Uses of Interface
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory

Packages that use BeanFactory

org.springframework.aop.framework	Package containing Spring's basic AOP infrastructure, compliant with the AOP Alliance interfaces.
org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy	Bean post-processors for use in ApplicationContexts to simplify AOP usage by automatically creating AOP proxies without the need to use a ProxyFactoryBean.
org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.target	Generic support classes for target source creation.
org.springframework.aop.target	This package contains implementations of the org.springframework.aop.TargetSource interface.
org.springframework.beans.factory	The core package implementing Spring's lightweight Inversion of Control (IoC) container.
org.springframework.beans.factory.access	Helper infrastructure to locate and access bean factories.
org.springframework.beans.factory.config	SPI interfaces and configuration-related convenience classes for bean factories.
org.springframework.beans.factory.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.beans.factory package.
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml	Contains an abstract XML-based BeanFactory implementation, including a standard "spring-beans" DTD.
org.springframework.context	This package builds on the beans package to add support for message sources and for the Observer design pattern, and the ability for application objects to obtain resources using a consistent API.
org.springframework.context.access	Helper infrastructure to locate and access shared application contexts.
org.springframework.context.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.context package, such as abstract base classes for ApplicationContext implementations and a MessageSource implementation.
org.springframework.ejb.support	Superclasses to make implementing EJBs simpler and less error-prone, as well as guaranteeing a Spring BeanFactory is available to EJBs.
org.springframework.jmx.export	This package provides declarative creation and registration of Spring-managed beans as JMX MBeans.
org.springframework.orm.hibernate	Package providing integration of Hibernate 2.1 with Spring concepts.
org.springframework.orm.hibernate3	Package providing integration of Hibernate3 with Spring concepts.
org.springframework.orm.ojb.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.orm.ojb package.
org.springframework.transaction.interceptor	AOP-based solution for declarative transaction demarcation.
org.springframework.web.context	Contains the application context subinterface for web applications, and the ContextLoaderListener that bootstraps the root web application context.
org.springframework.web.context.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.web.context package, such as WebApplicationContext implementations, and a utility class for retrieval of the root application context etc.
org.springframework.web.jsf	Support classes for integrating a JSF web tier with a Spring middle tier which is hosted in a Spring root WebApplicationContext.
org.springframework.web.servlet.view	Provides standard View and ViewResolver implementations, including abstract base classes for custom implementations.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.aop.framework

Methods in org.springframework.aop.framework with parameters of type BeanFactory

void	ProxyFactoryBean.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory)

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy

Methods in org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy that return BeanFactory

protected BeanFactory

AbstractAutoProxyCreator.getBeanFactory() Return the owning BeanFactory May be null, as this object doesn't need to belong to a bean factory.

Methods in org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy with parameters of type BeanFactory

void	AbstractAutoProxyCreator.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory)
void	AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) We override this method to ensure that all candidate advisors are materialized under a stack trace including this bean.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.target

Methods in org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.target that return BeanFactory

protected BeanFactory

AbstractBeanFactoryBasedTargetSourceCreator.getBeanFactory() Return the BeanFactory that this TargetSourceCreators runs in.

Methods in org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.target with parameters of type BeanFactory

void	AbstractBeanFactoryBasedTargetSourceCreator.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory)

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.aop.target

Methods in org.springframework.aop.target that return BeanFactory

BeanFactory

AbstractBeanFactoryBasedTargetSource.getBeanFactory() Return the owning BeanFactory.

Methods in org.springframework.aop.target with parameters of type BeanFactory

protected void	CommonsPoolTargetSource.createPool(BeanFactory beanFactory) Creates and holds an ObjectPool instance.
protected abstract void	AbstractPoolingTargetSource.createPool(BeanFactory beanFactory) Create the pool.
void	AbstractPrototypeBasedTargetSource.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory)
void	AbstractPoolingTargetSource.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory)
void	AbstractBeanFactoryBasedTargetSource.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) Set the owning BeanFactory.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.beans.factory

Subinterfaces of BeanFactory in org.springframework.beans.factory

interface	HierarchicalBeanFactory Sub-interface implemented by bean factories that can be part of a hierarchy.
interface	ListableBeanFactory Extension of the BeanFactory interface to be implemented by bean factories that can enumerate all their bean instances, rather than attempting bean lookup by name one by one as requested by clients.

Methods in org.springframework.beans.factory that return BeanFactory

BeanFactory

HierarchicalBeanFactory.getParentBeanFactory() Return the parent bean factory, or null if there is none.

Methods in org.springframework.beans.factory with parameters of type BeanFactory

void	BeanFactoryAware.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) Callback that supplies the owning factory to a bean instance.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.beans.factory.access

Methods in org.springframework.beans.factory.access that return BeanFactory

protected BeanFactory	SingletonBeanFactoryLocator.createDefinition(String resourceName, String factoryKey) Actually creates definition in the form of a BeanFactory, given a resource name which supports standard Spring Resource prefixes ('classpath:', 'classpath*:', etc.)
BeanFactory	BeanFactoryBootstrap.getBeanFactory() Deprecated. Return the BeanFactory managed by the Bootstrap.
BeanFactory	BeanFactoryReference.getFactory() Returns the BeanFactory instance held by this reference.

