Spring - how to inject concrete interface implementation? - java

I need to inject by #Autowired concrete implementation of a service class.
Service interface:
public interface PostService {
...
}
Implementation:
#Service("postServiceImpl")
public class PostServiceImpl implements PostService {
...
}
Methods in the service are with # Transactional annotation
And now I want to inject postServiceImpl to my controller - because I need to use one method from the implementation, that is not in the interface:
#Autowired
#Qualifier("postServiceImpl")
private PostServiceImpl postService;
I get NoSuchBeanDefinitionException with the following message:
No qualifying bean of type [ (...) .PostServiceImpl] found for
dependency: expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire
candidate for this dependency.
when I change the field in my controller to:
private PostService postService
it works, but I can't use a specific method from PostServiceImpl.

Since your methods are annotated #Transactional, spring will create proxy at runtime, to inject transaction management code. By default Spring uses JDK Dynamic Proxy for proxying mechanism, which proxies based on interfaces.
So, in this case, spring creates another class which implements PostService interface, and creates bean of that class. Definitely that cannot be autowired to PostServiceImpl, as those are siblings. However, if you really want to autowire on class, you can force spring to use CGLib proxy instead, which proxies using subclassing. That you can do by setting proxyTargetClass=true in your #EnableTransactionManagement annotation, if you're using Java based config.

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The bean could not be injected as a 'Type' because it is a JDK dynamic proxy that implements: reactor.fn.Consumer

My Spring 4 application, which uses Reactor 2, fails to start with:
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APPLICATION FAILED TO START
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Description:
The bean 'orderHandlerConsumer' could not be injected as a 'fm.data.repository.OrderHandlerConsumer' because it is a JDK dynamic proxy that implements:
reactor.fn.Consumer
Action:
Consider injecting the bean as one of its interfaces or forcing the use of CGLib-based proxies by setting proxyTargetClass=true on #EnableAsync and/or #EnableCaching.
The OrderHandlerConsumer is really simple:
#Service
#Order(Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE)
public class OrderHandlerConsumer implements Consumer<Event<OrderEnvelope>> {
#Override
public void accept(Event<OrderEnvelope> event) {
event.getData().getLatch().countDown();
}
}
Any ideas what might be going awry?
In your application class file where you define it as Spring application, add underneath it.
#SpringBootApplication
#EnableCaching(proxyTargetClass = true)
While the accepted answer will solve this issue, I think it will be more appropriate for me to explain why appling proxyTargetClass = true will fix this.
First of all, Spring, as a framework, utilizes proxing in order to supply the bean with some extended functionality, such as declaritive transactions via #Transactional, or caching by the means of #Cacheable and e.t.c. There are, in general, 2 ways(*) Spring can create proxy on top of your bean:
Jdk dynamic proxing
CGLib proxing
Offical documentation on this, in case you are interested.
Spring can create jdk dynamic proxy of the bean (in case proxing is required for this bean of course) if original class of the bean implements at least one interface. So spring basically create another implementation of this interface at runtime with some additional logic on top of original class.
What is the problem: if the bean is proxied by the means of jdk dynamic proxing , then you cannot inject this bean via its original class. So something like this:
#SpringBootApplication
#EnableTransactionManagement(proxyTargetClass = false)
public class StackoverflowApplication {
#Autowired private SomeService service;
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(StackoverflowApplication.class, args);
}
}
#Service
class SomeService implements SomeInterface {
#Override
#Transactional
public void handle() { }
}
interface SomeInterface {
void handle();
}
wont work. Why? Well, becuase #Transactional tells Spring that it needs to create proxy of SomeService at runtime, and within #EnableTransactionManagement I specifically asked Spring to make it by the means of jdk dynamic proxy - spring will succeed, since jdk dynamic proxy can be created, but the problem is at runtime there is not bean of type SomeService, there is only a bean of type SomeInterface (by the way, if you inject service here not by the class, but by the interface - it will work, I assume you understand the reason by reading explaination above).
Solution: by applying #EnableTransactionManagement(proxyTargetClass = true) (notice true value here) you force spring to create CGlib proxy (this rule is applicable only for beans that utilize declarative transaction management, i.e. via annotations). In case of CgLib proxing, Spring will try to extend the original class, and add additional functionality at runtime in the generated child class. And in this case injection by class will work - because the bean extends class SomeService, so
#Autowired
private SomeService someService;
will work perfectly fine. But, in general, if possible, inject bean by interface, not by class. In this case both Cglib and jdk dynamic proxy will work. So, be aware of proxing mechanisms spring can use. Hope it helped, have a nice day.
You can assign a bean name to your OrderHandlerConsumer class so that Autowire resolution will be easier, Moreover, Instead of Autowiring with the concrete class, try to auto-wire with the interface. So that you can change #Service annotation to,
#Service(value="orderHandlerConsumer")
and try to Autowire with the interface type,
#Autowire
reactor.fn.Consumer orderHandlerConsumer;
Please try autowiring as below
class Test{
#Autowired
private Consumer orderHandlerConsumer;
}
If the target object to be proxied implements at least one interface
then a JDK dynamic proxy will be used. All of the interfaces
implemented by the target type will be proxied. If the target object
does not implement any interfaces then a CGLIB proxy will be created.
https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/3.0.0.M3/reference/html/ch08s06.html
You can call it two ways.
1st way is without mentioning the proxy [with default proxy], you can Autowire it by the interface like below.
#Autowired
private Consumer orderHandlerConsumer;
Spring AOP will create an instance for OrderHandlerConsumer.
2nd way is, mention the proxy in the bean as ScopedProxyMode.TARGET_CLASS.
then you can Autowire an instance without the interface [based on the class].
#Service
#Order(Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE)
#Scope(value = ConfigurableBeanFactory.SCOPE_SINGLETON, proxyMode = ScopedProxyMode.TARGET_CLASS)
public class OrderHandlerConsumer implements Consumer<Event<OrderEnvelope>> {
#Override
public void accept(Event<OrderEnvelope> event) {
event.getData().getLatch().countDown();
}
}
and Autowire by the class like below.
#Autowired
private OrderHandlerConsumer orderHandlerConsumer;

