@Required注解適用於bean屬性的setter方法並且它指示，受影響的bean屬性必須在配置時被填充在XML配置文件中，否則容器將拋出BeanInitializationException例外。下麵是一個例子，說明使用@ Required注解。

例子:

我們使用Eclipse IDE，然後按照下麵的步驟來創建一個Spring應用程序：

步驟	描述
1	Create a project with a name SpringExample and create a package com.yiibai under the src folder in the created project.
2	Add required Spring libraries using Add External JARs option as explained in the Spring Hello World Example chapter.
3	Create Java classes Student and MainApp under the com.yiibai package.
4	Create Beans configuration file Beans.xml under the src folder.
5	The final step is to create the content of all the Java files and Bean Configuration file and run the application as explained below.

這裡是Student.java文件的內容：

package com.yiibai;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Required;

public class Student {
   private Integer age;
   private String name;

   @Required
   public void setAge(Integer age) {
      this.age = age;
   }
   public Integer getAge() {
      return age;
   }

   @Required
   public void setName(String name) {
      this.name = name;
   }
   public String getName() {
      return name;
   }
}

以下是MainApp.java文件的內容：

package com.yiibai;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;

public class MainApp {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      ApplicationContext context = 
             new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("Beans.xml");

      Student student = (Student) context.getBean("student");

      System.out.println("Name : " + student.getName() );
      System.out.println("Age : " + student.getAge() );
   }
}

以下是配置文件beans.xml中的內容：

<?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"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd">

   <context:annotation-config/>

   <!-- Definition for student bean -->
   <bean id="student" class="com.yiibai.Student">
      <property name="name"  value="Zara" />

      <!-- try without passing age and check the result -->
      <!-- property name="age"  value="11"-->
   </bean>

</beans>

一旦創建源代碼和bean配置文件完成後，讓我們運行應用程序。如果一切順利，這將拋出BeanInitializationException異常，並與其他日誌信息打印以下錯誤：

Property 'age' is required for bean 'student'

接下來，可以從“age”屬性中刪除注釋如下嘗試後，上麵的例子：

<?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"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd">

   <context:annotation-config/>

   <!-- Definition for student bean -->
   <bean id="student" class="com.yiibai.Student">
      <property name="name"  value="Zara" />
      <property name="age"  value="11"/>
   </bean>

</beans>

現在，上麵的例子會產生以下結果：

Name : Zara
Age : 11