org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing
Class CompositeComponentDefinition

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.AbstractComponentDefinition
      org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.CompositeComponentDefinition

All Implemented Interfaces:

BeanMetadataElement, ComponentDefinition

Direct Known Subclasses:

AspectComponentDefinition

public class CompositeComponentDefinition
extends AbstractComponentDefinition

ComponentDefinition implementation that holds one or more nested ComponentDefinition instances, aggregating them into a named group of components.

Since:

2.0.1

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

getNestedComponents()

Field Summary

private java.lang.String	name
private java.util.List<ComponentDefinition>	nestedComponents
private java.lang.Object	source

Constructor Summary

CompositeComponentDefinition(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object source)
Create a new CompositeComponentDefinition.

Method Summary

void	addNestedComponent(ComponentDefinition component) Add the given component as nested element of this composite component.
java.lang.String	getName() Get the user-visible name of this ComponentDefinition.
ComponentDefinition[]	getNestedComponents() Return the nested components that this composite component holds.
java.lang.Object	getSource() Return the configuration source Object for this metadata element (may be null).

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.AbstractComponentDefinition

getBeanDefinitions, getBeanReferences, getDescription, getInnerBeanDefinitions, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

private final java.lang.String name

source

private final java.lang.Object source

nestedComponents

private final java.util.List<ComponentDefinition> nestedComponents

Constructor Detail

CompositeComponentDefinition

public CompositeComponentDefinition(java.lang.String name,
                                    java.lang.Object source)

Create a new CompositeComponentDefinition.

Parameters:

name - the name of the composite component

source - the source element that defines the root of the composite component

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Description copied from interface: ComponentDefinition

Get the user-visible name of this ComponentDefinition.

This should link back directly to the corresponding configuration data for this component in a given context.

getSource

public java.lang.Object getSource()

Description copied from interface: BeanMetadataElement

Return the configuration source Object for this metadata element (may be null).

addNestedComponent

public void addNestedComponent(ComponentDefinition component)

Add the given component as nested element of this composite component.

Parameters:

component - the nested component to add

getNestedComponents

public ComponentDefinition[] getNestedComponents()

Return the nested components that this composite component holds.

Returns:

the array of nested components, or an empty array if none