Package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition

Annotation Interface ConditionalOnClass

@Target({TYPE,METHOD}) @Retention(RUNTIME) @Documented @Conditional(org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.OnClassCondition.class) public @interface ConditionalOnClass
@Conditional that only matches when the specified classes are on the classpath.

A Class value can be safely specified on @Configuration classes as the annotation metadata is parsed by using ASM before the class is loaded. If a class reference cannot be used then a name String attribute can be used.

Note: Extra care must be taken when using @ConditionalOnClass on @Bean methods where typically the return type is the target of the condition. Before the condition on the method applies, the JVM will have loaded the class and potentially processed method references which will fail if the class is not present. To handle this scenario, a separate @Configuration class should be used to isolate the condition. For example: 

 @AutoConfiguration
 public class MyAutoConfiguration {

        @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
        @ConditionalOnClass(SomeService.class)
        public static class SomeServiceConfiguration {

                @Bean
                @ConditionalOnMissingBean
                public SomeService someService() {
                        return new SomeService();
                }

        }

 }
Since:
1.0.0
Author:
Phillip Webb

  • Optional Element Summary

    Optional Elements
    Modifier and Type
    Optional Element
    Description
    String[]
    name
    The classes names that must be present.
    Class<?>[]
    value
    The classes that must be present.

  • Element Details

    • value

      Class<?>[] value
      The classes that must be present. Since this annotation is parsed by loading class bytecode, it is safe to specify classes here that may ultimately not be on the classpath, only if this annotation is directly on the affected component and not if this annotation is used as a composed, meta-annotation. In order to use this annotation as a meta-annotation, only use the name() attribute.
      Returns:
      the classes that must be present
      Default:
      {}

    • name

      String[] name
      The classes names that must be present.
      Returns:
      the class names that must be present.
      Default:
      {}