org.springframework.beans.factory.support: public interface: BeanDefinitionReader

org.springframework.beans.factory.support
public interface: BeanDefinitionReader [javadoc | source]

All Known Implementing Classes:
XmlBeanDefinitionReader, PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader, AbstractBeanDefinitionReader

Simple interface for bean definition readers. Specifies load methods with Resource parameters.

Concrete bean definition readers can of course add additional load and register methods for bean definitions, specific to their bean definition format.

Note that a bean definition reader does not have to implement this interface. It only serves as suggestion for bean definition readers that want to follow standard naming conventions.

Also see:

org.springframework.core.io.Resource

author: Juergen - Hoeller

since: 1.1 -

Method from org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReader Summary:
getBeanClassLoader, getBeanFactory, getBeanNameGenerator, getRegistry, getResourceLoader, loadBeanDefinitions, loadBeanDefinitions, loadBeanDefinitions, loadBeanDefinitions

Method from org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReader Detail:
public ClassLoader getBeanClassLoader() Return the class loader to use for bean classes. `null` suggests to not load bean classes eagerly but rather to just register bean definitions with class names, with the corresponding Classes to be resolved later (or never).
public BeanDefinitionRegistry getBeanFactory()Deprecated! `in` - favor of the uniformly named #getRegistry() Return the bean factory to register the bean definitions with. The factory is exposed through the BeanDefinitionRegistry interface, encapsulating the methods that are relevant for bean definition handling.
public BeanNameGenerator getBeanNameGenerator() Return the BeanNameGenerator to use for anonymous beans (without explicit bean name specified).
public BeanDefinitionRegistry getRegistry() Return the bean factory to register the bean definitions with. The factory is exposed through the BeanDefinitionRegistry interface, encapsulating the methods that are relevant for bean definition handling.
public ResourceLoader getResourceLoader() Return the resource loader to use for resource locations. Can be checked for the ResourcePatternResolver interface and cast accordingly, for loading multiple resources for a given resource pattern. Null suggests that absolute resource loading is not available for this bean definition reader. This is mainly meant to be used for importing further resources from within a bean definition resource, for example via the "import" tag in XML bean definitions. It is recommended, however, to apply such imports relative to the defining resource; only explicit full resource locations will trigger absolute resource loading. There is also a `loadBeanDefinitions(String)` method available, for loading bean definitions from a resource location (or location pattern). This is a convenience to avoid explicit ResourceLoader handling.
public int loadBeanDefinitions(Resource resource) throws BeanDefinitionStoreException Load bean definitions from the specified resource.
public int loadBeanDefinitions(Resource[] resources) throws BeanDefinitionStoreException Load bean definitions from the specified resources.
public int loadBeanDefinitions(String location) throws BeanDefinitionStoreException Load bean definitions from the specified resource location. The location can also be a location pattern, provided that the ResourceLoader of this bean definition reader is a ResourcePatternResolver.
public int loadBeanDefinitions(String[] locations) throws BeanDefinitionStoreException Load bean definitions from the specified resource locations.