I. Introduction
We know that when Spring injects Bean objects, you can write @Resource and @Autowired on member variables, so what is the difference between them?
in conclusion:
@Resource Search according to the name of the Bean object, and judge whether the type of the Bean object in the Spring factory matches the type of the member variable to be injected. If not found by name, match by type.
@Autowired matches according to the type of the Bean object.
2. Source code analysis
The first thing to know is when to inject, that is, when executing the AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory class to create a Bean method, in the populateBean in the doCreateBean method
protected Object doCreateBean(final String beanName, final RootBeanDefinition mbd, final @Nullable Object[] args)
throws BeanCreationException {
// Instantiate the bean.
BeanWrapper instanceWrapper = null;
if (mbd.isSingleton()) {
instanceWrapper = this.factoryBeanInstanceCache.remove(beanName);
}
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// Initialize the bean instance.
Object exposedObject = bean;
try {
populateBean(beanName, mbd, instanceWrapper);
exposedObject = initializeBean(beanName, exposedObject, mbd);
}
}The ibp.postProcessProperties() method in populateBean
protected void populateBean(String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd, @Nullable BeanWrapper bw) {
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PropertyDescriptor[] filteredPds = null;
if (hasInstAwareBpps) {
if (pvs == null) {
pvs = mbd.getPropertyValues();
}
for (BeanPostProcessor bp : getBeanPostProcessors()) {
if (bp instanceof InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor) {
InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor ibp = (InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor) bp;
PropertyValues pvsToUse = ibp.postProcessProperties(pvs, bw.getWrappedInstance(), beanName);
if (pvsToUse == null) {
if (filteredPds == null) {
filteredPds = filterPropertyDescriptorsForDependencyCheck(bw, mbd.allowCaching);
}
pvsToUse = ibp.postProcessPropertyValues(pvs, filteredPds, bw.getWrappedInstance(), beanName);
if (pvsToUse == null) {
return;
}
}
pvs = pvsToUse;
}
}
}
if (needsDepCheck) {
if (filteredPds == null) {
filteredPds = filterPropertyDescriptorsForDependencyCheck(bw, mbd.allowCaching);
}
checkDependencies(beanName, mbd, filteredPds, pvs);
}
if (pvs != null) {
applyPropertyValues(beanName, mbd, bw, pvs);
}
}The ibp.postProcessProperties() method has many implementation classes, among which @Resource is processed in the CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor class.
public PropertyValues postProcessProperties(PropertyValues pvs, Object bean, String beanName) {
InjectionMetadata metadata = findResourceMetadata(beanName, bean.getClass(), pvs);
try {
metadata.inject(bean, beanName, pvs);
}
catch (Throwable ex) {
throw new BeanCreationException(beanName, "Injection of resource dependencies failed", ex);
}
return pvs;
}
private InjectionMetadata findResourceMetadata(String beanName, final Class<?> clazz, @Nullable PropertyValues pvs) {
// Fall back to class name as cache key, for backwards compatibility with custom callers.
String cacheKey = (StringUtils.hasLength(beanName) ? beanName : clazz.getName());
// Quick check on the concurrent map first, with minimal locking.
