Uses of Interface
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory

Packages that use BeanFactory

org.springframework.aop.framework	Package containing Spring's basic AOP infrastructure, compliant with the AOP Alliance interfaces.
org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy	Bean post processors for use in ApplicationContexts to simplify AOP usage by automatically creating AOP proxies without the need to use a ProxyFactoryBean.
org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.metadata	Support classes for target source creation that is driven by source-level metadata attributes.
org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.target	Generic support classes for target source creation.
org.springframework.aop.target	This package contains implementations of the org.springframework.aop.TargetSource interface.
org.springframework.beans.factory	The core package implementing Spring's lightweight Inversion of Control (IoC) container.
org.springframework.beans.factory.access	Helper infrastructure to locate and access bean factories.
org.springframework.beans.factory.config	SPI interfaces and configuration-related convenience classes for bean factories.
org.springframework.beans.factory.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.beans.factory package.
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml	Contains an abstract XML-based BeanFactory implementation, including a standard "spring-beans" DTD.
org.springframework.context	This package builds on the beans package to add support for message sources and for the Observer design pattern, and the ability for application objects to obtain resources using a consistent API.
org.springframework.context.access	Helper infrastructure to locate and access application contexts.
org.springframework.context.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.context package, such as abstract base classes for ApplicationContext implementations and a MessageSource implementation.
org.springframework.web.context	Contains the application context subinterface for web applications, and the ContextLoaderListener that bootstraps the root web application context.
org.springframework.web.context.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.web.context package, such as WebApplicationContext implementations, and a utility class for retrieval of the root application context etc.
org.springframework.web.servlet.view	Provides standard View and ViewResolver implementations, including abstract base classes for custom implementations.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.aop.framework

Methods in org.springframework.aop.framework with parameters of type BeanFactory

void	ProxyFactoryBean.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory)

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy

Methods in org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy that return BeanFactory

protected BeanFactory

AbstractAutoProxyCreator.getBeanFactory() Return the owning BeanFactory May be null, as this object doesn't need to belong to a bean factory.

Methods in org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy with parameters of type BeanFactory

TargetSource	TargetSourceCreator.getTargetSource(java.lang.Object bean, java.lang.String beanName, BeanFactory factory) Create a special TargetSource for the given bean, if any.
void	AbstractAutoProxyCreator.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory)
void	AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) We override this method to ensure that all candidate advisors are materialized under a stack trace including this bean.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.metadata

Methods in org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.metadata with parameters of type BeanFactory

protected AbstractPrototypeTargetSource	AttributesThreadLocalTargetSourceCreator.createPrototypeTargetSource(java.lang.Object bean, java.lang.String beanName, BeanFactory bf)
protected AbstractPrototypeTargetSource	AttributesPrototypeTargetSourceCreator.createPrototypeTargetSource(java.lang.Object bean, java.lang.String beanName, BeanFactory bf)
protected PoolingAttribute	AttributesPoolingTargetSourceCreator.getPoolingAttribute(java.lang.Object bean, java.lang.String beanName, BeanFactory beanFactory)

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.target

Methods in org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.target with parameters of type BeanFactory

protected AbstractPrototypeTargetSource	QuickTargetSourceCreator.createPrototypeTargetSource(java.lang.Object bean, java.lang.String beanName, BeanFactory factory)
TargetSource	AbstractPrototypeTargetSourceCreator.getTargetSource(java.lang.Object bean, java.lang.String beanName, BeanFactory factory)
protected abstract AbstractPrototypeTargetSource	AbstractPrototypeTargetSourceCreator.createPrototypeTargetSource(java.lang.Object bean, java.lang.String beanName, BeanFactory factory) Subclasses must implement this method to return a new AbstractPrototypeTargetSource if they wish to create a custom TargetSource for this bean, or null if they are not interested it in, in which case no special target source will be created.
protected AbstractPrototypeTargetSource	AbstractPoolingTargetSourceCreator.createPrototypeTargetSource(java.lang.Object bean, java.lang.String beanName, BeanFactory factory)
protected abstract PoolingAttribute	AbstractPoolingTargetSourceCreator.getPoolingAttribute(java.lang.Object bean, java.lang.String beanName, BeanFactory beanFactory) Create a PoolingAttribute for the given bean, if any.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.aop.target

Methods in org.springframework.aop.target with parameters of type BeanFactory

protected void	CommonsPoolTargetSource.createPool(BeanFactory beanFactory)
void	AbstractPrototypeTargetSource.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) Set the owning BeanFactory.
void	AbstractPoolingTargetSource.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory)
protected abstract void	AbstractPoolingTargetSource.createPool(BeanFactory beanFactory) Create the pool.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.beans.factory

Subinterfaces of BeanFactory in org.springframework.beans.factory

interface	HierarchicalBeanFactory Sub-interface implemented by bean factories that can be part of a hierarchy.
interface	ListableBeanFactory Extension of the BeanFactory interface to be implemented by bean factories that can enumerate all their bean instances, rather than attempting bean lookup by name one by one as requested by clients.

Methods in org.springframework.beans.factory that return BeanFactory

BeanFactory

HierarchicalBeanFactory.getParentBeanFactory() Return the parent bean factory, or null if there is none.

