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is it possible to have Spring configuration relying only on annotations apart from being spring boot application?

I'm new in Spring applications, and see the big difference between configurations in springBoot and spring. So my questin is: apart from spring-boot, is there a way to setup a proper spring application(with web mvc, security, aop, ...), without any xml config file (ie : config relying only on annotations).

Yes, there is a way to do this in Spring. Spring Boot is after all an enhanced, autoconfigured Spring (with other cool features). That means that everything there is in Spring Boot should be achievable in Spring as well, but you would have do a bit/a lot of Your own extra work.
Moving straight to the point, in order to achieve what you want, you would need to undertake the following steps:
Create a class, which will store all the configuration (basically the properties you would store in the xml file) - let's call it AppConfig.class
Annotate the AppConfig.class with #Configuration - this will inform Spring that this class is the source of configuration;
Annotate the AppConfig.class with #ComponentScan("com.app") - here, You need to provide a package, from which Spring has to start component scanning in order to find Beans to be registered in Spring Container. Important note is, that it will scan the package and it's subpackages, so you would mostly want to provide here the top level package;
If you need some data to be injected into your beans, you would want to use the #PropertySource("classpath:application.properties") - I have provided here the default value, which Spring Boot uses internally in case you want to inject some data into your beans at runtime. For this to work, you need to inject into AppConfig.class an Environment.class
To show it on the example:
#Configuration
#ComponentScan("com.app")
#PropertySource("classpath:application.properties")
public class AppConfig {
// it will help to pull the properties incorporated in the file you have provided in the #PropertySource annotation
private Environment environment;
//inject it
public AppConfig(Environment environment) {
this.environment = environment;
}
// build your beans - the getProperty method accepts the key from application.properties
// file and return a value as a String. You can provide additional arguments to convert
//the value and a default value if the property is not found
#Bean
public Product product() {
return new Product(
environment.getProperty("product.name", "XXX"),
environment.getProperty("product.price", BigDecimal.class, BigDecimal.ZERO),
environment.getProperty("product.quantity", Integer.class, 10)
);
}
}
I hope that it helps

How to configure intellij to find spring properties source

I'm looking for a way to follow source of spring configuration from annotation.
E.g. Having below Bean is any way to e.g. click on my-components-service.books.configurations and be redirect or list yaml files which contains config which would be injected in runtime?
#Bean
#ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "my-components-service.books.configurations")
Map<ComponentType, BooksConfiguration> booksConfiguration() {
return new HashMap<>();
}

If #ConfigurationProperties is at the class level then there should be some gutter icons that will show where the properties have been set.
It doesn't look like this works when it's specified on a #Bean like in your example however. A possible workaround is to use a nested #Configuration class, though that may be undesirable.

What difference does #EnableConfigurationProperties make if a bean is already annotated with #ConfigurationProperties?

The Spring Boot documentation says that to use the #ConfigurationProperties annotation
You also need to list the properties classes to register in the
#EnableConfigurationProperties annotation, as shown in the following
example:
and gives this code:
#Configuration
#EnableConfigurationProperties(AcmeProperties.class)
public class MyConfiguration {
}
But in the very next paragraph says:
Even if the preceding configuration creates a regular bean for
AcmeProperties, we recommend that #ConfigurationProperties only deal
with the environment and, in particular, does not inject other beans
from the context. Having said that, the #EnableConfigurationProperties
annotation is also automatically applied to your project so that any
existing bean annotated with #ConfigurationProperties is configured
from the Environment.
Suggesting that listing a #ConfigurationProperties bean under an #EnableConfigurationProperties annotation is not necessary.
So which is it? Experimentally, I've seen that if I annotate a bean with #ConfigurationProperties it gets properties injected to it as expected without needing to list it in #EnableConfigurationProperties, but if this is the case then why list anything that has a #ConfigurationProperties annotation under #EnableConfigurationProperties, as is shown in the documentation? Does it make any kind of difference?