InjectionMetadata metadata = this.injectionMetadataCache.get(cacheKey);
if (InjectionMetadata.needsRefresh(metadata, clazz)) {
synchronized (this.injectionMetadataCache) {
metadata = this.injectionMetadataCache.get(cacheKey);
if (InjectionMetadata.needsRefresh(metadata, clazz)) {
if (metadata != null) {
metadata.clear(pvs);
}
metadata = buildResourceMetadata(clazz);
this.injectionMetadataCache.put(cacheKey, metadata);
}
}
}
return metadata;
}In the buildResourceMetadata method
private InjectionMetadata buildResourceMetadata(final Class<?> clazz) {
List<InjectionMetadata.InjectedElement> elements = new ArrayList<>();
Class<?> targetClass = clazz;
do {
final List<InjectionMetadata.InjectedElement> currElements = new ArrayList<>();
ReflectionUtils.doWithLocalFields(targetClass, field -> {
if (webServiceRefClass != null && field.isAnnotationPresent(webServiceRefClass)) {
if (Modifier.isStatic(field.getModifiers())) {
throw new IllegalStateException("@WebServiceRef annotation is not supported on static fields");
}
currElements.add(new WebServiceRefElement(field, field, null));
}
else if (ejbRefClass != null && field.isAnnotationPresent(ejbRefClass)) {
if (Modifier.isStatic(field.getModifiers())) {
throw new IllegalStateException("@EJB annotation is not supported on static fields");
}
currElements.add(new EjbRefElement(field, field, null));
}
else if (field.isAnnotationPresent(Resource.class)) {
if (Modifier.isStatic(field.getModifiers())) {
throw new IllegalStateException("@Resource annotation is not supported on static fields");
}
if (!this.ignoredResourceTypes.contains(field.getType().getName())) {
currElements.add(new ResourceElement(field, field, null));
}
}
});
ReflectionUtils.doWithLocalMethods(targetClass, method -> {
Method bridgedMethod = BridgeMethodResolver.findBridgedMethod(method);
if (!BridgeMethodResolver.isVisibilityBridgeMethodPair(method, bridgedMethod)) {
return;
}
if (method.equals(ClassUtils.getMostSpecificMethod(method, clazz))) {
if (webServiceRefClass != null && bridgedMethod.isAnnotationPresent(webServiceRefClass)) {
if (Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers())) {
throw new IllegalStateException("@WebServiceRef annotation is not supported on static methods");
}
if (method.getParameterCount() != 1) {
throw new IllegalStateException("@WebServiceRef annotation requires a single-arg method: " + method);
}
PropertyDescriptor pd = BeanUtils.findPropertyForMethod(bridgedMethod, clazz);
currElements.add(new WebServiceRefElement(method, bridgedMethod, pd));
}
else if (ejbRefClass != null && bridgedMethod.isAnnotationPresent(ejbRefClass)) {
if (Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers())) {
throw new IllegalStateException("@EJB annotation is not supported on static methods");
}
if (method.getParameterCount() != 1) {
throw new IllegalStateException("@EJB annotation requires a single-arg method: " + method);
}
PropertyDescriptor pd = BeanUtils.findPropertyForMethod(bridgedMethod, clazz);
currElements.add(new EjbRefElement(method, bridgedMethod, pd));
}
else if (bridgedMethod.isAnnotationPresent(Resource.class)) {
if (Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers())) {
throw new IllegalStateException("@Resource annotation is not supported on static methods");
}
Class<?>[] paramTypes = method.getParameterTypes();
if (paramTypes.length != 1) {
throw new IllegalStateException("@Resource annotation requires a single-arg method: " + method);
}
if (!this.ignoredResourceTypes.contains(paramTypes[0].getName())) {
PropertyDescriptor pd = BeanUtils.findPropertyForMethod(bridgedMethod, clazz);
currElements.add(new ResourceElement(method, bridgedMethod, pd));
}
}
}
});
elements.addAll(0, currElements);
targetClass = targetClass.getSuperclass();
}
while (targetClass != null && targetClass != Object.class);
return new InjectionMetadata(clazz, elements);
}It will loop to judge the Field and Method in the class, and find the attribute with Resource annotation on it. Then create a ResourceElement node and add it to the List of currElements for processing. ResourceElement class initialization.
public ResourceElement(Member member, AnnotatedElement ae, @Nullable PropertyDescriptor pd) {
super(member, pd);
Resource resource = ae.getAnnotation(Resource.class);
String resourceName = resource.name();
Class<?> resourceType = resource.type();
// ** 1 **
this.isDefaultName = !StringUtils.hasLength(resourceName);
if (this.isDefaultName) {
resourceName = this.member.getName();
if (this.member instanceof Method && resourceName.startsWith("set") && resourceName.length() > 3) {
resourceName = Introspector.decapitalize(resourceName.substring(3));
}
}
else if (embeddedValueResolver != null) {
resourceName = embeddedValueResolver.resolveStringValue(resourceName);
}
// ** 2 **
if (Object.class != resourceType) {
checkResourceType(resourceType);
}
else {
// No resource type specified... check field/method.
