Making sure a Spring Bean is properly initialised

Question

What is the most concise way of making sure that a Spring bean has all properties set and the init method called?

I'll favour answers which use setter injection and XML configuration, since that's what I'm using right now.

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I'm trying to evade the case where I either forget to configure a setter or call the init-method.

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In future projects I would favour skaffman's response, but I've chosen the one which suits me right now.

Answer 1

This poll is exactly what you are looking for.

Here are the results:

• By using the dependency-check attribute in XML: 11.52%
• By using the @Required annotation (or a custom annotation): 21.40%
• By using InitializingBean and an assert facility: 23.87%
• By using init-method and an assert facility: 14.40%
• I don't have to, because I use constructor injection for required properties: 19.34%
• I check my dependencies in my business methods: 7.41%
• I don't check required dependencies: 34.16%