@ -149,11 +149,17 @@ define the `required` attribute. That means `@RequestParam name: String?` will
@@ -149,11 +149,17 @@ define the `required` attribute. That means `@RequestParam name: String?` will
as not required and conversely `@RequestParam name: String` as being required.
This feature is also supported on the Spring Messaging `@Header` annotation.
In a similar fashion, Spring bean injection with `@Autowired` or `@Inject` uses this information
to determine if a bean is required or not. `@Autowired lateinit var foo: Foo` implies that a bean
of type `Foo` must be registered in the application context while `@Autowired lateinit var foo: Foo?`
In a similar fashion, Spring bean injection with `@Autowired`, `@Bean` or `@Inject` uses
this information to determine if a bean is required or not.
For example, `@Autowired lateinit var foo: Foo` implies that a bean
of type `Foo` must be registered in the application context, while `@Autowired lateinit var foo: Foo?`
won’t raise an error if such bean does not exist.
Following the same principle, `@Bean fun baz(foo: Foo, bar: Bar?) = Baz(foo, bar)` implies
that a bean of type `Foo` must be registered in the application context while a bean of
type `Bar` may or may not exist. The same behavior applies to autowired constructor parameters.