diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/app/SpringSymbolIndexerConfig.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/app/SpringSymbolIndexerConfig.java
index 25c71eb5d..949752254 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/app/SpringSymbolIndexerConfig.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/app/SpringSymbolIndexerConfig.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.beans.BeansSymbolProvider;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.beans.ComponentSymbolProvider;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.beans.FeignClientSymbolProvider;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.data.DataRepositorySymbolProvider;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.events.EventListenerSymbolProvider;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.handlers.SymbolProvider;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.requestmapping.RequestMappingSymbolProvider;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.utils.RestrictedDefaultSymbolProvider;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ public class SpringSymbolIndexerConfig {
 		ComponentSymbolProvider componentSymbolProvider = new ComponentSymbolProvider();
 		RestrictedDefaultSymbolProvider restrictedDefaultSymbolProvider = new RestrictedDefaultSymbolProvider();
 		DataRepositorySymbolProvider dataRepositorySymbolProvider = new DataRepositorySymbolProvider();
+		EventListenerSymbolProvider eventListenerSymbolProvider = new EventListenerSymbolProvider();
 
 		providers.put(Annotations.SPRING_REQUEST_MAPPING, requestMappingSymbolProvider);
 		providers.put(Annotations.SPRING_GET_MAPPING, requestMappingSymbolProvider);
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ public class SpringSymbolIndexerConfig {
 		providers.put(Annotations.CONDITIONAL_ON_SINGLE_CANDIDATE, restrictedDefaultSymbolProvider);
 
 		providers.put(Annotations.REPOSITORY, dataRepositorySymbolProvider);
+		providers.put(Annotations.EVENT_LISTENER, eventListenerSymbolProvider);
 		
 		providers.put(Annotations.FEIGN_CLIENT, new FeignClientSymbolProvider());
 
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/Annotations.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/Annotations.java
index b2aa8884b..43ee68598 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/Annotations.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/Annotations.java
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ public class Annotations {
 	public static final Set<String> NAMED_ANNOTATIONS = Set.of(Annotations.NAMED_JAKARTA, Annotations.NAMED_JAVAX);
 	
 	public static final String SCHEDULED = "org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled";
+	public static final String EVENT_LISTENER = "org.springframework.context.event.EventListener";
+	public static final String APPLICATION_LISTENER = "org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener";
 	
 	public static final Map<String, String> AOP_ANNOTATIONS = Map.of(
 	        "org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Pointcut", "Pointcut",
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/BeanUtils.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/BeanUtils.java
index bc6b75498..8e04c7d84 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/BeanUtils.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/BeanUtils.java
@@ -77,5 +77,10 @@ public class BeanUtils {
 		}
 		return typeName;
 	}
+	
+	public static String getBeanName(TypeDeclaration typeDeclaration) {
+		String beanName = typeDeclaration.getName().toString();
+		return BeanUtils.getBeanNameFromType(beanName);
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/BeansSymbolProvider.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/BeansSymbolProvider.java
index 9ffdeb21d..5309b53fd 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/BeansSymbolProvider.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/BeansSymbolProvider.java
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.text.TextDocument;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 
 import reactor.util.function.Tuple2;
-import reactor.util.function.Tuple3;
 import reactor.util.function.Tuples;
 
 /**
@@ -134,12 +133,12 @@ public class BeansSymbolProvider extends AbstractSymbolProvider {
 	@Override
 	protected void addSymbolsPass1(TypeDeclaration typeDeclaration, SpringIndexerJavaContext context, TextDocument doc) {
 		// this checks function beans that are defined as implementations of Function interfaces
-		Tuple3<String, ITypeBinding, DocumentRegion> functionBean = FunctionUtils.getFunctionBean(typeDeclaration, doc);
+		ITypeBinding functionBean = FunctionUtils.getFunctionBean(typeDeclaration, doc);
 		if (functionBean != null) {
 			try {
-				String beanName = functionBean.getT1();
-				ITypeBinding beanType = functionBean.getT2();
-				Location beanLocation = new Location(doc.getUri(), doc.toRange(functionBean.getT3()));
+				String beanName = BeanUtils.getBeanName(typeDeclaration);
+				ITypeBinding beanType = functionBean;
+				Location beanLocation = new Location(doc.getUri(), doc.toRange(ASTUtils.nodeRegion(doc, typeDeclaration.getName())));
 
 				WorkspaceSymbol symbol = new WorkspaceSymbol(
 						beanLabel(true, beanName, beanType.getName(), null),
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/ComponentSymbolProvider.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/ComponentSymbolProvider.java
index 2ef353afd..788984b0a 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/ComponentSymbolProvider.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/ComponentSymbolProvider.java
@@ -18,17 +18,18 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Annotation;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.IMethodBinding;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ITypeBinding;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.MethodDeclaration;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.TypeDeclaration;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.Location;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.SymbolKind;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.WorkspaceSymbol;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc.messages.Either;
-import org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc.messages.Tuple;
-import org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc.messages.Tuple.Two;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.Annotations;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.events.EventListenerIndexElement;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.handlers.AbstractSymbolProvider;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.handlers.EnhancedSymbolInformation;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.utils.ASTUtils;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.protocol.spring.AnnotationMetadata
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.protocol.spring.Bean;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.protocol.spring.InjectionPoint;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.BadLocationException;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.text.DocumentRegion;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.text.TextDocument;
 
 /**
@@ -53,12 +55,7 @@ public class ComponentSymbolProvider extends AbstractSymbolProvider {
 	protected void addSymbolsPass1(Annotation node, ITypeBinding annotationType, Collection<ITypeBinding> metaAnnotations, SpringIndexerJavaContext context, TextDocument doc) {
 		try {
 			if (node != null && node.getParent() != null && node.getParent() instanceof TypeDeclaration) {
-				Two<EnhancedSymbolInformation, Bean> result = createSymbol(node, annotationType, metaAnnotations, doc);
-
-				EnhancedSymbolInformation enhancedSymbol = result.getFirst();
-				Bean beanDefinition = result.getSecond();
-				context.getGeneratedSymbols().add(new CachedSymbol(context.getDocURI(), context.getLastModified(), enhancedSymbol));
-				context.getBeans().add(new CachedBean(context.getDocURI(), beanDefinition));
+				createSymbol(node, annotationType, metaAnnotations, context, doc);
 			}
 			else if (Annotations.NAMED_ANNOTATIONS.contains(annotationType.getQualifiedName())) {
 				WorkspaceSymbol symbol = DefaultSymbolProvider.provideDefaultSymbol(node, doc);
@@ -71,7 +68,7 @@ public class ComponentSymbolProvider extends AbstractSymbolProvider {
 		}
 	}
 
