[FIXED] Spring @Bean Name, is not working with @Qualifier

Issue

I have a spring boot application. It creates LocalSessionFactoryBean Object and inject into session factory variable. It works fine as follow:

@Autowired
  @Qualifier(value="sessionFactory")
  private SessionFactory sessionFactory;


  @Primary
  @Bean
  public LocalSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory() {
    LocalSessionFactoryBean factory = new LocalSessionFactoryBean();
    factory.setDataSource(dataSource);
    factory.setPackagesToScan(
        new String[] {
          "com.abc..entities",
          "com.abc.xyz.entities",
          "
        });
    factory.setHibernateProperties(hibernateProperties());
    return factory;
  }

However, I need to change bean Name of sessionFactory, which is default as function name, from sessionFactory to entityManagerFactory, so I did following:

  @Autowired
  @Qualifier(value="entityManagerFactory")
  private SessionFactory sessionFactory;


  @Primary
  @Bean(name="entityManagerFactory")
  public LocalSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory() {
    LocalSessionFactoryBean factory = new LocalSessionFactoryBean();
    factory.setDataSource(dataSource);
    factory.setPackagesToScan(
        new String[] {
          "com.abc..entities",
          "com.abc.xyz.entities",
          "
        });
    factory.setHibernateProperties(hibernateProperties());
    return factory;
  }

But it throws error:

> Error creating bean with name 'XYZ': Unsatisfied dependency expressed
> through field 'sessionFactory'; nested exception is
> org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No
> qualifying bean of type 'org.hibernate.SessionFactory' available:
> expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate.
> Dependency annotations:
> {@org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired(required=true),
> @org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier(value=entityManagerFactory)}

I believe i did it correctly, what did I miss here?

Update :-

I tried following as mentioned in one of answer but it did not work:

@Autowired
  @Qualifier(value = "entityManagerFactory")
  private SessionFactory sessionFactory; 

and changed method as

@Primary
@Bean

public LocalSessionFactoryBean entityManagerFactory()
 { ..........},


>  Unsatisfied dependency expressed through field 'sessionFactory';
> nested exception is
> org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No
> qualifying bean of type 'org.hibernate.SessionFactory' available:
> expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate.
> Dependency annotations:
> {@org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired(required=true),
> @org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier(value=entityManagerFactory)}

Solution

What I think that happens here, is that entityManagerFactory is automatically registered from spring for another bean. Therefore you don't get what you ask for.

Try changing a little bit the name

@Bean(name="customEntityManagerFactory")
  public LocalSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory() {

and then

@Autowired
  @Qualifier("customEntityManagerFactory")
  private SessionFactory sessionFactory;

Answered By - Panagiotis Bougioukos