BeanDefinitionParserDelegate (Spring Framework 4.0.1.RELEASE API)

java.lang.Object
- org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate

```
public class BeanDefinitionParserDelegate
extends Object
```
Stateful delegate class used to parse XML bean definitions. Intended for use by both the main parser and any extension BeanDefinitionParsers or BeanDefinitionDecorators.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Rob Harrop, Juergen Hoeller, Rod Johnson, Mark Fisher, Gary Russell

See Also:

ParserContext, DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static String`	`ABSTRACT_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`ARG_TYPE_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`ARG_TYPE_MATCH_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`ARRAY_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`AUTOWIRE_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`AUTOWIRE_AUTODETECT_VALUE`
`static String`	`AUTOWIRE_BY_NAME_VALUE`
`static String`	`AUTOWIRE_BY_TYPE_VALUE`
`static String`	`AUTOWIRE_CANDIDATE_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR_VALUE`
`static String`	`AUTOWIRE_NO_VALUE`
`static String`	`BEAN_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`BEAN_NAME_DELIMITERS` Deprecated. as of Spring 3.1 in favor of `MULTI_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE_DELIMITERS`
`static String`	`BEAN_REF_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`BEANS_NAMESPACE_URI`
`static String`	`CLASS_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`CONSTRUCTOR_ARG_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`DEFAULT_AUTOWIRE_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`DEFAULT_AUTOWIRE_CANDIDATES_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`DEFAULT_DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`DEFAULT_DESTROY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`DEFAULT_INIT_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`DEFAULT_LAZY_INIT_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`DEFAULT_MERGE_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`DEFAULT_VALUE`
`static String`	`DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ALL_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE`
`static String`	`DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`DEPENDENCY_CHECK_OBJECTS_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE`
`static String`	`DEPENDENCY_CHECK_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE`
`static String`	`DEPENDS_ON_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`DESCRIPTION_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`DESTROY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`ENTRY_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`FACTORY_BEAN_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`FACTORY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`FALSE_VALUE`
`static String`	`ID_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`IDREF_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`INDEX_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`INIT_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`KEY_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`KEY_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`KEY_REF_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`KEY_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`LAZY_INIT_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`LIST_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`LOCAL_REF_ATTRIBUTE`
`protected Log`	`logger`
`static String`	`LOOKUP_METHOD_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`MAP_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`MERGE_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`META_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`MULTI_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE_DELIMITERS`
`static String`	`NAME_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`NULL_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`PARENT_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`PARENT_REF_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`PRIMARY_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`PROP_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`PROPERTY_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`PROPS_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`QUALIFIER_ATTRIBUTE_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`QUALIFIER_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`REF_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`REF_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`REPLACED_METHOD_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`REPLACER_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`SCOPE_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`SET_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`TRUE_VALUE` Value of a T/F attribute that represents true.
`static String`	`TYPE_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`VALUE_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`VALUE_ELEMENT`
`static String`	`VALUE_REF_ATTRIBUTE`
`static String`	`VALUE_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE`

