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package org.springframework.beans.factory.support;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
/**
* Interface for registries that hold bean definitions, for example RootBeanDefinition
* and ChildBeanDefinition instances. Typically implemented by BeanFactories that
* internally work with the AbstractBeanDefinition hierarchy.
*
* This is the only interface in Spring's bean factory packages that encapsulates
* registration of bean definitions. The standard BeanFactory interfaces
* only cover access to a fully configured factory instance.
*
*
Spring's bean definition readers expect to work on an implementation of this
* interface. Known implementors within the Spring core are DefaultListableBeanFactory
* and GenericApplicationContext.
*
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @since 26.11.2003
* @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition
* @see AbstractBeanDefinition
* @see RootBeanDefinition
* @see ChildBeanDefinition
* @see DefaultListableBeanFactory
* @see org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext
* @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader
* @see PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader
*/
public interface BeanDefinitionRegistry {
/**
* Register a new bean definition with this registry.
* Must support RootBeanDefinition and ChildBeanDefinition.
* @param beanName the name of the bean instance to register
* @param beanDefinition definition of the bean instance to register
* @throws BeanDefinitionStoreException if the BeanDefinition is invalid
* or if there is already a BeanDefinition for the specified bean name
* (and we are not allowed to override it)
* @see RootBeanDefinition
* @see ChildBeanDefinition
*/
void registerBeanDefinition(String beanName, BeanDefinition beanDefinition)
throws BeanDefinitionStoreException;
/**
* Return the BeanDefinition for the given bean name.
* @param beanName name of the bean to find a definition for
* @return the BeanDefinition for the given name (never null)
* @throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException if there is no such bean definition
*/
BeanDefinition getBeanDefinition(String beanName) throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
/**
* Check if this registry contains a bean definition with the given name.
* @param beanName the name of the bean to look for
* @return if this registry contains a bean definition with the given name
*/
boolean containsBeanDefinition(String beanName);
/**
* Return the names of all beans defined in this registry.
* @return the names of all beans defined in this registry,
* or an empty array if none defined
*/
String[] getBeanDefinitionNames();
/**
* Return the number of beans defined in the registry.
* @return the number of beans defined in the registry
*/
int getBeanDefinitionCount();
/**
* Given a bean name, create an alias. We typically use this method to
* support names that are illegal within XML ids (used for bean names).
* @param beanName the canonical name of the bean
* @param alias the alias to be registered for the bean
* @throws BeanDefinitionStoreException if the alias is already in use
*/
void registerAlias(String beanName, String alias) throws BeanDefinitionStoreException;
/**
* Return the aliases for the given bean name, if defined.
* @param beanName the bean name to check for aliases
* @return the aliases, or an empty array if none
*/
String[] getAliases(String beanName);
}