SpringBoot - BeanDefinitionOverrideException: Invalid bean definition

Question

I am trying to setup DynamoDB locally with Spring Boot. Initially I got the setup working and was able to write/save to DynamoDB via a repository. From that point I added mo

Answer 1

Bean overriding has to be enabled since Spring Boot 2.1,

https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/wiki/Spring-Boot-2.1-Release-Notes

Bean Overriding

Bean overriding has been disabled by default to prevent a bean being accidentally overridden. If you are relying on overriding, you will need to set spring.main.allow-bean-definition-overriding to true.

Set

spring.main.allow-bean-definition-overriding=true

or yml,

spring:
   main:
     allow-bean-definition-overriding: true

to enable overriding again.

Edit,

Bean Overriding is based of the name of the bean not its type. e.g.

@Bean
public ClassA class(){
   return new ClassA();
}

@Bean
public ClassB class(){
   return new ClassB();
}

Will cause this error in > 2.1, by default bean names are taken from the method name. Renaming the method or adding the name attribute to the Bean annotation will be a valid fix.