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`BeanDefinitionParserDelegate(XmlReaderContext readerContext)` Deprecated. since Spring 3.1 in favor of `BeanDefinitionParserDelegate(XmlReaderContext, Environment)`
`BeanDefinitionParserDelegate(XmlReaderContext readerContext, Environment environment)` Create a new BeanDefinitionParserDelegate associated with the supplied `XmlReaderContext` and `Environment`.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`protected TypedStringValue`	`buildTypedStringValue(String value, String targetTypeName)` Build a typed String value Object for the given raw value.
`protected Object`	`buildTypedStringValueForMap(String value, String defaultTypeName, Element entryEle)` Build a typed String value Object for the given raw value.
`protected void`	`checkNameUniqueness(String beanName, List<String> aliases, Element beanElement)` Validate that the specified bean name and aliases have not been used already within the current level of beans element nesting.
`protected AbstractBeanDefinition`	`createBeanDefinition(String className, String parentName)` Create a bean definition for the given class name and parent name.
`BeanDefinitionHolder`	`decorateBeanDefinitionIfRequired(Element ele, BeanDefinitionHolder definitionHolder)`
`BeanDefinitionHolder`	`decorateBeanDefinitionIfRequired(Element ele, BeanDefinitionHolder definitionHolder, BeanDefinition containingBd)`
`BeanDefinitionHolder`	`decorateIfRequired(Node node, BeanDefinitionHolder originalDef, BeanDefinition containingBd)`
`protected void`	`error(String message, Element source)` Report an error with the given message for the given source element.
`protected void`	`error(String message, Element source, Throwable cause)` Report an error with the given message for the given source element.
`protected void`	`error(String message, Node source)` Report an error with the given message for the given source element.
`protected Object`	`extractSource(Element ele)` Invoke the `SourceExtractor` to pull the source metadata from the supplied `Element`.
`String[]`	`getAutowireCandidatePatterns()` Return any patterns provided in the 'default-autowire-candidates' attribute of the top-level `<beans/>` element.
`int`	`getAutowireMode(String attValue)`
`BeanDefinitionDefaults`	`getBeanDefinitionDefaults()` Return the default settings for bean definitions as indicated within the attributes of the top-level `<beans/>` element.
`DocumentDefaultsDefinition`	`getDefaults()` Return the defaults definition object, or `null` if the defaults have been initialized yet.
`int`	`getDependencyCheck(String attValue)`
`Environment`	`getEnvironment()` Get the `Environment` associated with this helper instance.
`String`	`getLocalName(Node node)` Ges the local name for the supplied `Node`.
`String`	`getNamespaceURI(Node node)` Get the namespace URI for the supplied node.
`XmlReaderContext`	`getReaderContext()` Get the `XmlReaderContext` associated with this helper instance.
`void`	`initDefaults(Element root)` Initialize the default settings assuming a `null` parent delegate.
`void`	`initDefaults(Element root, BeanDefinitionParserDelegate parent)` Initialize the default lazy-init, autowire, dependency check settings, init-method, destroy-method and merge settings.
`boolean`	`isDefaultNamespace(Node node)`
`boolean`	`isDefaultNamespace(String namespaceUri)`
`boolean`	`nodeNameEquals(Node node, String desiredName)` Determine whether the name of the supplied node is equal to the supplied name.
`Object`	`parseArrayElement(Element arrayEle, BeanDefinition bd)` Parse an array element.
`AbstractBeanDefinition`	`parseBeanDefinitionAttributes(Element ele, String beanName, BeanDefinition containingBean, AbstractBeanDefinition bd)` Apply the attributes of the given bean element to the given bean * definition.
