Annotation Interface EachProperty

@Documented @Retention(RUNTIME) @Target({METHOD,TYPE}) @Singleton @ConfigurationReader public @interface EachProperty

This annotation allows driving the production of Bean definitions from either configuration or the presence of another bean definition

For example:

 @EachProperty("foo.bar")
  public class ExampleConfiguration {
  }

In the above example a new ExampleConfiguration bean will be created for each item under the foo.bar key in application configuration

A reference to the configuration entry name can be obtained with the Parameter annotation applied to a constructor argument:

 @EachProperty("foo.bar")
  public class ExampleConfiguration {
     ExampleConfiguration(@Parameter String name) {
         ...
     }
  }

In the above example for a configuration property of foo.bar.test, the value of the name argument will be "test"

The bean is created as a singleton with a Named qualifier matching the configuration entry name, thus allowing retrieval with:

 ExampleConfiguration exampleConfiguration = applicationContext.getBean(ExampleConfiguration.class, Qualifiers.byName("test"));

Or alternatively dependency injection via the Named qualifier.

This annotation is typically used in conjunction with EachBean. For example, one can drive the configuration of other beans with the EachBean annotation:

 @EachBean(ExampleConfiguration)
 @Singleton
  public class ExampleBean {
     ExampleBean(ExampleConfiguration config) {
         ...
     }
  }
Since:
1.0
Author:
Graeme Rocher
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