How can I autowire a specific implementation of an interface by its bean name in Spring - spring

Question

I have classes which implements MyInterface and their names are for example:
MyClassA, MyClassB etc.
How can I get the instance of the class by it's bean name? Something like:
context.getBean("myClassA")
context.getBean("myClassB")
Can I do it without configuring beans in the XML?
I want to use annotations

Answer 1

You can use qualifiers, e.g:
#Component
#Qualifier("classA")
public MyInterface ClassA {
return new ClassA();
}
#Component
#Qualifier("classB")
public MyInterface ClassB {
return new ClassB();
}
and use it like:
public class SomeClass {
#Autowired
#Qualifier("classA")
private MyInterface classA;
}

Answer 2

You have several options here. The easiest one would be using field names as a component name using #Autowire:
#Component("testClassA") // It is possible to omit explicit bean name declaration here since Spring will use a class name starting from lower case letter as a bean name by default. So just `#Component` should be sufficient here and below.
public TestClassA implements MyInterface {
}
#Component("testClassB")
public TestClassB implements MyInterface {
}
/*
* Note that field names are the same as the component names.
*/
#Component
public class TestClassWithDependencies {
#Autowired
private MyInterface testClassA;
#Autowired
private MyInterface testClassB;
}
Another option is to use qualifiers:
#Component
#Qualifier("testClassA")
public TestClassA implements MyInterface {
}
#Component
#Qualifier("testClassB")
public TestClassB implements MyInterface {
}
#Component
public class TestClassWithDependencies {
#Autowired
#Qualifier("testClassA")
private MyInterface testClassA;
#Autowired
#Qualifier("testClassB")
private MyInterface testClassB;
}
You could even create your own meta-annotations when you need to use the same qualifiers over and over again:
#Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.PARAMETER})
#Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
#Qualifier("testClassA")
public #interface TestClassACustomQualifier {
String value();
}
#Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.PARAMETER})
#Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
#Qualifier("testClassB")
public #interface TestClassBCustomQualifier {
String value();
}
#Component
public class TestClassWithDependencies {
#Autowired
#TestClassACustomQualifier
private MyInterface testClassA;
#Autowired
#TestClassBCustomQualifier
private MyInterface testClassB;
}
Much prettier, isn't it? One more option is to use #Resource from JSR-250 specification. As pointed out by #hovanessyan it's more JavaEE style of doing things, but still, I think it's a viable approach used on many projects:
#Component("testClassA")
public TestClassA implements MyInterface {
}
#Component("testClassB")
public TestClassB implements MyInterface {
}
#Component
public class TestClassWithDependencies {
#Resource(name="testClassA")
private MyInterface testClassA;
#Resource(name="testClassB")
private MyInterface testClassB;
}
More information you can get on https://www.sourceallies.com/2011/08/spring-injection-with-resource-and-autowired/, where discussed different approaches with tests added.
Hope this helps!

Answer 3

I think if above options don't suffice then factory implementation is one way to get instance on the fly -
#Component
public TestClassA implements MyInterface {
}
#Component
public TestClassB implements MyInterface {
}
define you factory this way -
public class MyInterfaceFactory extends AbstractFactoryBean<MyInterface> {
private String filter;
#Override
public Class<?> getObjectType() {
return MyInterface.class;
}
#Override
protected MyInterface createInstance() throws Exception {
MyInterface myInterface;
switch (filter)
{
case "1":
myInterface = new TestClassA();
break;
case "2":
myInterface = new TestClassB();
break;
default: throw new IllegalArgumentException("No such type.");
}
return myInterface;
}
}
and then your bean config -
#Configuration
public class FactoryBeanConfig {
#Bean(name = "myInterface")
public MyInterfaceFactory myInterfaceFactory() {
MyInterfaceFactory factory = new MyInterfaceFactory();
factory.setFilter("7070");
return factory;
}
}