org.springframework.beans.factory.config
Interface BeanPostProcessor

All Known Subinterfaces:
DestructionAwareBeanPostProcessor, InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor, MergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessor, SmartInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator, AbstractAutoProxyCreator, AdvisorAdapterRegistrationManager, AnnotationAwareAspectJAutoProxyCreator, AspectJAwareAdvisorAutoProxyCreator, AsyncAnnotationBeanPostProcessor, AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor, BeanNameAutoProxyCreator, BeanValidationPostProcessor, CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor, DefaultAdvisorAutoProxyCreator, InfrastructureAdvisorAutoProxyCreator, InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor, InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessorAdapter, LoadTimeWeaverAwareProcessor, MethodValidationPostProcessor, PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor, PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor, PortletContextAwareProcessor, RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor, ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor, ScriptFactoryPostProcessor, ServletContextAwareProcessor, SimplePortletPostProcessor, SimpleServletPostProcessor

public interface BeanPostProcessor

Factory hook that allows for custom modification of new bean instances, e.g. checking for marker interfaces or wrapping them with proxies.

ApplicationContexts can autodetect BeanPostProcessor beans in their bean definitions and apply them to any beans subsequently created. Plain bean factories allow for programmatic registration of post-processors, applying to all beans created through this factory.

Typically, post-processors that populate beans via marker interfaces or the like will implement postProcessBeforeInitialization(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String), while post-processors that wrap beans with proxies will normally implement postProcessAfterInitialization(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String).

Since:
10.10.2003
Author:
Juergen Hoeller
See Also:
InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor, DestructionAwareBeanPostProcessor, ConfigurableBeanFactory.addBeanPostProcessor(org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor), BeanFactoryPostProcessor

Method Summary
 Object postProcessAfterInitialization(Object bean, String beanName)
          Apply this BeanPostProcessor to the given new bean instance after any bean initialization callbacks (like InitializingBean's afterPropertiesSet or a custom init-method).
 Object postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object bean, String beanName)
          Apply this BeanPostProcessor to the given new bean instance before any bean initialization callbacks (like InitializingBean's afterPropertiesSet or a custom init-method).
 

Method Detail

postProcessBeforeInitialization

Object postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object bean,
                                       String beanName)
                                       throws BeansException
Apply this BeanPostProcessor to the given new bean instance before any bean initialization callbacks (like InitializingBean's afterPropertiesSet or a custom init-method). The bean will already be populated with property values. The returned bean instance may be a wrapper around the original.

Parameters:
bean - the new bean instance
beanName - the name of the bean
Returns:
the bean instance to use, either the original or a wrapped one; if null, no subsequent BeanPostProcessors will be invoked
Throws:
BeansException - in case of errors
See Also:
InitializingBean.afterPropertiesSet()

postProcessAfterInitialization

Object postProcessAfterInitialization(Object bean,
                                      String beanName)
                                      throws BeansException
Apply this BeanPostProcessor to the given new bean instance after any bean initialization callbacks (like InitializingBean's afterPropertiesSet or a custom init-method). The bean will already be populated with property values. The returned bean instance may be a wrapper around the original.

In case of a FactoryBean, this callback will be invoked for both the FactoryBean instance and the objects created by the FactoryBean (as of Spring 2.0). The post-processor can decide whether to apply to either the FactoryBean or created objects or both through corresponding bean instanceof FactoryBean checks.

This callback will also be invoked after a short-circuiting triggered by a InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor.postProcessBeforeInstantiation(java.lang.Class, java.lang.String) method, in contrast to all other BeanPostProcessor callbacks.

Parameters:
bean - the new bean instance
beanName - the name of the bean
Returns:
the bean instance to use, either the original or a wrapped one; if null, no subsequent BeanPostProcessors will be invoked
Throws:
BeansException - in case of errors
See Also:
InitializingBean.afterPropertiesSet(), FactoryBean