`BeanDefinitionHolder`	`parseBeanDefinitionElement(Element ele)` Parses the supplied `<bean>` element.
`BeanDefinitionHolder`	`parseBeanDefinitionElement(Element ele, BeanDefinition containingBean)` Parses the supplied `<bean>` element.
`AbstractBeanDefinition`	`parseBeanDefinitionElement(Element ele, String beanName, BeanDefinition containingBean)` Parse the bean definition itself, without regard to name or aliases.
`protected void`	`parseCollectionElements(NodeList elementNodes, Collection<Object> target, BeanDefinition bd, String defaultElementType)`
`void`	`parseConstructorArgElement(Element ele, BeanDefinition bd)` Parse a constructor-arg element.
`void`	`parseConstructorArgElements(Element beanEle, BeanDefinition bd)` Parse constructor-arg sub-elements of the given bean element.
`BeanDefinition`	`parseCustomElement(Element ele)`
`BeanDefinition`	`parseCustomElement(Element ele, BeanDefinition containingBd)`
`Object`	`parseIdRefElement(Element ele)` Return a typed String value Object for the given 'idref' element.
`protected Object`	`parseKeyElement(Element keyEle, BeanDefinition bd, String defaultKeyTypeName)` Parse a key sub-element of a map element.
`List<Object>`	`parseListElement(Element collectionEle, BeanDefinition bd)` Parse a list element.
`void`	`parseLookupOverrideSubElements(Element beanEle, MethodOverrides overrides)` Parse lookup-override sub-elements of the given bean element.
`Map<Object,Object>`	`parseMapElement(Element mapEle, BeanDefinition bd)` Parse a map element.
`boolean`	`parseMergeAttribute(Element collectionElement)` Parse the merge attribute of a collection element, if any.
`void`	`parseMetaElements(Element ele, BeanMetadataAttributeAccessor attributeAccessor)`
`void`	`parsePropertyElement(Element ele, BeanDefinition bd)` Parse a property element.
`void`	`parsePropertyElements(Element beanEle, BeanDefinition bd)` Parse property sub-elements of the given bean element.
`Object`	`parsePropertySubElement(Element ele, BeanDefinition bd)`
`Object`	`parsePropertySubElement(Element ele, BeanDefinition bd, String defaultValueType)` Parse a value, ref or collection sub-element of a property or constructor-arg element.
`Object`	`parsePropertyValue(Element ele, BeanDefinition bd, String propertyName)` Get the value of a property element.
`Properties`	`parsePropsElement(Element propsEle)` Parse a props element.
`void`	`parseQualifierElement(Element ele, AbstractBeanDefinition bd)` Parse a qualifier element.
`void`	`parseQualifierElements(Element beanEle, AbstractBeanDefinition bd)` Parse qualifier sub-elements of the given bean element.
`void`	`parseReplacedMethodSubElements(Element beanEle, MethodOverrides overrides)` Parse replaced-method sub-elements of the given bean element.
`Set<Object>`	`parseSetElement(Element collectionEle, BeanDefinition bd)` Parse a set element.
`Object`	`parseValueElement(Element ele, String defaultTypeName)` Return a typed String value Object for the given value element.
`protected void`	`populateDefaults(DocumentDefaultsDefinition defaults, DocumentDefaultsDefinition parentDefaults, Element root)` Populate the given DocumentDefaultsDefinition instance with the default lazy-init, autowire, dependency check settings, init-method, destroy-method and merge settings.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail
- BEANS_NAMESPACE_URI
```
public static final String BEANS_NAMESPACE_URI
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- MULTI_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE_DELIMITERS
```
public static final String MULTI_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE_DELIMITERS
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- BEAN_NAME_DELIMITERS
```
@Deprecated
public static final String BEAN_NAME_DELIMITERS
```
  Deprecated. as of Spring 3.1 in favor of MULTI_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE_DELIMITERS
  