-	protected Tuple.Two<EnhancedSymbolInformation, Bean> createSymbol(Annotation node, ITypeBinding annotationType, Collection<ITypeBinding> metaAnnotations, TextDocument doc) throws BadLocationException {
+	protected void createSymbol(Annotation node, ITypeBinding annotationType, Collection<ITypeBinding> metaAnnotations, SpringIndexerJavaContext context, TextDocument doc) throws BadLocationException {
 		String annotationTypeName = annotationType.getName();
 		
 		Collection<String> metaAnnotationNames = metaAnnotations.stream()
@@ -81,7 +78,7 @@ public class ComponentSymbolProvider extends AbstractSymbolProvider {
 		TypeDeclaration type = (TypeDeclaration) node.getParent();
 
 		String beanName = BeanUtils.getBeanNameFromComponentAnnotation(node, type);
-		ITypeBinding beanType = getBeanType(type);
+		ITypeBinding beanType = type.resolveBinding();
 
 		Location location = new Location(doc.getUri(), doc.toRange(node.getStartPosition(), node.getLength()));
 		
@@ -107,8 +104,49 @@ public class ComponentSymbolProvider extends AbstractSymbolProvider {
 				.toArray(AnnotationMetadata[]::new);
 		
 		Bean beanDefinition = new Bean(beanName, beanType.getQualifiedName(), location, injectionPoints, supertypes, annotations, isConfiguration);
+		
+		// event listener - create child element, if necessary
+		ITypeBinding inTypeHierarchy = ASTUtils.findInTypeHierarchy(type, doc, beanType, Set.of(Annotations.APPLICATION_LISTENER));
+		if (inTypeHierarchy != null) {
 
-		return Tuple.two(new EnhancedSymbolInformation(symbol), beanDefinition);
+			MethodDeclaration handleEventMethod = findHandleEventMethod(type);
+			if (handleEventMethod != null) {
+
+				IMethodBinding methodBinding = handleEventMethod.resolveBinding();
+				ITypeBinding[] parameterTypes = methodBinding.getParameterTypes();
+				if (parameterTypes != null && parameterTypes.length == 1) {
+
+					ITypeBinding eventType = parameterTypes[0];
+					String eventTypeFq = eventType.getQualifiedName();
+					
+					DocumentRegion nodeRegion = ASTUtils.nodeRegion(doc, handleEventMethod.getName());
+					Location handleMethodLocation = new Location(doc.getUri(), nodeRegion.asRange());
+					
+					Collection<Annotation> annotationsOnHandleEventMethod = ASTUtils.getAnnotations(handleEventMethod);
+					AnnotationMetadata[] handleEventMethodAnnotations = ASTUtils.getAnnotationsMetadata(annotationsOnHandleEventMethod, doc);
+					
+					EventListenerIndexElement eventElement = new EventListenerIndexElement(eventTypeFq, handleMethodLocation, handleEventMethodAnnotations);
+					beanDefinition.addChild(eventElement);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		context.getGeneratedSymbols().add(new CachedSymbol(context.getDocURI(), context.getLastModified(), new EnhancedSymbolInformation(symbol)));
+		context.getBeans().add(new CachedBean(context.getDocURI(), beanDefinition));
+	}
+
+	private MethodDeclaration findHandleEventMethod(TypeDeclaration type) {
+		MethodDeclaration[] methods = type.getMethods();
+		
+		for (MethodDeclaration method : methods) {
+			IMethodBinding binding = method.resolveBinding();
+			String name = binding.getName();
+			
+			if (name != null && name.equals("onApplicationEvent")) {
+				return method;
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
 	}
 
 	protected String beanLabel(String searchPrefix, String annotationTypeName, Collection<String> metaAnnotationNames, String beanName, String beanType) {
@@ -137,9 +175,5 @@ public class ComponentSymbolProvider extends AbstractSymbolProvider {
 		symbolLabel.append(beanType);
 		return symbolLabel.toString();
 	}
-
-	private ITypeBinding getBeanType(TypeDeclaration type) {
-		return type.resolveBinding();
-	}
 	
