Spring, abstract class and annotations

Question

I've got a pretty simple abstract class

public abstract class AbstractServiceActions {      @Autowired     protected DatabaseModel dbModel;      protected User user;     protected boolean complete;     protected String serviceResult;      public AbstractServiceActions(User user) {         this.user = user;         this.serviceResult = "";     }      public abstract String doAction();     } 

Now you can see, I'm trying to autowire the DatabaseModel. But in my extended class I only recieve null for the dbModel.

@Component public class CreateDatabaseAction extends AbstractServiceActions { .... } 

Question: Am I trying something impossible here?

Answer 1

Your setup seems fine. The reason perhaps lies elsewhere. Maybe you are instantiating the class with new CreateDatabaseAction(), rather than letting spring do this.