Incorrect injected bean type

Reports incorrect types of custom schema bean injections defined in the XML application context.

Example:

public class SimpleBean{}

  <beans ...>
    <bean class="SimpleBean" id="simpleBean"/>
       <mvc:annotation-driven
         conversion-service="simpleBean"      <!-- reports "Bean must be of 'org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService' type" -->
         message-codes-resolver="simpleBean"  <!-- reports 'Bean must be of org.springframework.validation.MessageCodesResolver' type" -->
         validator="simpleBean"               <!-- reports "Bean must be of 'org.springframework.validation.Validator' type" -->
    />
  </beans>

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

RequiredBeanTypeInspection

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Availability

By default bundled with: IntelliJ IDEA 2024.1, Qodana for JVM 2024.1,
Can be installed with plugin: Spring, 241.18072

Last modified: 18 June 2024