Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?

Question

i am using spring 3, and i have two beans of view scope:

1- Bean1:

@Component("bean1")
@Scope("view")
public class Bean1 {

@Autowired
private Bean2 bean2;

}

2- Bean2:

@Component("bean2")
@Scope("view")
public class Bean2 {

@Autowired
private Bean1 bean1;

}

the view is a custom scope:

<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.CustomScopeConfigurer">
        <property name="scopes">
            <map>
                <entry key="view">
                    <bean class="${project.groupId}.utils.ViewScope" />
                </entry>
            </map>
        </property>
    </bean>

and here's the code for the custom view scope:

public class ViewScope implements Scope {

    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
    public Object get(String name, ObjectFactory objectFactory) {
        Map<String, Object> viewMap = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance()
                .getViewRoot().getViewMap();

        if (viewMap.containsKey(name)) {
            return viewMap.get(name);
        } else {
            Object object = objectFactory.getObject();
            viewMap.put(name, object);

            return object;
        }
    }

    public Object remove(String name) {
        return FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getViewRoot().getViewMap()
                .remove(name);
    }

    public String getConversationId() {
        return null;
    }

    public void registerDestructionCallback(String name, Runnable callback) {
        // Not supported
    }

    public Object resolveContextualObject(String key) {
        return null;
    }
}

when opening the page that uses both beans, i get the exception:

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'agencyBean': Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:252)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.findAutowireCandidates(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:844)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:786)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:703)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:474)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:84)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:282)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1074)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:517)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$2.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:329)
    at com.myapp.utils.ViewScope.get(ViewScope.java:20)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:325)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.findAutowireCandidates(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:844)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:786)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:703)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:474)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:84)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:282)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1074)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:517)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$2.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:329)
    at com.xeno.xecamp.webManagement.utils.ViewScope.get(ViewScope.java:20)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:325)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:190)
    at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getBean(AbstractApplicationContext.java:1075)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.access.el.SpringBeanELResolver.getValue(SpringBeanELResolver.java:56)
    at com.sun.faces.el.DemuxCompositeELResolver._getValue(DemuxCompositeELResolver.java:176)
    at com.sun.faces.el.DemuxCompositeELResolver.getValue(DemuxCompositeELResolver.java:203)
    at org.apache.el.parser.AstIdentifier.getValue(AstIdentifier.java:71)
    at org.apache.el.parser.AstValue.getTarget(AstValue.java:94)
    at org.apache.el.parser.AstValue.invoke(AstValue.java:244)
    at org.apache.el.MethodExpressionImpl.invoke(MethodExpressionImpl.java:278)
    at com.sun.faces.facelets.el.TagMethodExpression.invoke(TagMethodExpression.java:105)
    at com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.jsf.core.DeclarativeSystemEventListener.processEvent(EventHandler.java:128)
    at javax.faces.component.UIComponent$ComponentSystemEventListenerAdapter.processEvent(UIComponent.java:2508)
    at javax.faces.event.SystemEvent.processListener(SystemEvent.java:106)
    at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.processListeners(ApplicationImpl.java:2139)
    at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.invokeComponentListenersFor(ApplicationImpl.java:2087)
    at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.publishEvent(ApplicationImpl.java:286)
    at com.sun.faces.application.ApplicationImpl.publishEvent(ApplicationImpl.java:244)
    at org.springframework.faces.webflow.Jsf2FlowApplication.publishEvent(Jsf2FlowApplication.java:94)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.RenderResponsePhase.execute(RenderResponsePhase.java:108)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.Phase.doPhase(Phase.java:101)
    at com.sun.faces.lifecycle.LifecycleImpl.render(LifecycleImpl.java:139)
    at javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet.service(FacesServlet.java:594)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:304)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    at com.ocpsoft.pretty.PrettyFilter.doFilter(PrettyFilter.java:118)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:368)
    at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:99)
    at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:83)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:97)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:60)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:78)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.java:119)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:54)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheAwareFilter.java:35)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.BasicAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(BasicAuthenticationFilter.java:177)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:187)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:105)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:57)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:169)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:237)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:167)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:70)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:684)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:471)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:402)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:329)
    at com.ocpsoft.pretty.PrettyFilter.doFilter(PrettyFilter.java:110)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:368)
    at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:109)
    at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:83)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:97)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:100)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:78)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.java:119)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:54)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheAwareFilter.java:35)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.BasicAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(BasicAuthenticationFilter.java:177)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:187)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:105)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:79)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:380)
    at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:169)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:237)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:167)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:198)
    at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:76)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:224)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:169)
    at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100)
    at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929)
    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:405)
    at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:964)
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:515)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:304)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

please advise how to fix this exception.

