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Configuration properties not autowired when used in request body?

I'm using a particular class (ClassA) in my controller as the request body, but within that class, my autowired ConfigurationProperties is null.
Controller:
#RestController
#RequestMapping(value = "/rest/v1/")
public class XyzController {
#Autowired
ServiceXyz serviceXyz;
#PostMapping(value = "/route")
public void route(#RequestBody ClassA classA) {
serviceXyz.methodAbc(classA);
}
}
ServiceXYZ:
#Service
public class ServiceXyz {
public boolean methodAbc(ClassA classA) {
return classA.methodA() && otherStuff();
}
}
ClassA.java:
#Component
public class ClassA {
#Autowired
ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
public boolean methodA() {
return fieldA.equals(applicationProperties.someProperty());
}
}
ApplicationProperties.java:
#Component
#ConfigurationProperties(prefix="stuff")
public class ApplicationProperties {
// etc.
}
It's within ClassA.methodA that applicationProperties is null, even though everybody is marked with the correct annotations, and autowiring is working throughout the rest of the application.
Is it possible that this just doesn't work?

Autowiring works for objects from Spring context. In your request object of ClassA is parsed from JSON I think and is not taken from Spring context.
You'd better change your code to make ClassA as simple DTO and inject ApplicationProperties into your service class.
You can change your ClassA to this
public class ClassA {
public boolean methodA(ApplicationProperties applicationProperties) {
return fieldA.equals(applicationProperties.someProperty());
}
}
And your service to this:
#Service
public class ServiceXyz {
#Autowired
private ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
public boolean methodAbc(ClassA classA) {
return classA.methodA(applicationProperties) && otherStuff();
}
}

SpringBoot application doesn't autowire field

I do have ServiceImpl which looks like this:
#Service
#RequiredArgsConstructor
public class ServiceAImpl implements ServiceA {
private final String fieldA;
#Override
public boolean isFieldA(String text){
return fieldA.equals(text);
}
And I would like to inject a field value to fieldA in an Application.java from application.yml like this:
#EnableSwagger2
#SpringBootApplication
public class Application {
#Value("${fieldA}")
private String fieldA;
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
}
#Bean
public ServiceA serviceA() {
return new ServiceAImpl(fieldA);
}
But I receive the following error when running SpringBoot app:
Error creating bean with name 'serviceAImpl' defined in URLNo qualifying bean of type 'java.lang.String' available: expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate. Dependency annotations: {}
Do you have any solution for that?

You annotated your class with #Service and defined it manually as a bean with the #Bean annotation. I do think the second is the way you planned to use it.
The #Service annotation will make this class get picked up by Spring's component scan and additionally create an instance of it.
Of course it tries to resolve the parameters and fails when it tries to find a matching "bean" for the String field because there is no simple String bean (and should not :) ).
Remove the #Service annotation and everything should work as expected.

Try this
#Service
public class ServiceAImpl implements ServiceA {
private final String fieldA;
#Autowire
public ServiceAImpl(#Value("${fieldA}") String fieldA){
this.fieldA = fieldA;
}
#Override
public boolean isFieldA(String text){
return fieldA.equals(text);
}
}
and this
#EnableSwagger2
#SpringBootApplication
public class Application {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
}
}
You should not use #Service and #Bean for the same class!

Spring is not so smart :)
You should annotate your bean like:
#RequiredArgsConstructor
public class ServiceAImpl {
#Value("${fieldA}")
private final String something;
...
But I'm not sure it will work with the #RequiredFieldsConstructor, it would be simpler for you write down the constructor annotated with #Autowired and using the #Value annotation for the String parameter:
#Autowired
public ServiceAImpl(#Value("${aProp}") String string) {

You're using two bean declaration mechanisms:
You're registering your bean using #Service
You're registering a bean using #Bean
This means that your service will be created twice. The one defined using #Bean works properly, since it uses the #Value annotation to inject the proper value in your service.
However, the service created due to #Service doesn't know about the #Value annotation and will try to find any bean of type String, which it can't find, and thus it will throw the exception you're seeing.
Now, the solution is to pick either one of these. If you want to keep the #Bean configuration, you should remove the #Service annotation from ServiceAImpl and that will do the trick.
Alternatively, if you want to keep the #Service annotation, you should remove the #Bean declaration, and you should write your own constructor rather than relying on Lombok because this allows you to use the #Value annotation within the constructor:
#Service
public class ServiceAImpl implements ServiceA {
private final String fieldA;
/**
* This constructor works as well
*/
public ServiceAImpl(#Value("${fieldA}") String fieldA) {
this.fieldA = fieldA;
}
#Override
public boolean isFieldA(String text){
return fieldA.equals(text);
}
}