resourceType = getResourceType();
}
this.name = (resourceName != null ? resourceName : "");
this.lookupType = resourceType;
String lookupValue = resource.lookup();
this.mappedName = (StringUtils.hasLength(lookupValue) ? lookupValue : resource.mappedName());
Lazy lazy = ae.getAnnotation(Lazy.class);
this.lazyLookup = (lazy != null && lazy.value());
}When the ResourceElement node is initialized, at 1, first judge whether the name of @Resource is empty, and if it is empty, use the default name of Field.
@Component
public class BeanA {
@Resource(type = BeanC.class)
private BeanFather beanB;
}At 2, judge whether the type type identified by the @Resource annotation is consistent with the defined type. As an example, determine whether BeanC belongs to the BeanFather type.
Then enter the metadata.inject(bean, beanName, pvs); method of postProcessProperties. Inject method of the InjectionMetadata class
public void inject(Object target, @Nullable String beanName, @Nullable PropertyValues pvs) throws Throwable {
Collection<InjectedElement> checkedElements = this.checkedElements;
Collection<InjectedElement> elementsToIterate =
(checkedElements != null ? checkedElements : this.injectedElements);
if (!elementsToIterate.isEmpty()) {
for (InjectedElement element : elementsToIterate) {
if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
logger.trace("Processing injected element of bean '" + beanName + "': " + element);
}
element.inject(target, beanName, pvs);
}
}
}
protected void inject(Object target, @Nullable String requestingBeanName, @Nullable PropertyValues pvs)
throws Throwable {
if (this.isField) {
Field field = (Field) this.member;
ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(field);
field.set(target, getResourceToInject(target, requestingBeanName));
}
else {
if (checkPropertySkipping(pvs)) {
return;
}
try {
Method method = (Method) this.member;
ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(method);
method.invoke(target, getResourceToInject(target, requestingBeanName));
}
catch (InvocationTargetException ex) {
throw ex.getTargetException();
}
}
}The judgment is whether the node is Field or Method. Enter the getResourceToInject method and return to the getResourceToInject method of the ResourceElement inner class of the CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor class
protected Object getResourceToInject(Object target, @Nullable String requestingBeanName) {
return (this.lazyLookup ? buildLazyResourceProxy(this, requestingBeanName) :
getResource(this, requestingBeanName));
}Enter the getResource method.
protected Object getResource(LookupElement element, @Nullable String requestingBeanName)
throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException {
if (StringUtils.hasLength(element.mappedName)) {
return this.jndiFactory.getBean(element.mappedName, element.lookupType);
}
if (this.alwaysUseJndiLookup) {
return this.jndiFactory.getBean(element.name, element.lookupType);
}
if (this.resourceFactory == null) {
throw new NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(element.lookupType,
"No resource factory configured - specify the 'resourceFactory' property");
}
return autowireResource(this.resourceFactory, element, requestingBeanName);
}
protected Object autowireResource(BeanFactory factory, LookupElement element, @Nullable String requestingBeanName)
throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException {
Object resource;
Set<String> autowiredBeanNames;
String name = element.name;
if (factory instanceof AutowireCapableBeanFactory) {
AutowireCapableBeanFactory beanFactory = (AutowireCapableBeanFactory) factory;
DependencyDescriptor descriptor = element.getDependencyDescriptor();
// ** 1 **
if (this.fallbackToDefaultTypeMatch && element.isDefaultName && !factory.containsBean(name)) {
autowiredBeanNames = new LinkedHashSet<>();
resource = beanFactory.resolveDependency(descriptor, requestingBeanName, autowiredBeanNames, null);
if (resource == null) {
throw new NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(element.getLookupType(), "No resolvable resource object");
}
}
else {
// ** 2 **
resource = beanFactory.resolveBeanByName(name, descriptor);
autowiredBeanNames = Collections.singleton(name);
}
}
else {
resource = factory.getBean(name, element.lookupType);
autowiredBeanNames = Collections.singleton(name);
}
if (factory instanceof ConfigurableBeanFactory) {
ConfigurableBeanFactory beanFactory = (ConfigurableBeanFactory) factory;
for (String autowiredBeanName : autowiredBeanNames) {
if (requestingBeanName != null && beanFactory.containsBean(autowiredBeanName)) {
beanFactory.registerDependentBean(autowiredBeanName, requestingBeanName);
}
}
}
return resource;
}Two situations:
(1): The autowireResource method is at 1. It will judge whether to use the default name according to the definition, and whether the BeanFactory contains a bean with this name. If there is no bean with this name, call beanFactory.resolveDependency(descriptor, requestingBeanName, autowiredBeanNames, null );method.
