org.springframework.beans.factory

Interface HierarchicalBeanFactory

All Superinterfaces:

BeanFactory

All Known Subinterfaces:

ConfigurableBeanFactory, ConfigurableListableBeanFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory, AbstractBeanFactory, DefaultListableBeanFactory, XmlBeanFactory

public interface HierarchicalBeanFactory
extends BeanFactory

Sub-interface implemented by bean factories that can be part of a hierarchy.

The corresponding setParentBeanFactory method for bean factories that allow setting the parent in a configurable fashion can be found in the ConfigurableBeanFactory interface.

Since:

07.07.2003

Author:

Rod Johnson, Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

ConfigurableBeanFactory.setParentBeanFactory(org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory

FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	containsLocalBean(String name) Return whether the local bean factory contains a bean of the given name, ignoring beans defined in ancestor contexts.
BeanFactory	getParentBeanFactory() Return the parent bean factory, or null if there is none.

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory

containsBean, getAliases, getBean, getBean, getBean, getBean, getBean, getType, isPrototype, isSingleton, isTypeMatch, isTypeMatch

Method Detail

getParentBeanFactory

BeanFactory getParentBeanFactory()

Return the parent bean factory, or null if there is none.

containsLocalBean

boolean containsLocalBean(String name)

Return whether the local bean factory contains a bean of the given name, ignoring beans defined in ancestor contexts.

This is an alternative to containsBean, ignoring a bean of the given name from an ancestor bean factory.

Parameters:

name - the name of the bean to query

Returns:

whether a bean with the given name is defined in the local factory

See Also:

BeanFactory.containsBean(java.lang.String)