BeanNotOfRequiredTypeException due to autowired fields

I'm still new to Spring MVC and while building my test project, I got this message from Tomcat logs:

SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'divisionController': Injection of resource dependencies failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanNotOfRequiredTypeException: Bean named 'adminService' must be of type [employee.service.impl.AdminServiceImpl], but was actually of type [$Proxy52]
    at org.springframework.context.annotation.CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:307)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1106)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:517)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:456)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:294)
    ...
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanNotOfRequiredTypeException: Bean named 'adminService' must be of type [employee.service.impl.AdminServiceImpl], but was actually of type [$Proxy52]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:360)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:197)

I have two rolle services for user and admin with there interfaces:

package employee.service;

import employee.model.EmployeeDiv;
import employee.model.EmployeeInfo;
import employee.model.UserInfo;

import java.util.List;

/**
 *
 * @author serge
 */

public interface AdminService extends UserService {

     //  !!!! for register & udate of Employee use String type birthday !!!!

    /*
     * Employee
     */
    public EmployeeInfo registerEmployee(EmployeeInfo employeeInfo);

    public EmployeeInfo updateEmployee(EmployeeInfo employeeInfo);

    public EmployeeInfo findEmployeeByID(Integer id);   

    /*
     * Division
     */
    public EmployeeDiv registerDivision(EmployeeDiv division);

    public EmployeeDiv updateDivision(EmployeeDiv division);

    public List<EmployeeDiv> findAllDivisions();

    public List<EmployeeDiv> findDivisionsByName(EmployeeDiv division);

    public EmployeeDiv findDivisionsById(Integer id);

    /*
     * Login
     */
    public UserInfo registerUser(UserInfo user);

    public UserInfo updateUser(UserInfo user);

    public List<UserInfo> findAllUsesrs();

    public List<UserInfo> findUsesrByLogin(UserInfo user);

    public UserInfo findUsesrById(Integer id);
}

This is AdminServiceImpl:

package employee.service.impl;

import employee.DAO.EmployeeDivDAO;
import employee.DAO.EmployeeInfoDAO;
import employee.DAO.UserDAO;
import employee.model.EmployeeDiv;
import employee.model.EmployeeInfo;
import employee.model.UserInfo;
import employee.service.AdminService;
import employee.validation.ParsingDate;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.security.access.annotation.Secured;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * @author serge
 *
 * Admin level
 *
 * Service for processing employee, divisions, userslogin
 */

//@Repository("adminService")
@Service("adminService")
@Transactional
public class AdminServiceImpl extends UserServiceImpl implements AdminService {

    protected static Logger adminLogger = Logger.getLogger("service");
    private EmployeeDivDAO emplDivDAO;
    private UserDAO userDAO;
    private EmployeeInfoDAO emplInfoDAO;

    @Autowired
    @Override
    public void setEmployeeDao(EmployeeInfoDAO emplInfoDAO) {
        this.emplInfoDAO = emplInfoDAO;
    }

    @Autowired
    public void setEmployeeDao(EmployeeDivDAO emplDivDAO) {
        this.emplDivDAO = emplDivDAO;
    }

    @Autowired
    public void setUserDao(UserDAO userDAO) {
        this.userDAO = userDAO;
    }

    public AdminServiceImpl() {

        initTestEmployee();
    }

    /**
     * Initialize EmployeeInfo test
     */
    @Transactional
    @Secured("ROLE_ADMIN")
    private EmployeeInfo initTestEmployee() {

        adminLogger.debug("saving testEmployee");

        EmployeeInfo employeeInfo = new EmployeeInfo();
        ParsingDate date = new ParsingDate();
        employeeInfo.setFirstName("Petr");
        employeeInfo.setLastName("Ivanenko");
        employeeInfo.setEmpDiv("second");
        employeeInfo.setBirthdate(date.parseDate("1981-10-03"));
        employeeInfo.setSalary(3500);
        employeeInfo.setActive(true);

        return employeeInfo;
    }

    /**
     * registrating new Employee Information
     *
     * @return EmployeeInfo object
     */
    @Override
    @Transactional
    @Secured("ROLE_ADMIN")
    public EmployeeInfo registerEmployee(EmployeeInfo employeeInfo) {

        adminLogger.debug("registrating new Employee");

        try {

            emplInfoDAO.save(employeeInfo);

