org.rosenvold.spring.convention
Interface NameToClassResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultBeanClassResolver, GenericNameToClassResolver

public interface NameToClassResolver

Allows a textual bean name to be mapped to an implementing class

Author:

Kristian Rosenvold

Method Summary

Class

resolveBean(String name, CandidateEvaluator candidateEvaluator) Resolve a name to a class

Method Detail

resolveBean

Class resolveBean(String name,
                  CandidateEvaluator candidateEvaluator)

Resolve a name to a class

Parameters:

name - The bean name. This will usually be a full class name. If this points to a class, it should be used as a bean directly. If it points to an interface, the implementation should decide how to map this to an implementation class.

candidateEvaluator -

Returns:

A class or null if no resolution can be established. Convention will pass unresolvable names onto the parent context.