java - How to get bean using application context in spring boot

Question

I am developing a SpringBoot project and I want to get the bean by its name using applicationContext. I have tried many solution from web but could not succeed. My Requirement is that I have a controller

ControllerA

and inside the controller I have a method getBean(String className). I want to get instance of registered bean. I have hibernate entities and I want to get an instance of the bean by passing the name of class only in getBean method.

Please help if someone know the solution.

Answer 1

You can Autowire the ApplicationContext, either as a field

@Autowired
private ApplicationContext context;

or a method

@Autowired
public void context(ApplicationContext context) { this.context = context; }

Finally use

context.getBean(SomeClass.class)