As M. Deinum referred #EnableConfigurationProperties Is for enabling support of #ConfigurationProperties. If you take a look to the annotation Java Doc you can see:
Enable support for ConfigurationProperties annotated beans. ConfigurationProperties beans can be registered in the standard way (for example using Bean #Bean methods) or, for convenience, can be specified directly on this annotation. [...]
For example, let's say you have a class whose responsibility is to read and store information from your application.yml / application.properties that is required to make a connection to different databases. You annotate it with #ConfigurationProperties.
Then, you typically have a #Configuration annotated class that provides a DataSource #Bean to your application. You can use the #EnableConfigurationProperties to link it to the #ConfigurationProperties class and init your data sources accordingly.
Here is a small example:
application.yml
data-sources:
db1:
url: "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432}/db1"
username: test
password: test
db2:
url: "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432}/db2"
username: test
password: test
DataSourcesConfiguration
#ConfigurationProperties
public class DataSourcesConfiguration {
private Map<String, BasicDataSource> dataSources;
public void setDataSources(Map<String, BasicDataSource> dataSources) {
this.dataSources = dataSources;
}
Map<String, BasicDataSource > getDataSources() {
return dataSources;
}
}
DataSourceConnectionConfiguration
#Configuration
#EnableConfigurationProperties(DataSourcesConfiguration.class)
public class DatabaseConnectionConfiguration implements Provider<Connection> {
private DataSourcesConfiguration dataSourcesConfiguration;
public DatabaseConnectionConfiguration(DataSourcesConfiguration dataSourcesConfiguration) {
this.dataSourcesConfiguration = dataSourcesConfiguration;
}
#Bean
public DataSource dataSource() {
// Use dataSourcesConfiguration to create application data source. E.g., a AbstractRoutingDataSource..
}
}

It took me a while to reach to this post but would like to add here so that others may get benefited.
#ConfigurationProperties - Used to bind a class with an externalized property file. Very powerful and must be used to separate out bean classes with configuration entity class.
#Configuration - Creates a Spring bean of configuration stereotype.
#EnableConfigurationProperties - Creates a binding between a configuration entity class and Spring configuration stereotype so that after injection within a service properties can be retrieved easily.

If we look at the code below:
#Configuration #EnableConfigurationProperties #ConfigurationProperties(prefix="ar1")
public class ar1Settings { }
#Configuration tells Spring to treat this as a configuration class and register it as a Bean
#EnableConfigurationProperties tells Spring to treat this class as a consumer of application.yml/properties values
#ConfigurationProperties tells Spring what section this class represents.
My understanding is that if you don't need to specify the section of the property file, then #ConfigurationProperties can be omitted.

#EnableConfigurationProperties imports EnableConfigurationPropertiesRegistrar which enables support for #ConfigurationProperties annotated beans.
#ConfigurationProperties is an annotation for externalized configuration, it is to be applied to a bean configuration class or method annotated with #Bean eg
#ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "some-prefix")
public SomePrefix prefixBean() {
return new SomePrefix();
}
To load the properties and bind them to properties within the method or the class that match the prefix.
ps: some-prefix binds to SomePrefix because of spring's support for Relaxed binding.
Before springboot 2.2, You could do either of the following:
#Configuration
#ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "some-prefix")
public class ConfigProperties {
//...some code
}
or
#Configuration
#EnableConfigurationProperties(SomeClassToBeBounded.class)
public class ConfigProperties {
along with
#ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "some-prefix")
public class SomeClassToBeBounded{
//...some code
}
From springboot 2.2
You can do it in a much easier way:
#ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "some-prefix")
#ConfigurationPropertiesScan
public class ConfigProperties {
//...some code
}
With this, the classpath scanner enabled by #SpringBootApplication finds the ConfigProperties class, even though we didn't annotate this class with #Component.

I need to invoke a Spring Service from a java class, how to set the active profile for spring application from java class

*I need to invoke a spring service from my java class, how would i set the active profile dynamically for spring service.
here's the code
java code
public void abc() {
AccountDetailService service = new AccountDetailService();
service.getAccountDetails();
}
AccountDetailService
#Profile
#Log
#Component
private void getAccountDetails() {
String filename=environment.getProperty("fileName");
accountDaoImpl.getDetails(filename);
}
i have various profiles like dev,qa and prod
how would i pass active profiles from my java class when invoking spring service.*

You don't need to pass any profiles to your service. Simply, create configurations for different profiles. These configurations will provide the correct service instance for given profile. Here you have an example of such configuration class:
#Configuration
#Profile(value = "test")
public class ServiceTestConfig
{
#Bean
public Service service()
{
return new TestService();
}
}
Create another configuration with other #Profile annotation and Spring will automatically create proper instances. You can set active profile in many ways, the simplest is to change the spring.profiles.active property in your application.properties. Refer to Spring documentation to learn more about profiles:
https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/boot-features-profiles.html
Update
If you really need to pass your active profile to your service in runtime, you can inject Environment instance and call getActiveProfiles(). See the javadoc: http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/javadoc-api/org/springframework/core/env/Environment.html. Just keep in mind it's not the way profiles should be used in Spring. The example I provided before is considered the best practice.

Is it possible to make Spring #Import or #Configuration parametrized?

