Spring Boot @ConditionalOnClass Annotation Example

In this section we will learn about @ConditionalOnClass Annotation.


The @ConditionalOnClass can be used to register a bean only when the given class(es) can be found on the class-path. We can define the fully qualified class name either via a String or via a Class<?> reference.

For example, when providing library/framework classes to other developers, this annotation can be used to active certain beans only based on the existing of specific classes, e.g. driver-classes etc.

The @ConditionalOnClass annotation may be used on any class annotated with @Configuration@Component@Service & @Repository or on methods annotated with @Bean.


1. Using @ConditionalOnClass on @Bean method

To illustrate the use of @ConditionalOnClass, we will create two simple service classes, SMSNotificationService class and  EmailNotificationService class.

public class EmailNotificationService {

public EmailNotificationService() {
System.out.println("Inside EmailNotificationService Constructor");
}

public void sendEmailNotification()
{
System.out.println("Sending Email Notification");
}
}


package com.knf.dev.demo.service;

public class SMSNotificationService {

public SMSNotificationService() {
System.out.println("Inside SMSNotificationService Constructor");
}

public void sendSmsNotification()
{
System.out.println("Sending SMS Notification");
}
}


Next, we will create a simple class which will be required to call on @ConditionalOnClass annotation because this class will be executed only when the required class is found.

public class NotificationProvider {
}


Next, we will create a Spring Config class and use annotation @ConditionalOnClass in various ways, such as, by name, value.

@Configuration
public class AppConfig {

@Bean
@ConditionalOnClass(name =
"com.knf.dev.demo.provider.NotificationProvider")
public SMSNotificationService smsNotificationService()
{
return new SMSNotificationService();
}

@Bean
@ConditionalOnClass(NotificationProvider.class)
public EmailNotificationService emailNotificationService()
{
return new EmailNotificationService();
}
}

Here, SMSNotificationService bean and EmailNotificationService bean will register to the application context if NotificationProvider class is found.


2. Using @ConditionalOnClass on @Service class

@Service
@ConditionalOnClass(name=
"com.knf.dev.demo.provider.NotificationProvider")
public class TwitterNotificationService {

public TwitterNotificationService() {
System.out.println("Inside TwitterNotificationService Constructor");
}

public void sendTwitterNotification()
{
System.out.println("Sending Twitter Notification");
}
}

Here TwitterNotificationService bean will register to the application context if NotificationProvider class is found.

The following example creates a Spring Boot web application which uses @ConditionalOnClass annotation.

Project Directory



pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>3.0.1</version>
<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<groupId>com.knf.dev.demo</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-conditionalonclass-annotation-example</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>spring-boot-conditionalonclass-annotation-example</name>
<description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
<properties>
<java.version>17</java.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>

<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>

</project>


EmailNotificationService.java

package com.knf.dev.demo.service;

public class EmailNotificationService {

public EmailNotificationService() {
System.out.println("Inside EmailNotificationService Constructor");
}

public void sendEmailNotification()
{
System.out.println("Sending Email Notification");
}
}


SMSNotificationService.java

package com.knf.dev.demo.service;

public class SMSNotificationService {

public SMSNotificationService() {
System.out.println("Inside SMSNotificationService Constructor");
}

public void sendSmsNotification()
{
System.out.println("Sending SMS Notification");
}
}


NotificationProvider.java

package com.knf.dev.demo.provider;

public class NotificationProvider {
}


AppConfig.java

package com.knf.dev.demo.config;

import com.knf.dev.demo.provider.NotificationProvider;
import com.knf.dev.demo.service.EmailNotificationService;
import com.knf.dev.demo.service.SMSNotificationService;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;

@Configuration
public class AppConfig {

@Bean
@ConditionalOnClass(name =
"com.knf.dev.demo.provider.NotificationProvider")
public SMSNotificationService smsNotificationService()
{
return new SMSNotificationService();
}

@Bean
@ConditionalOnClass(NotificationProvider.class)
public EmailNotificationService emailNotificationService()
{
return new EmailNotificationService();
}
}


TwitterNotificationService.java

package com.knf.dev.demo.service;

import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

@Service
@ConditionalOnClass(name=
"com.knf.dev.demo.provider.NotificationProvider")
public class TwitterNotificationService {

public TwitterNotificationService() {
System.out.println("Inside TwitterNotificationService Constructor");
}

public void sendTwitterNotification()
{
System.out.println("Sending Twitter Notification");
}
}


Run the application - Application.java

package com.knf.dev.demo;

import com.knf.dev.demo.service.EmailNotificationService;
import com.knf.dev.demo.service.SMSNotificationService;
import com.knf.dev.demo.service.TwitterNotificationService;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;

@SpringBootApplication
public class Application {


public static void main(String[] args) {
ConfigurableApplicationContext context =
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);

SMSNotificationService smsNotificationService =
context.getBean(SMSNotificationService.class);
smsNotificationService.sendSmsNotification();

EmailNotificationService emailNotificationService =
context.getBean(EmailNotificationService.class);
emailNotificationService.sendEmailNotification();

TwitterNotificationService twitterNotificationService =
context.getBean(TwitterNotificationService.class);
twitterNotificationService.sendTwitterNotification();

context.close();
}
}

Application is the entry point that sets up the Spring Boot application. The @SpringBootApplication annotation enables auto-configuration and component scanning. 

Let's run this Spring boot application from either IntelliJ IDEA IDE by right click - Run 'Application.main()'
Or you can use the below maven command to run:

mvn spring-boot:run

Console Output:
Inside TwitterNotificationService Constructor
Inside SMSNotificationService Constructor
Inside EmailNotificationService Constructor
Sending SMS Notification
Sending Email Notification
Sending Twitter Notification


Download Source Code

More related topics,

Spring Core Annotations

Spring Web Annotations

Spring Boot Annotations

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