If you want to declare ServiceAImpl as a Spring bean in your Java Configuration file, you should remove the #Service annotation from the class declaration. These annotations doesn't work well together.
ServiceAImpl.java
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
public class ServiceAImpl implements ServiceA {
private final String fieldA;
#Autowired
public ServiceAImpl(String fieldA) {
this.fieldA = fieldA;
}
#Override
public boolean isFieldA(String text) {
return fieldA.equals(text);
}
}
Application.java
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
#SpringBootApplication
public class Application {
#Value("${fieldA}")
private String fieldA;
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
}
#Bean
public ServiceA serviceA() {
return new ServiceAImpl(fieldA);
}
}
Your application.properties
fieldA=value

The below implementation works well for me. You have two issues, first you have to choose between #Service and #Bean and the other issue I've seen in your code was the #Value annotation, you have to use only to inject a value from the properties.
#SpringBootApplication
public class TestedValueApplication {
#Autowired
void printServiceInstance(ServiceA service) {
System.out.println("Service instance: " + service);
System.out.println("value==value? " + service.isFieldA("value"));
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(TestedValueApplication.class, args);
}
#Bean
public ServiceA serviceA(#Value("${fieldA}") String fieldA) {
return new ServiceAImpl(fieldA);
}
}
Service:
public class ServiceAImpl implements ServiceA {
private String fieldA;
ServiceAImpl(String fieldA) {
this.fieldA = fieldA;
}
public boolean isFieldA(String text) {
return fieldA.equals(text);
}
}
application.properties:
fieldA=value

Full validation test in Spring Boot, injection failing

Hello everyone I wanted to tested the full validation of a Request in my Spring Boot application I mean no testing one validator at a time but all of them on the target object)
First I have my object :
public class UserCreationRequest {
#JsonProperty("profileId")
#NotNull
#ValidProfile
private Integer profileId;
}
Then my Validator (#ValidProfile):
#Component
public class ProfileValidator implements ConstraintValidator<ValidProfile, Integer> {
#Autowired
private IProfileService profileService;
#Autowired
private IUserRestService userRestService;
#Override
public void initialize(ValidProfile constraintAnnotation) {
}
#Override
public boolean isValid(Integer value, ConstraintValidatorContext context) {
if (value == null) {
return true;
}
RestUser restUser = userRestService.getRestUser();
ProfileEntity profileEntity = profileService.getProfile(value, restUser.getAccountId());
return profileEntity != null;
}
}
Now I write my unit test :
#RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
#ContextConfiguration(classes = {ValidationTestConfiguration.class})
public class UserCreationRequestValidationTest {
private static LocalValidatorFactoryBean localValidatorFactory;
#Autowired
private IUserService userService;
#Autowired
private IProfileService profileService;
#Autowired
private IUserRestService restService;
#BeforeClass
public static void createValidator() {
localValidatorFactory = new LocalValidatorFactoryBean();
localValidatorFactory.setProviderClass(HibernateValidator.class);
localValidatorFactory.afterPropertiesSet();
}
#AfterClass
public static void close() {
localValidatorFactory.close();
}
#Test
public void validateUserCreationRequestStringfields() {
UserCreationRequest userCreationRequest = new UserCreationRequest();
/* Here fill test object*/
when(userService.getUser(any(Integer.class), any(Integer.class))).thenReturn(new UserEntity());
when(profileService.getProfile(any(Integer.class), any(Integer.class))).thenReturn(new ProfileEntity());
when(restService.getRestUser()).thenReturn(new RestUser());
Set<ConstraintViolation<UserCreationRequest>> violations
= localValidatorFactory.validate(userCreationRequest);
assertEquals(violations.size(), 8);
}
}
and my TestConfiguration is like that :
#Configuration
public class ValidationTestConfiguration {
#Bean
#Primary
public IProfileService profileService() {
return Mockito.mock(IProfileService.class);
}
#Bean
#Primary
public IUserRestService userRestService() { return Mockito.mock(IUserRestService.class); }
}
On execution I can see that in the test itself the injection works :
restService is mapped to "Mock for IUserRestService"
But in my validator it is not injected, userRestService is null.
Same thing for ProfileService
I tried several things seen here, nothing works (code is running, only test conf is failing)

This is because you do not produce the Validator bean so it can be injected.
As you manually instantiate the LocalValidatorFactoryBean, it cannot access to the spring DI defined for this test.
You should produce instead a bean for the Validator, or even reference an existing spring configuration to do so.

