> explicit is better than implicit You may be interested in programmatic / functional bean registration[0], which was introduced in Spring Framework 5. It has

> explicit is better than implicit You may be interested in programmatic / functional bean registration[0], which was introduced in Spring Framework 5. It has a particular focus on Kotlin support[1][2]. [0] https://springoneplatform.io/sessions/programmatic-bean-registration-with-spring-framework-5 https://springoneplatform.io/sessions/programmatic-bean-regi... [1] https://spring.io/blog/2017/08/01/spring-framework-5-kotlin-apis-the-functional-way https://spring.io/blog/2017/08/01/spring-framework-5-kotlin-... [2] http://ilities.co/2017/09/10/annotation-free-spring/ http://ilities.co/2017/09/10/annotation-free-spring/