Spring boot component scan include a single class [duplicate]

Question

I am using spring component scan to auto detect beans as:

@ComponentScan({"com.org.x, com.org.y"})

The issue is I want all classes in com.org.x to be scanned but I want a single class, com.org.y.SomeService.class, alone to be scanned from com.org.y

How can I achieve this ?

Also apart from using context scan, how can I created this bean and inject in the application context ?

Alita

Why use a scan if you just want a single bean. Just define your bean using an @Bean annotated method in your configuration class. docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/… – Maiocco

@JBNizet can you provide me a snippet for it – Alita

I included a link to the documentation, which contains snippets, explanations, and everything. – Maiocco

@JBNizet can you post it as an answer so I can accept it – Alita

Answer 1

You should just define your bean using a method annotated with @Bean in your configuration class, as explained in the documentation.

Maiocco

What about @Component that has @Autowired fields? – Culpa

Yep. Same for the non-default constructor: if the SomeService has parameters in constructor you have to copy them to the instantiating @Bean method. – Tricyclic

Answer 2

@Import(com.org.y.SomeService.class) works in my case (even when SomeService is a @Service, not a @Configuration)

Tricyclic

I didn't know that one can even import @Services. This is especially helpful if one can't call a constructor due to visibility restrictions. – Cimmerian

or @Import(value = { Class1.class, Class2.class }) – Gardol