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Conditional Bean Loading with @ConditionalOnProperty

This snippet demonstrates how to conditionally load a Spring Bean based on a configuration property. If 'app.feature.modern-mode' is set to 'true' in application.properties, the bean is created; otherwise, it is ignored.

snippet.java

java

@Configuration
public class FeatureConfig {
    @Bean
    @ConditionalOnProperty(name = "app.feature.modern-mode", havingValue = "true")
    public ModernService modernService() {
        return new ModernService();
    }
}

spring

Breakdown

@ConditionalOnProperty(name = "app.feature.modern-mode", havingValue = "true")

Checks if the property exists and matches the specified value before registering the bean.

public ModernService modernService()

The factory method that Spring calls to instantiate the service if the condition is met.

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