01: /*
02: * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
10: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14: * limitations under the License.
15: */
16:
17: package org.springframework.beans.factory;
18:
19: /**
20: * Counterpart of BeanNameAware. Returns the bean name of an object.
21: *
22: * <p>This interface can be introduced to avoid a brittle dependence
23: * on bean name in objects used with Spring IoC and Spring AOP.
24: *
25: * @author Rod Johnson
26: * @since 2.0
27: * @see BeanNameAware
28: */
29: public interface NamedBean {
30:
31: /**
32: * Return the name of this bean in a Spring bean factory.
33: */
34: String getBeanName();
35:
36: }
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