[CXF-3447] Error creating bean with name 'cxf': Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.3
• Fix Version/s: 2.4, 2.3.4
• Component/s: Core
• Assignee: Daniel Kulp
• Reporter: Srini K
• Created: 09/Apr/11 06:25
• Updated: 18/Apr/11 12:44
• Resolved: 11/Apr/11 23:04

Description

Frameworks being used: cxf with jax-rs 2.3.3, and spring 3.0.2
App Server: Tomcat 6.0

Issue occurs when using Spring AOP with AspectJ pointcuts

2011-04-09 00:31:31,673 [qtp12141980-21] ERROR DefaultListableBeanFactory - Destroy method on bean with name '(inner bean)#1' threw an exception
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'org.apache.cxf.resource.ResourceManager' defined in class path resource [META-INF/cxf/cxf.xml]: Cannot resolve reference to bean 'cxf' while setting constructor argument; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCurrentlyInCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'cxf': Requested bean is currently in creation: Is there an unresolvable circular reference?

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able to resolve this by reversing the expressions (in the local build) in the following statement of BusExtensionPostProcessor::postProcessBeforeInitialization

[before the change]
null != getBus() && bean instanceof BusExtension

[after the change]
bean instanceof BusExtension && null != getBus()