org.springframework.beans.factory

Interface BeanFactoryAware

All Superinterfaces:

Aware

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFactoryBean, AbstractServiceLoaderBasedFactoryBean, AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor, BeanConfigurerSupport, BeanReferenceFactoryBean, ListFactoryBean, MapFactoryBean, MethodInvokingFactoryBean, ObjectFactoryCreatingFactoryBean, PlaceholderConfigurerSupport, PreferencesPlaceholderConfigurer, PropertyPathFactoryBean, PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer, ProviderCreatingFactoryBean, QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver, RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor, ServiceFactoryBean, ServiceListFactoryBean, ServiceLoaderFactoryBean, ServiceLocatorFactoryBean, SetFactoryBean

public interface BeanFactoryAware
extends Aware

Interface to be implemented by beans that wish to be aware of their owning BeanFactory.

For example, beans can look up collaborating beans via the factory (Dependency Lookup). Note that most beans will choose to receive references to collaborating beans via corresponding bean properties or constructor arguments (Dependency Injection).

For a list of all bean lifecycle methods, see the BeanFactory javadocs.

Since:

11.03.2003

Author:

Rod Johnson, Chris Beams

See Also:

BeanNameAware, BeanClassLoaderAware, InitializingBean, org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) Callback that supplies the owning factory to a bean instance.

Method Detail

setBeanFactory

void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory)
                    throws BeansException

Callback that supplies the owning factory to a bean instance.

Invoked after the population of normal bean properties but before an initialization callback such as InitializingBean.afterPropertiesSet() or a custom init-method.

Parameters:

beanFactory - owning BeanFactory (never null). The bean can immediately call methods on the factory.

Throws:

BeansException - in case of initialization errors

See Also:

BeanInitializationException