Get Factory instead of Bean

Hello!
Another stupid question:

I have beans like:

Code:

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<bean id="beanA" class="ClassB">
  <property name="prop1" ref="beanB"/>
</bean>

<bean id="beanB" class="BeanBFactory">
</bean>

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For so, beanA expects classA in getProp1
For beanB I have singleton BeanFactory (BeanBFactory) used for making beanB

So, by default beanB created then application is initialized and tried to set beanB to beanA.

But I need to create beanB only then it is really started to be used in beanA - not during application start, but during user working...

In this case I should set into beanA not beanB - but it's factory - to create object via it then it is required.

OK, I changed ClassA::setProp1 so, it expects BeanBFactory - but still beanB is created during application initialization :(

And only if I remove

Code:

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implements BeanFactory

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from my BeanBFactory everything started to work.

So, is it correct solution, or there are some standard pattern exists in Spring for such cases?

Thank you for any advice

Using a BeanFactory like that is discouraged as you needlessly tie your implementation to Spring.
You can solve your problem by using a org.springframework.aop.target.LazyInitTargetSourc e. Have a look at the API documentation of that class for an example about its usage.

Regards,
Andreas