Spring @ConditionalOnWebApplication and @ConditionalOnNotWebApplication Examples

Condition On Web And Not Web

The Spring @ConditionalOnWebApplication (condition on web applications) and @ConditionalOnNotWebApplication (condition on non-web applications) annotations let configuration be included depending on whether the application is a web application.

Prerequisites

Java 12/19/22, Spring Boot 2.1.7 – 2.4.5/3.1.5/3.5.4, Maven 3.6.3/3.8.5/3.9.8

Project Setup

Create a maven based project in your favorite IDE or tool with the project name as spring-conditional-on-web-notweb-application.

The following pom.xml file can be used for your project:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

	<groupId>com.roytuts</groupId>
	<artifactId>spring-conditional-on-web-notweb-application</artifactId>
	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>

	<properties>
    	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    	<maven.compiler.release>22</maven.compiler.release>
  	</properties>
  
  	<parent>
		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
		<version>3.5.4</version>
	</parent>

  	<dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>





	<build>
		<plugins>
			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
			</plugin>
		</plugins>
	</build>
</project>

Simple Class

I will create a simple class Module that will be used for both Spring @ConditionalOnWebApplication and @ConditionalOnNotWebApplication annotations to check whether the Module class is loaded or not using the said annotations.

public class Module {
}

Main Class

The main class will be used to run our application.

@SpringBootApplication
public class SpringConditionalOnWebNotWebApp implements CommandLineRunner {
	@Autowired
	private ApplicationContext applicationContext;
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		SpringApplication.run(SpringConditionalOnWebNotWebApp.class, args).close();
	}
	@Override
	public void run(String... args) throws Exception {
		String[] beans = applicationContext.getBeanDefinitionNames();
		Arrays.sort(beans);
		boolean contains = Arrays.stream(beans).anyMatch("module"::equalsIgnoreCase);
		if (contains) {
			System.out.println("Module loaded");
		} else {
			System.out.println("Module not loaded");
		}
	}
}

Spring Config Class

I will create a Spring Config class to use the Spring @ConditionalOnWebApplication and @ConditionalOnNotWebApplication and check the behavior of the application.

Example on @ConditionalOnWebApplication

Creating Config class with below source code:

@Configuration
@ConditionalOnWebApplication
class SpringConfigOnWebNotWebApp {
	@Bean
	public Module module() {
		return new Module();
	}
}

Testing Condition On Web Application

Executing the main class you will see output as Module loaded. Therefore it’s a web application.

Example on @ConditionalOnNotWebApplication

Creating Config class with below source code:

@Configuration
@ConditionalOnNotWebApplication
class SpringConfigOnWebNotWebApp {
	@Bean
	public Module module() {
		return new Module();
	}
}

Testing Condition On Not Web Application

Executing the main class you will see output as Module not loaded. Again it’s a web application and that’s why module was not loaded.

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