 }
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/events/EventListenerIndexElement.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/events/EventListenerIndexElement.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a881e050a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/events/EventListenerIndexElement.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Broadcom
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Broadcom - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.events;
+
+import org.eclipse.lsp4j.Location;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.protocol.spring.AbstractSpringIndexElement;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.protocol.spring.AnnotationMetadata;
+
+/**
+ * @author Martin Lippert
+ */
+public class EventListenerIndexElement extends AbstractSpringIndexElement {
+	
+	private final String eventType;
+	private final Location location;
+	private final AnnotationMetadata[] annotations;
+
+	public EventListenerIndexElement(String eventType, Location location, AnnotationMetadata[] annotations) {
+		this.eventType = eventType;
+		this.location = location;
+		this.annotations = annotations;
+	}
+
+	public String getEventType() {
+		return eventType;
+	}
+	
+	public AnnotationMetadata[] getAnnotations() {
+		return annotations;
+	}
+
+	public Location getLocation() {
+		return location;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/events/EventListenerSymbolProvider.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/events/EventListenerSymbolProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c8428766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/events/EventListenerSymbolProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Broadcom
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Broadcom - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.events;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ASTNode;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Annotation;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ITypeBinding;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.IVariableBinding;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.MethodDeclaration;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.SingleVariableDeclaration;
+import org.eclipse.lsp4j.Location;
+import org.eclipse.lsp4j.SymbolKind;
+import org.eclipse.lsp4j.WorkspaceSymbol;
+import org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc.messages.Either;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.beans.CachedBean;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.handlers.AbstractSymbolProvider;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.handlers.EnhancedSymbolInformation;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.utils.ASTUtils;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.utils.CachedSymbol;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.utils.SpringIndexerJavaContext;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.protocol.spring.AnnotationMetadata;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.BadLocationException;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.text.DocumentRegion;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.text.TextDocument;
+
+/**
+ * @author Martin Lippert
+ */
+public class EventListenerSymbolProvider extends AbstractSymbolProvider {
+	
+	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EventListenerSymbolProvider.class);
+
+	@Override
+	protected void addSymbolsPass1(Annotation node, ITypeBinding typeBinding, Collection<ITypeBinding> metaAnnotations, SpringIndexerJavaContext context, TextDocument doc) {
+		if (node == null) return;
+		
+		ASTNode parent = node.getParent();
+		if (parent == null || !(parent instanceof MethodDeclaration)) return;
+		
+		MethodDeclaration method = (MethodDeclaration) parent;
+		
+		
+		// symbol
+		try {
+			String symbolLabel = createEventListenerSymbolLabel(node, method);
+			WorkspaceSymbol symbol = new WorkspaceSymbol(symbolLabel, SymbolKind.Interface,
+					Either.forLeft(new Location(doc.getUri(), doc.toRange(node.getStartPosition(), node.getLength()))));
+
+			EnhancedSymbolInformation enhancedSymbol = new EnhancedSymbolInformation(symbol);
+			context.getGeneratedSymbols().add(new CachedSymbol(context.getDocURI(), context.getLastModified(), enhancedSymbol));
+
+
+			// index element for event listener
+			Collection<Annotation> annotationsOnMethod = ASTUtils.getAnnotations(method);
+			AnnotationMetadata[] annotations = ASTUtils.getAnnotationsMetadata(annotationsOnMethod, doc);
+
+			List<CachedBean> beans = context.getBeans();
+			if (beans.size() > 0 ) {
+
+				CachedBean cachedBean = beans.get(beans.size() - 1);
+				if (cachedBean.getDocURI().equals(doc.getUri())) {
+
+					ITypeBinding eventType = getEventType(node, method);
+					DocumentRegion nodeRegion = ASTUtils.nodeRegion(doc, method.getName());
+					Location location = new Location(doc.getUri(), nodeRegion.asRange());
+
+					cachedBean.getBean().addChild(new EventListenerIndexElement(eventType != null ? eventType.getQualifiedName() : "", location, annotations));
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (BadLocationException e) {
+			log.error("", e);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private String createEventListenerSymbolLabel(Annotation node, MethodDeclaration method) {
+		// event listener annotation type
+		String annotationTypeName = getAnnotationTypeName(node);
+		ITypeBinding eventType = getEventType(node, method);
+		
+		if (annotationTypeName != null) {
+			return "@" + annotationTypeName + (eventType != null ? " (" + eventType.getName() + ")" : "");
+		}
+		else {
+			return node.toString();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private ITypeBinding getEventType(Annotation node, MethodDeclaration method) {
+		List<?> parameters = method.parameters();
+		if (parameters != null && parameters.size() == 1) {
+			SingleVariableDeclaration param = (SingleVariableDeclaration) parameters.get(0);
+			
+			IVariableBinding paramBinding = param.resolveBinding();
+			if (paramBinding != null) {
+				ITypeBinding paramType = paramBinding.getType();
+				return paramType != null ? paramType : null;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	private String getAnnotationTypeName(Annotation node) {
+		ITypeBinding typeBinding = node.resolveTypeBinding();
+		if (typeBinding != null) {
+			return typeBinding.getName();
+		}
+		else {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+}
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/spel/AnnotationParamSpelExtractor.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/spel/AnnotationParamSpelExtractor.java
index 038a73d13..7c16486ca 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/spel/AnnotationParamSpelExtractor.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/spel/AnnotationParamSpelExtractor.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ public final class AnnotationParamSpelExtractor {
 	private static final String SPRING_CACHEABLE = "org.springframework.cache.annotation.Cacheable";
 	private static final String SPRING_CACHE_EVICT = "org.springframework.cache.annotation.CacheEvict";
 	
-	private static final String SPRING_EVENT_LISTENER = "org.springframework.context.event.EventListener";
-	
 	private static final String SPRING_PRE_AUTHORIZE = "org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize";
 	private static final String SPRING_PRE_FILTER = "org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreFilter";
 	private static final String SPRING_POST_AUTHORIZE = "org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PostAuthorize";
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ public final class AnnotationParamSpelExtractor {
 			new AnnotationParamSpelExtractor(SPRING_CACHE_EVICT, "key", "", ""),
 			new AnnotationParamSpelExtractor(SPRING_CACHE_EVICT, "condition", "", ""),
 
-			new AnnotationParamSpelExtractor(SPRING_EVENT_LISTENER, "condition", "", ""),
+			new AnnotationParamSpelExtractor(Annotations.EVENT_LISTENER, "condition", "", ""),
 			
 			new AnnotationParamSpelExtractor(SPRING_PRE_AUTHORIZE, null, "", ""),
 			new AnnotationParamSpelExtractor(SPRING_PRE_AUTHORIZE, "value", "", ""),
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/ASTUtils.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/ASTUtils.java
index c0d484f5e..3a99f2b04 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/ASTUtils.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/ASTUtils.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ITypeBinding;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.IVariableBinding;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.MemberValuePair;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.MethodDeclaration;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Modifier;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Name;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.NormalAnnotation;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.QualifiedName;
@@ -341,6 +342,52 @@ public class ASTUtils {
 		return null;
 	}
 	
+	public static boolean isAbstractClass(TypeDeclaration typeDeclaration) {
+		List<?> modifiers = typeDeclaration.modifiers();
+		for (Object object : modifiers) {
+			if (object instanceof Modifier) {
+				if (((Modifier) object).isAbstract()) {
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+	public static ITypeBinding findInTypeHierarchy(TypeDeclaration typeDeclaration, TextDocument doc, ITypeBinding resolvedType, Set<String> typesToCheck) {
+		ITypeBinding[] interfaces = resolvedType.getInterfaces();
+
+		for (ITypeBinding resolvedInterface : interfaces) {
+			String simplifiedType = null;
+
+			if (resolvedInterface.isParameterizedType()) {
+				simplifiedType = resolvedInterface.getBinaryName();
+			}
+			else {
+				simplifiedType = resolvedType.getQualifiedName();
+			}
+
+			if (typesToCheck.contains(simplifiedType)) {
+				return resolvedInterface;
+			}
+			else {
+				ITypeBinding result = findInTypeHierarchy(typeDeclaration, doc, resolvedInterface, typesToCheck);
+				if (result != null) {
+					return result;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		ITypeBinding superclass = resolvedType.getSuperclass();
+		if (superclass != null) {
+			return findInTypeHierarchy(typeDeclaration, doc, superclass, typesToCheck);
+		}
+		else {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+	
 	public static Optional<DocumentEdits> getImportsEdit(CompilationUnit cu, Collection<String> imprts, IDocument doc) {
 		ImportRewrite rewrite =  ImportRewrite.create(cu, true);
 