Access to properties from created bean

I have that class as you can see below:
#Configuration
#PropertySource("classpath:sample.properties")
public class SampleConfig {
#Value("${attr1.prop}")
private String attr1;
#Value("${attr2.prop}")
private String attr2;
#Bean
public SampleService sampleService() {
return new SampleService(attr1);
}
#Bean
public static PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer placeHolderConfigurer() {
return new PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer();
}
}
I created SampleService bean with parameter attr1. Is possible get access to that properties which I load with #PropertySource later? For example after #Autowired.
Here is code of of using that bean:
#Service
public class SuperHotServiceImpl {
#Autowired
SampleService sammpleService;
public void fooFunc() {
// here I need some magic to get value of attr2.prop
sammpleService.setAttr(attr2);
}
}
Can you tell if it is possible an how? Thanks

If I understand properly your question, then this should help:
#Service
public class SuperHotServiceImpl {
#Autowired
private SampleConfig sammpleConfig;
public void fooFunc() {
System.out.println(sampleConfig.getAttr2());
}
}
Supposed that SampleConfig is annotated as #Component and that you provide the getter.

Spring Autowiring a property within an autowired bean

I'm a newbie to Spring. I'm facing a problem with Spring-Boot. I'm trying to autowire a field from an external config file into an autowired bean. I have the following classes
App.java
public class App {
#Autowired
private Service service;
public static void main(String[] args) {
final SpringApplication app = new SpringApplication(App.class);
//app.setShowBanner(false);
app.run();
}
#PostConstruct
public void foo() {
System.out.println("Instantiated service name = " + service.serviceName);
}
}
AppConfig.java
#Configuration
#ConfigurationProperties
public class AppConfig {
#Bean
public Service service() {
return new Service1();
}
}
Service Interface
public interface Service {
public String serviceName ="";
public void getHistory(int days , Location location );
public void getForecast(int days , Location location );
}
Service1
#Configurable
#ConfigurationProperties
public class Service1 implements Service {
#Autowired
#Value("${serviceName}")
public String serviceName;
//Available in external configuration file.
//This autowiring is not reflected in the main method of the application.
public void getHistory(int days , Location location)
{
//history code
}
public void getForecast(int days , Location location )
{
//forecast code
}
}
I'm unable to display the service name variable in the postconstruct method of the App class. Am I doing this right?

You can load properties in different ways:
Imagine the following application.properties which is automatically loaded by spring-boot.
spring.app.serviceName=Boot demo
spring.app.version=1.0.0
Inject values using #Value
#Service
public class ServiceImpl implements Service {
#Value("${spring.app.serviceName}")
public String serviceName;
}
Inject values using #ConfigurationProperties
#ConfigurationProperties(prefix="spring.app")
public class ApplicationProperties {
private String serviceName;
private String version;
//setters and getters
}
You can access to this properties from another class using #Autowired
#Service
public class ServiceImpl implements Service {
#Autowired
public ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
}
As you can notice the prefix will be spring.app then spring-boot will match the properties prefix with that and look for serviceName and version and values will be injected.

Considering you have you class App annotated with #SpringBootApplication and App class in the top package You can put your serviceName inside application.properties and inject it using #Value("${serviceName}"). Do not use #Component on a class if you are already using #Bean on configuration it will clash, and so #Autowired with #Value
See docs for more info
You will end with something like
#Service // #Component specialization
public class Service1 implements Service {
#Value("${serviceName}")
public String serviceName;
//Available in external configuration file.
//This autowiring is not reflected in the main method of the application.
public void getHistory(int days , Location location)
{
//history code
}
public void getForecast(int days , Location location )
{
//forecast code
}
}
No need for #Bean declaration when you have #Component/#Service/#Repository
#Configuration
public class AppConfig { //other stuff here not duplicated beans }
And your main class
package com.app;
#SpringBootApplication // contains #EnableAutoConfiguration #ComponentScan #Configuration
public class App {
#Autowired
private Service service;
public static void main(String[] args) {
final SpringApplication app = new SpringApplication(App.class);
//app.setShowBanner(false);
app.run();
}
#PostConstruct
public void foo() {
System.out.println("Instantiated service name = " + service.serviceName);
}
}