Package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition

Annotation Interface ConditionalOnSingleCandidate

@Target({TYPE,METHOD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Documented
@Conditional(org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.OnBeanCondition.class)
public @interface ConditionalOnSingleCandidate

@Conditional that only matches when a bean of the specified class is already contained in the BeanFactory and a single candidate can be determined.

The condition will also match if multiple matching bean instances are already contained in the BeanFactory but a primary candidate has been defined; essentially, the condition match if auto-wiring a bean with the defined type will succeed.

The condition can only match the bean definitions that have been processed by the application context so far and, as such, it is strongly recommended to use this condition on auto-configuration classes only. If a candidate bean may be created by another auto-configuration, make sure that the one using this condition runs after.

Since:

1.3.0

Author:

Stephane Nicoll

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
SearchStrategy	search	Strategy to decide if the application context hierarchy (parent contexts) should be considered.
String	type	The class type name of bean that should be checked.
Class<?>	value	The class type of bean that should be checked.

Element Details

value

Class<?> value

The class type of bean that should be checked. The condition matches if a bean of the class specified is contained in the BeanFactory and a primary candidate exists in case of multiple instances. Beans that are not autowire candidates or that are not default candidates are ignored.

This attribute may not be used in conjunction with type(), but it may be used instead of type().

Returns:

the class type of the bean to check

See Also:

• Bean.autowireCandidate()
• BeanDefinition.isAutowireCandidate()
• Bean.defaultCandidate()
• AbstractBeanDefinition.isDefaultCandidate()

Default:

java.lang.Object.class

type

String type

The class type name of bean that should be checked. The condition matches if a bean of the class specified is contained in the BeanFactory and a primary candidate exists in case of multiple instances. Beans that are not autowire candidates or that are not default candidates are ignored.

This attribute may not be used in conjunction with value(), but it may be used instead of value().

Returns:

the class type name of the bean to check

See Also:

• Bean.autowireCandidate()
• BeanDefinition.isAutowireCandidate()
• Bean.defaultCandidate()
• AbstractBeanDefinition.isDefaultCandidate()

Default:

""

search

SearchStrategy search

Strategy to decide if the application context hierarchy (parent contexts) should be considered.

Returns:

the search strategy

Default:

ALL