[FIXED] MVC : Can a service depend on other service?

Issue

I am pretty new working with the MVC pattern (Spring MVC). I have a very simple question. Can a service have a dependency on another service? something like:

@Service
public class MyFirstService{

   .....

   @Autowired
   private MySecondService secondService;

   ......
 }

Is this a "good practice" or is something that should be avoided?

Thanks!

Solution

There is a simple answer: yes.

One service depending on another service makes sense. Else it is possible that you have code duplications.

One example that comes into mind is having an EmailService. I don't want to write email sending code several times so that I create a service out of this. This service would be called by other services naturally.

Answered By - Uwe Plonus
Answer Checked By - Robin (JavaFixing Admin)