Parameter 0 of constructor in required a bean of type 'java.lang.String' that could not be found

Question

I am working on spring batch with spring boot 2.X application, actually its existing code i am checked out from git. While running the application it fails due to below error only for me and same code is working for others.

s.c.a.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext : Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt: org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'inputItemReader' defined in file [C:\Users\XYZ\git\main\batch\CBatchProcessing\target\classes\com\main\batchprocessing\batch\reader\InputItemReader.class]: Unsatisfied dependency expressed through **constructor parameter 0; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No qualifying bean of type 'java.lang.String' available: expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate. Dependency annotations**: {}


Error starting ApplicationContext. To display the conditions report re-run your application with 'debug' enabled.
2018-10-16 23:23:37.411 ERROR 2384 --- [           main] o.s.b.d.LoggingFailureAnalysisReporter   : 

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APPLICATION FAILED TO START
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Description:

**Parameter 0 of constructor in com.main.batchprocessing.batch.reader.InputItemReader required a bean of type 'java.lang.String' that could not be found.**


Action:

Consider defining a bean of type 'java.lang.String' in your configuration.

I have checked below

1. All Spring components are correctly annotated with @Component, @Service, @Controller,@Repository, etc...
2. @ComponentScan & @EnableAutoCOnfiguration is also provided.
3. Tried giving "java.lang.String" in declarations.

Code:

    import java.util.Map;
    import org.slf4j.Logger;
    import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
    import org.springframework.batch.core.ExitStatus;
    import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecution;
    import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecutionListener;
    import org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemReader;
    import org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping.JsonLineMapper;
    import 
    org.springframework.batch.item.file.separator.JsonRecordSeparatorPolicy;
    import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
    import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
    import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource;
    import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

    @Component
    public class InputItemReader extends  FlatFileItemReader<Map<String, 
     Object>> implements StepExecutionListener {

    @Autowired
    private InputFileHeaderValidator inputFileHeaderValidator; 

    @Autowired
    private FileAuditService fileAuditService;

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

    private java.lang.String inputFilePath;

    public InputItemReader(String inputFilePath) {
        setLineMapper(new JsonLineMapper());
        setRecordSeparatorPolicy(new JsonRecordSeparatorPolicy());
        setResource(new FileSystemResource(inputFilePath));
        this.inputFilePath = inputFilePath;
    }
   }

Answer 1

Since you do not provide the public default constructor and you added your own non-default constructor the instantiation will fail. I would suggest you to define the input file path as property like @Value("${inputFilePath}"). If you need further initialization in your bean define a void method and annotate it with @PostConstruct and do the initialization within.

Answer 2

Add a public default constructor in your class. For example.

public User() {
}

Answer 3

Make sure you are using spring-boot-starter-data-jpa

<dependency>
   <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
   <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>