        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
        }
        return employeeInfo;
    }

    /**
     * updating Employee Information
     *
     * @return EmployeeInfo object
     */
    @Override
    @Transactional
    @Secured("ROLE_ADMIN")
    public EmployeeInfo updateEmployee(EmployeeInfo employeeInfo) {

        adminLogger.debug("updating Employee with id: " + employeeInfo.getId());
        try {

            emplInfoDAO.update(employeeInfo);

        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
        }
        return employeeInfo;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieving Employee Information by id 
     *
     * @return EmployeeInfo object
     */
    @Override
    @Transactional
    @Secured("ROLE_ADMIN")
    public EmployeeInfo findEmployeeByID(Integer id) {

        adminLogger.debug("Retrieving Employee with id= " + id);
        EmployeeInfo employeeInfo = new EmployeeInfo();
        employeeInfo.setId(id);
        emplInfoDAO.find(employeeInfo);
        return employeeInfo;
    }

    /**
     * registrating new Employee Division
     *
     * @return EmployeeDiv object
     */
    @Override
    @Transactional
    @Secured("ROLE_ADMIN")
    public EmployeeDiv registerDivision(EmployeeDiv division) {

        adminLogger.debug("registrating new Division");
        try {

            emplDivDAO.save(division);

        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
        }
        return division;
    }

    /**
     * updating Employee Division
     *
     * @return EmployeeDiv object
     */
    @Override
    @Transactional
    @Secured("ROLE_ADMIN")
    public EmployeeDiv updateDivision(EmployeeDiv division) {

        adminLogger.debug("updating Division with id: " + division.getId());
        try {

            emplDivDAO.update(division);

        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
        }
        return division;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieving all Employee Divisions
     *
     * @return List of EmployeeDiv objects
     */
    @Override
    @Transactional
    @Secured("ROLE_ADMIN")
    public List<EmployeeDiv> findAllDivisions() {

        adminLogger.debug("Retrieving all divisions");
        return emplDivDAO.findAll();
    }

    /**
     * Retrieving all Employee Divisions by name
     *
     * @return List of EmployeeDiv objects
     */
    @Override
    @Transactional
    @Secured("ROLE_ADMIN")
    public List<EmployeeDiv> findDivisionsByName(EmployeeDiv division) {
        String empDiv = "empDiv";

        adminLogger.debug("Retrieving Divisions by name: " + division.getEmpDiv());
        return emplDivDAO.findAllByParam(empDiv, division.getEmpDiv());
    }

     /**
     * Retrieving Employee Divisions by id 
     *
     * @return EmployeeDiv object
     */
    @Override
    @Transactional
    @Secured("ROLE_ADMIN")
    public EmployeeDiv findDivisionsById(Integer id) {

        adminLogger.debug("Retrieving Division with id= " + id);
        EmployeeDiv employeeDiv = new EmployeeDiv();
        employeeDiv.setId(id);
        emplInfoDAO.find(employeeDiv);
        return employeeDiv;
    }

    /**
     * registrating new User Information
     *
     * @return UserInfo object
     */
    @Override
    @Transactional
    @Secured("ROLE_ADMIN")
    public UserInfo registerUser(UserInfo user) {

        adminLogger.debug("registrating new User");
        try {

            userDAO.save(user);

        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
        }
        return user;
    }

    /**
     * updating new User Information
     *
     * @return UserInfo object
     */
    @Override
    @Transactional
    @Secured("ROLE_ADMIN")
    public UserInfo updateUser(UserInfo user) {

        adminLogger.debug("updating User with id: " + user.getId());
        try {

            userDAO.update(user);

        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
        }
        return user;
    }

    /**
     * retriviting all Users 
     *
     * @return List of UserInfo objects
     */
    @Override
    @Transactional
    @Secured("ROLE_ADMIN")
    public List<UserInfo> findAllUsesrs() {

        adminLogger.debug("Retrieving all Users");
        return userDAO.findAll();
    }

