org.springframework.beans.factory.support
Class AbstractBeanDefinitionReader

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

BeanDefinitionReader

Direct Known Subclasses:

PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader, XmlBeanDefinitionReader

public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinitionReader

extends Object

implements BeanDefinitionReader

Abstract base class for bean definition readers which implement the BeanDefinitionReader interface.

Provides common properties like the bean factory to work on and the class loader to use for loading bean classes.

Since:

11.12.2003

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

BeanDefinitionReaderUtils

Field Summary

protected Log

logger

Constructor Summary

protected

AbstractBeanDefinitionReader(BeanDefinitionRegistry beanFactory) Create a new AbstractBeanDefinitionReader for the given factory.

Method Summary

ClassLoader	getBeanClassLoader() Return the class loader to use for bean classes.
BeanDefinitionRegistry	getBeanFactory() Return the bean factory to register the bean definitions with.
void	setBeanClassLoader(ClassLoader beanClassLoader) Set the class loader to use for bean classes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReader

loadBeanDefinitions

Field Detail

logger

protected final Log logger

Constructor Detail

AbstractBeanDefinitionReader

protected AbstractBeanDefinitionReader(BeanDefinitionRegistry beanFactory)

Create a new AbstractBeanDefinitionReader for the given factory.

Parameters:

beanFactory - the bean factory to work on

Method Detail

getBeanFactory

public BeanDefinitionRegistry getBeanFactory()

Description copied from interface: BeanDefinitionReader

Return the bean factory to register the bean definitions with.

Specified by:

getBeanFactory in interface BeanDefinitionReader

setBeanClassLoader

public void setBeanClassLoader(ClassLoader beanClassLoader)

Set the class loader to use for bean classes. Default is the thread context class loader.

Setting this to null suggests to not load bean classes but just register bean definitions with class names, for example when just registering beans in a registry but not actually instantiating them in a factory.

See Also:

Thread.getContextClassLoader()

getBeanClassLoader

public ClassLoader getBeanClassLoader()

Description copied from interface: BeanDefinitionReader

Return the class loader to use for bean classes.

Null suggests to not load bean classes but just register bean definitions with class names, for example when just registering beans in a registry but not actually instantiating them in a factory.

Specified by:

getBeanClassLoader in interface BeanDefinitionReader