Dependency Injection · interview question
What issue might arise with field injection using @Autowired on private fields in a Spring Boot application?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer
D. Dependencies may not be initialized before use.
Why
Field injection can lead to a situation where the injected dependencies are not fully initialized before being used, as the injection happens after the constructor has run, potentially leading to NullPointerExceptions.
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