I have this simple JPARepository ```interface ProductDAO : JpaRepository<ProductDTO, UUID>```...

# spring

[Dennis Schröder]

I have this simple JPARepository

interface ProductDAO : JpaRepository<ProductDTO, UUID>

That I would like to instantiate manually so I can register it via the beans Kotlin DSL like this:

fun beanDeclarations() = beans {
    bean<ProductDAO>()
    bean<ProductRepository> {
        ProductJPARepository(ref())
    }
    bean<ProductApplicationService> {
        ProductApplicationServiceImpl(ref())
    }
}

Could find anything in the interweb … @sdeleuze

[kqr]

I would check something like JpaRepositoryFactory(entityManager).getRepository(ProductDAO.class)

[nfrankel]

you don’t need to instantiate it
if you need it in one of your bean, just write ref()
as it’s already part of the context

[Dennis Schröder]

Thx for the answers…is it necessary to tag the repository ProductDAO with @Repository ? And is there a way to do it without the annotation if so?

[Luca Piccinelli]

if don't strictly have the need of staying stick to JPA, I would suggest to have a look at Jetbrains Exposed as a substitute. It takes no more then one day to have a complete overlook. It makes writing repositories really straightforward and you don't have the cognitive overhead of conventions over configuration