org.springframework.core

Class SimpleAliasRegistry

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.core.SimpleAliasRegistry

All Implemented Interfaces:

AliasRegistry

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry, SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry

public class SimpleAliasRegistry
extends Object
implements AliasRegistry

Simple implementation of the AliasRegistry interface. Serves as base class for BeanDefinitionRegistry implementations.

Since:

2.5.2

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SimpleAliasRegistry()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected boolean	allowAliasOverriding() Return whether alias overriding is allowed.
String	canonicalName(String name) Determine the raw name, resolving aliases to canonical names.
protected void	checkForAliasCircle(String name, String alias) Check whether the given name points back to given alias as an alias in the other direction, catching a circular reference upfront and throwing a corresponding IllegalStateException.
String[]	getAliases(String name) Return the aliases for the given name, if defined.
boolean	isAlias(String name) Determine whether this given name is defines as an alias (as opposed to the name of an actually registered component).
void	registerAlias(String name, String alias) Given a name, register an alias for it.
void	removeAlias(String alias) Remove the specified alias from this registry.
void	resolveAliases(StringValueResolver valueResolver) Resolve all alias target names and aliases registered in this factory, applying the given StringValueResolver to them.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleAliasRegistry

public SimpleAliasRegistry()

Method Detail

registerAlias

public void registerAlias(String name,
                          String alias)

Description copied from interface: AliasRegistry

Given a name, register an alias for it.

Specified by:

registerAlias in interface AliasRegistry

Parameters:

name - the canonical name

alias - the alias to be registered

allowAliasOverriding

protected boolean allowAliasOverriding()

Return whether alias overriding is allowed. Default is true.

removeAlias

public void removeAlias(String alias)

Description copied from interface: AliasRegistry

Remove the specified alias from this registry.

Specified by:

removeAlias in interface AliasRegistry

Parameters:

alias - the alias to remove

isAlias

public boolean isAlias(String name)

Description copied from interface: AliasRegistry

Determine whether this given name is defines as an alias (as opposed to the name of an actually registered component).

Specified by:

isAlias in interface AliasRegistry

Parameters:

name - the bean name to check

Returns:

whether the given name is an alias

getAliases

public String[] getAliases(String name)

Description copied from interface: AliasRegistry

Return the aliases for the given name, if defined.

Specified by:

getAliases in interface AliasRegistry

Parameters:

name - the name to check for aliases

Returns:

the aliases, or an empty array if none

resolveAliases

public void resolveAliases(StringValueResolver valueResolver)

Resolve all alias target names and aliases registered in this factory, applying the given StringValueResolver to them.

The value resolver may for example resolve placeholders in target bean names and even in alias names.

Parameters:

valueResolver - the StringValueResolver to apply

canonicalName

public String canonicalName(String name)

Determine the raw name, resolving aliases to canonical names.

Parameters:

name - the user-specified name

Returns:

the transformed name

checkForAliasCircle

protected void checkForAliasCircle(String name,
                                   String alias)

Check whether the given name points back to given alias as an alias in the other direction, catching a circular reference upfront and throwing a corresponding IllegalStateException.

Parameters:

name - the candidate name

alias - the candidate alias

See Also:

registerAlias(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)