Incorrectly configured XML bean lookup-method

Reports incorrect <lookup-method> for a bean in XML application contexts.

Example:

  public abstract class FooLookupBean {
    protected abstract FooBean createCommand();
    private FooBean createCommand() {...}
    protected static FooBean createCommandStatic() {...}
    protected abstract FooBean createWithArgs(String foo);
    protected abstract OtherBean createOtherBean();
  }
  

  <beans>
    <bean class="FooLookupBean" id="lookupTest">
      <lookup-method bean="fooBean" name="createCommand"/>
      <!-- private -->
      <lookup-method bean="fooBean" name="createCommand"/> <!-- "Method must be public or protected" -->
      <!-- static -->
      <lookup-method bean="fooBean" name="createCommandStatic"/> <!-- Static method not allowed here -->
      <!-- with arguments -->
      <lookup-method bean="fooBean" name="createWithArgs"/> <!-- Method must have no parameters -->
      <!-- not exist -->
      <lookup-method bean="fooBean" name="unknown"/> <!-- unknown method -->
      <!-- mismatch -->
      <lookup-method bean="fooBean" name="createOtherBean"/> <!-- Lookup method return type does not match the 'FooBean' bean class -->
    </bean>

    <bean class="FooBean" id="fooBean"/>
    <bean class="OtherBean" id="otherBean"/>
  </beans>

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

SpringBeanLookupMethodInspection

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection SpringBeanLookupMethodInspection

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2, Qodana for JVM 2025.2,

Last modified: 18 September 2025