Spring throwing 'BeanCurrentlyInCreationException' when configuring aspect in Java - spring

Question

Currently I'm facing a strange error using Spring AOP. My simple goal is to resgister the following class as an aspect:
#Aspect
public class AopProxyInitializer {
#Pointcut("execution(public * *(..))")
public void publicMethodPointcut() {
}
#Around("publicMethodPointcut()")
public Object showInstrumentationOutput(ProceedingJoinPoint joinPoint) {
try {
return joinPoint.proceed();
} catch (Throwable throwable) {
throwable.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
}
Doing so via XML works fine:
<aop:aspectj-autoproxy expose-proxy="true"/>
<bean class="com.big.instrumentation.spring.aspect.AopProxyInitializer"/>
But trying to reach the same result using this Java configuration (together with my other beans) fails:
#Configuration
#EnableAspectJAutoProxy
public class SpringInstrumentationConfig {
#Bean
public SpringContextProvider provider() {
return new SpringContextProvider();
}
#Bean
public SpringAdvisedBeanService beanService
(SpringContextProvider provider) {
return new SpringAdvisedBeanService(provider);
}
#Bean
public AopProxyInitializer aopProxyInitializer()
{
return new AopProxyInitializer();
}
}
The outcome is the following exception:
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'aopProxyInitializer': Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?
Do you have any idea why this is the case? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Problem: #Pointcut("execution(public * *(..))") includes the SpringInstrumentationConfig class which causes the exception. You can either add && !target(path.to.SpringInstrumentationConfig) to the publicMethodPointcut or move the declaration af aspects from configuration class to the context.
AnnotationConfigApplicationContext ctx = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(AopProxyInitializer.class);