Can we add @Autowired on primitive setter method of a bean?

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Can we add @Autowired on primitive setter method of a bean?

How does @Autowired work for primitive?

Just try it.... What is it you want to inject? – Sotirios Delimanolis Jun 01 '14 at 15:54 — Sotirios Delimanolis, Jun 01 '14 at 15:54

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

No, for primitive value use @Value annotation. @Autowired is looking for bean.

Read How can I inject a property value into a Spring Bean which was configured using annotations?

With Spring Boot this is even easier:

@Component
@ConfigurationProperties(prefix="connection")
public class ConnectionSettings {

    private String username;

    private InetAddress remoteAddress;

    // ... getters and setters

}

where values are configured in application.yml

connection:
    username: admin
    remoteAddress: 192.168.1.1

Can we add @Autowired on primitive setter method of a bean?

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