Unable to define a scripted bean as an inner bean of another bean [SPR-8036]

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David Launen opened SPR-8036 and commented

Currently using BeanShell, however I would assume that this would be the same issue for other scripting languages as they all appear to use the same method of construction.

All examples I have found show scripted beans being defined as an identified bean, I have not found any examples that use a scripted bean as an inner bean. When attempting to define a scripted bean as an inner bean, a bean not found exception is thrown. Workaround of course is to define the scripted bean as a standalone identified bean, however this is not ideal.

The following XML definition example will result in a bean not found exception for the inner bean "lang:bsh XXXXX":

<beans>
<property name="transition" >
<bean class="com.test.workflow.transition.SimpleTransition">
<property name="strategy">
<lang:bsh script-interfaces="com.test.workflow.transition.election.ElectionStrategy">
<lang:inline-script>
<![CDATA[
public boolean evaluate(session, task, transitionEntry) {
return task.linked.claim.settlements.size < 1;
}
]]>
</lang:inline-script>
</lang:bsh>
</property>
</bean>
</property>
</beans>

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Affects: 2.5.6

Issue Links:

• Add support for dynamic languages refreshable beans in @Configuration classes [SPR-12300] #16906 Add support for dynamic languages refreshable beans in @Configuration classes

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Juergen Hoeller commented

I don't see us revisiting this since the focus is more and more on programmatic configuration where the notion of inner beans doesn't exist in that form anymore. Also, this issue didn't accumulate any votes, and we he have other configuration arrangements that require top-level beans as well.