Parameter 0 of constructor in required a bean of type 'java.lang.String' that could not be found

I am working on spring batch with spring boot 2.X application, actually its existing code i am checked out from git. While running the application it fails due to below error only for me and same code is working for others.

s.c.a.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext : Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'inputItemReader' defined in file [C:\Users\XYZ\git\main\batch\CBatchProcessing\target\classes\com\main\batchprocessing\batch\reader\InputItemReader.class]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through **constructor parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No qualifying bean of type 'java.lang.String' available: expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate. Dependency annotations**: {} Error starting ApplicationContext. To display the conditions report re-run your application with 'debug' enabled. 2018-10-16 23:23:37.411 ERROR 2384 --- [ main] o.s.b.d.LoggingFailureAnalysisReporter : *************************** APPLICATION FAILED TO START *************************** Description: **Parameter 0 of constructor in com.main.batchprocessing.batch.reader.InputItemReader required a bean of type 'java.lang.String' that could not be found.** Action: Consider defining a bean of type 'java.lang.String' in your configuration. 

I have checked below

  1. All Spring components are correctly annotated with @Component, @Service, @Controller,@Repository, etc...
  2. @ComponentScan & @EnableAutoCOnfiguration is also provided.
  3. Tried giving "java.lang.String" in declarations.

Code:

 import java.util.Map; import org.slf4j.Logger; import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; import org.springframework.batch.core.ExitStatus; import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecution; import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecutionListener; import org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemReader; import org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping.JsonLineMapper; import org.springframework.batch.item.file.separator.JsonRecordSeparatorPolicy; import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired; import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean; import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource; import org.springframework.stereotype.Component; @Component public class InputItemReader extends FlatFileItemReader<Map<String, Object>> implements StepExecutionListener { @Autowired private InputFileHeaderValidator inputFileHeaderValidator; @Autowired private FileAuditService fileAuditService; private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(InputItemReader.class); private java.lang.String inputFilePath; public InputItemReader(String inputFilePath) { setLineMapper(new JsonLineMapper()); setRecordSeparatorPolicy(new JsonRecordSeparatorPolicy()); setResource(new FileSystemResource(inputFilePath)); this.inputFilePath = inputFilePath; } } 
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Since you do not provide the public default constructor and you added your own non-default constructor the instantiation will fail. I would suggest you to define the input file path as property like @Value("${inputFilePath}"). If you need further initialization in your bean define a void method and annotate it with @PostConstruct and do the initialization within.

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Add a public default constructor in your class. For example.

public User() { } 
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Make sure you are using spring-boot-starter-data-jpa

<dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId> </dependency> 
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For me, it was because of using @AllArgsConstructor annotation of the lombok. My code was like this:

@Service @AllArgsConstructor public class SampleService { @Value("${search.page.size}") private Integer pageSize; private final SampleRepository sampleRepository; 

And then, I removed @AllArgsConstructor and added @RequiredArgsConstructor annotation. The problem was solved.

@Service @RequiredArgsConstructor public class SampleService { @Value("${search.page.size}") private Integer pageSize; private final BatchRepository batchRepository; 
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You defined something like this:

@Component public class InputItemReader{ public InputItemReader(String input){ ... } } 

The name of your class suggest that your object is not a bean, just a simple object. You should try to use it in classic way:

new InputItemReader(myString); 

or to have a static method to process the input String.

Explanation: Spring IoC container will try to instantiate a new InputItemReader object like this :

new InputItemReader( -- WHAT TO PUT HERE? --) 

and will fail to call your constructor, because it will not know what you do actually expect and input string.

UPDATE: Your problem can be solved by removing @Component annotation and defining the bean in a configuration like this:

@Bean public InputItemReader inputItemReader(InputFileHeaderValidator inputFileHeaderValidator, FileAuditService fileAuditService){ InputItemReader inputItemReader = new InputItemReader("--HERE SHOULD BE ACTUAL PATH---"); // set the required service, a cleaner approach would be to send them via constructor inputItemReader.setFilteAuditService(fileAuditService); inputItemReader.setInputFileHeaderValidator(inputFileHeaderValidator); return inputItemReader; } 
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I had the same error but the error was generated by Feign Client. If you have this error using feign client you must add @EnableFeignClients on your main class:

@SpringCloudApplication @EnableFeignClients public class Application { ... } 

I was also having the same problem, for me following solution worked perfectly fine:

I had annotated my class as @AllArgsConstructor by importing import lombok.AllArgsConstructor

I had just removed this annotation and the code starts working.

I also had the same error:

*************************** APPLICATION FAILED TO START *************************** Description: Field repository in com.example.controller.CampaignController required a bean of type 'com.example.data.CustomerRepository' that could not be found. Action: Consider defining a bean of type 'com.example.data.CustomerRepository' in your configuration.de here 

I solved this issue by adding @EnableMongoRepositories annotation in the main class:

@SpringBootApplication @EnableMongoRepositories(basePackageClasses = CustomerRepository.class) public class CampaignAPI { public static void main(String[] args) { SpringApplication.run(CampaignAPI.class, args); } } 
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Even after following the above solutions, if the problem still exists then please check your import statements.

In my case it was the wrong import of @service annotation.

In my case I missed the @Service annotation so once I placed it works.

The issue in my case was a redundant @Autowired, I initially added a dependency using @Autowired, by eventually commenting it out, however, I forgot to comment on the annotation, due to which the method next to @Autowired was considered as some sort of setter.

On removing the redundant annotation it is working fine.

