org.springframework.boot

Annotation Type SpringBootConfiguration

@Target(value=TYPE)
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Documented
 @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods=false)
public @interface SpringBootConfiguration

Indicates that a class provides Spring Boot application @Configuration. Can be used as an alternative to the Spring's standard @Configuration annotation so that configuration can be found automatically (for example in tests).

Application should only ever include one @SpringBootConfiguration and most idiomatic Spring Boot applications will inherit it from @SpringBootApplication.

Since:

1.4.0

Author:

Phillip Webb, Andy Wilkinson

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
boolean	proxyBeanMethods Specify whether @Bean methods should get proxied in order to enforce bean lifecycle behavior, e.g.

Element Detail

proxyBeanMethods

@AliasFor(annotation=org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration.class)
public abstract boolean proxyBeanMethods

Specify whether @Bean methods should get proxied in order to enforce bean lifecycle behavior, e.g. to return shared singleton bean instances even in case of direct @Bean method calls in user code. This feature requires method interception, implemented through a runtime-generated CGLIB subclass which comes with limitations such as the configuration class and its methods not being allowed to declare final.

The default is true, allowing for 'inter-bean references' within the configuration class as well as for external calls to this configuration's @Bean methods, e.g. from another configuration class. If this is not needed since each of this particular configuration's @Bean methods is self-contained and designed as a plain factory method for container use, switch this flag to false in order to avoid CGLIB subclass processing.

Turning off bean method interception effectively processes @Bean methods individually like when declared on non-@Configuration classes, a.k.a. "@Bean Lite Mode" (see @Bean's javadoc). It is therefore behaviorally equivalent to removing the @Configuration stereotype.

Returns:

whether to proxy @Bean methods

Since:

2.2

Default:

true