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/FunctionUtils.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/FunctionUtils.java
index d73437d7f..46b3aa5dd 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/FunctionUtils.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/FunctionUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2018 Pivotal, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 2025 Pivotal, Inc.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -10,21 +10,15 @@
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.utils;
 
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.ITypeBinding;
-import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.Modifier;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.TypeDeclaration;
-import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.beans.BeanUtils;
-import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.text.DocumentRegion;
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.util.text.TextDocument;
 
-import reactor.util.function.Tuple3;
-import reactor.util.function.Tuples;
-
 /**
  * @author Martin Lippert
  */
@@ -33,71 +27,18 @@ public class FunctionUtils {
 	public static final String FUNCTION_FUNCTION_TYPE = Function.class.getName();
 	public static final String FUNCTION_CONSUMER_TYPE = Consumer.class.getName();
 	public static final String FUNCTION_SUPPLIER_TYPE = Supplier.class.getName();
+	
+	public static final Set<String> FUNCTION_TYPES = Set.of(FUNCTION_FUNCTION_TYPE, FUNCTION_CONSUMER_TYPE, FUNCTION_SUPPLIER_TYPE);
 
-	public static Tuple3<String, ITypeBinding, DocumentRegion> getFunctionBean(TypeDeclaration typeDeclaration, TextDocument doc) {
+	public static ITypeBinding getFunctionBean(TypeDeclaration typeDeclaration, TextDocument doc) {
 		ITypeBinding resolvedType = typeDeclaration.resolveBinding();
 
-		if (resolvedType != null && !resolvedType.isInterface() && !isAbstractClass(typeDeclaration, resolvedType)) {
-			return getFunctionBean(typeDeclaration, doc, resolvedType);
+		if (resolvedType != null && !resolvedType.isInterface() && !ASTUtils.isAbstractClass(typeDeclaration)) {
+			return ASTUtils.findInTypeHierarchy(typeDeclaration, doc, resolvedType, FUNCTION_TYPES);
 		}
 		else {
 			return null;
 		}
 	}
 
