Package 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()

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CompositeComponentDefinition(String name, @Nullable Object source)	Create a new CompositeComponentDefinition.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addNestedComponent(ComponentDefinition component)	Add the given component as nested element of this composite component.
String	getName()	Get the user-visible name of this ComponentDefinition.
ComponentDefinition[]	getNestedComponents()	Return the nested components that this composite component holds.
@Nullable 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

Constructor Details

CompositeComponentDefinition

public CompositeComponentDefinition(String name,
 @Nullable 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 Details

getName

public 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 @Nullable 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