Methods in org.springframework.beans.factory.access with parameters of type BeanFactory

protected void	SingletonBeanFactoryLocator.destroyDefinition(BeanFactory groupDef, String resourceName) Destroy definition in separate method so subclass may work with other definition types.
protected void	SingletonBeanFactoryLocator.initializeDefinition(BeanFactory groupDef) Instantiate singletons and do any other normal initialization of the factory.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.beans.factory.config

Subinterfaces of BeanFactory in org.springframework.beans.factory.config

interface	AutowireCapableBeanFactory Extension of the BeanFactory interface to be implemented by bean factories that are capable of autowiring, provided that they want to expose this functionality for existing bean instances.
interface	ConfigurableBeanFactory Configuration interface to be implemented by most bean factories.
interface	ConfigurableListableBeanFactory Configuration interface to be implemented by most listable bean factories.

Methods in org.springframework.beans.factory.config with parameters of type BeanFactory

void	ServiceLocatorFactoryBean.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory)
void	PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) Only necessary to check that we're not parsing our own bean definition, to avoid failing on unresolvable placeholders in properties file locations.
void	PropertyPathFactoryBean.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory)
void	ObjectFactoryCreatingFactoryBean.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory)
void	BeanReferenceFactoryBean.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory)
void	ConfigurableBeanFactory.setParentBeanFactory(BeanFactory parentBeanFactory) Set the parent of this bean factory.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.beans.factory.support

Classes in org.springframework.beans.factory.support that implement BeanFactory

class	AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory Abstract BeanFactory superclass that implements default bean creation, with the full capabilities specified by the RootBeanDefinition class.
class	AbstractBeanFactory Abstract base class for BeanFactory implementations, providing the full capabilities of the ConfigurableBeanFactory SPI.
class	DefaultListableBeanFactory Default implementation of the ListableBeanFactory and BeanDefinitionRegistry interfaces: a full-fledged bean factory based on bean definitions.
class	StaticListableBeanFactory Static factory that allows to register existing singleton instances programmatically.

Methods in org.springframework.beans.factory.support that return BeanFactory

BeanFactory

AbstractBeanFactory.getParentBeanFactory()

Methods in org.springframework.beans.factory.support with parameters of type BeanFactory

Object	SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition, String beanName, BeanFactory owner)
Object	InstantiationStrategy.instantiate(RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition, String beanName, BeanFactory owner) Return an instance of the bean with the given name in this factory.
Object	SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition, String beanName, BeanFactory owner, Constructor ctor, Object[] args)
Object	InstantiationStrategy.instantiate(RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition, String beanName, BeanFactory owner, Constructor ctor, Object[] args) Return an instance of the bean with the given name in this factory, creating it via the given constructor.
Object	SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition, String beanName, BeanFactory owner, Object factoryBean, Method factoryMethod, Object[] args)
Object	InstantiationStrategy.instantiate(RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition, String beanName, BeanFactory owner, Object factoryBean, Method factoryMethod, Object[] args) Return an instance of the bean with the given name in this factory, creating it via the given factory method.
protected Object	SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiateWithMethodInjection(RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition, String beanName, BeanFactory owner) Subclasses can override this method, which is implemented to throw UnsupportedOperationException, if they can instantiate an object with the Method Injection specified in the given RootBeanDefinition.
protected Object	CglibSubclassingInstantiationStrategy.instantiateWithMethodInjection(RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition, String beanName, BeanFactory owner)
protected Object	SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiateWithMethodInjection(RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition, String beanName, BeanFactory owner, Constructor ctor, Object[] args) Subclasses can override this method, which is implemented to throw UnsupportedOperationException, if they can instantiate an object with the Method Injection specified in the given RootBeanDefinition.
protected Object	CglibSubclassingInstantiationStrategy.instantiateWithMethodInjection(RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition, String beanName, BeanFactory owner, Constructor ctor, Object[] args)
void	AbstractBeanFactory.setParentBeanFactory(BeanFactory parentBeanFactory)

Constructors in org.springframework.beans.factory.support with parameters of type BeanFactory

AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory(BeanFactory parentBeanFactory)
Create a new AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory with the given parent.

AbstractBeanFactory(BeanFactory parentBeanFactory)
Create a new AbstractBeanFactory with the given parent.

DefaultListableBeanFactory(BeanFactory parentBeanFactory)
Create a new DefaultListableBeanFactory with the given parent.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.beans.factory.xml

Classes in org.springframework.beans.factory.xml that implement BeanFactory

class

XmlBeanFactory Convenience extension of DefaultListableBeanFactory that reads bean definitions from an XML document.

