Simply apply the @Required annotation will not enforce the property checking, you have to register an RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor to aware of the @Required annotation in bean configuration file. Simply applying @Required annotion is not enough to enforce the property checking, you also have to register RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor in bean configuration file to do so. This configuration is done in two ways one by Include and another way is Include RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor in bean configuration file. which is shown in this example’s spring.xml file.
In this example Circle class has the center property as required field declare with the @Required annotation. The @Required when written on top of setCenter() method it make sure that center property must have be set else it will give compile time error message that org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanInitializationException: Property ‘center ‘ is required for bean ‘circle’ which is clearly shown in this example.
Circle.java
package com.dineshonjava.sdnext.annotation.tutorial; import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Required; public class Circle { private Point center; /** * @param center the center to set * Here center is the required property for circle */ @Required public void setCenter(Point center) { this.center = center; } public void draw() { System.out.println("Circle is drawn of center ("+center.getX()+", "+center.getY()+")"); } }
Point.java
package com.dineshonjava.sdnext.annotation.tutorial; public class Point { private int x; private int y; /** * @return the x */ public int getX() { return x; } /** * @param x the x to set */ public void setX(int x) { this.x = x; } /** * @return the y */ public int getY() { return y; } /** * @param y the y to set */ public void setY(int y) { this.y = y; } }
DrawingApp.java
package com.dineshonjava.sdnext.annotation.tutorial; import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext; import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext; /** * @author Dinesh Rajput * */ public class DrawingApp { /** * @param args */ public static void main(String[] args) { ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("spring.xml"); Circle circle = (Circle) context.getBean("circle"); circle.draw(); } }
spring.xml
<beans xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p" xmlns:>
If we are using the element <context:annotation-config/> then there are no need to add the bean org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcess
<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcess"></bean>Actually element <context:annotation-config/> add all the beans AnnotationBeanPostProcess included in the spring container. there are no need to add individually for @required, @autowired etc.Once you are done with creating source and bean configuration files, let us run the application. If everything is fine with your application, this will raise BeanInitializationException exception and print the following error along with other log messages:Output:Jul 10, 2012 5:04:09 PM org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext prepareRefreshINFO: Refreshing org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext@758fc9: startup date [Tue Jul 10 17:04:09 IST 2012]; root of context hierarchyJul 10, 2012 5:04:09 PM org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitionsINFO: Loading XML bean definitions from class path resource [spring.xml]Jul 10, 2012 5:04:10 PM org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory preInstantiateSingletonsINFO: Pre-instantiating singletons in org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory@19b5393: defining beans [org.springframework.context.annotation.internalConfigurationAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalAutowiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalRequiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalCommonAnnotationProcessor,circle,center,org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor#0,org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor$ImportAwareBeanPostProcessor#0]; root of factory hierarchyJul 10, 2012 5:04:10 PM org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry destroySingletonsINFO: Destroying singletons in org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory@19b5393: defining beans [org.springframework.context.annotation.internalConfigurationAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalAutowiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalRequiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalCommonAnnotationProcessor,circle,center,org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor#0,org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor$ImportAwareBeanPostProcessor#0]; root of factory hierarchyException in thread "main" org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'circle' defined in class path resource [spring.xml]: Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanInitializationException: Property 'center' is required for bean 'circle'
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:527)at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:294)at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:225)at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:291)at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:193)at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:609)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:918)at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:469)at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:139)
at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:83)
at com.sdnext.annotation.tutorial.DrawingApp.main(DrawingApp.java:19)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanInitializationException: Property 'center' is required for bean 'circle'
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:149)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1106)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:517)
... 11 moreNext, we can try above example after removing comment from 'center' property as follows:
spring.xml<beans xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p" xmlns:>
Now above example will produce following result:
Output:Jul 10, 2012 5:38:54 PM org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext prepareRefreshINFO: Refreshing org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext@ab50cd: startup date [Tue Jul 10 17:38:54 IST 2012]; root of context hierarchyJul 10, 2012 5:38:54 PM org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitionsINFO: Loading XML bean definitions from class path resource [spring.xml]Jul 10, 2012 5:38:54 PM org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory preInstantiateSingletonsINFO: Pre-instantiating singletons in org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory@19b5393: defining beans [org.springframework.context.annotation.internalConfigurationAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalAutowiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalRequiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalCommonAnnotationProcessor,circle,center,org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor#0,org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor$ImportAwareBeanPostProcessor#0]; root of factory hierarchyCircle is drawn of center (10, 10)
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