AutoConfigureAfter Type — spring-boot Architecture

Source Code

core/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/AutoConfigureAfter.java lines 41–68

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ ElementType.TYPE })
@Documented
public @interface AutoConfigureAfter {

	/**
	 * The auto-configuration classes that should have already been applied.
	 * <p>
	 * Since this annotation is parsed by loading class bytecode, it is safe to specify
	 * classes here that may ultimately not be on the classpath, but only if this
	 * annotation is directly on the affected component and <b>not</b> if this annotation
	 * is used as a composed, meta-annotation. In order to use this annotation as a
	 * meta-annotation, only use the {@link #name} attribute.
	 * @return the classes
	 */
	Class<?>[] value() default {};

	/**
	 * The names of the auto-configuration classes that should have already been applied.
	 * In the unusual case that an auto-configuration class is not a top-level class, its
	 * class name should use {@code $} to separate it from its containing class, for
	 * example {@code com.example.Outer$NestedAutoConfiguration}.
	 * @return the class names
	 * @since 1.2.2
	 */
	String[] name() default {};

}