| Interface Summary |
| BeanFactory | Interface to be implemented by objects that hold a number of bean definitions,
each uniquely identified by a String name. |
| BeanFactoryAware | Interface to be implemented by beans that wish to be aware of their owning
BeanFactory. |
| BeanNameAware | Interface to be implemented by beans that want to be aware of their
bean name in a bean factory. |
| DisposableBean | Interface to be implemented by beans that want to release resources
on destruction. |
| FactoryBean | Interface to be implemented by objects used within a BeanFactory
that are themselves factories. |
| HierarchicalBeanFactory | Subinterface implemented by bean factories that can be part
of a hierarchy. |
| InitializingBean | Interface to be implemented by beans that need to react once all their
properties have been set by a BeanFactory: for example, to perform custom
initialization, or merely to check that all mandatory properties have been set. |
| ListableBeanFactory | Extension of the BeanFactory interface to be implemented by bean factories
that can enumerate all their bean instances, rather than attempting bean lookup
by name one by one as requested by clients. |
| Class Summary |
| BeanCreationException | Exception thrown when a BeanFactory encounters an error when
attempting to create a bean from a bean definition. |
| BeanDefinitionStoreException | Exception thrown when a BeanFactory encounters an internal error, and
its definitions are invalid: for example, if an XML document containing
bean definitions isn't well-formed. |
| BeanFactoryUtils | Convenience methods operating on bean factories, returning bean instances,
names or counts taking into account the nesting hierarchy of a bean factory. |
| BeanInitializationException | Exception that a bean implementation is suggested to throw if its own
factory-aware initialization code fails. |
| BeanIsNotAFactoryException | Exception thrown when a bean is not a factory,
but a user tries to get at the factory for the given bean name. |
| BeanNotOfRequiredTypeException | Thrown when a bean doesn't match the required type. |
| FactoryBeanCircularReferenceException | Exception thrown if a FactoryBean is involved in a circular reference. |
| NoSuchBeanDefinitionException | Exception thrown when a BeanFactory is asked for a bean
instance name for which it cannot find a definition. |
| UnsatisfiedDependencyException | Exception thrown when a bean depends on other beans or simple properties that were not
specified in the bean factory definition, although dependency checking was enabled |
The core package implementing Spring's lightweight Inversion of Control (IoC) container.
Provides an alternative to the Singleton and Prototype design
patterns, including a consistent approach to configuration management.
Builds on the org.springframework.beans package.