factory-method fails ??

[charly's]

Greetings,

Although I read http://static.springsource.org/sprin...tory-lifecycle

I fail to understand why this fails :

<bean id="foo" factory-bean="exe" factory-method="newCachedThreadPool"/>
<bean id="exe" class="java.util.concurrent.Executors"/>

I thought that Executors.newCachedThreadPool would return me a ThreadPoolExecutor that could be referenced as foo.

But STS tells me Non-static factory method 'newCachedThreadPool' not found in factory bean class.

I Use JSE 6 and knows there is s the mistake is elsewhere.

Can someone please explain to me what's wrong ?

thanks !

[igm]

why don't you use directly:
<bean id="foo" class="java.util.concurrent.Executors" factory-method="newCachedThreadPool" />

In the documentation you are referring to there's in section 3.2.3.2.2 statement:
"Note that the definition does not specify the type (class) of the returned object, only the class containing the factory method"

[charly's]

You were right, your proposal didn't work (I had tried it before) because the setter was not respecting javabeans convention.

Now it works.

Thank you !

[115750]

Use following [ only for static factory method as per doc ]

<bean id="foo" class="java.util.concurrent.Executors" factory-method="newCachedThreadPool" />