@ -4593,15 +4593,16 @@ If you intend to express annotation-driven injection by name, do not primarily u
@@ -4593,15 +4593,16 @@ If you intend to express annotation-driven injection by name, do not primarily u
semantically defined to identify a specific target component by its unique name, with
the declared type being irrelevant for the matching process.
As a specific consequence of this semantic difference, beans that are themselves defined
as a collection or map type cannot be injected through `@Autowired`, because type
matching is not properly applicable to them. Use `@Resource` for such beans, referring
to the specific collection or map bean by unique name.
For beans that are themselves defined as a collection/map or array type, `@Resource`
is a fine solution, referring to the specific collection or array bean by unique name.
That said, as of 4.3, collection/map and array types can be matched through Spring's
`@Autowired` type matching algorithm as well, as long as the element type information
is preserved in `@Bean` return type signatures or collection inheritance hierarchies.
`@Autowired` applies to fields, constructors, and multi-argument methods, allowing for
narrowing through qualifier annotations at the parameter level. By contrast, `@Resource`
is supported only for fields and bean property setter methods with a single argument. As
a consequence, stick with qualifiers if your injection target is a constructor or a
is supported only for fields and bean property setter methods with a single argument.
As a consequence, stick with qualifiers if your injection target is a constructor or a