Cannot create proxy for spring component without default constructor

[i-dorofeev]

I receive an error when trying to obtain a bean which class doesn't have a default constructor (has its constructor arguments autowired) from ApplicationContext:

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Superclass has no null constructors but no arguments were given                                                                                                          
  at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Enhancer.emitConstructors(Enhancer.java:931)                
  at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Enhancer.generateClass(Enhancer.java:631)                   
  at org.springframework.cglib.core.DefaultGeneratorStrategy.generate(DefaultGeneratorStrategy.java:25)                                                                                                                 
  at org.springframework.cglib.core.AbstractClassGenerator.generate(AbstractClassGenerator.java:329)                                                                                                                    
  at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Enhancer.generate(Enhancer.java:492)                        
  at org.springframework.cglib.core.AbstractClassGenerator$ClassLoaderData$3.apply(AbstractClassGenerator.java:93)                                                                                                      
  at org.springframework.cglib.core.AbstractClassGenerator$ClassLoaderData$3.apply(AbstractClassGenerator.java:91)                                                                                                      
  at org.springframework.cglib.core.internal.LoadingCache$2.call(LoadingCache.java:54)           
  at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)                                    
  at org.springframework.cglib.core.internal.LoadingCache.createEntry(LoadingCache.java:61)      
  at org.springframework.cglib.core.internal.LoadingCache.get(LoadingCache.java:34)              
  at org.springframework.cglib.core.AbstractClassGenerator$ClassLoaderData.get(AbstractClassGenerator.java:116)                                                                                                         
  at org.springframework.cglib.core.AbstractClassGenerator.create(AbstractClassGenerator.java:291)                                                                                                                      
  at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Enhancer.createHelper(Enhancer.java:480)                    
  at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Enhancer.create(Enhancer.java:305)                          
  at HotswapAgentSpringBeanProxy_1796692748.create(HotswapAgentSpringBeanProxy_1796692748.java)  
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)                                 
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)               
  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)       
  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)                                            
  at org.hotswap.agent.plugin.spring.getbean.EnhancerProxyCreater.create(EnhancerProxyCreater.java:87)                                                                                                                  
  at org.hotswap.agent.plugin.spring.getbean.EnhancerProxyCreater.createProxy(EnhancerProxyCreater.java:78)                                                                                                             
  at org.hotswap.agent.plugin.spring.getbean.ProxyReplacer.register(ProxyReplacer.java:59)       
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.getBean(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:374)                                                                                                  
  at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.getBean(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:334)                                                                                                  
  at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getBean(AbstractApplicationContext.java:1088)       

[gallyamb]

+1

[edudant]

Proxy of a class without default constructor is supported from Spring4:
// Spring 4: CGLIB-based proxy classes no longer require a default constructor. Support is provided
// via the objenesis library which is repackaged inline and distributed as part of the Spring Framework.
// With this strategy, no constructor at all is being invoked for proxy instances anymore.

For more explanation see http://blog.codeleak.pl/2014/07/spring-4-cglib-based-proxy-classes-with-no-default-ctor.html.

I have replicated Spring solution with Objenesis library.