-	private static Tuple3<String, ITypeBinding, DocumentRegion> getFunctionBean(TypeDeclaration typeDeclaration, TextDocument doc,
-			ITypeBinding resolvedType) {
-
-		ITypeBinding[] interfaces = resolvedType.getInterfaces();
-		for (ITypeBinding resolvedInterface : interfaces) {
-			String simplifiedType = null;
-			if (resolvedInterface.isParameterizedType()) {
-				simplifiedType = resolvedInterface.getBinaryName();
-			}
-			else {
-				simplifiedType = resolvedType.getQualifiedName();
-			}
-
-			if (FUNCTION_FUNCTION_TYPE.equals(simplifiedType) || FUNCTION_CONSUMER_TYPE.equals(simplifiedType)
-					|| FUNCTION_SUPPLIER_TYPE.equals(simplifiedType)) {
-				String beanName = getBeanName(typeDeclaration);
-				DocumentRegion region = ASTUtils.nodeRegion(doc, typeDeclaration.getName());
-
-				return Tuples.of(beanName, resolvedInterface, region);
-			}
-			else {
-				Tuple3<String, ITypeBinding, DocumentRegion> result = getFunctionBean(typeDeclaration, doc, resolvedInterface);
-				if (result != null) {
-					return result;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		ITypeBinding superclass = resolvedType.getSuperclass();
-		if (superclass != null) {
-			return getFunctionBean(typeDeclaration, doc, superclass);
-		}
-		else {
-			return null;
-		}
-	}
-
-	protected static String getBeanName(TypeDeclaration typeDeclaration) {
-		String beanName = typeDeclaration.getName().toString();
-		return BeanUtils.getBeanNameFromType(beanName);
-	}
-
-	protected static boolean isAbstractClass(TypeDeclaration typeDeclaration, ITypeBinding resolvedType) {
-		List<?> modifiers = typeDeclaration.modifiers();
-		for (Object object : modifiers) {
-			if (object instanceof Modifier) {
-				if (((Modifier) object).isAbstract()) {
-					return true;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		return false;
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/test/SpringIndexerEventsTest.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/test/SpringIndexerEventsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b45055fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/beans/test/SpringIndexerEventsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Broadcom
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Broadcom - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.beans.test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.eclipse.lsp4j.Location;
+import org.eclipse.lsp4j.Position;
+import org.eclipse.lsp4j.Range;
+import org.eclipse.lsp4j.TextDocumentIdentifier;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.app.SpringSymbolIndex;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.bootiful.BootLanguageServerTest;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.bootiful.SymbolProviderTestConf;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.index.SpringMetamodelIndex;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.boot.java.events.EventListenerIndexElement;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.java.JavaProjectFinder;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.protocol.spring.Bean;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.protocol.spring.SpringIndexElement;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.project.harness.BootLanguageServerHarness;
+import org.springframework.ide.vscode.project.harness.ProjectsHarness;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
+
+/**
+ * @author Martin Lippert
+ */
+@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
+@BootLanguageServerTest
+@Import(SymbolProviderTestConf.class)
+public class SpringIndexerEventsTest {
+
+	@Autowired private BootLanguageServerHarness harness;
+	@Autowired private JavaProjectFinder projectFinder;
+	@Autowired private SpringSymbolIndex indexer;
+	@Autowired private SpringMetamodelIndex springIndex;
+
+	private File directory;
+
+	@BeforeEach
+	public void setup() throws Exception {
+		harness.intialize(null);
+
+		directory = new File(ProjectsHarness.class.getResource("/test-projects/test-events-indexing/").toURI());
+
+		String projectDir = directory.toURI().toString();
+
+		// trigger project creation
+		projectFinder.find(new TextDocumentIdentifier(projectDir)).get();
+
+		CompletableFuture<Void> initProject = indexer.waitOperation();
+		initProject.get(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+	}
+
+    @Test
+    void testAnnotationBasedEventListenerSymbol() throws Exception {
+        String docUri = directory.toPath().resolve("src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/EventListenerPerAnnotation.java").toUri().toString();
+
+        SpringIndexerHarness.assertDocumentSymbols(indexer, docUri,
+                SpringIndexerHarness.symbol("@Component", "@+ 'eventListenerPerAnnotation' (@Component) EventListenerPerAnnotation"),
+                SpringIndexerHarness.symbol("@EventListener", "@EventListener (ApplicationEvent)"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testEventListenerSymbolForEventListenerInterfaceImplementation() throws Exception {
+        String docUri = directory.toPath().resolve("src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/EventListenerPerInterface.java").toUri().toString();
+
+        SpringIndexerHarness.assertDocumentSymbols(indexer, docUri,
+                SpringIndexerHarness.symbol("@Component", "@+ 'eventListenerPerInterface' (@Component) EventListenerPerInterface"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testAnnotationBasedEventListenerIndexElements() throws Exception {
+        String docUri = directory.toPath().resolve("src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/EventListenerPerAnnotation.java").toUri().toString();
+
+        Bean[] beans = springIndex.getBeansOfDocument(docUri);
+        assertEquals(1, beans.length);
+        
+        Bean listenerComponentBean = Arrays.stream(beans).filter(bean -> bean.getName().equals("eventListenerPerAnnotation")).findFirst().get();
+        assertEquals("com.example.events.demo.EventListenerPerAnnotation", listenerComponentBean.getType());
+        
+        List<SpringIndexElement> children = listenerComponentBean.getChildren();
+        assertEquals(1, children.size());
+        assertTrue(children.get(0) instanceof EventListenerIndexElement);
+        
+        EventListenerIndexElement listenerElement = (EventListenerIndexElement) children.get(0);
+        assertEquals("org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent", listenerElement.getEventType());
+        
+        Location location = listenerElement.getLocation();
+        assertNotNull(location);
+        assertEquals(docUri, location.getUri());
+        assertEquals(new Range(new Position(10, 13), new Position(10, 24)), location.getRange());
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    void testEventListenerIndexElementForEventListenerInterfaceImplementation() throws Exception {
+        String docUri = directory.toPath().resolve("src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/EventListenerPerInterface.java").toUri().toString();
+
+        Bean[] beans = springIndex.getBeansOfDocument(docUri);
+        assertEquals(1, beans.length);
+        
+        Bean listenerComponentBean = Arrays.stream(beans).filter(bean -> bean.getName().equals("eventListenerPerInterface")).findFirst().get();
+        assertEquals("com.example.events.demo.EventListenerPerInterface", listenerComponentBean.getType());
+        
+        List<SpringIndexElement> children = listenerComponentBean.getChildren();
+        assertEquals(1, children.size());
+        assertTrue(children.get(0) instanceof EventListenerIndexElement);
+        
+        EventListenerIndexElement listenerElement = (EventListenerIndexElement) children.get(0);
+        assertEquals("org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent", listenerElement.getEventType());
+
+        Location location = listenerElement.getLocation();
+        assertNotNull(location);
+        assertEquals(docUri, location.getUri());
+        assertEquals(new Range(new Position(10, 13), new Position(10, 31)), location.getRange());