How #Autowired works, if #Autowired is set on property(Class) which is only declared but not initialized using setter/constructor [duplicate]

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Understanding Spring #Autowired usage
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Using Spring, i have a class 'BaseController' with BaseService injected using autowiring. How the autowiring working even if the class is not inititalized. Check code below
#Controller
class BaseController{
#Autowired
private BaseService baseService;
//......
}
and bean definition in xml as
<context:annotation-config />
<bean name="baseService" class="com.test.service.BaseService" />
I am not initializing baseService either with Setter/Constructor.
How does it works, when i call a method as show below
baseService.methodOne();
Spring framework relies on Spring IoC (Inversion of Control) Container to create all the components and initialize them by injecting their dependencies. The dependencies are injected though constructors, setters and/or fields by using the reflection API.
Here you annotated the field baseService with the annotation Autowired which will indicate the Spring IoC Container to inject a bean of type BaseService, if at the time the container needs to create your Controller, the dependency has not been created and initialized, it will do it automatically and if this bean has dependencies it will apply the same logic on the dependencies until the dependency tree has been fully created and initialized. This is how it works in a nutshell.
If we have two controller classes A & B, with dependency on
BaseService. Does Spring container create two objects and injects into
A and B separately or Only one instance of BaseService is shared among
all the classes that has dependency.
It depends on the scope that you set on your bean declaration, if the scope is singleton, the container will create only one instance of your bean and then will inject the same instance in your controllers. If you chose prototype for example, it will create a new instance of your bean for each of your controllers. In your case knowing that singleton is the default scope, it will inject the same instance. For more details about the supported scopes in Spring IoC Container, you can read this.
If you have enabled the class scanning, spring detects all the spring bean types at the startup and inject dependencies if it marked with #Autowired, #Resource, etc annotations.
According to your example, BaseController must be a type of spring bean and also the BaseService. If the BaseService is an interface there must be an impl. if there are many impls, then you need a #Qualifier annotation as well.
Spring uses reflection, so you do not need a setter or a constructor to inject the dependency.
By default all the beans are singleton unless you set scope via #Scope

How it work the Spring #Autowired annotation on a constructor?

I am studying Spring framework and I have the following doubt related the #Autowired annotation on the constructor of this example:
#Component
public class TransferServiceImpl implements TransferService {
#Autowired
public TransferServiceImpl(AccountRepository repo) {
this.accountRepository = repo;
}
}
So what exactly mean? That the AccountRepository repo object (definied as a component somewhere) is automatically injected into the TransferServiceImpl() constructor?
How it work this operation? Is it done by type? (because AccountRepository is a singleton for Spring default), or what?
Tnx
Spring will look for the AccountRepository bean in the container. There are multiple possible scenarios:
1- There are zero beans with the type AccountRepository. An exception will be thrown.
2- There is one bean with the type AccountRepository. The bean will be injected when TransferServiceImpl is constructed.
3- There are more than one bean with the type AccountRepository:
Fallback to the bean name. In this case, Spring will look for a bean of type AccountRepository with name repo. If a match is found, it will be injected.
The name fallback fails (multiple beans with the same type and name). An exception will be thrown.
With #Component you tell the scan process that this class is a bean, with #autowire you tell the post processor to search through the spring repository for a bean of type AccountRepository. If the bean is found, it will be used with the annotated constructor. Based on the scope, a new instance will be used (prototype) or an already instanciated bean will be passed (singleton). If in anyway there are two beans matching the constructor argument, an exception will be thrown.

Spring autowire by interface type from XML without using autowireByType

I know that we can autowire all implementations of an interface using this sort of configuration.
#Configurable
public class Target {
#Autowired
private List<IType> itypes;
}
Or by using byType feature in XML.
In my code base, class is not annotated with #Configuration all beans are injected from XML and I cannot use byType as there are two beans of the same type (already existing) in the target class.
What is the way to use the same feature from XML (apart from putting all interface implementations one-by-one) to get all th ebeans by interface type?
Set autowire="byType" on the target bean and specify the properties that can not by autowired by type specifically.

Spring How to autowire a component without using #Component or other derivatives

I would like to autowire a component (still using the #Autowired annotation), but not require it to have the #Component (or other similar annotations) on it. How would I do this?
public class A {
#Autowired
private class B b;
}
#Component
public class B {
}
This would be convenient in order to allow autowiring of class A without requiring the creation of A, unless we needed it (in otherwise on the fly by reflection using the class name).
Injection and autowiring do not require #Component. They require beans. #Component states that the annotated type should have a bean generated for it. You can define beans in other ways: with a <bean> declaration in an XML context configuration, with a #Bean method in a #Configuration class, etc.
Your last sentence doesn't make much sense. You can't process injection targets in a bean without creating a bean. You also can't inject a bean without creating it. (Applied to scopes, bean may refer to the target source/proxy and not the actual instance.) Perhaps you want #Lazy.
I don't sure, If I correctly understood to your question. But if you want inject bean B without marking bean A via some annotation, or xml definition, you can use SpringBeanAutowiringSupport
public class A {
#Autowired
private class B b;
public A{
SpringBeanAutowiringSupport.processInjectionBasedOnCurrentContext(this);
}
}

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