I've created a lot of common small bean-definition containers (#Configuration) which I use to rapidly develop applications with Spring Boot like:
#Import({
FreemarkerViewResolver.class, // registers freemarker that auto appends <#escape etc.
ConfigurationFromPropertiesFile.class, // loads conf/configuration.properties
UtfContentTypeResponse.class, // sets proper Content-language and Content-type
LocaleResolverWithLanguageSwitchController // Locale resolver + switch controller
);
class MySpringBootApp ...
For example, one of such #Configurations can set up session storage for locale cookie with web controller to switch to selected language etc.
They are very fun to work with and reuse, but it would be really great to make it parametrized, which could allow lot more reusege. I mean something like:
Pseudo code:
#Imports( imports = {
#FreemarkerViewResolver( escapeHtml = true, autoIncludeSpringMacros = true),
#ConfigurationFromProperties( path = "conf/configuration.properties" ),
#ContentTypeResponse( encoding = "UTF-8" ),
#LocaleResolver( switchLocaleUrl = "/locale/{loc}", defaultLocale = "en"
})
So, I basically mean "configurable #Configurations". What would be the best way to make the configuration that way?
Maybe something more like this (again, pseudo code):
#Configuration
public class MyAppConfiguration {
#Configuration
public FreemarkerConfiguration freemarkerConfiguration() {
return FreemarkerConfigurationBuilder.withEscpeAutoAppend();
}
#Configuration
public ConfigurationFromPropertiesFile conf() {
return ConfigurationFromPropertiesFile.fromPath("...");
}
#Configuration
public LocaleResolverConfigurator loc() {
return LocaleResolverConfigurator.trackedInCookie().withDefaultLocale("en").withSwitchUrl("/switchlocale/{loc}");
}

Let me quote Spring Boot Reference Guide - Externalized Configuration:
"Spring Boot allows you to externalize your configuration so you can work with the same application code in different environments."
In my opinion the customization is not done at import time via annotation parameters like in your 2nd pseudo code block, instead the customization happens at run time e.g. in the configuration classes. Let me adapt your 3rd code block (only one function):
#Configuration
public class MyAppConfiguration {
#Autowired
private Environment env;
// Provide a default implementation for FreeMarkerConfigurer only
// if the user of our config doesn't define her own configurer.
#Bean
#ConditionalOnMissingBean(FreeMarkerConfigurer.class)
public FreeMarkerConfigurer freemarkerConfig() {
FreeMarkerConfigurer result = new FreeMarkerConfigurer();
result.setTemplateLoaderPath("/WEB-INF/views/");
return result;
}
...
#Bean
public LocaleResolverConfigurator loc() {
String defaultLocale = env.getProperty("my.app.config.defaultlocale", "en");
String switchLocale = env.getProperty("my.app.config.switchlocale", "/switchlocale/{loc}");
return LocaleResolverConfigurator.trackedInCookie().withDefaultLocale(defaultLocale).withSwitchUrl(switchLocale);
}
For LocaleResolverConfigurator the configuration is read from the environment, meaningful default values are defined. It is easy to change the default value(s) by providing a different value for a config parameter in any of the supported ways (documented in the first link) - via command line or a yaml file. The advantage over annotation parameters is that you can change the behavior at run time instead of compile time.
You could also inject the config parameters (if you prefer to have them as instance variable) or use a lot of other conditions, e.g. #ConditionalOnMissingBean, #ConditionalOnClass, #ConditionalOnExpression and so on. For example with #ConditionalOnClass you could check if a particular class is on your class path and provide a setting for the library identified by this class. With #ConditionalOnMissingClass you could provide an alternative implementation. In the example above I used ConditionalOnMissingBean to provide a default implementation for the FreeMarkerConfigurer. This implementation is only used when no FreeMarkerConfigurer bean is available thus can be overridden easily.
Take a look at the starters provided by Spring Boot or the community. A good read is also this blog entry. I learned a lot from spring-boot-starter-batch-web, they had an article series in a German Java magazine, but parts are also online, see Boot your own infrastructure – Extending Spring Boot in five steps (MUST READ) and especially the paragraph "Make your starter configurable by using properties".

Though I like the idea of having imports be parameterized, I think that as it stands now using #Import and #Configuration not a good fit.
I can think of two ways to use dynamic configurations, that don't rely on PropertySource style configuration.
Create a custom #ImportConfig annotation and annotation processor that accepts configuration properties that are hard-coded into the generated source files.
Use a BeanFactoryPostProcessor or BeanPostProcessor to add or manipulate your included beans respectively.
Neither is particularly simple IMO, but since it looks like you have a particular way of working. So it could be worth the time invested.