Error creating bean with name 'application', No default constructor found; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodException

Question

I don't quite understand why this code gives me 'no default constructor found' error. The constructor is @Autowired. Everything seems to be injected correctly. Can anybody please help? Thanks

@SpringBootApplication
public class Application {

    private ApplicationContext applicationContext;
    private MessagingService messagingService;
    private Parser parser;

    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Application.class);

    @Autowired
    public Application(ApplicationContext applicationContext,
                       MessagingService messagingService,
                       Parser parser)
    {
        this.applicationContext = applicationContext;
        Assert.notNull(messagingService, "MessagingService must not be null");
        this.messagingService = messagingService;
        Assert.notNull(parser, "Parser must not be null");
        this.parser = parser;
    }

    public static void main (String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
    }

    @Bean
    public CommandLineRunner app() {
        return args -> {
            Locale defaultLocale = Locale.getDefault();
            Locale.setDefault(defaultLocale);
            log.info("Using MessagingService: " + messagingService.getMyMessageCode());

            parser.parse();
        };
    }
}

Edit: updated Application.class

@SpringBootApplication
public class Application {

    @Autowired
    private MessagingService messagingService;
    @Autowired
    private Parser parser;

    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Application.class);

    public Application() {}

    public static void main (String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
    }

    @Bean
    public CommandLineRunner app() {
        return args -> {
            Locale defaultLocale = Locale.getDefault();
            Locale.setDefault(defaultLocale);
            log.info("Using MessagingService: " + messagingService.getMyMessageCode());

            parser.parse();
        };
    }
}

Answer 1

You can't autowire into main Spring Boot class. You can inject dependencies needed for CommandLineRunner as parameters of method annotated with @Bean and of course remove constructor injection for main class:

@SpringBootApplication
public class Application {
    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Application.class);

    public static void main (String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
    }

    @Bean
    public CommandLineRunner app(ApplicationContext applicationContext,
                       MessagingService messagingService,
                       Parser parser) {
        return args -> {
            Locale defaultLocale = Locale.getDefault();
            Locale.setDefault(defaultLocale);
            log.info("Using MessagingService: " + messagingService.getMyMessageCode());

            parser.parse();
        };
    }
}

EDIT: Correct context configuration after edit:

@SpringBootApplication
public class Application {

    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Application.class);

    public Application() {}

    public static void main (String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
    }

    @Bean
    public CommandLineRunner app(MessagingService messagingService, Parser parser) {
        return args -> {
            Locale defaultLocale = Locale.getDefault();
            Locale.setDefault(defaultLocale);
            log.info("Using MessagingService: " + messagingService.getMyMessageCode());

            parser.parse();
        };
    }
}