In my case annotating fields with lombok @NonNull was causing the trouble.

import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;

import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

@Service @RequiredArgsConstructor @Transactional @Slf4j public class UserServiceImp implements UserService, UserDetailsService { .... } 

I had this problem while testing with JUnit. It was that I forgot to create @MockBean annotation, that's why the bean was missing.

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Not related to the above issue but if you have the same error of bean creation in a spring boot application and you are getting the same above error please check whether you have added the class path in @ComponentScan( of the main spring booth application launching class.

For it to work I had to add this @RequiredArgsConstructor annotation to my class, and then added this @Value("${inputFilePath}") annotation to access the variable. See below:

 @Component @RequiredArgsConstructor public class InputItemReader extends FlatFileItemReader<Map<String, Object>> implements StepExecutionListener { @Value("${inputFilePath}") private inputFilePath; //... } 

In my case, removing the @EnableJpaRepositories annotation from my config fixed the issue. The repositories are still wired correctly.

Before:

@Configuration @EnableTransactionManagement @EnableJpaRepositories @EnableJpaAuditing public class PersistenceConfig { 

After:

@Configuration @EnableTransactionManagement @EnableJpaAuditing public class PersistenceConfig { 

Check if the application.properties file is written correctly.

For some reason my application was spring.profiles.on=test in the application.properties file.

When i change it to the proper value of spring.profiles.active=test it worked.

Generate Constructor from Superclass. It worked for me.

e.g.

public UserModel() { super(); // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub } 

If you want to add beans to your context that are defined in some external library then use @Import annotation and pass the class file name/bean name. Add @Import to your main configuration file having @SpringBootApplication annotation

Ref :

Use:

<dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb</artifactId> </dependency> 

instead of:

<dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId> </dependency> 

This issue will also occurs when by mistake method is @Autowired in place of @Override but this is a rare case.

General Case:

  1. Missing Bean Definition (Service or any component should be anotated properly)
  2. Component Scan Make sure that the package containing your class is included in Spring's component scan.
  3. Bean Configuration: Verify that you have a bean definition (for Instance you are trying to autowire) in your Spring configuration.
  4. @Autowired Annotation: Ensure that the @Autowired annotation is correctly used.

This issue occurred when using spring boot 3.

I used below dependency for sql connecto. Replaced javax with Jakarta for @Table and @Entity. This resolved my issue.

<dependency> <groupId>com.mysql</groupId> <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId> <version>8.1.0</version> </dependency> 

In my case, I had to use RequiredArgsContructor annotation and removed final keyword for the variable blobContainerName. In the end, it looks like this.

@Service @RequiredArgsConstructor public class AzureStorageServiceImpl implements StorageService { @Value("${spring.cloud.azure.storage.blob.container-name}") private String blobContainerName; 

Adding to the "services" block of my application-default.yml & application-kubernetes.yml fixed the issue for me.

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I was facing the same issue and it got fixed by removing Constructors from my Model class. Adding sample snippet below:

Map<String, ServiceDefinition> serviceDefinitionMapper = new HashMap<>(); A def; B serviceCharacter; @Autowired public Scan(Map<String, ServiceDefinition> serviceDefinitionMapper, A def, B serviceCharacter) { super(); this.serviceDefinitionMapper = serviceDefinitionMapper; this.def = def; this.serviceCharacter = serviceCharacter; } 

Please Note: Do not keep any Constructor/@AllArgsConstructor in your Model class unless it is very much needed to be declared.

In my case, the issue was way different.

@SpringBootApplication @EnableNeo4jRepositories("com.digital.api.repositories") // <-- This was non-existent. public class Application { public static void main(String[] args) { SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args); } } 

Look at the @EnableNeo4jRepositories annotation. The package defined, was non-existent. Try defining that package, and be careful that the Repository interfaces are based there. Otherwise, Spring will not find the repositories classes that it should load up!

In my case I had this problem but it was because of I added an annotation of @Component in my Exception code which I shouldn't because we don't want it to be scanned really we're just using it to handle an exception in our service or I don't know try to delete the annotation in your built-in exception.

Worked on my machine.

I faced the same issue but with my own created interface repository that could not be found. The answer for me was that Spring 2.6.3 has bugs with Java 8. After I switched to the Java 11 version everything goes correctly.

More info about this kind of problems I found here

I had a similar issue in a different scenario. I had everything perfectly working until I found that the main Application method has several annotations along with @EnableAutoConfiguration.

Also, make sure the services and their classes are @Overriding and @Autowired as needed.

I removed all the unwanted annotations, and it worked like a charm!!

From:

@EntityScan(basePackages = {"com.some.*"}) //removed @EnableJpaRepositories(basePackages = {"com.some.*"}) //removed @EnableAutoConfiguration @EnableAsync @ComponentScan(basePackages = {"com.some.*"}) //removed 

to:

@SpringBootApplication //this will ask Spring to do scanning, if your package structure is good, you can just use this 
@Controller MyController { //has Autowired dependency @Autowired private MyService myservice; //using myService.someMethod(String parameter); } 

Removed the

[12Dec2023 14:40:32.65]WARN

o.s.b.w.s.c.AnnotationConfigServletWebServerApplicationContext - Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'myController': Unsatisfied dependency expressed through field 'myService': Error creating bean with name 'myServiceImpl': Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'someMethod' parameter 0: No qualifying bean of type 'java.lang.String' available: expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate. Dependency annotations: {} 

Description:

Parameter 0 of method someMethod in com.service.MyServiceImpl required a bean of type 'java.lang.String' that could not be found.

The injection point has the following annotations: - @org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired(required=true)

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