How to control order of bean init-method invocation in Spring?

Question

Suppose I have bean, which init-method or constructor should be called after init-method of another bean. Is it possible?

score 14 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 21 '12 at 14:14

14

Use depends-on attribute in spring context XML file:

<bean id="beanOne" class="ExampleBean" depends-on="manager">
  <property name="manager"><ref local="manager"/></property>
</bean>

or @DependsOn annotation on bean if you are using annotations.

answered Feb 21 '12 at 14:14

AlexR

1

@fasttooth, good question. I do not know exact answer. It *probably* works because as far as I know spring invokes all post construct methods after wiring, so probably it uses the same order as used for wiring. But I am not sure. – AlexR Nov 05 '15 at 14:58

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 21 '12 at 14:14

5

Use @DependsOn annotation or depends-on attribute if you're using xml configuration.

answered Feb 21 '12 at 14:14

soulcheck

1

Does spring also honor the `javax.ejb.DependsOn` annotation? The documentation for the corresponding spring annotation can be found at http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/javadoc-api/org/springframework/context/annotation/DependsOn.html – Jörn Horstmann Jan 29 '14 at 12:27

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 21 '12 at 14:14

4

You can use de depends-on attribute on your second bean.

answered Feb 21 '12 at 14:14

Tomas Narros

3 Answers3