Bean Alias

Aliasing a bean outside the bean definition.

Specifying all aliases where the bean is actually defined is not always adequate. It is sometimes desirable to introduce an alias for a bean that is defined elsewhere. This is commonly the case in large systems where configuration is split amongst each subsystem, each subsystem having its own set of object definitions.

Getting started

In your build.gradle:

compile 'com.seavus.beanalias:bean-alias:1.0'

or your pom.xml:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.seavus.beanalias</groupId>
  <artifactId>bean-alias</artifactId>
  <version>1.0</version>
</dependency>

Define a bean alias in a @Configuration class:

@Configuration
@BeanAlias(name = "fromName", alias = "toName")
public class ExampleConfiguration {
}

That's it. Bean will be automatically aliased during ApplicationContext initialization.