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- TRUE_VALUE
```
public static final String TRUE_VALUE
```
  Value of a T/F attribute that represents true. Anything else represents false. Case seNsItive.
  
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  Constant Field Values
- FALSE_VALUE
```
public static final String FALSE_VALUE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- DEFAULT_VALUE
```
public static final String DEFAULT_VALUE
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- DESCRIPTION_ELEMENT
```
public static final String DESCRIPTION_ELEMENT
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- AUTOWIRE_NO_VALUE
```
public static final String AUTOWIRE_NO_VALUE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- AUTOWIRE_BY_NAME_VALUE
```
public static final String AUTOWIRE_BY_NAME_VALUE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- AUTOWIRE_BY_TYPE_VALUE
```
public static final String AUTOWIRE_BY_TYPE_VALUE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR_VALUE
```
public static final String AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR_VALUE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- AUTOWIRE_AUTODETECT_VALUE
```
public static final String AUTOWIRE_AUTODETECT_VALUE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ALL_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE
```
public static final String DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ALL_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- DEPENDENCY_CHECK_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE
```
public static final String DEPENDENCY_CHECK_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- DEPENDENCY_CHECK_OBJECTS_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE
```
public static final String DEPENDENCY_CHECK_OBJECTS_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- NAME_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String NAME_ATTRIBUTE
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- BEAN_ELEMENT
```
public static final String BEAN_ELEMENT
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- META_ELEMENT
```
public static final String META_ELEMENT
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- ID_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String ID_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- PARENT_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String PARENT_ATTRIBUTE
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- CLASS_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String CLASS_ATTRIBUTE
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- ABSTRACT_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String ABSTRACT_ATTRIBUTE
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- SCOPE_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String SCOPE_ATTRIBUTE
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- LAZY_INIT_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String LAZY_INIT_ATTRIBUTE
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- AUTOWIRE_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String AUTOWIRE_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- AUTOWIRE_CANDIDATE_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String AUTOWIRE_CANDIDATE_ATTRIBUTE
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- PRIMARY_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String PRIMARY_ATTRIBUTE
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ATTRIBUTE
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- DEPENDS_ON_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String DEPENDS_ON_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- INIT_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String INIT_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- DESTROY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String DESTROY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- FACTORY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String FACTORY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- FACTORY_BEAN_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String FACTORY_BEAN_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- CONSTRUCTOR_ARG_ELEMENT
```
public static final String CONSTRUCTOR_ARG_ELEMENT
```
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  Constant Field Values
- INDEX_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String INDEX_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- TYPE_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String TYPE_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- VALUE_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String VALUE_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- KEY_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String KEY_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- PROPERTY_ELEMENT
```
public static final String PROPERTY_ELEMENT
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- REF_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String REF_ATTRIBUTE
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- VALUE_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String VALUE_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- LOOKUP_METHOD_ELEMENT
```
public static final String LOOKUP_METHOD_ELEMENT
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- REPLACED_METHOD_ELEMENT
```
public static final String REPLACED_METHOD_ELEMENT
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- REPLACER_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String REPLACER_ATTRIBUTE
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- ARG_TYPE_ELEMENT
```
public static final String ARG_TYPE_ELEMENT
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- ARG_TYPE_MATCH_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String ARG_TYPE_MATCH_ATTRIBUTE
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- REF_ELEMENT
```
public static final String REF_ELEMENT
```
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  Constant Field Values
- IDREF_ELEMENT
```
public static final String IDREF_ELEMENT
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- BEAN_REF_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String BEAN_REF_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- LOCAL_REF_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String LOCAL_REF_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- PARENT_REF_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String PARENT_REF_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- VALUE_ELEMENT
```
public static final String VALUE_ELEMENT
```
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  Constant Field Values
- NULL_ELEMENT
```
public static final String NULL_ELEMENT
```
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  Constant Field Values
- ARRAY_ELEMENT
```
public static final String ARRAY_ELEMENT
```
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  Constant Field Values
- LIST_ELEMENT
```
public static final String LIST_ELEMENT
```
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  Constant Field Values
- SET_ELEMENT
```
public static final String SET_ELEMENT
```
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  Constant Field Values
- MAP_ELEMENT
```
public static final String MAP_ELEMENT
```
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  Constant Field Values
- ENTRY_ELEMENT
```
public static final String ENTRY_ELEMENT
```
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  Constant Field Values
- KEY_ELEMENT
```
public static final String KEY_ELEMENT
```
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  Constant Field Values
- KEY_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String KEY_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- KEY_REF_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String KEY_REF_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- VALUE_REF_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String VALUE_REF_ATTRIBUTE
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- PROPS_ELEMENT
```
public static final String PROPS_ELEMENT
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- PROP_ELEMENT
```
public static final String PROP_ELEMENT
```
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  Constant Field Values
- MERGE_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String MERGE_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- QUALIFIER_ELEMENT
```
public static final String QUALIFIER_ELEMENT
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- QUALIFIER_ATTRIBUTE_ELEMENT
```
public static final String QUALIFIER_ATTRIBUTE_ELEMENT
```
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  Constant Field Values
- DEFAULT_LAZY_INIT_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String DEFAULT_LAZY_INIT_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- DEFAULT_MERGE_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String DEFAULT_MERGE_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- DEFAULT_AUTOWIRE_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String DEFAULT_AUTOWIRE_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- DEFAULT_DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String DEFAULT_DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- DEFAULT_AUTOWIRE_CANDIDATES_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String DEFAULT_AUTOWIRE_CANDIDATES_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- DEFAULT_INIT_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String DEFAULT_INIT_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE
```
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  Constant Field Values
- DEFAULT_DESTROY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE
```
public static final String DEFAULT_DESTROY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- logger
```
protected final Log logger
```

Constructor Detail
- BeanDefinitionParserDelegate
```
public BeanDefinitionParserDelegate(XmlReaderContext readerContext,
                                    Environment environment)
```
  Create a new BeanDefinitionParserDelegate associated with the supplied XmlReaderContext and Environment.
- BeanDefinitionParserDelegate
```
@Deprecated
public BeanDefinitionParserDelegate(XmlReaderContext readerContext)
```
  Deprecated. since Spring 3.1 in favor of BeanDefinitionParserDelegate(XmlReaderContext, Environment)
  
  Create a new BeanDefinitionParserDelegate associated with the supplied XmlReaderContext and a new StandardEnvironment.

