org.springframework.beans.factory.config
Interface BeanFactoryPostProcessor

All Known Implementing Classes:

PropertyResourceConfigurer

public interface BeanFactoryPostProcessor

Allows for custom modification of an application context's bean definitions, adapting the bean property values of the context's underlying bean factory.

Application contexts can auto-detect BeanFactoryPostProcessor beans in their bean definitions and apply them before any other beans get created.

Useful for custom config files targeted at system administrators that override bean properties configured in the application context.

See PropertyResourceConfigurer and its concrete implementations for out-of-the-box solutions that address such configuration needs.

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

Since: 06.07.2003

See Also: BeanPostProcessor, PropertyResourceConfigurer

public void postProcessBeanFactory(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory)
                             throws org.springframework.beans.BeansException

Modify the application context's internal bean factory after its standard initialization. All bean definitions will have been loaded, but no beans will have been instantiated yet. This allows for overriding or adding properties even to eager-initializing beans.

Parameters:

beanFactory - the bean factory used by the application context

Throws:

org.springframework.beans.BeansException - in case of errors