Accessing spring beans in static method

Question

I have a Util class with static methods. Inside my Util class, I want to use spring beans so I included them in my util class. As far as I know it\'s not a good practice to

Answer 1

This worked for me.

Define your bean using xml configuration (old school):

<bean id="someBean1" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource">
    <property name="driverClassName"><value>${db.driver}</value></property>     
    <property name="url"><value>${db.url}</value></property>
    <property name="username"><value>${db.username_seg}</value></property>
    <property name="password"><value>${db.password_seg}</value></property>
</bean> 

Or define it with java instead xml (new school)

@Bean(name = "someBean2")
public MySpringComponent loadSomeSpringComponent() {

  MySpringComponent bean = new MySpringComponent();
  bean.setSomeProperty("1.0.2");
  return bean;
}

Accessing spring bean in static method

import org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader;
import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;

public class TestUtils {

  public static void getBeansFromSpringContext() {
    WebApplicationContext context = ContextLoader.getCurrentWebApplicationContext();
    //for spring boot apps
    //ApplicationContext context = SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args)
    DataSource datasource  = (DataSource)context.getBean("someBean1");
    MySpringComponent springBean  = (MySpringComponent)context.getBean("someBean2");
  }
}   

HTH

Answer 2

This is how I injected from spring for a static field.

<bean id="..." class="...">
 <property name="fieldToBeInjected">
            <util:constant static-field="CONSTANT_FIELD" />
        </property>
</bean>

Maybe this will help you, as well.