
+    </bean>
+
+    <bean id="allStrategiesExampleBean"
+          class="org.baeldung.startup.AllStrategiesExampleBean"
+          init-method="init">
+    </bean>
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-all/src/test/java/org/baeldung/startup/SpringStartupTest.java b/spring-all/src/test/java/org/baeldung/startup/SpringStartupTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..523a27c2c403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/test/java/org/baeldung/startup/SpringStartupTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package org.baeldung.startup;
+
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.support.AnnotationConfigContextLoader;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = { SpringStartupConfig.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
+public class SpringStartupTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private ApplicationContext ctx;
+
+    @Test(expected = BeanCreationException.class)
+    public void whenInstantiating_shouldThrowBCE() throws Exception {
+        ctx.getBean(InvalidInitExampleBean.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenPostConstruct_shouldLogEnv() throws Exception {
+        ctx.getBean(PostConstructExampleBean.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenConstructorInjection_shouldLogEnv() throws Exception {
+        ctx.getBean(LogicInConstructorExampleBean.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenInitializingBean_shouldLogEnv() throws Exception {
+        ctx.getBean(InitializingBeanExampleBean.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenApplicationListener_shouldRunOnce() throws Exception {
+        Assertions.assertThat(StartupApplicationListenerExample.counter).isEqualTo(1);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-all/src/test/java/org/baeldung/startup/SpringStartupXMLConfigTest.java b/spring-all/src/test/java/org/baeldung/startup/SpringStartupXMLConfigTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..19a35bb92bc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-all/src/test/java/org/baeldung/startup/SpringStartupXMLConfigTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package org.baeldung.startup;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration("classpath:startupConfig.xml")
+public class SpringStartupXMLConfigTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private ApplicationContext ctx;
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenPostConstruct_shouldLogEnv() throws Exception {
+        ctx.getBean(InitMethodExampleBean.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenAllStrategies_shouldLogOrder() throws Exception {
+        ctx.getBean(AllStrategiesExampleBean.class);
+    }
+}