Why does Swing think it's headless under Spring Boot, but not under Spring or plain Java?
<p>The following code works:</p>

<pre><code>import javax.swing.*;

public class HeadlessExceptionDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      JFrame frame = new JFrame("HeadlessExceptionDemo");
      frame.setSize(800, 600);
      frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
      frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      frame.setVisible(true);

   }
}
</code></pre>

<p>the following code also works:</p>

<pre><code>import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;

import javax.swing.*;

@Configuration
public class HeadlessExceptionDemo {

   @Bean
   public JFrame frame() {
      JFrame frame = new JFrame("HeadlessExceptionDemo");
      frame.setSize(800, 600);
      frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
      frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      return frame;
   }

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      AnnotationConfigApplicationContext ctx = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(HeadlessExceptionDemo.class);
      JFrame frame = ctx.getBean(JFrame.class);
      frame.setVisible(true);

   }
}
</code></pre>

<p>while the following code does not:</p>

<pre><code>import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;

import javax.swing.*;

@SpringBootApplication
public class HeadlessExceptionDemo {

    @Bean
    public JFrame frame() {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("HeadlessExceptionDemo");
        frame.setSize(800, 600);
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        return frame;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ConfigurableApplicationContext ctx = SpringApplication.run(HeadlessExceptionDemo.class, args);
        JFrame frame = ctx.getBean(JFrame.class);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}
</code></pre>

<p>Causing exception below:</p>

<pre><code>Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [javax.swing.JFrame]: Factory method 'frame' threw exception; nested exception is java.awt.HeadlessException
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:189) ~[spring-beans-4.2.5.RELEASE.jar:4.2.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:588) ~[spring-beans-4.2.5.RELEASE.jar:4.2.5.RELEASE]
    ... 23 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.awt.HeadlessException: null
    at java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment.checkHeadless(GraphicsEnvironment.java:207) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
    at java.awt.Window.&lt;init&gt;(Window.java:536) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
    at java.awt.Frame.&lt;init&gt;(Frame.java:420) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
    at javax.swing.JFrame.&lt;init&gt;(JFrame.java:233) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
    at com.inthemoon.snippets.springboot.HeadlessExceptionDemo.frame(HeadlessExceptionDemo.java:15) [classes/:na]
    at com.inthemoon.snippets.springboot.HeadlessExceptionDemo$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$3680a05b.CGLIB$frame$0(&lt;generated&gt;) ~[classes/:na]
    at com.inthemoon.snippets.springboot.HeadlessExceptionDemo$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$3680a05b$$FastClassBySpringCGLIB$$b7def9bc.invoke(&lt;generated&gt;) ~[classes/:na]
    at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invokeSuper(MethodProxy.java:228) ~[spring-core-4.2.5.RELEASE.jar:4.2.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassEnhancer$BeanMethodInterceptor.intercept(ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java:355) ~[spring-context-4.2.5.RELEASE.jar:4.2.5.RELEASE]
    at com.inthemoon.snippets.springboot.HeadlessExceptionDemo$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$3680a05b.frame(&lt;generated&gt;) ~[classes/:na]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497) ~[na:1.8.0_45]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:162) ~[spring-beans-4.2.5.RELEASE.jar:4.2.5.RELEASE]
    ... 24 common frames omitted
</code></pre>

<p>Why? :)</p>