@Test public void testResourceInjectionWithResolvableDependencyType() { DefaultListableBeanFactory bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory(); CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor bpp = new CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor(); bpp.setBeanFactory(bf); bf.addBeanPostProcessor(bpp); RootBeanDefinition abd = new RootBeanDefinition(ExtendedResourceInjectionBean.class); abd.setScope(BeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE); bf.registerBeanDefinition("annotatedBean", abd); RootBeanDefinition tbd = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class); tbd.setScope(BeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE); bf.registerBeanDefinition("testBean4", tbd); bf.registerResolvableDependency(BeanFactory.class, bf); bf.registerResolvableDependency(INestedTestBean.class, new ObjectFactory<Object>() { @Override public Object getObject() throws BeansException { return new NestedTestBean(); } }); PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer(); Properties props = new Properties(); props.setProperty("tb", "testBean4"); ppc.setProperties(props); ppc.postProcessBeanFactory(bf); ExtendedResourceInjectionBean bean = (ExtendedResourceInjectionBean) bf.getBean("annotatedBean"); INestedTestBean tb = bean.getTestBean6(); assertNotNull(tb); ExtendedResourceInjectionBean anotherBean = (ExtendedResourceInjectionBean) bf.getBean("annotatedBean"); assertNotSame(anotherBean, bean); assertNotSame(anotherBean.getTestBean6(), tb); String[] depBeans = bf.getDependenciesForBean("annotatedBean"); assertEquals(1, depBeans.length); assertEquals("testBean4", depBeans[0]); }