    /**
     * retriving all Users by login
     *
     * @return List of UserInfo objects
     */
    @Override
    @Transactional
    @Secured("ROLE_ADMIN")
    public List<UserInfo> findUsesrByLogin(UserInfo user) {
        String login = "login";

        adminLogger.debug("Retrieving User with login: " + login);
        return userDAO.findAllByParam(login, user.getLogin());
    }

    /**
     * Retrieving Employee Divisions by id 
     *
     * @return EmployeeDiv object
     */
    @Override
    @Transactional
    @Secured("ROLE_ADMIN")
    public UserInfo findUsesrById(Integer id) {

        adminLogger.debug("Retrieving Division with id= " + id);
        UserInfo userInfo = new UserInfo();
        userInfo.setId(id);
        emplInfoDAO.find(userInfo);
        return userInfo;
    }
}

This is applicationContext.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
       xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.1.xsd
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc 
            http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.1.xsd">

    <!-- Activates annotations -->

    <context:annotation-config />

    <!-- Scans for annotated components in base-package-->

    <context:component-scan base-package="employee" />

    <bean class="employee.service.impl.AdminServiceImpl"/>
    <bean class="employee.service.impl.UserServiceImpl"/>
    <!--bean class="employee.DAO.impl.EmployeeInfoDAOImpl"/>
    <bean class="employee.DAO.impl.EmployeeDivDAOImpl"/>
    <bean class="employee.DAO.impl.UserDAOImpl"/-->

    <!-- for Spring Jackson JSON support  -->

    <mvc:annotation-driven/>

    <!-- Shared Hibernate SessionFactory in a Spring application context. -->

    <bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
        <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"></property>

        <!--property name="dataSource">
            <ref bean="dataSource"/>
        </property-->

        <property name="annotatedClasses">
            <list>
                <value>employee.model.UserInfo</value>
                <value>employee.model.EmployeeInfo</value>
                <value>employee.model.EmployeeDiv</value>
            </list>
        </property>

        <property name="hibernateProperties">
            <props>
                <prop key="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect</prop>
                <prop key="hibernate.show_sql">true</prop>
                <prop key="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto">update</prop>
            </props>
        </property>
    </bean>

    <!-- for database, imports the properties from database.properties -->

    <bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource">
        <property name="driverClassName" value="${jdbc.driverClassName}" />
        <property name="url" value="${jdbc.url}" />
        <property name="username" value="${jdbc.username}" />
        <property name="password" value="${jdbc.password}" />
    </bean>

    <bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
        <property name="location" value="classpath:database.properties"/>
    </bean>
</beans>

Please tell me what is the problem with this bean name, I understand that is AOP problem:

Bean named 'adminService' must be of type [employee.service.impl.AdminServiceImpl], but was actually of type [$Proxy52]

how I can fix it?

I use AdminServiceImpl in Controllers:

package employee.controller;

import employee.model.EmployeeDiv;
import employee.service.impl.AdminServiceImpl;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.ui.Model;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;

import javax.annotation.Resource;

/**
 * @author serge
 *
 * Handles and retrieves division related requests
 */
@Controller
@RequestMapping("/division")
public class DivisionController {

    protected static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("controller");
    @Resource(name = "adminService")
    private AdminServiceImpl adminService;

    /**
     * Handles and retrieves a /WEB-INF/jsp/divisionpage.jsp
     *
     * containing all division
     *
     * @return the name of the JSP page
     */
    @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String getAllPage(Model model) {
        logger.debug("Received request to show all division page");

        // Retrieve all division and attach to model 
        model.addAttribute("division", adminService.findAllDivisions());
        return "divisionpage";
    } ....

Solution 1:

Somewhere in your code you must be autowiring AdminServiceImpl like this:

@Autowired
private AdminServiceImpl adminService;

Either depend barely on interface:

@Autowired
private AdminService adminService;

or enabled CGLIB proxies.

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Solution 2:

use interface AdminService rather than the implements.

this error caused by Annotation @Transactional, Spring makes a proxy for AdminService at Runtime.