org.springframework.beans.factory
Class BeanIsNotAFactoryException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.lang.RuntimeException
              org.springframework.core.NestedRuntimeException
                  org.springframework.beans.BeansException
                      org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanNotOfRequiredTypeException
                          org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanIsNotAFactoryException

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class BeanIsNotAFactoryException

extends BeanNotOfRequiredTypeException

Exception thrown when a bean is not a factory, but a user tries to get at the factory for the given bean name. Whether a bean is a factory is determined by whether it implements the FactoryBean interface.

Since:

10-Mar-2003

Author:

Rod Johnson

See Also:

FactoryBean, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.lang.RuntimeException

Constructor Summary

BeanIsNotAFactoryException(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object actualInstance)
Create a new BeanIsNotAFactoryException.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanNotOfRequiredTypeException

getActualInstance, getActualType, getBeanName, getRequiredType

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.core.NestedRuntimeException

getCause, getMessage, printStackTrace, printStackTrace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getLocalizedMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BeanIsNotAFactoryException

public BeanIsNotAFactoryException(java.lang.String name,
                                  java.lang.Object actualInstance)

Create a new BeanIsNotAFactoryException.

Parameters:

name - the name of the bean requested

actualInstance - the instance actually returned, whose class did not match the expected type.