EDIT: i tried to use the setter injection as referenced in the answer here

Understanding Spring context initialization order

but it doesn's work too.

1- Bean1:

@Component("bean1")
@Scope("view")
public class Bean1 {


private Bean2 bean2;

@Autowired
public void setBean2 (Bean2 bean2) {
    this.bean2= bean2;
}

}

2- Bean2:

@Component("bean2")
@Scope("view")
public class Bean2 {


private Bean1 bean1;

@Autowired
public void setBean1 (Bean1 bean1) {
    this.bean1= bean1;
}

}

but it gives me the exception:

org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No matching bean of type [com.myapp.beans.Bean1] found for dependency: expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate for this dependency. Dependency annotations: {}

Answer 1

You should define the annotation @Lazy and @Autowired in one of them. Also, you should delete the definition in the constructor. I hope it's works! It's works for me in this example that I have:

@Service
public class MyClassService1Impl{

    @Lazy
    @Autowired
    private MiClassService2Impl;

}

Answer 2

I am using Spring Boot version: 2.7.9 I am trying to implement Jwt based authentication in spring boot+React

I too encountered this error:

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException: 
    Error creating bean with name 'JWTWebSecurityConfig': Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?

I found two approaches pointed above,which worked;

Approach#1- Move Bean Definition to another Configuration class(as suggested above by @Ahmed amani)

#1: move the passwordEncoderBean() implementation from your custom WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter into a another Configuration.

eg:

@Configuration
public class OtherConfiguration {
    
    //Change#1: move this Bean defn into different Configuration
    @Bean
    public PasswordEncoder passwordEncoderBean() {
        return new BCryptPasswordEncoder();
    }
}

public class JWTWebSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
  ....
    /*
    Change#1: move this Bean defn into different Configuration
    @Bean
    public PasswordEncoder passwordEncoderBean() {
        return new BCryptPasswordEncoder();
    }
    */
    
    //Change2: add the new dependency as a field
    @Autowired
    private PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder;
    
    //Change3: use the password encoder
    @Autowired
    public void configureGlobal(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
        auth.userDetailsService(jwtInMemoryUserDetailsService)
        .passwordEncoder(passwordEncoder);
    }

    
}

Approach#2:Changing the method configureGlobal to configure [as suggested above by @f1v3]

The passwordEncoder bean is defined in the WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter itself. change the method configureGlobal and its annotations as below:

public class JWTWebSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter { ...

@Autowired
public void configureGlobal(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
    auth.userDetailsService(jwtInMemoryUserDetailsService)
    .passwordEncoder(passwordEncoder);
}

To 
@Override
public void configure(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
    auth.userDetailsService(jwtInMemoryUserDetailsService)
    .passwordEncoder(passwordEncoderBean());
}

Answer 3

In my case it had to do with the naming of my class. I was trying to access the MongoRepository with type Entity through a class named EntityImpl. This seems to have clashed with Mongorepository's auto generated classes which were causing my class to have an internal cyclic dependency i.e. the loop was within the class itself. Changing the class name to something like EntityDao resolved the issue.

Answer 4

I solved the issue by using constructor injection with @Lazy annotation the circular dependency was caused by CustomerContactService Bean so I added @Lazy for it in the constructor

    public AuthenticationFacadeImpl(AppUserService appUserService,
                                @Lazy CustomerContactService customerContactService) {
    this.appUserService = appUserService;
    this.customerContactService = customerContactService;
}

Answer 5

The Spring Framework uses a special logic for resolving these kinds of circular dependencies with singleton beans. But this won't apply to other scopes. There is no elegant way of breaking this circular dependency, but a clumsy option could be this one:

@Component("bean1")
@Scope("view")
public class Bean1 {

    @Autowired
    private Bean2 bean2;

    @PostConstruct
    public void init() {
        bean2.setBean1(this);
    }
}

@Component("bean2")
@Scope("view")
public class Bean2 {

    private Bean1 bean1;

    public void setBean1(Bean1 bean1) {
        this.bean1 = bean1;
    }
}

Anyway, circular dependencies are usually a symptom of bad design. You would think again if there is some better way of defining your class dependencies.

Answer 6

IMPORTANT: Read the EDIT at the end.

I also encountered this Exception after I upgraded Spring to 2.6.6 (this may or may not be relevant).

ERROR o.s.boot.SpringApplication - Application run failed
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException:
Error creating bean with name 'webSecurityConfig': 
Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?

Keep in mind that my class was extending WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter. This is a configuration class using @Configuration & @EnableWebSecurity annotation.

Anyway the solution that worked for me was this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/71980044/

@Autowired
public void configureGlobal(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
    ..."some code"...
}

After the change, that method looks like this:

@Override
public void configure(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
    ..."same code"...
}

So I've just changed the @Autowired to @Override and renamed the method to configure().

