Spring - Autowire Service into POJO

Question

I have a model in which I want to inject my service.

My Model

@Configurable
@Entity
@Table(name = "user")
public Class User {

@Autowired
private UserService userService;

{
   System.out.println("Trying Service : " + userService.getMyName()); 
}

}

Here I get always a NullPointerException on 7'th line.

In my spring-context.xml I have :

<context:spring-configured/>
<bean
    class="org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor" />
<bean
    class="org.springframework.context.annotation.CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor" />

EDIT

UserService

@Component
public Class UserService {

  public String getMyName() { return "it's Me!";}

}

Answer 1

Spring managed components can be wired only into another beans managed by Spring.

However, there is a trick to add service to your POJO if you really need it:

1. Add UserService as a static field to your POJO with a setter
2. In UserService after spring initializes the bean, set itself as a field on the POJO (this can be done in @PostConstruct method)