Inner Class and @Component/@Resource not being detected. Not Supported?

[bootlaces]

Hi,

Spring 3.0.5
Java 1.6u25

Here's a little example:

@Component("daoFactory")
public class DaoFactory {

    @Autowired
    private ApplicationContext applicationContext;

    public TestDao getTestDao() {
        return applicationContext.getBean("test", TestDaoImpl.class);
    }

    @Repository("test")
    public class TestDaoImpl extends AbstractDao<Model> implements TestDao {

        public TestDaoImpl() {
            super(Model.class);
        }

        @Override
        public Model create() {
            return null;
        }

    }

}

When I execute a simple unit test to see if a TestDao is returned, I get this:

org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No bean named 'test' is defined
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.getBeanDefinition(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:527)

In my applicationContext-testing.xml, I have this:

<context:component-scan base-package="uk.foo.bar" />

Any idea why the inner class isn't being autodetected and added to the BeanFactory? If I could get this solved, I could remove a chunk of duplicate code :-)

Thanks!

-=david=-

[bootlaces]

I think it's fixed (sort of - not really) in 3.1.0.M2 - see here : https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-8433

[Marten Deinum]

And why should it be able to check for a non-static inner class?! The class cannot exist without its enclosing class, if it would be static it might be possible to do so, but I guess not for non-static inner classes.

[bootlaces]

Granted it can't exist without the enclosing class, but seems strange that Spring can create the enclosing class bean, then not also associate the inner class bean with a bean factory...

[Marten Deinum]

That is something that (if I'm not mistaken) doesn't even work with plain xml it will only work in xml with a static inner bean not non-static inner-beans.