title: Spring - usage of alias vs names
body: <p>I am confused on the usage of alias. I do understand what alias is and how it is being used but i don't see how it can be any different than using names on a bean definition.</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;bean id="xyx" name="abc,def" .. /&gt;
  
  &lt;alias name="xyx" alias="pqr"/&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why the alias when i can use abc or def?</p>