public Object resolveDependency(DependencyDescriptor descriptor, @Nullable String requestingBeanName,
@Nullable Set<String> autowiredBeanNames, @Nullable TypeConverter typeConverter) throws BeansException {
descriptor.initParameterNameDiscovery(getParameterNameDiscoverer());
if (Optional.class == descriptor.getDependencyType()) {
return createOptionalDependency(descriptor, requestingBeanName);
}
else if (ObjectFactory.class == descriptor.getDependencyType() ||
ObjectProvider.class == descriptor.getDependencyType()) {
return new DependencyObjectProvider(descriptor, requestingBeanName);
}
else if (javaxInjectProviderClass == descriptor.getDependencyType()) {
return new Jsr330Factory().createDependencyProvider(descriptor, requestingBeanName);
}
else {
Object result = getAutowireCandidateResolver().getLazyResolutionProxyIfNecessary(
descriptor, requestingBeanName);
if (result == null) {
result = doResolveDependency(descriptor, requestingBeanName, autowiredBeanNames, typeConverter);
}
return result;
}
}via the doResolveDependency method
public Object doResolveDependency(DependencyDescriptor descriptor, @Nullable String beanName,
@Nullable Set<String> autowiredBeanNames, @Nullable TypeConverter typeConverter) throws BeansException {
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Class<?> type = descriptor.getDependencyType();
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Map<String, Object> matchingBeans = findAutowireCandidates(beanName, type, descriptor);
if (matchingBeans.isEmpty()) {
if (isRequired(descriptor)) {
raiseNoMatchingBeanFound(type, descriptor.getResolvableType(), descriptor);
}
return null;
}
String autowiredBeanName;
Object instanceCandidate;
if (matchingBeans.size() > 1) {
autowiredBeanName = determineAutowireCandidate(matchingBeans, descriptor);
if (autowiredBeanName == null) {
if (isRequired(descriptor) || !indicatesMultipleBeans(type)) {
return descriptor.resolveNotUnique(descriptor.getResolvableType(), matchingBeans);
}
else {
// In case of an optional Collection/Map, silently ignore a non-unique case:
// possibly it was meant to be an empty collection of multiple regular beans
// (before 4.3 in particular when we didn't even look for collection beans).
return null;
}
}
instanceCandidate = matchingBeans.get(autowiredBeanName);
}
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}This method is searched by findAutowireCandidates(beanName, type, descriptor); Because the beanName no longer exists, it is mainly based on the type. If two beans of the same type are found without @Primary or priority, an error will be reported (judged in if (matchingBeans.size() > 1)).
