Question

I have such xml:

<bean id="conversionService" class="org.springframework.context.support.ConversionServiceFactoryBean">
        <property name="converters">
            <list>
                <bean class="converters.AddressToStringConverter" />
                <bean class="converters.StringToAddressConverter" />
            </list>
        </property>
    </bean>

It configures converters without problems.

But then this code fails to make the same:

@Configuration
public class ConversionConfiguration {

    @Bean
    public ConversionService getConversionService() {
        ConversionServiceFactoryBean bean = new ConversionServiceFactoryBean();
        bean.setConverters(getConverters());
        bean.afterPropertiesSet();
        ConversionService object = bean.getObject();
        return object;
    }

    private Set<Converter> getConverters() {
        Set<Converter> converters = new HashSet<Converter>();

        converters.add(new AddressToStringConverter());
        converters.add(new StringToAddressConverter());

        return converters;
    }
}

This piece of configuration gets scanned by context – I checked it with debugger. Where could be the problem?

Answer 1

From my point of view your problem is the Bean name. Once you don’t explicit set the name using @Bean(name="conversionService") the name that will be used is getConversionService.

From documentation:

The name of this bean, or if plural, aliases for this bean. If left
unspecified the name of the bean is the name of the annotated method.
If specified, the method name is ignored.