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Add support for @Nonbinding in @jakarta.inject.Qualifier annotations #26302
Description
Affects: 5.3.2
In our project we reuse Java annotations across Framework boundaries (Spring/CDI/Micronaut). It turns our that Spring does not fully support the semantics of javax.inject.Qualifier annotations. Specifically, Spring Framework should support the marking of annotation fields with the @Nonbinding annotation. This would be especially useful when using @Bean methods together with org.springframework.beans.factory.InjectionPoint.
I have created a demo application to show the current behavior and desired behavior:
https://github.com/ghillert/spring-injectionpoint-demo
Please see especially:
It looks like @jhoeller aknowledged the issue in 2016:
https://gist.github.com/moelholm/4317e93f18b02e9582afefc152debb44
For reference:
Java EE JavaDoc - Annotation Type Nonbinding
https://javaee.github.io/javaee-spec/javadocs/javax/enterprise/util/Nonbinding.html
Advanced Using @Nonbinding to combine a configuration annotation and a qualifier annotation into one annotation
https://dzone.com/articles/cdi-di-p2
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[-]Add Support for @NonBinding in javax.inject.Qualifier annotations[/-][+]Add support for `@NonBinding` in `@jakarta.inject.Qualifier` annotations[/+][-]Add support for `@NonBinding` in `@jakarta.inject.Qualifier` annotations[/-][+]Add support for `@Nonbinding` in `@jakarta.inject.Qualifier` annotations[/+][-]Add support for `@Nonbinding` in `@jakarta.inject.Qualifier` annotations[/-][+]Add support for @Nonbinding in @jakarta.inject.Qualifier annotations[/+]bclozel commentedon Oct 23, 2026
Thanks for raising this, and sorry it has gone so long without a decision.
We're reviewing older issues to keep the tracker focused on work we can realistically plan. This request hasn't drawn much interest from the community and doesn't fit the current priorities, so we're declining it.
If it still matters to you on a current Spring Framework version, please add a comment with your use case and we can reconsider. A reproducer or concrete examples help a lot.