Encountered error "Consider defining a bean of type 'java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference' in your configuration" - spring-boot

Question

I am getting the below error while starting spring boot application.
The injection point has the following annotations:
#org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired(required=true)
Action:
Consider defining a bean of type
'java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference' in your configuration.
Below is the code .
package de.summer.sampleapplayerv1;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.EnableJpaRepositories;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;
#SpringBootApplication(scanBasePackages = {"de.summer.sampleapplayerv1"})
#EnableConfigurationProperties
#EnableJpaRepositories (basePackages ="de.summer.sampleapplayerv1.repository")
#EnableTransactionManagement
public class Sampleapplayerv1Application {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(Sampleapplayerv1Application.class, args);
}
}
package de.summer.sampleapplayerv1.service;
import de.summer.sampleapplayerv1.domain.QueueAndPublish;
import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.UUID;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
#Slf4j
#Service
public class QueueAndPublishServiceImpl implements QueueAndPublishService{
private final AtomicReference<List<QueueAndPublish>> currentJob;
public QueueAndPublishServiceImpl(
#Qualifier("currentJob") AtomicReference<List<QueueAndPublish>> currentJob
){
this.currentJob=currentJob;
}
#Override
public QueueAndPublish getJobStatus(UUID jobId) {
return (QueueAndPublish) currentJob.get().stream()
.filter(j -> j.getJobId()==jobId)
.collect(Collectors.toList());
}
#Override
public List<QueueAndPublish> getAllJobStatus() {
return currentJob.get();
}
#Override
public QueueAndPublish getCategoryDataProcess() {
List<QueueAndPublish> processList=new ArrayList<QueueAndPublish>();
QueueAndPublish process=QueueAndPublish.builder()
.jobId(UUID.randomUUID())
.jobName("Name for Job")
.jobStatus("Not Yet Started")
.build();
Thread t1=new Thread(process.getJobId().toString()){
#Override
public void run(){
log.info("How are you doing");
process.setJobStatus("Completed");
}
};
t1.start();
processList.add(process);
currentJob.set(processList);
return process;
}
#Override
public QueueAndPublish getCatgeoryDataProcessStatus() {
return null;
}
}
package de.summer.sampleapplayerv1.domain;
import lombok.Builder;
import lombok.Getter;
import lombok.Setter;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.UUID;
#Getter
#Setter
#Builder
#Entity
public class QueueAndPublish implements Serializable {
#Id
private UUID jobId;
private String jobName;
private String jobStatus;
}
If I remove the constructor, spring boot application is starting up without any errors. If included , start up is failing with unsatisfied dependency errors.
Can someone please help on what is wrong with config?

Answer 1

You expect Spring to create an instance of class QueueAndPublishServiceImpl for the implementation of QueueAndPublishService. This instance needs a constructor parameter of type AtomicReference<List<QueueAndPublish>> injected.
But you obviously do not define any Spring bean (Bean, Component, Service, ...) of that type.
Edit:
public QueueAndPublishServiceImpl(
#Qualifier("currentJob") AtomicReference<List<QueueAndPublish>> currentJob
){
this.currentJob=currentJob;
}
Here you define a constructor parameter to have a AtomicReference<List<QueueAndPublish>>, and even specify it with a #Qualifier. So you need to provide a Spring bean of this class with this qualifier, otherwise Spring cannot inject it into the constructor call.

Answer 2

Consider defining a bean of type 'java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference' in your configuration.
Means "something like" adding this to your Sampleapplayerv1Application:
#Bean("currentJob") AtomicReference<List<QueueAndPublish>> currentJob() {
// or a list implementation of your choice.
return new AtomicReference<>(new java.util.ArrayList<>());
}