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/.gitattributes b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b41682ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/mvnw text eol=lf
+*.cmd text eol=crlf
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/.gitignore b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..549e00a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+HELP.md
+target/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/target/
+!**/src/test/**/target/
+
+### STS ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+build/
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d58dfb70b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+wrapperVersion=3.3.2
+distributionType=only-script
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.9/apache-maven-3.9.9-bin.zip
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/mvnw b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/mvnw
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..19529ddf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/mvnw
@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Apache Maven Wrapper startup batch script, version 3.3.2
+#
+# Optional ENV vars
+# -----------------
+#   JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir, required when download maven via java source
+#   MVNW_REPOURL - repo url base for downloading maven distribution
+#   MVNW_USERNAME/MVNW_PASSWORD - user and password for downloading maven
+#   MVNW_VERBOSE - true: enable verbose log; debug: trace the mvnw script; others: silence the output
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+set -euf
+[ "${MVNW_VERBOSE-}" != debug ] || set -x
+
+# OS specific support.
+native_path() { printf %s\\n "$1"; }
+case "$(uname)" in
+CYGWIN* | MINGW*)
+  [ -z "${JAVA_HOME-}" ] || JAVA_HOME="$(cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME")"
+  native_path() { cygpath --path --windows "$1"; }
+  ;;
+esac
+
+# set JAVACMD and JAVACCMD
+set_java_home() {
+  # For Cygwin and MinGW, ensure paths are in Unix format before anything is touched
+  if [ -n "${JAVA_HOME-}" ]; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ]; then
+      # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+      JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+      JAVACCMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/javac"
+    else
+      JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+      JAVACCMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/javac"
+
+      if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] || [ ! -x "$JAVACCMD" ]; then
+        echo "The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly, so mvnw cannot run." >&2
+        echo "JAVA_HOME is set to \"$JAVA_HOME\", but \"\$JAVA_HOME/bin/java\" or \"\$JAVA_HOME/bin/javac\" does not exist." >&2
+        return 1
+      fi
+    fi
+  else
+    JAVACMD="$(
+      'set' +e
+      'unset' -f command 2>/dev/null
+      'command' -v java
+    )" || :
+    JAVACCMD="$(
+      'set' +e
+      'unset' -f command 2>/dev/null
+      'command' -v javac
+    )" || :
+
+    if [ ! -x "${JAVACMD-}" ] || [ ! -x "${JAVACCMD-}" ]; then
+      echo "The java/javac command does not exist in PATH nor is JAVA_HOME set, so mvnw cannot run." >&2
+      return 1
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+# hash string like Java String::hashCode
+hash_string() {
+  str="${1:-}" h=0
+  while [ -n "$str" ]; do
+    char="${str%"${str#?}"}"
+    h=$(((h * 31 + $(LC_CTYPE=C printf %d "'$char")) % 4294967296))
+    str="${str#?}"
+  done
+  printf %x\\n $h
+}
+
+verbose() { :; }
+[ "${MVNW_VERBOSE-}" != true ] || verbose() { printf %s\\n "${1-}"; }
+
+die() {
+  printf %s\\n "$1" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+trim() {
+  # MWRAPPER-139:
+  #   Trims trailing and leading whitespace, carriage returns, tabs, and linefeeds.
+  #   Needed for removing poorly interpreted newline sequences when running in more
+  #   exotic environments such as mingw bash on Windows.
+  printf "%s" "${1}" | tr -d '[:space:]'
+}
+
+# parse distributionUrl and optional distributionSha256Sum, requires .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+while IFS="=" read -r key value; do
+  case "${key-}" in
+  distributionUrl) distributionUrl=$(trim "${value-}") ;;
+  distributionSha256Sum) distributionSha256Sum=$(trim "${value-}") ;;
+  esac
+done <"${0%/*}/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
+[ -n "${distributionUrl-}" ] || die "cannot read distributionUrl property in ${0%/*}/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
+
+case "${distributionUrl##*/}" in
+maven-mvnd-*bin.*)
+  MVN_CMD=mvnd.sh _MVNW_REPO_PATTERN=/maven/mvnd/
+  case "${PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE-}${PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432-}:$(uname -a)" in
+  *AMD64:CYGWIN* | *AMD64:MINGW*) distributionPlatform=windows-amd64 ;;
+  :Darwin*x86_64) distributionPlatform=darwin-amd64 ;;
+  :Darwin*arm64) distributionPlatform=darwin-aarch64 ;;
+  :Linux*x86_64*) distributionPlatform=linux-amd64 ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Cannot detect native platform for mvnd on $(uname)-$(uname -m), use pure java version" >&2
+    distributionPlatform=linux-amd64
+    ;;
+  esac
+  distributionUrl="${distributionUrl%-bin.*}-$distributionPlatform.zip"
+  ;;
+maven-mvnd-*) MVN_CMD=mvnd.sh _MVNW_REPO_PATTERN=/maven/mvnd/ ;;
+*) MVN_CMD="mvn${0##*/mvnw}" _MVNW_REPO_PATTERN=/org/apache/maven/ ;;
+esac
+
+# apply MVNW_REPOURL and calculate MAVEN_HOME
+# maven home pattern: ~/.m2/wrapper/dists/{apache-maven-<version>,maven-mvnd-<version>-<platform>}/<hash>
+[ -z "${MVNW_REPOURL-}" ] || distributionUrl="$MVNW_REPOURL$_MVNW_REPO_PATTERN${distributionUrl#*"$_MVNW_REPO_PATTERN"}"
+distributionUrlName="${distributionUrl##*/}"
+distributionUrlNameMain="${distributionUrlName%.*}"
+distributionUrlNameMain="${distributionUrlNameMain%-bin}"
+MAVEN_USER_HOME="${MAVEN_USER_HOME:-${HOME}/.m2}"
+MAVEN_HOME="${MAVEN_USER_HOME}/wrapper/dists/${distributionUrlNameMain-}/$(hash_string "$distributionUrl")"
+
+exec_maven() {
+  unset MVNW_VERBOSE MVNW_USERNAME MVNW_PASSWORD MVNW_REPOURL || :
+  exec "$MAVEN_HOME/bin/$MVN_CMD" "$@" || die "cannot exec $MAVEN_HOME/bin/$MVN_CMD"
+}
+
+if [ -d "$MAVEN_HOME" ]; then
+  verbose "found existing MAVEN_HOME at $MAVEN_HOME"
+  exec_maven "$@"
+fi
+
+case "${distributionUrl-}" in
+*?-bin.zip | *?maven-mvnd-?*-?*.zip) ;;
+*) die "distributionUrl is not valid, must match *-bin.zip or maven-mvnd-*.zip, but found '${distributionUrl-}'" ;;
+esac
+
+# prepare tmp dir
+if TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$(mktemp -d)" && [ -d "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR" ]; then
+  clean() { rm -rf -- "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR"; }
+  trap clean HUP INT TERM EXIT
+else
+  die "cannot create temp dir"
+fi
+
+mkdir -p -- "${MAVEN_HOME%/*}"
+
+# Download and Install Apache Maven
+verbose "Couldn't find MAVEN_HOME, downloading and installing it ..."
+verbose "Downloading from: $distributionUrl"
+verbose "Downloading to: $TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName"
+
+# select .zip or .tar.gz
+if ! command -v unzip >/dev/null; then
+  distributionUrl="${distributionUrl%.zip}.tar.gz"
+  distributionUrlName="${distributionUrl##*/}"
+fi
+
+# verbose opt
+__MVNW_QUIET_WGET=--quiet __MVNW_QUIET_CURL=--silent __MVNW_QUIET_UNZIP=-q __MVNW_QUIET_TAR=''
+[ "${MVNW_VERBOSE-}" != true ] || __MVNW_QUIET_WGET='' __MVNW_QUIET_CURL='' __MVNW_QUIET_UNZIP='' __MVNW_QUIET_TAR=v
+
+# normalize http auth
+case "${MVNW_PASSWORD:+has-password}" in
+'') MVNW_USERNAME='' MVNW_PASSWORD='' ;;
+has-password) [ -n "${MVNW_USERNAME-}" ] || MVNW_USERNAME='' MVNW_PASSWORD='' ;;
+esac
+
+if [ -z "${MVNW_USERNAME-}" ] && command -v wget >/dev/null; then
+  verbose "Found wget ... using wget"
+  wget ${__MVNW_QUIET_WGET:+"$__MVNW_QUIET_WGET"} "$distributionUrl" -O "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName" || die "wget: Failed to fetch $distributionUrl"
+elif [ -z "${MVNW_USERNAME-}" ] && command -v curl >/dev/null; then
