Spring @Bean with @Lookup method

Question

I\'ve implemented a Spring bean utilizing the @Lookup annotation. (This thread was helpful: How to use spring @Lookup annotation?)

I\'ve subsequently noticed a strange b

Answer 1

In fact this behavior is a limitation of the @Lookup annotation. The latest version of Spring documentation describes the caveat more explicitly than it did back in version 4.1.

...please remember that lookup methods won't work on beans returned from @Bean methods in configuration classes;

In general, objects returned from @Bean methods do have their annotations processed; @Lookup is an exception to the typical behavior.