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.context.annotation;
18:
19: import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
20:
21: /**
22: * Strategy interface for resolving the scope of bean definitions.
23: *
24: * @author Mark Fisher
25: * @since 2.5
26: * @see Scope
27: */
28: public interface ScopeMetadataResolver {
29:
30: /**
31: * Resolve the {@link ScopeMetadata} appropriate to the supplied
32: * bean <code>definition</code>.
33: * <p>Implementations can of course use any strategy they like to
34: * determine the scope metadata, but some implementations that spring
35: * immediately to mind might be to use source level annotations
36: * present on {@link BeanDefinition#getBeanClassName() the class} of the
37: * supplied <code>definition</code>, or to use metadata present in the
38: * {@link BeanDefinition#attributeNames()} of the supplied <code>definition</code>.
39: * @param definition the target bean definition
40: * @return the relevant scope metadata; never <code>null</code>
41: */
42: ScopeMetadata resolveScopeMetadata(BeanDefinition definition);
43:
44: }
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