Method Detail

getReaderContext
```
public final XmlReaderContext getReaderContext()
```
Get the XmlReaderContext associated with this helper instance.

getEnvironment
```
public final Environment getEnvironment()
```
Get the Environment associated with this helper instance.

extractSource
```
protected Object extractSource(Element ele)
```
Invoke the SourceExtractor to pull the source metadata from the supplied Element.

error

protected void error(String message,
                     Node source)

Report an error with the given message for the given source element.

error

protected void error(String message,
                     Element source)

Report an error with the given message for the given source element.

error

protected void error(String message,
                     Element source,
                     Throwable cause)

Report an error with the given message for the given source element.

initDefaults
```
public void initDefaults(Element root)
```
Initialize the default settings assuming a null parent delegate.

initDefaults
```
public void initDefaults(Element root,
                         BeanDefinitionParserDelegate parent)
```
Initialize the default lazy-init, autowire, dependency check settings, init-method, destroy-method and merge settings. Support nested 'beans' element use cases by falling back to the given parent in case the defaults are not explicitly set locally.

See Also:

populateDefaults(DocumentDefaultsDefinition, DocumentDefaultsDefinition, org.w3c.dom.Element), getDefaults()

populateDefaults
```
protected void populateDefaults(DocumentDefaultsDefinition defaults,
                                DocumentDefaultsDefinition parentDefaults,
                                Element root)
```
Populate the given DocumentDefaultsDefinition instance with the default lazy-init, autowire, dependency check settings, init-method, destroy-method and merge settings. Support nested 'beans' element use cases by falling back to parentDefaults in case the defaults are not explicitly set locally.

Parameters:

defaults - the defaults to populate

parentDefaults - the parent BeanDefinitionParserDelegate (if any) defaults to fall back to

root - the root element of the current bean definition document (or nested beans element)

getDefaults
```
public DocumentDefaultsDefinition getDefaults()
```
Return the defaults definition object, or null if the defaults have been initialized yet.

getBeanDefinitionDefaults
```
public BeanDefinitionDefaults getBeanDefinitionDefaults()
```
Return the default settings for bean definitions as indicated within the attributes of the top-level <beans/> element.

getAutowireCandidatePatterns
```
public String[] getAutowireCandidatePatterns()
```
Return any patterns provided in the 'default-autowire-candidates' attribute of the top-level <beans/> element.

parseBeanDefinitionElement
```
public BeanDefinitionHolder parseBeanDefinitionElement(Element ele)
```
Parses the supplied <bean> element. May return null if there were errors during parse. Errors are reported to the ProblemReporter.

parseBeanDefinitionElement

public BeanDefinitionHolder parseBeanDefinitionElement(Element ele,
                                                       BeanDefinition containingBean)

Parses the supplied <bean> element. May return null if there were errors during parse. Errors are reported to the ProblemReporter.

checkNameUniqueness

protected void checkNameUniqueness(String beanName,
                                   List<String> aliases,
                                   Element beanElement)

Validate that the specified bean name and aliases have not been used already within the current level of beans element nesting.

parseBeanDefinitionElement

public AbstractBeanDefinition parseBeanDefinitionElement(Element ele,
                                                         String beanName,
                                                         BeanDefinition containingBean)

Parse the bean definition itself, without regard to name or aliases. May return null if problems occurred during the parsing of the bean definition.

parseBeanDefinitionAttributes

public AbstractBeanDefinition parseBeanDefinitionAttributes(Element ele,
                                                            String beanName,
                                                            BeanDefinition containingBean,
                                                            AbstractBeanDefinition bd)

Apply the attributes of the given bean element to the given bean * definition.

Parameters:: ele - bean declaration element; beanName - bean name; containingBean - containing bean definition
Returns:: a bean definition initialized according to the bean element attributes

createBeanDefinition
```
protected AbstractBeanDefinition createBeanDefinition(String className,
                                                      String parentName)
                                               throws ClassNotFoundException
```
Create a bean definition for the given class name and parent name.

