01: /*
02: * Copyright 2002-2007 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.support;
18:
19: import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinitionHolder;
20: import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor;
21:
22: /**
23: * Strategy interface for determining whether a specific bean definition
24: * qualifies as an autowire candidate for a specific dependency.
25: *
26: * @author Mark Fisher
27: * @author Juergen Hoeller
28: * @since 2.5
29: */
30: public interface AutowireCandidateResolver {
31:
32: /**
33: * Determine whether the given bean definition qualifies as an
34: * autowire candidate for the given dependency.
35: * @param bdHolder the bean definition including bean name and aliases
36: * @param descriptor the descriptor for the target method parameter or field
37: * @return whether the bean definition qualifies as autowire candidate
38: */
39: boolean isAutowireCandidate(BeanDefinitionHolder bdHolder,
40: DependencyDescriptor descriptor);
41:
42: }
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