Can't instantiate Spring bean repository
问题 In this task I am not allowed to use auto-wiring so I am trying to create something similar to this: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/spring/spring_java_based_configuration.htm My code @Configuration public class ApplicationConfig { @Bean public FoodService foodService() { return new FoodService(FoodRepository()); } @Bean public FoodRepository foodRepository() { return new FoodRepository(); } } Of course since FoodRepository is an interface extending MongoRepository, it gives an error that it