@Autowired annotation can be used on the methods with arbitrary names and multiple arguments:

    @Autowired
    public void configure(GreetingService greetingService, LocalDateTime appStartTime) {
        ....
    }

Example

package com.logicbig.example;

public class GreetingService {

  public String getGreeting(String name) {
      return "Hi there, " + name;
  }
}

Using @Autowired at arbitrary methods

package com.logicbig.example;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

public class Greeter {
  private String greetingFormat;

  @Autowired
  public void configure(GreetingService greetingService, LocalDateTime appStartTime) {
      greetingFormat = String.format("%s. This app is running since: %s%n", greetingService.getGreeting("<NAME>"),
              appStartTime.format(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("YYYY-MMM-d")));
  }

  public void showGreeting(String name) {
      System.out.printf(greetingFormat.replaceAll("<NAME>", name));
  }
}

Defining beans and running the example

package com.logicbig.example;

import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;

@Configuration
public class AppRunner {

  @Bean
  public GreetingService greetingService() {
      return new GreetingService();
  }

  @Bean
  public LocalDateTime appStartTime(){
      return LocalDateTime.now();
  }

  @Bean
  public Greeter greeter() {
      return new Greeter();
  }

  public static void main(String... strings) {
      AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(AppRunner.class);
      Greeter greeter = context.getBean(Greeter.class);
      greeter.showGreeting("Joe");
  }
}

Output

Hi there, Joe. This app is running since: 2020-Dec-5

Example Project

Dependencies and Technologies Used:

• spring-context 4.2.3.RELEASE: Spring Context.
• JDK 1.8
• Maven 3.6.3