JAVA EE: What will happen in byType Auto wiring mode, multiple bean of one type is there?

Monday 16 July 2018

What will happen in byType Auto wiring mode, multiple bean of one type is there?

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What will happen in byType Auto wiring mode, multiple bean of one type is there?

pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0%20http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">

    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>com.ram.core</groupId>

    <artifactId>SpringDemo</artifactId>

    <packaging>jar</packaging>

    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>

    <name>SpringDemo</name>

    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

    <properties>

        <spring.version>5.0.2.RELEASE</spring.version>

    </properties>

    <dependencies>

        <dependency>

            <groupId>junit</groupId>

            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>

            <version>3.8.1</version>

            <scope>test</scope>

        </dependency>

        <!-- Spring 5 dependencies -->

        <dependency>

            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>

            <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>

            <version>${spring.version}</version>

        </dependency>

        <dependency>

            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>

            <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>

            <version>${spring.version}</version>

        </dependency>

    </dependencies>

</project>

Address.java

package com.ram.model;

public class Address

{

    private String city;

    private String state;

    private String country;

    public Address(String city, String state, String country)

    {

        this.city = city;

        this.state = state;

        this.country = country;

    }

    @Override

    public String toString()

    {

        return "Address [city=" + city + ", state=" + state + ", country="

                + country + "]";

    }

}

Employee.java

package com.ram.model;

public class Employee

{

    private int id;

    private String name;

    private Address address;

    public int getId()

    {

        return id;

    }

    public void setId(int id)

    {

        this.id = id;

    }

    public String getName()

    {

        return name;

    }

    public void setName(String name)

    {

        this.name = name;

    }

    public Address getAddress()

    {

        return address;

    }

    public void setAddress(Address address)

    {

        this.address = address;

    }

    public void displayEmployeeDetails()

    {

        System.out.println("Employee [id=" + id + ", name=" + name

                + ", address=" + address + "]");

    }

}

applicationContext.xml

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"

    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans

http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.3.xsd">

    <bean id="address1" class="com.ram.model.Address">

        <constructor-arg value="Chennai"></constructor-arg>

        <constructor-arg value="Tamil Nadu"></constructor-arg>

        <constructor-arg value="India"></constructor-arg>

    </bean>

    <bean id="address2" class="com.ram.model.Address">

        <constructor-arg value="Bangalore"></constructor-arg>

        <constructor-arg value="Karnataka"></constructor-arg>

        <constructor-arg value="India"></constructor-arg>

    </bean>

    <bean id="employee" class="com.ram.model.Employee" autowire="byType">

        <property name="id" value="100"></property>

        <property name="name" value="Peter"></property>

    </bean>

</beans>

App.java

package com.ram.core;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;

import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;

import com.ram.model.Employee;

public class App

{

    public static void main(String[] args)

    {

        ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(

                "applicationContext.xml");

        System.out.println("---------------------------------------");

        Employee employee = (Employee) context.getBean("employee");

        System.out.println(

                "Got employee object from the ApplicationContext[Spring Container]");

        employee.displayEmployeeDetails();

    }

}

Output

Jun 30, 2018 8:41:53 AM org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext prepareRefresh

INFO: Refreshing org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext@5b37e0d2: startup date [Sat Jun 30 08:41:53 IST 2018]; root of context hierarchy

Jun 30, 2018 8:41:53 AM org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitions

INFO: Loading XML bean definitions from class path resource [applicationContext.xml]

Jun 30, 2018 8:41:53 AM org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext refresh

WARNING: Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'employee' defined in class path resource [applicationContext.xml]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through bean property 'address'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException: No qualifying bean of type 'com.ram.model.Address' available: expected single matching bean but found 2: address1,address2

Exception in thread "main" org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'employee' defined in class path resource [applicationContext.xml]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through bean property 'address'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException: No qualifying bean of type 'com.ram.model.Address' available: expected single matching bean but found 2: address1,address2

    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireByType(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1439)

    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1326)

    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:582)

    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:502)

    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.lambda$doGetBean$0(AbstractBeanFactory.java:312)

    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:228)

    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:310)

    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:200)

    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:758)

    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:868)

    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:549)

    at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:144)

    at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:85)

    at com.ram.core.App.main(App.java:12)

Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException: No qualifying bean of type 'com.ram.model.Address' available: expected single matching bean but found 2: address1,address2

    at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor.resolveNotUnique(DependencyDescriptor.java:215)

    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1113)

    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1062)

    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.autowireByType(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1424)

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