org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy
Interface TargetSourceCreator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPrototypeTargetSourceCreator

public interface TargetSourceCreator

Implementations can create special target sources, such as pooling target sources, for particular beans. For example, they may base their choice on attributes, such as a pooling attribute, on the target class. AbstractAutoProxyCreator can support a number of TargetSourceCreators, which will be applied in order.

Author:

Rod Johnson

Version: $Id: TargetSourceCreator.java,v 1.2 2003/12/30 01:07:11 jhoeller Exp $

public TargetSource getTargetSource(Object bean, String beanName, BeanFactory factory)

Create a special TargetSource for the given bean, if any.

Parameters:

bean - the bean to create a TargetSource for

beanName - the name of the bean

Returns: a special TargetSource or null if this TargetSourceCreator isn't interested in the particular bean