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Thread: Spring autowired variable is null when accessed from another class

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    Default Spring autowired variable is null when accessed from another class

    Here's the problem
    I have a class A

    A.java
    public class A {
     
    	private Properties properties = new Properties();
     
    	private File file;
     
    	public File getFile() {
    		return file;
    	}
     
    	public void setFile(File file) {
    		this.file = file;
    	}
     
    	public void init() {
    		try{
    			properties.load(new FileInputStream(file));
    		}catch(IOException e){
     
    		}
    	}
     
    	public String getValue(String key) {
    		return properties.getProperty(key);
    	}
    }
    Here's how I insantiate an instance of this class.

    test-beans.xml
    ...
    <bean id="a"
    		class="com.example.A" init-method="init">
    		<property name="file" value="sample.properties"/>
    	</bean>
    ...

    There is a class that contains few common methods to be used by a number of other classes

    CommonMethods.java
    @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
    @ContextConfiguration(locations = "/test-beans.xml")
    public class CommonMethods {
     
    	@Autowired
    	private A a;
     
     
    	public String getFileName() {
                    if(a==null)
                         System.out.println("a is null");
                    else
                         System.out.println("a is null");
    		String s=a.getFile().getName();
    		return(s);
    	}
     
             @Test // JUnit test case
              public void testmethod() {
                  getFileName();
              }
     
    }

    There is a test class from which I need to call getFileName()

    test.java
    @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
    @ContextConfiguration(locations = "/test-beans.xml")
    public class test {
     
    CommonMethods cm = new CommonMethods();
     
    @Test
    public void testSomething() {
    cm.getFileName();
     
     
    }

    Now here's the problem
    When I run testmethod() from CommonMethods.java, I get a is not null.
    When I run testSomething() from test.java, I get a is null.

    Why is that? Is there a way I can use getFileName() in test.java? Please help!!


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    Default Re: Spring autowired variable is null when accessed from another class

    Quote Originally Posted by sakura View Post
    Now here's the problem
    When I run testmethod() from CommonMethods.java, I get a is not null.
    When I run testSomething() from test.java, I get a is null.

    Why is that?
    Because, I can guess (but I am quite sure it's this), because in test class the CommonMethods object is instantiated by you and not by Spring.
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    Default Re: Spring autowired variable is null when accessed from another class

    I am not 100% sure if this will work, because i dont have a test environment with me to help you out.

    But, can you instantiate A before executing getFileName() methid and then check if everything works fine.

    I would strongly recomend to use Mockito in such cases. Things can become very simple and easy writing codes.
    Thanks and regards,
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    Default Re: Spring autowired variable is null when accessed from another class

    Thank you. I made the following changes:-

    test-beans.xml
    ...
    <bean id="a"
    		class="com.example.A" init-method="init">
    		<property name="file" value="sample.properties"/>
    	</bean>
     
           <bean id="cm"
    		class="com.example.CommonMethods">
    		<property name="a" ref="a"/>
    	</bean>
    ....

    CommonMethods.java
    @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
    @ContextConfiguration(locations = "/test-beans.xml")
    public class CommonMethods {
     
    	@Autowired
    	private A a;
     
           public A geta() {
                  return(a);
             }
     
              public void seta(A a) {
                   this.a=a;
              }
     
    	public String getFileName() {
                    if(a==null)
                         System.out.println("a is null");
                    else
                         System.out.println("a is null");
    		String s=a.getFile().getName();
    		return(s);
    	}
     
             @Test // JUnit test case
              public void testmethod() {
                  getFileName();
              }
     
    }

    test.java
    @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
    @ContextConfiguration(locations = "/test-beans.xml")
    public class test {
     
    CommonMethods cm;
     
    @Test
    public void testSomething() {
    cm.getFileName();
     
    }

    Still getting the same issue. Help me!! What am I doing wrong?

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