org.springframework.beans

Interface BeanInfoFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExtendedBeanInfoFactory

public interface BeanInfoFactory

Strategy for creating BeanInfo instances.

BeanInfoFactories are are instantiated by the CachedIntrospectionResults, by using the SpringFactoriesLoader utility class. When a BeanInfo is to be created, the CachedIntrospectionResults will iterate through the discovered factories, calling getBeanInfo(Class) on each one. If null is returned, the next factory will be queried. If none of the factories support the class, an standard BeanInfo is created as a default.

Note that the SpringFactoriesLoader sorts the BeanInfoFactory instances by @Order, so that ones with a higher precedence come first.

Since:

3.2

Author:

Arjen Poutsma

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
BeanInfo	getBeanInfo(Class<?> beanClass) Returns the bean info for the given class, if supported.

Method Detail

getBeanInfo

BeanInfo getBeanInfo(Class<?> beanClass)
                     throws IntrospectionException

Returns the bean info for the given class, if supported.

Parameters:

beanClass - the bean class

Returns:

the bean info, or null if not the given class is not supported

Throws:

IntrospectionException - in case of exceptions