Auto-injection custom ErrorHandler in spring-rabbitmq

Question

We know that we can inject custom message converter:

@Bean
MessageConverter messageConverter(){
   return new CustomMessageConverter();
}

However in case of ErrorHandler it doesn't work. Why ? Can I conclude it from code in any way ?

Answer 1

That's true. Spring Boot's RabbitAnnotationDrivenConfiguration doesn't support that injection.

You have to declare your own SimpleRabbitListenerContainerFactory @Bean and supply desired ErrorHandler injection, as well as all other required options, including MessageConverter.

Note that overriding out-of-the-box bean you should specify your own one with the rabbitListenerContainerFactory name to meet condition:

@Bean
@ConditionalOnMissingBean(name = "rabbitListenerContainerFactory")
public SimpleRabbitListenerContainerFactory rabbitListenerContainerFactory(