@Reference

[sumans4511174]

Hi

can we inject 1 component into another using @reference in aem ?

[Ravi_Pampana · Accepted solution]

Hi,

   As per Apache Felix documentation Apache Felix - SCR Annotations @Reference annotation is defined as below

The @Reference annotation defines references to other services made available to the component by the Service Component Runtime.

@reference is used to refer any service registered in your osgi console. So until you declare your class as a service , if you try to refer it using @reference annotation it is going to return you null.

Let us know your use case then community can provide more details

[Prince_Shivhare]

if your component is a service it means if you have declared as @compnent and @service, then yes you can make use of @reference annotation. and include it in another service or component.