Parameters:

className - the name of the bean class

parentName - the name of the bean's parent bean

Returns:

the newly created bean definition

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if bean class resolution was attempted but failed

parseMetaElements

public void parseMetaElements(Element ele,
                              BeanMetadataAttributeAccessor attributeAccessor)

getAutowireMode

public int getAutowireMode(String attValue)

getDependencyCheck

public int getDependencyCheck(String attValue)

parseConstructorArgElements

public void parseConstructorArgElements(Element beanEle,
                                        BeanDefinition bd)

Parse constructor-arg sub-elements of the given bean element.

parsePropertyElements

public void parsePropertyElements(Element beanEle,
                                  BeanDefinition bd)

Parse property sub-elements of the given bean element.

parseQualifierElements

public void parseQualifierElements(Element beanEle,
                                   AbstractBeanDefinition bd)

Parse qualifier sub-elements of the given bean element.

parseLookupOverrideSubElements

public void parseLookupOverrideSubElements(Element beanEle,
                                           MethodOverrides overrides)

Parse lookup-override sub-elements of the given bean element.

parseReplacedMethodSubElements

public void parseReplacedMethodSubElements(Element beanEle,
                                           MethodOverrides overrides)

Parse replaced-method sub-elements of the given bean element.

parseConstructorArgElement

public void parseConstructorArgElement(Element ele,
                                       BeanDefinition bd)

Parse a constructor-arg element.

parsePropertyElement

public void parsePropertyElement(Element ele,
                                 BeanDefinition bd)

Parse a property element.

parseQualifierElement

public void parseQualifierElement(Element ele,
                                  AbstractBeanDefinition bd)

Parse a qualifier element.

parsePropertyValue

public Object parsePropertyValue(Element ele,
                                 BeanDefinition bd,
                                 String propertyName)

Get the value of a property element. May be a list etc. Also used for constructor arguments, "propertyName" being null in this case.

parsePropertySubElement

public Object parsePropertySubElement(Element ele,
                                      BeanDefinition bd)

parsePropertySubElement
```
public Object parsePropertySubElement(Element ele,
                                      BeanDefinition bd,
                                      String defaultValueType)
```
Parse a value, ref or collection sub-element of a property or constructor-arg element.

Parameters:

ele - subelement of property element; we don't know which yet

defaultValueType - the default type (class name) for any <value> tag that might be created

parseIdRefElement
```
public Object parseIdRefElement(Element ele)
```
Return a typed String value Object for the given 'idref' element.

parseValueElement

public Object parseValueElement(Element ele,
                                String defaultTypeName)

Return a typed String value Object for the given value element.

buildTypedStringValue

protected TypedStringValue buildTypedStringValue(String value,
                                                 String targetTypeName)
                                          throws ClassNotFoundException

Build a typed String value Object for the given raw value.

Throws:: ClassNotFoundException
See Also:: TypedStringValue

parseArrayElement

public Object parseArrayElement(Element arrayEle,
                                BeanDefinition bd)

Parse an array element.

parseListElement

public List<Object> parseListElement(Element collectionEle,
                                     BeanDefinition bd)

Parse a list element.

parseSetElement

public Set<Object> parseSetElement(Element collectionEle,
                                   BeanDefinition bd)

Parse a set element.

parseCollectionElements

protected void parseCollectionElements(NodeList elementNodes,
                                       Collection<Object> target,
                                       BeanDefinition bd,
                                       String defaultElementType)

parseMapElement

public Map<Object,Object> parseMapElement(Element mapEle,
                                          BeanDefinition bd)

Parse a map element.

buildTypedStringValueForMap

protected final Object buildTypedStringValueForMap(String value,
                                                   String defaultTypeName,
                                                   Element entryEle)

Build a typed String value Object for the given raw value.

See Also:: TypedStringValue

parseKeyElement

protected Object parseKeyElement(Element keyEle,
                                 BeanDefinition bd,
                                 String defaultKeyTypeName)

Parse a key sub-element of a map element.

parsePropsElement

public Properties parsePropsElement(Element propsEle)

Parse a props element.

parseMergeAttribute
```
public boolean parseMergeAttribute(Element collectionElement)
```
Parse the merge attribute of a collection element, if any.

parseCustomElement

public BeanDefinition parseCustomElement(Element ele)

parseCustomElement

public BeanDefinition parseCustomElement(Element ele,
                                         BeanDefinition containingBd)

decorateBeanDefinitionIfRequired

public BeanDefinitionHolder decorateBeanDefinitionIfRequired(Element ele,
                                                             BeanDefinitionHolder definitionHolder)

decorateBeanDefinitionIfRequired

public BeanDefinitionHolder decorateBeanDefinitionIfRequired(Element ele,
                                                             BeanDefinitionHolder definitionHolder,
                                                             BeanDefinition containingBd)

decorateIfRequired

public BeanDefinitionHolder decorateIfRequired(Node node,
                                               BeanDefinitionHolder originalDef,
                                               BeanDefinition containingBd)

getNamespaceURI
```
public String getNamespaceURI(Node node)
```
Get the namespace URI for the supplied node. The default implementation uses Node.getNamespaceURI(). Subclasses may override the default implementation to provide a different namespace identification mechanism.

