Is it possible to set a bean name using annotations in Spring Framework?

Question

I have a bean like this:

@Bean
public String myBean(){
    return "My bean";
}

I want to autowire it:

@Autowired
@Qualifier("myBean")
public void setMyBean(String myBean){
    this.myBean=myBean;
}

I need something like:

@Bean(name="myCustomBean")

Is it possible to use custom names names for beans out of the box? If it isn't possible out of the box then how to create such a bean?

Solution

What you are asking is already available in Spring reference

By default, configuration classes use a @Bean method’s name as the name of the resulting bean. This functionality can be overridden, however, with the name attribute.

@Configuration
public class AppConfig {

    @Bean(name = "myFoo")
    public Foo foo() {
        return new Foo();
    }

}

Comments

[Oleksandr]

Thank you for help. I think I have not clear question. I wanted to use custom names. Also, you can not use @Component annotations on methods.

[Sundararaj Govindasamy]

@Noel Yap, I retained that 'extra information' to remember how spring evolved on this. That's why I strike-out that text. Could you please re-add? Thanks.

[Noel Yap]

IMO such history doesn't belong in this answer. For example, I almost missed the actual answer since I almost stopped reading after the first few sentences. Foremost to consider is the purpose of SO and the primary problem those using it are trying to solve.

[Noel Yap]

Alternatively, the original, legacy answer could have been kept and a new, more up-to-date one created.