Methods in org.springframework.beans.factory with parameters of type BeanFactory

void	BeanFactoryAware.setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) Callback that supplies the owning factory to a bean instance.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.beans.factory.access

Methods in org.springframework.beans.factory.access that return BeanFactory

protected BeanFactory	SingletonBeanFactoryLocator.createDefinition(java.lang.String[] resources) Actually creates definition in the form of a BeanFactory, given an array of URLs representing resources which should be combined.
BeanFactory	DefaultBeanFactoryReference.getFactory()
BeanFactory	BeanFactoryReference.getFactory() Returns the BeanFactory instance held by this reference
BeanFactory	BeanFactoryBootstrap.getBeanFactory() Return the BeanFactory managed by the Bootstrap.

Methods in org.springframework.beans.factory.access with parameters of type BeanFactory

protected void

SingletonBeanFactoryLocator.destroyDefinition(BeanFactory groupDef, java.lang.String resourceName) Destroy definition in separate method so subclass may work with other definition types

Constructors in org.springframework.beans.factory.access with parameters of type BeanFactory

DefaultBeanFactoryReference(BeanFactory beanFactory)

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.beans.factory.config

Subinterfaces of BeanFactory in org.springframework.beans.factory.config

interface	AutowireCapableBeanFactory Extension of the BeanFactory interface to be implemented by bean factories that are capable of autowiring and expose this functionality for existing bean instances.
interface	ConfigurableBeanFactory SPI interface to be implemented by most if not all bean factories.
interface	ConfigurableListableBeanFactory SPI interface to be implemented by most if not all listable bean factories.

Methods in org.springframework.beans.factory.config with parameters of type BeanFactory

void	ConfigurableBeanFactory.setParentBeanFactory(BeanFactory parentBeanFactory) Set the parent of this bean factory.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.beans.factory.support

Classes in org.springframework.beans.factory.support that implement BeanFactory

class	AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory Abstract BeanFactory superclass that implements default bean creation.
class	AbstractBeanFactory Abstract superclass for BeanFactory implementations.
class	DefaultListableBeanFactory Concrete implementation of ListableBeanFactory.
class	StaticListableBeanFactory Static factory that allows to register existing singleton instances programmatically.

Methods in org.springframework.beans.factory.support that return BeanFactory

BeanFactory

AbstractBeanFactory.getParentBeanFactory()

Methods in org.springframework.beans.factory.support with parameters of type BeanFactory

void	AbstractBeanFactory.setParentBeanFactory(BeanFactory parentBeanFactory)

Constructors in org.springframework.beans.factory.support with parameters of type BeanFactory

DefaultListableBeanFactory(BeanFactory parentBeanFactory)
Create a new DefaultListableBeanFactory with the given parent.

AbstractBeanFactory(BeanFactory parentBeanFactory)
Create a new AbstractBeanFactory with the given parent.

AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory(BeanFactory parentBeanFactory)

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.beans.factory.xml

Classes in org.springframework.beans.factory.xml that implement BeanFactory

class

XmlBeanFactory Convenience extension of DefaultListableBeanFactory that reads bean definitions from an XML document.

Constructors in org.springframework.beans.factory.xml with parameters of type BeanFactory

XmlBeanFactory(Resource resource, BeanFactory parentBeanFactory)
Create a new XmlBeanFactory with the given input stream, which must be parsable using DOM.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.context

Subinterfaces of BeanFactory in org.springframework.context

interface	ApplicationContext Central interface to provide configuration for an application.
interface	ConfigurableApplicationContext SPI interface to be implemented by most if not all application contexts.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.context.access

Methods in org.springframework.context.access that return BeanFactory

protected BeanFactory	ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator.createDefinition(java.lang.String[] resources) Overrides default method to create definition object as an ApplicationContext instead of the default BeanFactory.
BeanFactory	ContextBeanFactoryReference.getFactory()

Methods in org.springframework.context.access with parameters of type BeanFactory

protected void

ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator.destroyDefinition(BeanFactory groupDef, java.lang.String resourceName) Overrides default method to work with ApplicationContext

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.context.support

Classes in org.springframework.context.support that implement BeanFactory

class	AbstractApplicationContext Partial implementation of ApplicationContext.
class	AbstractXmlApplicationContext Convenient abstract superclass for ApplicationContext implementations drawing their configuration from XML documents containing bean definitions understood by an XmlBeanDefinitionParser.
class	ClassPathXmlApplicationContext Standalone XML application context, taking the context definition files from the class path.
class	FileSystemXmlApplicationContext Standalone XML application context, taking the context definition files from the file system or from URLs.
class	StaticApplicationContext ApplicationContext that allows concrete registration of beans and messages in code, rather than from external configuration sources.

Methods in org.springframework.context.support that return BeanFactory

BeanFactory

AbstractApplicationContext.getParentBeanFactory()

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.web.context

Subinterfaces of BeanFactory in org.springframework.web.context

interface	ConfigurableWebApplicationContext Interface to be implemented by configurable web application contexts.
interface	WebApplicationContext Interface to provide configuration for a web application.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.web.context.support

Classes in org.springframework.web.context.support that implement BeanFactory

class	StaticWebApplicationContext Static WebApplicationContext implementation for testing.
class	XmlWebApplicationContext WebApplicationContext implementation that takes configuration from an XML document.

Uses of BeanFactory in org.springframework.web.servlet.view

Methods in org.springframework.web.servlet.view that return BeanFactory

protected BeanFactory	XmlViewResolver.initFactory() Initialize the BeanFactory from the XML file.
protected BeanFactory	ResourceBundleViewResolver.initFactory(java.util.Locale locale) Initialize the BeanFactory from the ResourceBundle, for the given locale.