Package org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation

Enum Class Autowire

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<Autowire>

org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowire

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Autowire>, Constable

public enum Autowire
extends Enum<Autowire>

Enumeration determining autowiring status: that is, whether a bean should have its dependencies automatically injected by the Spring container using setter injection. This is a core concept in Spring DI.

Available for use in annotation-based configurations, such as for the AspectJ AnnotationBeanConfigurer aspect.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Rod Johnson, Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

• Configurable
• AutowireCapableBeanFactory

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
BY_NAME	Constant that indicates autowiring bean properties by name.
BY_TYPE	Constant that indicates autowiring bean properties by type.
NO	Constant that indicates no autowiring at all.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	isAutowire()	Return whether this represents an actual autowiring value.
int	value()
static Autowire	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
static Autowire[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

NO

public static final Autowire NO

Constant that indicates no autowiring at all.

BY_NAME

public static final Autowire BY_NAME

Constant that indicates autowiring bean properties by name.

BY_TYPE

public static final Autowire BY_TYPE

Constant that indicates autowiring bean properties by type.

Method Details

values

public static Autowire[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static Autowire valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null

value

public int value()

isAutowire

public boolean isAutowire()

Return whether this represents an actual autowiring value.

Returns:

whether actual autowiring was specified (either BY_NAME or BY_TYPE)