+  verbose "Found curl ... using curl"
+  curl ${__MVNW_QUIET_CURL:+"$__MVNW_QUIET_CURL"} -f -L -o "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName" "$distributionUrl" || die "curl: Failed to fetch $distributionUrl"
+elif set_java_home; then
+  verbose "Falling back to use Java to download"
+  javaSource="$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/Downloader.java"
+  targetZip="$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName"
+  cat >"$javaSource" <<-END
+	public class Downloader extends java.net.Authenticator
+	{
+	  protected java.net.PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication()
+	  {
+	    return new java.net.PasswordAuthentication( System.getenv( "MVNW_USERNAME" ), System.getenv( "MVNW_PASSWORD" ).toCharArray() );
+	  }
+	  public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception
+	  {
+	    setDefault( new Downloader() );
+	    java.nio.file.Files.copy( java.net.URI.create( args[0] ).toURL().openStream(), java.nio.file.Paths.get( args[1] ).toAbsolutePath().normalize() );
+	  }
+	}
+	END
+  # For Cygwin/MinGW, switch paths to Windows format before running javac and java
+  verbose " - Compiling Downloader.java ..."
+  "$(native_path "$JAVACCMD")" "$(native_path "$javaSource")" || die "Failed to compile Downloader.java"
+  verbose " - Running Downloader.java ..."
+  "$(native_path "$JAVACMD")" -cp "$(native_path "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR")" Downloader "$distributionUrl" "$(native_path "$targetZip")"
+fi
+
+# If specified, validate the SHA-256 sum of the Maven distribution zip file
+if [ -n "${distributionSha256Sum-}" ]; then
+  distributionSha256Result=false
+  if [ "$MVN_CMD" = mvnd.sh ]; then
+    echo "Checksum validation is not supported for maven-mvnd." >&2
+    echo "Please disable validation by removing 'distributionSha256Sum' from your maven-wrapper.properties." >&2
+    exit 1
+  elif command -v sha256sum >/dev/null; then
+    if echo "$distributionSha256Sum  $TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName" | sha256sum -c >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      distributionSha256Result=true
+    fi
+  elif command -v shasum >/dev/null; then
+    if echo "$distributionSha256Sum  $TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName" | shasum -a 256 -c >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      distributionSha256Result=true
+    fi
+  else
+    echo "Checksum validation was requested but neither 'sha256sum' or 'shasum' are available." >&2
+    echo "Please install either command, or disable validation by removing 'distributionSha256Sum' from your maven-wrapper.properties." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  if [ $distributionSha256Result = false ]; then
+    echo "Error: Failed to validate Maven distribution SHA-256, your Maven distribution might be compromised." >&2
+    echo "If you updated your Maven version, you need to update the specified distributionSha256Sum property." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+# unzip and move
+if command -v unzip >/dev/null; then
+  unzip ${__MVNW_QUIET_UNZIP:+"$__MVNW_QUIET_UNZIP"} "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName" -d "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR" || die "failed to unzip"
+else
+  tar xzf${__MVNW_QUIET_TAR:+"$__MVNW_QUIET_TAR"} "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName" -C "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR" || die "failed to untar"
+fi
+printf %s\\n "$distributionUrl" >"$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlNameMain/mvnw.url"
+mv -- "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlNameMain" "$MAVEN_HOME" || [ -d "$MAVEN_HOME" ] || die "fail to move MAVEN_HOME"
+
+clean || :
+exec_maven "$@"
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/mvnw.cmd b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/mvnw.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..249bdf382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/mvnw.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+<# : batch portion
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Apache Maven Wrapper startup batch script, version 3.3.2
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM   MVNW_REPOURL - repo url base for downloading maven distribution
+@REM   MVNW_USERNAME/MVNW_PASSWORD - user and password for downloading maven
+@REM   MVNW_VERBOSE - true: enable verbose log; others: silence the output
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@IF "%__MVNW_ARG0_NAME__%"=="" (SET __MVNW_ARG0_NAME__=%~nx0)
+@SET __MVNW_CMD__=
+@SET __MVNW_ERROR__=
+@SET __MVNW_PSMODULEP_SAVE=%PSModulePath%
+@SET PSModulePath=
+@FOR /F "usebackq tokens=1* delims==" %%A IN (`powershell -noprofile "& {$scriptDir='%~dp0'; $script='%__MVNW_ARG0_NAME__%'; icm -ScriptBlock ([Scriptblock]::Create((Get-Content -Raw '%~f0'))) -NoNewScope}"`) DO @(
+  IF "%%A"=="MVN_CMD" (set __MVNW_CMD__=%%B) ELSE IF "%%B"=="" (echo %%A) ELSE (echo %%A=%%B)
+)
+@SET PSModulePath=%__MVNW_PSMODULEP_SAVE%
+@SET __MVNW_PSMODULEP_SAVE=
+@SET __MVNW_ARG0_NAME__=
+@SET MVNW_USERNAME=
+@SET MVNW_PASSWORD=
+@IF NOT "%__MVNW_CMD__%"=="" (%__MVNW_CMD__% %*)
+@echo Cannot start maven from wrapper >&2 && exit /b 1
+@GOTO :EOF
+: end batch / begin powershell #>
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+if ($env:MVNW_VERBOSE -eq "true") {
+  $VerbosePreference = "Continue"
+}
+
+# calculate distributionUrl, requires .mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+$distributionUrl = (Get-Content -Raw "$scriptDir/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties" | ConvertFrom-StringData).distributionUrl
+if (!$distributionUrl) {
+  Write-Error "cannot read distributionUrl property in $scriptDir/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties"
+}
+
+switch -wildcard -casesensitive ( $($distributionUrl -replace '^.*/','') ) {
+  "maven-mvnd-*" {
+    $USE_MVND = $true
+    $distributionUrl = $distributionUrl -replace '-bin\.[^.]*$',"-windows-amd64.zip"
+    $MVN_CMD = "mvnd.cmd"
+    break
+  }
+  default {
+    $USE_MVND = $false
+    $MVN_CMD = $script -replace '^mvnw','mvn'
+    break
+  }
+}
+
+# apply MVNW_REPOURL and calculate MAVEN_HOME
+# maven home pattern: ~/.m2/wrapper/dists/{apache-maven-<version>,maven-mvnd-<version>-<platform>}/<hash>
+if ($env:MVNW_REPOURL) {
+  $MVNW_REPO_PATTERN = if ($USE_MVND) { "/org/apache/maven/" } else { "/maven/mvnd/" }
+  $distributionUrl = "$env:MVNW_REPOURL$MVNW_REPO_PATTERN$($distributionUrl -replace '^.*'+$MVNW_REPO_PATTERN,'')"
+}
+$distributionUrlName = $distributionUrl -replace '^.*/',''
+$distributionUrlNameMain = $distributionUrlName -replace '\.[^.]*$','' -replace '-bin$',''
+$MAVEN_HOME_PARENT = "$HOME/.m2/wrapper/dists/$distributionUrlNameMain"
+if ($env:MAVEN_USER_HOME) {
+  $MAVEN_HOME_PARENT = "$env:MAVEN_USER_HOME/wrapper/dists/$distributionUrlNameMain"
+}
+$MAVEN_HOME_NAME = ([System.Security.Cryptography.MD5]::Create().ComputeHash([byte[]][char[]]$distributionUrl) | ForEach-Object {$_.ToString("x2")}) -join ''
+$MAVEN_HOME = "$MAVEN_HOME_PARENT/$MAVEN_HOME_NAME"
+
+if (Test-Path -Path "$MAVEN_HOME" -PathType Container) {
+  Write-Verbose "found existing MAVEN_HOME at $MAVEN_HOME"
+  Write-Output "MVN_CMD=$MAVEN_HOME/bin/$MVN_CMD"
+  exit $?
+}
+
+if (! $distributionUrlNameMain -or ($distributionUrlName -eq $distributionUrlNameMain)) {
+  Write-Error "distributionUrl is not valid, must end with *-bin.zip, but found $distributionUrl"
+}
+
+# prepare tmp dir
+$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR_HOLDER = New-TemporaryFile
+$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR = New-Item -Itemtype Directory -Path "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR_HOLDER.dir"
+$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR_HOLDER.Delete() | Out-Null
+trap {
+  if ($TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR.Exists) {
+    try { Remove-Item $TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR -Recurse -Force | Out-Null }
+    catch { Write-Warning "Cannot remove $TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR" }