EDIT:

This change brought some unexpected problems for me. My configuration allows multiple AuthenticationProviders. Also there are multiple sub classes that extend WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter defined in my SecurityConfig class.

The problem: in most (well, actually all) cases the wrong AuthenticationProvider was called.

The sollution: I had to go back to @Autowired and configureGlobal :/ The circular dependency can be "ignored" by adding the following flag in your application.yml spring configuration:

spring:
  main:
    allow-circular-references: true

Answer 7

If Bean1 references Bean2, and Bean2 references Bean1, the best way to solve it is to introduce third bean Bean3, where some blocking interactions between Bean1 and Bean2 are handled. That way you effectively solve circular dependency and not avoiding it with workaround. The trick is to dereference Bean1 and Bean2 in one direction, not necessary both, just enough to solve circular dependency on one side. In the picture below Bean1 lost reference to Bean2, while Bean2 still has reference to Bean1, then Bean3 holds references to both Bean1 and Bean2, where logic from Bean1 is relocated:

Answer 8

I change one method in a class which extended WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter and it was ...

 @Autowired
protected void configureGlobal(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
    
}

to this

  @Override
protected void configure(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
    
}

and it worked for me.

Answer 9

I solved by adding the following in application file :

spring.main.allow-circular-references=true

Answer 10

Use like that, with both @Autowired and @Lazy annotations:

@Autowired
@Lazy
ServiceClass serviceClass;

Credits to @FaZoM.

Answer 11

I was getting below error

Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'objectMapper': Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference? at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.beforeSingletonCreation(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:355) ~[spring-beans-5.2.11.RELEASE.jar:5.2.11.RELEASE] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:227) ~[spring-beans-5.2.11.RELEASE.jar:5.2.11.RELEASE] at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:322) ~[spring-beans-5.2.11.RELEASE.jar:5.2.11.RELEASE]

I solved by adding @Lazy

**@Lazy**
@Autowired()
private ObjectMapper objectMapper;

Answer 12

My solution was to move the bean definition to another class of configuration

@Configuration
public class EncoderConfig {
    @Bean
    PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder(){
        return new BCryptPasswordEncoder();
    }
}

Answer 13

1. Disable Non-Test Security-Config for tests

@EnableWebSecurity
@Profile("!test")
public class SecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter { ... }

2. Add Test-Security Config in Test-Folder

@TestConfiguration
public class TestSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
  @Override
  protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
    http.antMatcher("**/*").anonymous();
  }
}

3. Add TestConfig to Integration Test

@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = RANDOM_PORT)
@ContextConfiguration(classes = TestSecurityConfig.class)
public class IntegrationTest { ... }

Answer 14

@Resource annotation on field level also could be used to declare look up at runtime

Answer 15

In general, the most appropriated way to avoid this problem, (also because of better Mockito integration in JUnit) is to use the Setter/Field Injection as described at https://www.baeldung.com/circular-dependencies-in-spring and at https://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/html/beans.html

@Component("bean1")
@Scope("view")
public class Bean1 {
    private Bean2 bean2;

    @Autowired
    public void setBean2(Bean2 bean2) {
        this.bean2 = bean2;
    }
}

@Component("bean2")
@Scope("view")
public class Bean2 {
    private Bean1 bean1;

    @Autowired
    public void setBean1(Bean1 bean1) {
        this.bean1 = bean1;
    }
}

Answer 16

In my case, I was defining a bean and autowiring it in the constructor of the same class file.

@SpringBootApplication
public class MyApplication {
    private MyBean myBean;

    public MyApplication(MyBean myBean) {
        this.myBean = myBean;
    }

    @Bean
    public MyBean myBean() {
        return new MyBean();
    }
}

My solution was to move the bean definition to another class file.

@Configuration
public CustomConfig {
    @Bean
    public MyBean myBean() {
        return new MyBean();
    }
}

Answer 17

i encountered this error in quite a stupid way

@Autowired
// private Bean bean;

public void myMethod() {
  return;
}

what happened is that I commented a line for some reason and left the annotation which made spring think that the method needs to be autowired

Answer 18

I think you could use Spring's

@Lazy

annotation on one of the autowired fields to break circular dependency.

I'm not sure if this works/exists in mentioned Spring version.

Answer 19

In general, the way to deal with circular dependencies is to use setter injection.

I tried the setter injection code that you posted, and it worked for me. I would imagine the reason you are getting the exception is because Bean1 and Bean2 are in the com.myapp.beans package, and you don't have component scanning enabled for that package.

You'd need to add the following to your spring configuration:

<context:component-scan base-package="com.bullethq.accounts.web"/>

or move the beans to a package which is being automatically scanned by Spring.