say I like the syntax of ``` val user = userReposi...

# spring

[Hullaballoonatic]

say I like the syntax of

val user = userRepository.findByIdOrNull(userId)!!
user.password = "blah"
user.save()

how could I write the User class to have access to the UserRepository bean?

perhaps in an ideal world, the repository could be/inside an object of the user class:

class User(...) {
    object Repository : UserRepository
}

or something like that

however, objects of kotlin classes cannot have the @Component decorator, so cannot be instantiated with beans, afaik

I think the appropriate way to go about this is to make User a component with a prototype scope