Constructors in org.springframework.beans.factory.xml with parameters of type BeanFactory

XmlBeanFactory(Resource resource, BeanFactory parentBeanFactory)
Create a new XmlBeanFactory with the given input stream, which must be parsable using DOM.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.context

Subinterfaces of BeanFactory in org.springframework.context

interface	ApplicationContext Central interface to provide configuration for an application.
interface	ConfigurableApplicationContext SPI interface to be implemented by most if not all application contexts.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.context.access

Methods in org.springframework.context.access that return BeanFactory

protected BeanFactory	ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator.createDefinition(String resourceName, String factoryKey) Overrides default method to create definition object as an ApplicationContext instead of the default BeanFactory.
BeanFactory	ContextBeanFactoryReference.getFactory()

Methods in org.springframework.context.access with parameters of type BeanFactory

protected void	ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator.destroyDefinition(BeanFactory groupDef, String resourceName) Overrides default method to work with ApplicationContext
protected void	ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator.initializeDefinition(BeanFactory groupDef) Overrides default method to initialize definition object, which this method assumes is a ConfigurableApplicationContext.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.context.support

Classes in org.springframework.context.support that implement BeanFactory

class	AbstractApplicationContext Abstract implementation of the ApplicationContext interface.
class	AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext Base class for ApplicationContext implementations that are supposed to support multiple refreshs, creating a new internal bean factory instance every time.
class	AbstractXmlApplicationContext Convenient abstract superclass for ApplicationContext implementations, drawing configuration from XML documents containing bean definitions understood by an XmlBeanDefinitionReader.
class	ClassPathXmlApplicationContext Standalone XML application context, taking the context definition files from the class path.
class	FileSystemXmlApplicationContext Standalone XML application context, taking the context definition files from the file system or from URLs.
class	GenericApplicationContext Generic ApplicationContext implementation that holds a single internal DefaultListableBeanFactory instance and does not assume a specific bean definition format.
class	StaticApplicationContext ApplicationContext that allows concrete registration of beans and messages in code, rather than from external configuration sources.

Methods in org.springframework.context.support that return BeanFactory

protected BeanFactory	AbstractApplicationContext.getInternalParentBeanFactory() Return the internal bean factory of the parent context if it implements ConfigurableApplicationContext; else, return the parent context itself.
BeanFactory	AbstractApplicationContext.getParentBeanFactory()

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.ejb.support

Methods in org.springframework.ejb.support that return BeanFactory

protected BeanFactory

AbstractEnterpriseBean.getBeanFactory() May be called after ejbCreate().

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.jmx.export

Methods in org.springframework.jmx.export with parameters of type BeanFactory

void	MBeanExporter.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) This callback is only required for resolution of bean names in the "beans" Map and for autodetection of MBeans (in the latter case, a ListableBeanFactory is required).

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.orm.hibernate

Methods in org.springframework.orm.hibernate with parameters of type BeanFactory

void	HibernateTransactionManager.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) The bean factory just needs to be known for resolving entity interceptor bean names.
void	HibernateAccessor.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) The bean factory just needs to be known for resolving entity interceptor bean names.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.orm.hibernate3

Methods in org.springframework.orm.hibernate3 with parameters of type BeanFactory

void	HibernateTransactionManager.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) The bean factory just needs to be known for resolving entity interceptor bean names.
void	HibernateAccessor.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) The bean factory just needs to be known for resolving entity interceptor bean names.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.orm.ojb.support

Fields in org.springframework.orm.ojb.support declared as BeanFactory

protected static BeanFactory

LocalDataSourceConnectionFactory.beanFactory This will hold the BeanFactory to retrieve DataSource beans from.

Methods in org.springframework.orm.ojb.support with parameters of type BeanFactory

void	LocalOjbConfigurer.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory)

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.transaction.interceptor

Methods in org.springframework.transaction.interceptor with parameters of type BeanFactory

void	TransactionProxyFactoryBean.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) This callback is optional: If running in a BeanFactory and no transaction manager has been set explicitly, a single matching bean of type PlatformTransactionManager will be fetched from the BeanFactory.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.web.context

Subinterfaces of BeanFactory in org.springframework.web.context

interface	ConfigurableWebApplicationContext Interface to be implemented by configurable web application contexts.
interface	WebApplicationContext Interface to provide configuration for a web application.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.web.context.support

Classes in org.springframework.web.context.support that implement BeanFactory

class	AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext subclass that implements the ConfigurableWebApplicationContext interface for web environments.
class	GenericWebApplicationContext Subclass of GenericApplicationContext, suitable for web environments.
class	StaticWebApplicationContext Static WebApplicationContext implementation for testing.
class	XmlWebApplicationContext WebApplicationContext implementation that takes configuration from an XML document, understood by an XmlBeanDefinitionReader.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.web.jsf

Methods in org.springframework.web.jsf that return BeanFactory

protected BeanFactory	DelegatingVariableResolver.getBeanFactory(javax.faces.context.FacesContext facesContext) Retrieve the Spring BeanFactory to delegate bean name resolution to.
protected BeanFactory	DelegatingNavigationHandlerProxy.getBeanFactory(javax.faces.context.FacesContext facesContext) Retrieve the Spring BeanFactory to delegate bean name resolution to.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.web.servlet.view

Methods in org.springframework.web.servlet.view that return BeanFactory

protected BeanFactory	XmlViewResolver.initFactory() Initialize the view bean factory from the XML file.
protected BeanFactory	ResourceBundleViewResolver.initFactory(Locale locale) Initialize the BeanFactory from the ResourceBundle, for the given locale.