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1. The HttpClient instance and its security settings are injected via the httpClientRef and httpClientSecurityParametersRef attributes.

2. The builder for the request can be specified as an externally defined bean via the executableSearchBuilderRef attribute (as a replacement for the <URLTemplate> element and related elements). This allows for complete generality of the request-building process.

3. The processing of the response can be specified with an externally defined bean via the mappingStrategyRef attribute (as a replacement for the <ResponseMapping> element).

4. The caching of results can be specified as an externally defined bean via the <ResultCacheBean> element (as a replacement for the <ResultCache> element).

5. A Validator can be specifier as as an externally defined bean via the validatorRef attribute. The only available class which implements this Interface is NonFailFastValidator

6. Rarely, a non-default Velocity engine can be injected via the templateEngine attribute.

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