Parameters:

node - the node

getLocalName
```
public String getLocalName(Node node)
```
Ges the local name for the supplied Node. The default implementation calls Node.getLocalName(). Subclasses may override the default implementation to provide a different mechanism for getting the local name.

Parameters:

node - the Node

nodeNameEquals
```
public boolean nodeNameEquals(Node node,
                              String desiredName)
```
Determine whether the name of the supplied node is equal to the supplied name.
The default implementation checks the supplied desired name against both Node.getNodeName() and Node.getLocalName().
Subclasses may override the default implementation to provide a different mechanism for comparing node names.

Parameters:

node - the node to compare

desiredName - the name to check for

isDefaultNamespace

public boolean isDefaultNamespace(String namespaceUri)

isDefaultNamespace

public boolean isDefaultNamespace(Node node)

Class BeanDefinitionParserDelegate

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

BEANS_NAMESPACE_URI

MULTI_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE_DELIMITERS

BEAN_NAME_DELIMITERS

TRUE_VALUE

FALSE_VALUE

DEFAULT_VALUE

DESCRIPTION_ELEMENT

AUTOWIRE_NO_VALUE

AUTOWIRE_BY_NAME_VALUE

AUTOWIRE_BY_TYPE_VALUE

AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR_VALUE

AUTOWIRE_AUTODETECT_VALUE

DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ALL_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE

DEPENDENCY_CHECK_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE

DEPENDENCY_CHECK_OBJECTS_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE

NAME_ATTRIBUTE

BEAN_ELEMENT

META_ELEMENT

ID_ATTRIBUTE

PARENT_ATTRIBUTE

CLASS_ATTRIBUTE

ABSTRACT_ATTRIBUTE

SCOPE_ATTRIBUTE

LAZY_INIT_ATTRIBUTE

AUTOWIRE_ATTRIBUTE

AUTOWIRE_CANDIDATE_ATTRIBUTE

PRIMARY_ATTRIBUTE

DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ATTRIBUTE

DEPENDS_ON_ATTRIBUTE

INIT_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE

DESTROY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE

FACTORY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE

FACTORY_BEAN_ATTRIBUTE

CONSTRUCTOR_ARG_ELEMENT

INDEX_ATTRIBUTE

TYPE_ATTRIBUTE

VALUE_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE

KEY_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE

PROPERTY_ELEMENT

REF_ATTRIBUTE

VALUE_ATTRIBUTE

LOOKUP_METHOD_ELEMENT

REPLACED_METHOD_ELEMENT

REPLACER_ATTRIBUTE

ARG_TYPE_ELEMENT

ARG_TYPE_MATCH_ATTRIBUTE

REF_ELEMENT

IDREF_ELEMENT

BEAN_REF_ATTRIBUTE

LOCAL_REF_ATTRIBUTE

PARENT_REF_ATTRIBUTE

VALUE_ELEMENT

NULL_ELEMENT

ARRAY_ELEMENT

LIST_ELEMENT

SET_ELEMENT

MAP_ELEMENT

ENTRY_ELEMENT

KEY_ELEMENT

KEY_ATTRIBUTE

KEY_REF_ATTRIBUTE

VALUE_REF_ATTRIBUTE

PROPS_ELEMENT

PROP_ELEMENT

MERGE_ATTRIBUTE

QUALIFIER_ELEMENT

QUALIFIER_ATTRIBUTE_ELEMENT

DEFAULT_LAZY_INIT_ATTRIBUTE

DEFAULT_MERGE_ATTRIBUTE

DEFAULT_AUTOWIRE_ATTRIBUTE

DEFAULT_DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ATTRIBUTE

DEFAULT_AUTOWIRE_CANDIDATES_ATTRIBUTE

DEFAULT_INIT_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE

DEFAULT_DESTROY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE