How to get Spring MVC Controller to load lazily?

Question

I am not able to get Spring MVC Controllers to lazy load.

I have tried the solution mentioned in Does Spring MVC initialize all controllers on start up??

Here is my code:

app-servlet.xml

<context:component-scan base-package="com.mvc.controller">

AssetController.java

@Lazy(value=true)
@Controller
@RequestMapping("/api/asset")
public class AssetController{


  @Autowired
  private AssetService assetService;

What am I missing here?

Spring v3.0.7

Answer 1

@RequestMapping annotation makes controller to be initialized eagerly despite the fact that it is also annotated with @Lazy(value=true) .

In your case, removing @RequestMapping annotation should make the controller initialize lazily. Though I do not know if it is possible to use @RequestMapping annotation and have that controller load lazily, I did not manage to achieve it (solved my issue without making the controller load lazily, but that is out of scope of this question).