Java – The application failed to start Spring Boot

I have a framework that uses Spring Boot and it contains a Controller RestController class

@RequestMapping("/details")
@RestController
public class DataController {
    private KafkaStreams kafkaStreams;

public DataController(KafkaStreams kafkaStreams) {
        this.kafkaStreams = kafkaStreams;
    }

@Autowired
    DataService dataService;

@RequestMapping(value = "getAllDetails", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public boolean getAllDetails(KafkaStreams kafkaStreams) {
        return ktableService.getAllDetails(kafkaStreams);
    }
}

In my service implementation class, I use this kafkaStreams object to find details of my different services.

Now that I’m using this framework as a dependency in my other application, I have a runner class

import org.apache.kafka.streams.KafkaStreams;
@Component
public class PipelineRunner {
    private final StreamsBuilder streamsBuilder;
    private final KafkaProperties kafkaProperties;
    private final SerdesExt serdesExt;

@Autowired
    public PipelineRunner(StreamsBuilder streamsBuilder, KafkaProperties kafkaProperties, SerdesExt serdesExt) {
        this.streamsBuilder = streamsBuilder;
        this.kafkaProperties = kafkaProperties;
        this.serdesExt = serdesExt;
    }

@PostConstruct
    public void run() {
        ReflectData.AllowNull.get().addStringable(Utf8.class);
        ReflectData.get().addStringable(Utf8.class);
        DataProcessor processor = new DataProcessor(streamsBuilder, kafkaProperties,
                serdesExt);
        start();
    }

private void start() {
        KafkaStreams kafkaStreams = new KafkaStreams(streamsBuilder.build(),
                kafkaProperties.getKafkaStreamsProperties(serdesExt));
        System.out.println("----Its is started----");
        DataController controller = new DataController(kafkaStreams);
        kafkaStreams.start();

}
}

In this class, I’m trying to create an object for a DataController.

So when I try to run the application class,

@SpringBootApplication(scanBasePackages = { "framework package" })
@EnableConfigurationProperties(KafkaProperties.class)
public class Application {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
    }
}

I’m getting this error,

***************************
APPLICATION FAILED TO START
***************************

Description:

Parameter 0 of constructor in frameworkpackage.controllers.DataController required a bean of type 'org.apache.kafka.streams.KafkaStreams' that could not be found.

Action:

Consider defining a bean of type 'org.apache.kafka.streams.KafkaStreams' in your configuration.

I’m new to Spring Boot. So I may be doing something wrong here. If more information is needed, I can provide it.

UPDATE

My pom file,

<parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>2.0.2.RELEASE</version>
    </parent>

<properties>
        <confluent.version>4.1.0</confluent.version>
        <kafka.version>1.1.0</kafka.version>
        <lombok.version>1.18.0</lombok.version>
    </properties>

<dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-configuration-processor</artifactId>
            <optional>true</optional>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
            <artifactId>kafka-avro-serializer</artifactId>
            <version>${confluent.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
            <artifactId>kafka-streams-avro-serde</artifactId>
            <version>${confluent.version}</version>
        </dependency>

<dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
            <artifactId>kafka-streams</artifactId>
            <version>${kafka.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
            <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
            <version>${kafka.version}</version>
        </dependency>

<dependency>
            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
            <version>${lombok.version}</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

<dependency>
            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
            <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-avro</artifactId>
            <version>2.8.5</version>
        </dependency>

</dependencies>

The problem is that you are trying to use bean kafkaStreams in a DataController class, but there is no bean with this name in the Spring context. You need to create it manually so that you can autowire it later.

In your case, I recommend updating PipelineRunner.java

:

import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
import org.apache.kafka.streams.KafkaStreams;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.kafka.KafkaProperties;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

@Component
public class PipelineRunner
{
    private final StreamsBuilder streamsBuilder;
    private final KafkaProperties kafkaProperties;
    private final SerdesExt serdesExt;

@Autowired
    public PipelineRunner(StreamsBuilder streamsBuilder, KafkaProperties kafkaProperties, SerdesExt serdesExt)
    {
        this.streamsBuilder = streamsBuilder;
        this.kafkaProperties = kafkaProperties;
        this.serdesExt = serdesExt;
    }

@PostConstruct
    public void run()
    {
        ReflectData.AllowNull.get().addStringable(Utf8.class);
        ReflectData.get().addStringable(Utf8.class);
        DataProcessor processor = new DataProcessor(streamsBuilder, kafkaProperties,
            serdesExt);
        start();
    }

@Bean
    KafkaStreams kafkaStreams()
    {
        KafkaStreams kafkaStreams = new KafkaStreams(
            streamsBuilder.build(),
            kafkaProperties.getKafkaStreamsProperties(serdesExt));
        System.out.println("----Its is started----");
        kafkaStreams.start();
        return kafkaStreams;
    }
}

You don’t need to create an instance of the DataController yourself, this will be done automatically by Spring.

More information about the Spring bean method is available there