How to scan multiple paths using the @ComponentScan annotation?
annotations, java, spring
Solution
@ComponentScan uses string array, like this:
@ComponentScan({"com.my.package.first","com.my.package.second"})
When you provide multiple package names in only one string, Spring interprets this as one package name, and thus can't find it.
Problem
I'm using Spring 3.1 and bootstrapping an application using the `@Configuration` and `@ComponentScan` attributes. The actual start is done with ``` new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(MyRootConfigurationClass.class); ``` This Configuration class is annotated with ``` @Configuration @ComponentScan("com.my.package") public class MyRootConfigurationClass ``` and this works fine. However I'd like to be more specific about the packages I scan so I tried. ``` @Configuration @ComponentScan("com.my.package.first,com.my.package.second") public class MyRootConfigurationClass ``` However this fails with errors telling me it can't find components specified using the `@Component` annotation. What is the correct way to do what I'm after? Thanks