org.springframework.beans.factory.config (Spring Framework 3.2.3.RELEASE API)

Interface Summary
Interface	Description
AutowireCapableBeanFactory	Extension of the `BeanFactory` interface to be implemented by bean factories that are capable of autowiring, provided that they want to expose this functionality for existing bean instances.
BeanDefinition	A BeanDefinition describes a bean instance, which has property values, constructor argument values, and further information supplied by concrete implementations.
BeanExpressionResolver	Strategy interface for resolving a value through evaluating it as an expression, if applicable.
BeanFactoryPostProcessor	Allows for custom modification of an application context's bean definitions, adapting the bean property values of the context's underlying bean factory.
BeanPostProcessor	Factory hook that allows for custom modification of new bean instances, e.g.
BeanReference	Interface that exposes a reference to a bean name in an abstract fashion.
ConfigurableBeanFactory	Configuration interface to be implemented by most bean factories.
ConfigurableListableBeanFactory	Configuration interface to be implemented by most listable bean factories.
DestructionAwareBeanPostProcessor	Subinterface of `BeanPostProcessor` that adds a before-destruction callback.
InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor	Subinterface of `BeanPostProcessor` that adds a before-instantiation callback, and a callback after instantiation but before explicit properties are set or autowiring occurs.
Scope	Strategy interface used by a `ConfigurableBeanFactory`, representing a target scope to hold bean instances in.
SingletonBeanRegistry	Interface that defines a registry for shared bean instances.
SmartInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor	Extension of the `InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor` interface, adding a callback for predicting the eventual type of a processed bean.

Class Summary
Class	Description
AbstractFactoryBean<T>	Simple template superclass for `FactoryBean` implementations that creates a singleton or a prototype object, depending on a flag.
BeanDefinitionHolder	Holder for a BeanDefinition with name and aliases.
BeanDefinitionVisitor	Visitor class for traversing `BeanDefinition` objects, in particular the property values and constructor argument values contained in them, resolving bean metadata values.
BeanExpressionContext	Context object for evaluating an expression within a bean definition.
BeanReferenceFactoryBean	Deprecated as of Spring 3.2, in favor of using regular bean name aliases (which support placeholder parsing since Spring 2.5)
CommonsLogFactoryBean	Deprecated as of Spring 3.2, in favor of a bean definition that points to the bean class "org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory" and the factory method "getLog", passing in the log name as constructor argument
ConstructorArgumentValues	Holder for constructor argument values, typically as part of a bean definition.
ConstructorArgumentValues.ValueHolder	Holder for a constructor argument value, with an optional type attribute indicating the target type of the actual constructor argument.
CustomEditorConfigurer	`BeanFactoryPostProcessor` implementation that allows for convenient registration of custom `property editors`.
CustomScopeConfigurer	Simple `BeanFactoryPostProcessor` implementation that registers custom `Scope(s)` with the containing `ConfigurableBeanFactory`.
DependencyDescriptor	Descriptor for a specific dependency that is about to be injected.
DeprecatedBeanWarner	Bean factory post processor that logs a warning for `@Deprecated` beans.
FieldRetrievingFactoryBean	`FactoryBean` which retrieves a static or non-static field value.
InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessorAdapter	Adapter that implements all methods on `SmartInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor` as no-ops, which will not change normal processing of each bean instantiated by the container.
ListFactoryBean	Simple factory for shared List instances.
MapFactoryBean	Simple factory for shared Map instances.
MethodInvokingFactoryBean	`FactoryBean` which returns a value which is the result of a static or instance method invocation.
ObjectFactoryCreatingFactoryBean	A `FactoryBean` implementation that returns a value which is an `ObjectFactory` that in turn returns a bean sourced from a `BeanFactory`.
PlaceholderConfigurerSupport	Abstract base class for property resource configurers that resolve placeholders in bean definition property values.
PreferencesPlaceholderConfigurer	Subclass of PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer that supports JDK 1.4's Preferences API (`java.util.prefs`).
PropertiesFactoryBean	Allows for making a properties file from a classpath location available as Properties instance in a bean factory.
PropertyOverrideConfigurer	Property resource configurer that overrides bean property values in an application context definition.
PropertyPathFactoryBean	`FactoryBean` that evaluates a property path on a given target object.
PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer	`PlaceholderConfigurerSupport` subclass that resolves ${...} placeholders against `local` `properties` and/or system properties and environment variables.
PropertyResourceConfigurer	Allows for configuration of individual bean property values from a property resource, i.e.
ProviderCreatingFactoryBean	A `FactoryBean` implementation that returns a value which is a JSR-330 `Provider` that in turn returns a bean sourced from a `BeanFactory`.
RuntimeBeanNameReference	Immutable placeholder class used for a property value object when it's a reference to another bean name in the factory, to be resolved at runtime.
RuntimeBeanReference	Immutable placeholder class used for a property value object when it's a reference to another bean in the factory, to be resolved at runtime.
ServiceLocatorFactoryBean	A `FactoryBean` implementation that takes an interface which must have one or more methods with the signatures `MyType xxx()` or `MyType xxx(MyIdType id)` (typically, `MyService getService()` or `MyService getService(String id)`) and creates a dynamic proxy which implements that interface, delegating to an underlying `BeanFactory`.
SetFactoryBean	Simple factory for shared Set instances.
TypedStringValue	Holder for a typed String value.

Package org.springframework.beans.factory.config Description

SPI interfaces and configuration-related convenience classes for bean factories.