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Ordering Spring Bean Initialization

How to express real bean dependencies instead of relying on incidental initialization order.

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This is a historical learning note and may contain outdated or incomplete understanding.

If bean B truly requires bean A to exist first, model that dependency explicitly through constructor/setter injection or @DependsOn when there is an initialization dependency without a normal object reference.

Do not rely on component-scan order, source-file order, or bean-name ordering; those are not a robust application dependency model.

For startup tasks that need the whole context ready, use an appropriate lifecycle/application-runner/event hook rather than manufacturing artificial bean dependencies.

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