Autowiring of generic types doesn't work [Spring 4+]

Question

I'm working on one project with Spring 4.2.4.RELEASE.

I've heard about new features Spring 4 (especially about autowiring of generic types ), and I was confused when the following code hadn't been compiled:

@Service
public interface AuthenticationService<T> { ... }

public class VKAuthenticationService implements AuthenticationService<VKToken> { ... }

@RestController
public class VKAuthenticationController {
   @Autowired
   private AuthenticationService<VKToken> service;
}

Thank you in advance for any assistance.

Answer 1

How about also declare @Service on your VKAuthenticationService

@Service(name="myService")
public class VKAuthenticationService implements AuthenticationService<VKToken> { ... }

and use @Autowired and @Qualifier to inject it

@RestController
public class VKAuthenticationController {
   @Autowired
   @Qualifier("myService")
   private AuthenticationService<VKToken> service;
}