+  }
+}
+
+New-Item -Itemtype Directory -Path "$MAVEN_HOME_PARENT" -Force | Out-Null
+
+# Download and Install Apache Maven
+Write-Verbose "Couldn't find MAVEN_HOME, downloading and installing it ..."
+Write-Verbose "Downloading from: $distributionUrl"
+Write-Verbose "Downloading to: $TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName"
+
+$webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
+if ($env:MVNW_USERNAME -and $env:MVNW_PASSWORD) {
+  $webclient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($env:MVNW_USERNAME, $env:MVNW_PASSWORD)
+}
+[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
+$webclient.DownloadFile($distributionUrl, "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName") | Out-Null
+
+# If specified, validate the SHA-256 sum of the Maven distribution zip file
+$distributionSha256Sum = (Get-Content -Raw "$scriptDir/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties" | ConvertFrom-StringData).distributionSha256Sum
+if ($distributionSha256Sum) {
+  if ($USE_MVND) {
+    Write-Error "Checksum validation is not supported for maven-mvnd. `nPlease disable validation by removing 'distributionSha256Sum' from your maven-wrapper.properties."
+  }
+  Import-Module $PSHOME\Modules\Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility -Function Get-FileHash
+  if ((Get-FileHash "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName" -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower() -ne $distributionSha256Sum) {
+    Write-Error "Error: Failed to validate Maven distribution SHA-256, your Maven distribution might be compromised. If you updated your Maven version, you need to update the specified distributionSha256Sum property."
+  }
+}
+
+# unzip and move
+Expand-Archive "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlName" -DestinationPath "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR" | Out-Null
+Rename-Item -Path "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$distributionUrlNameMain" -NewName $MAVEN_HOME_NAME | Out-Null
+try {
+  Move-Item -Path "$TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR/$MAVEN_HOME_NAME" -Destination $MAVEN_HOME_PARENT | Out-Null
+} catch {
+  if (! (Test-Path -Path "$MAVEN_HOME" -PathType Container)) {
+    Write-Error "fail to move MAVEN_HOME"
+  }
+} finally {
+  try { Remove-Item $TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR -Recurse -Force | Out-Null }
+  catch { Write-Warning "Cannot remove $TMP_DOWNLOAD_DIR" }
+}
+
+Write-Output "MVN_CMD=$MAVEN_HOME/bin/$MVN_CMD"
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/pom.xml b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4e9debc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>3.4.2</version>
+		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+	</parent>
+	<groupId>com.example.qualifier</groupId>
+	<artifactId>test-events-indexing</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>test-events-indexing</name>
+	<description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
+	<url/>
+	<licenses>
+		<license/>
+	</licenses>
+	<developers>
+		<developer/>
+	</developers>
+	<scm>
+		<connection/>
+		<developerConnection/>
+		<tag/>
+		<url/>
+	</scm>
+	<properties>
+		<java.version>17</java.version>
+	</properties>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/CustomEvent.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/CustomEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f8a2d496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/CustomEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package com.example.events.demo;
+
+public class CustomEvent {
+}
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/CustomEventPublisher.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/CustomEventPublisher.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70f6841d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/CustomEventPublisher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.example.events.demo;
+
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisher;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class CustomEventPublisher {
+	
+	private ApplicationEventPublisher publisher;
+
+	public CustomEventPublisher(ApplicationEventPublisher publisher) {
+		this.publisher = publisher;
+	}
+	
+	public void foo() {
+		this.publisher.publishEvent(new CustomEvent());
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/EventListenerPerAnnotation.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/EventListenerPerAnnotation.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96bb82918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/EventListenerPerAnnotation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.example.events.demo;
+
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
+import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class EventListenerPerAnnotation {
+	
+	@EventListener
+	public void handleEvent(ApplicationEvent event) {
+		System.out.println(event);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/EventListenerPerAnnotationWithAttributes.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/EventListenerPerAnnotationWithAttributes.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c5cde3a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/EventListenerPerAnnotationWithAttributes.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.example.events.demo;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.context.event.ApplicationReadyEvent;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
+import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class EventListenerPerAnnotationWithAttributes {
+	
+	@EventListener({ApplicationReadyEvent.class})
+	public void handleEvent(ApplicationEvent event) {
+		System.out.println("Specialized application ready listener: " + event);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/EventListenerPerInterface.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/EventListenerPerInterface.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c6e835d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/EventListenerPerInterface.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.example.events.demo;
+
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Component
+public class EventListenerPerInterface implements ApplicationListener<ApplicationEvent> {
+
+	@Override
+	public void onApplicationEvent(ApplicationEvent event) {
+		System.out.println("Event received via listener implementation: " + event);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/EventListenerPerInterfaceAndBeanMethod.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/EventListenerPerInterfaceAndBeanMethod.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa0c0e7fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/EventListenerPerInterfaceAndBeanMethod.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.example.events.demo;
+
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
+
+public class EventListenerPerInterfaceAndBeanMethod implements ApplicationListener<ApplicationEvent> {
+
+	@Override
+	public void onApplicationEvent(ApplicationEvent event) {
+		System.out.println("Event received via listener implementation and bean method: " + event);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/TestEventsIndexingApplication.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/TestEventsIndexingApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b29571d38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/resources/test-projects/test-events-indexing/src/main/java/com/example/events/demo/TestEventsIndexingApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.example.events.demo;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class TestEventsIndexingApplication {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		SpringApplication.run(TestEventsIndexingApplication.class, args);
+	}
+	
+	@Bean
+	public EventListenerPerInterfaceAndBeanMethod listenerBean() {
+		return new EventListenerPerInterfaceAndBeanMethod();
+	}
+
+}