(2): The autowireResource method is at 1. It will judge whether to use the default name according to the definition, and whether the BeanFactory contains a bean with this name. If it contains a bean with this name, call beanFactory.resolveBeanByName(name, descriptor); in // ** 2 ** places
public Object resolveBeanByName(String name, DependencyDescriptor descriptor) {
InjectionPoint previousInjectionPoint = ConstructorResolver.setCurrentInjectionPoint(descriptor);
try {
return getBean(name, descriptor.getDependencyType());
}
finally {
ConstructorResolver.setCurrentInjectionPoint(previousInjectionPoint);
}
}
public <T> T getBean(String name, Class<T> requiredType) throws BeansException {
return doGetBean(name, requiredType, null, false);
}This method will find the bean according to the name, and judge whether the type of the bean is the same as that defined by @Resource. The last paragraph of judgment in doGetBean. The following code:
if (requiredType != null && !requiredType.isInstance(bean)) {
try {
T convertedBean = getTypeConverter().convertIfNecessary(bean, requiredType);
if (convertedBean == null) {
throw new BeanNotOfRequiredTypeException(name, requiredType, bean.getClass());
}
return convertedBean;
}
catch (TypeMismatchException ex) {
if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
logger.trace("Failed to convert bean '" + name + "' to required type '" +
ClassUtils.getQualifiedName(requiredType) + "'", ex);
}
throw new BeanNotOfRequiredTypeException(name, requiredType, bean.getClass());
}
}Some people may ask here, when the ResourceElement that generates the @Resource annotation is initialized, has it been judged whether the type of @Resource is consistent with the type of Field? In fact, it is mainly to solve the problem of injecting Bean objects of interface types.
For example, I have two classes, BeanB and BeanC, both of which implement the BeanFather interface, so in BeanA, if I write
@Component
public class BeanA {
@Resource(type = BeanC.class)
private BeanFather beanB;
}When generating ResourceElement, BeanC does belong to BeanFather, but in the actual injection of doGetBean, because there is an object of BeanB in BeanFactory, when obtaining it through @Resource, the name is given priority, then the type of BeanB obtained does not match the type of BeanC to be injected. If it is, it will throw an error, because BeanB and BeanC cannot be converted to each other.
Error report as shown in the figure
The analysis of @Resource is over, and the processing class of @Autowired is AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor. The content is basically similar, also in postProcessProperties, the generated node is AutowiredFieldElement. In the inject method of the InjectionMetadata class
protected void inject(Object bean, @Nullable String beanName, @Nullable PropertyValues pvs) throws Throwable {
Field field = (Field) this.member;
Object value;
if (this.cached) {
value = resolvedCachedArgument(beanName, this.cachedFieldValue);
}
else {
DependencyDescriptor desc = new DependencyDescriptor(field, this.required);
desc.setContainingClass(bean.getClass());
Set<String> autowiredBeanNames = new LinkedHashSet<>(1);
Assert.state(beanFactory != null, "No BeanFactory available");
TypeConverter typeConverter = beanFactory.getTypeConverter();
try {
value = beanFactory.resolveDependency(desc, beanName, autowiredBeanNames, typeConverter);
}
catch (BeansException ex) {
throw new UnsatisfiedDependencyException(null, beanName, new InjectionPoint(field), ex);
}
synchronized (this) {
if (!this.cached) {
if (value != null || this.required) {
this.cachedFieldValue = desc;
registerDependentBeans(beanName, autowiredBeanNames);
if (autowiredBeanNames.size() == 1) {
String autowiredBeanName = autowiredBeanNames.iterator().next();
if (beanFactory.containsBean(autowiredBeanName) &&
beanFactory.isTypeMatch(autowiredBeanName, field.getType())) {
this.cachedFieldValue = new ShortcutDependencyDescriptor(
desc, autowiredBeanName, field.getType());
}
}
}
else {
this.cachedFieldValue = null;
}
this.cached = true;
}
}
}
if (value != null) {
ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(field);
field.set(bean, value);
}
}
}Directly executed value = beanFactory.resolveDependency(desc, beanName, autowiredBeanNames, typeConverter); is the same as @Resource's beanFactory that does not contain name, and injects according to the type.
3. Summary
@Resource Search according to the name of the Bean object, and judge whether the type of the Bean object in the Spring factory matches the type of the member variable to be injected. If not found by name, match by type.
@Autowired matches according to the type of the Bean object.