public interface BeanFactoryAware extends Aware
BeanFactory
.
For example, beans can look up collaborating beans via the factory (Dependency Lookup). Note that most beans will choose to receive references to collaborating beans via corresponding bean properties or constructor arguments (Dependency Injection).
For a list of all bean lifecycle methods, see the
BeanFactory javadocs
.
BeanNameAware
,
BeanClassLoaderAware
,
InitializingBean
,
ApplicationContextAware
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
---|---|
void |
setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory)
Callback that supplies the owning factory to a bean instance.
|
void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException
Invoked after the population of normal bean properties
but before an initialization callback such as
InitializingBean.afterPropertiesSet()
or a custom init-method.
beanFactory
- owning BeanFactory (never null
).
The bean can immediately call methods on the factory.BeansException
- in case of initialization errorsBeanInitializationException