org.springframework.beans.factory.access
Interface BeanFactoryReference

public interface BeanFactoryReference

Class used to track a reference to a BeanFactory obtained through BeanFactoryLocator

Author:

colin sampaleanu

Version: $Revision: 1.2 $

public BeanFactory getFactory()

Returns the BeanFactory instance held by this reference

public void release()
              throws org.springframework.beans.FatalBeanException

Indicate that the BeanFactory instance referred to by this object is not needed any longer by the client code which obtained the ref object. Depending on the actual implementation of BeanFactoryLocator, and the actual type of BeanFactory, this may possibly not actually do anything; alternately in the case of a 'closeable' BeanFactory or derived class (such as ApplicationContext) may 'close' it.

In an EJB usage scenario this would normally be called from ejbRemove and ejbPassivate.

Throws:

FatalBeanException - if the BeanFactory cannot be released

See Also:

BeanFactoryLocator