Instantiate beans in order in Spring?

Question

Is it possible to set order of instantiation in Spring?

I don\'t want to use @DependsOn and I don\'t want to use Ordered interface. I just

Answer 1

If you want to make sure that a specific bean is created before another bean you can use the @DependsOn annotation.

@Configuration
public class Configuration {

   @Bean 
   public Foo foo() {
   ...
   }

   @Bean
   @DependsOn("foo")
   public Bar bar() {
   ...
   }
}

Keep in mind that this does not set the order, it only guarantees that the bean "foo" is created before "bar". JavaDoc for @DependsOn