'sessionFactory' name is fixed or can be changed ?

[Vinod Vinu]

I have a very basic question.
The name which we provide in the applicationContext.xml regarding creating the bean named "sessionFactory" is fixed or can be changed?
Because i tried "sFactory" instead of writing "sessionFactory" and it threw the errors saying can't find the bean named "sFactory".
applicationContext:-

 
  <!-- Creating the Session Factory Object -->
  <bean id="sFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
    <property name="dataSource">
    <ref bean="dbSource"/>
    </property>
   

thanks in advance

[David Newton]

As fas as I know beans can be named anything you want. Something *else* might be expecting a "sessionFactory" bean, but that's a different issue.