How to use Spring Factory Method to create Spring Bean

0. Preparation

Create a POJO bean class & 2 factory classes with static & non-static factory methods for the tutorial:

SampleBean.java

package com.javasampleapproach.factory;

public class SampleBean {
	private String message;
	
	public SampleBean(String message){
		this.message = message;
	}
	
	public void hello() {  
        System.out.println("Message = " + message);  
    }
	
	public String getMessage() {
		return message;
	}
	public void setMessage(String message) {
		this.message = message;
	}
}

StaticMethodFactory.java

package com.javasampleapproach.factory;

public class StaticMethodFactory {
    public static SampleBean createBean(String message) {  
        return new SampleBean(message);  
    }  
}

NonStaticMethodFactory.java

package com.javasampleapproach.factory;

public class NonStaticMethodFactory {
    public SampleBean createBean(String message) {  
        return new SampleBean(message);  
    }  
}

I. Spring Factory Method

Question: How to configure a SampleBean from each factories: StaticMethodFactory & NonStaticMethodFactory?

1. With Java Config

We have a solution with very simple configuration:
JavaConfig.java

package com.javasampleapproach.javaconfig;

import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;

import com.javasampleapproach.factory.NonStaticMethodFactory;
import com.javasampleapproach.factory.SampleBean;
import com.javasampleapproach.factory.StaticMethodFactory;

@Configuration
public class JavaConfig {

	@Bean(name = "bean1")
	public SampleBean createBeanFromStaticMethodFactory() {
		return StaticMethodFactory.createBean("This is a Bean created from StaticMethodClass!");
	}

	@Bean(name = "bean2")
	public SampleBean createBeanFromNonStaticMethodFactory() {
		NonStaticMethodFactory beanFactory = new NonStaticMethodFactory();
		return beanFactory.createBean("This is a Bean created from NonStaticMethodFactory!");
	}
}

Testing:
Create a simple Application Context file:

package com.javasampleapproach.javaconfig;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;

import com.javasampleapproach.factory.SampleBean;

public class SpringFactoryMethod {

	public static void main(String[] args){
		ApplicationContext ctx = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(JavaConfig.class);
		
		SampleBean bean1 = (SampleBean) ctx.getBean("bean1");
		SampleBean bean2 = (SampleBean) ctx.getBean("bean2");
		
		bean1.hello();
		bean2.hello();
	}
}

Result:

Message = This is a Bean created from StaticMethodClass!
Message = This is a Bean created from NonStaticMethodFactory!

2. Use Spring Factory Method with XML config

Case 1: With Static Method Factory like StaticMethodFactory class.
Use: factory-method to indicate the method name of the Factory class.
constructor-arg is used to specify arguments of the factory method.

Case 2: With Non-Static Method Factory like NonStaticMethodFactory class.
Need declare an additional factory bean: NonStaticMethodFactory, then use factory-bean to indicate it.

Testing: create a simple application context file

package com.javasampleapproach.xmlconfig;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;

import com.javasampleapproach.factory.SampleBean;

public class SpringFactoryMethod {

	public static void main(String[] args){
		ApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("beans.xml");
		
		SampleBean bean1 = (SampleBean) ctx.getBean("bean1");
		SampleBean bean2 = (SampleBean) ctx.getBean("bean2");
		
		bean1.hello();
		bean2.hello();
	}
}

Result:

Message = This is Bean created from StaticMethodClass!
Message = This is Bean created from NonStaticMethodClass!

II. Sourcecode

SpringFactoryMethod