org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing
Class CompositeComponentDefinition

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.AbstractComponentDefinition
      org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.CompositeComponentDefinition

All Implemented Interfaces:

BeanMetadataElement, ComponentDefinition

Direct Known Subclasses:

AspectComponentDefinition

public class CompositeComponentDefinition
extends AbstractComponentDefinition

ComponentDefinition implementation that holds one or more nested ComponentDefinition instances, aggregating them into a named group of components.

Since:

2.0.1

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

getNestedComponents()

Constructor Summary

CompositeComponentDefinition(String name, Object source)
Create a new CompositeComponentDefinition.

Method Summary

void	addNestedComponent(ComponentDefinition component) Add the given component as nested element of this composite component.
String	getName() Get the user-visible name of this ComponentDefinition.
ComponentDefinition[]	getNestedComponents() Return the nested components that this composite component holds.
Object	getSource() Return the configuration source Object for this metadata element (may be null).

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.AbstractComponentDefinition

getBeanDefinitions, getBeanReferences, getDescription, getInnerBeanDefinitions, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CompositeComponentDefinition

public CompositeComponentDefinition(String name,
                                    Object source)

Create a new CompositeComponentDefinition.

Parameters:

name - the name of the composite component

source - the source element that defines the root of the composite component

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: ComponentDefinition

Get the user-visible name of this ComponentDefinition.

This should link back directly to the corresponding configuration data for this component in a given context.

getSource

public Object getSource()

Description copied from interface: BeanMetadataElement

Return the configuration source Object for this metadata element (may be null).

addNestedComponent

public void addNestedComponent(ComponentDefinition component)

Add the given component as nested element of this composite component.

Parameters:

component - the nested component to add

getNestedComponents

public ComponentDefinition[] getNestedComponents()

Return the nested components that this composite component holds.

Returns:

the array of nested components, or an empty array if none