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package org.springframework.beans;
import java.beans.BeanInfo;
import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
/**
* Strategy interface for creating {@link BeanInfo} instances for Spring beans.
* Can be used to plug in custom bean property resolution strategies (e.g. for other
* languages on the JVM) or more efficient {@link BeanInfo} retrieval algorithms.
*
* BeanInfoFactories are are instantiated by the {@link CachedIntrospectionResults},
* by using the {@link org.springframework.core.io.support.SpringFactoriesLoader}
* utility class.
*
* When a {@link BeanInfo} is to be created, the {@code CachedIntrospectionResults}
* will iterate through the discovered factories, calling {@link #getBeanInfo(Class)}
* on each one. If {@code null} is returned, the next factory will be queried.
* If none of the factories support the class, a standard {@link BeanInfo} will be
* created as a default.
*
*
Note that the {@link org.springframework.core.io.support.SpringFactoriesLoader}
* sorts the {@code BeanInfoFactory} instances by
* {@link org.springframework.core.annotation.Order @Order}, so that ones with a
* higher precedence come first.
*
* @author Arjen Poutsma
* @since 3.2
* @see CachedIntrospectionResults
* @see org.springframework.core.io.support.SpringFactoriesLoader
*/
public interface BeanInfoFactory {
/**
* Return the bean info for the given class, if supported.
* @param beanClass the bean class
* @return the BeanInfo, or {@code null} if the given class is not supported
* @throws IntrospectionException in case of exceptions
*/
BeanInfo getBeanInfo(Class beanClass) throws IntrospectionException;
}