Is Object Factory part of Spring Container?

[Stefan Jankovic]

As an absolute starter in Spring, I have little problem understanding following.

It is said here that:

The Spring container is responsible for instantiating, configuring, and assembling the Spring beans.

But, at the same time I came across image that shows where Object Factory fit (attached image).

So, my question is: Is Object Factory part of Spring Container or not? How are they two related?

[Tim Holloway]

The Object Factory for Spring is the BeanFactory.

As is the case for most of Spring, it's a plug-replaceable component, but the generic BeanFactory class that comes with the Spring core is almost always sufficient.