Spring Cache @Cacheable - not working while calling from another method of the same bean

Question

Spring cache is not working when calling cached method from another method of the same bean.

Here is an example to explain my problem in clear way.<

Answer 1

In my Case I add variable :

@Autowired
private AService  aService;

So I call the getEmployeeData method by using the aService

@Named("aService")
public class AService {

@Cacheable("employeeData")
public List<EmployeeData> getEmployeeData(Date date){
..println("Cache is not being used");
...
}

public List<EmployeeEnrichedData> getEmployeeEnrichedData(Date date){
    List<EmployeeData> employeeData = aService.getEmployeeData(date);
    ...
}

}

It will use the cache in this case.

Answer 2

If you call a cached method from same bean it will be treated as a private method and annotations will be ignored

Answer 3

Use static weaving to create proxy around your bean. In this case even 'internal' methods would work correctly