AbstractSingletonProxyFactoryBean

Invoked by a BeanFactory after it has set all bean properties supplied (and satisfied BeanFactoryAware and ApplicationContextAware).

This method allows the bean instance to perform initialization only possible when all bean properties have been set and to throw an exception in the event of misconfiguration.

Return an instance (possibly shared or independent) of the object managed by this factory.

As with a BeanFactory, this allows support for both the Singleton and Prototype design pattern.

If this FactoryBean is not fully initialized yet at the time of the call (for example because it is involved in a circular reference), throw a corresponding FactoryBeanNotInitializedException.

As of Spring 2.0, FactoryBeans are allowed to return null objects. The factory will consider this as normal value to be used; it will not throw a FactoryBeanNotInitializedException in this case anymore. FactoryBean implementations are encouraged to throw FactoryBeanNotInitializedException themselves now, as appropriate.

Return the type of object that this FactoryBean creates, or null if not known in advance.

This allows one to check for specific types of beans without instantiating objects, for example on autowiring.

In the case of implementations that are creating a singleton object, this method should try to avoid singleton creation as far as possible; it should rather estimate the type in advance. For prototypes, returning a meaningful type here is advisable too.

This method can be called before this FactoryBean has been fully initialized. It must not rely on state created during initialization; of course, it can still use such state if available.

NOTE: Autowiring will simply ignore FactoryBeans that return null here. Therefore it is highly recommended to implement this method properly, using the current state of the FactoryBean.

Is the object managed by this factory a singleton? That is, will getObject() always return the same object (a reference that can be cached)?

NOTE: If a FactoryBean indicates to hold a singleton object, the object returned from getObject() might get cached by the owning BeanFactory. Hence, do not return true unless the FactoryBean always exposes the same reference.

The singleton status of the FactoryBean itself will generally be provided by the owning BeanFactory; usually, it has to be defined as singleton there.

NOTE: This method returning false does not necessarily indicate that returned objects are independent instances. An implementation of the extended SmartFactoryBean interface may explicitly indicate independent instances through its isPrototype() method. Plain FactoryBean implementations which do not implement this extended interface are simply assumed to always return independent instances if the isSingleton() implementation returns false.

Specify the AdvisorAdapterRegistry to use. Default is the global AdvisorAdapterRegistry.

Callback that supplies the bean class loader to a bean instance.

Invoked after the population of normal bean properties but before an initialization callback such as InitializingBean's afterPropertiesSet() method or a custom init-method.

Set additional interceptors (or advisors) to be applied after the implicit transaction interceptor.

You may specify any AOP Alliance MethodInterceptors or other Spring AOP Advices, as well as Spring AOP Advisors.

Set additional interceptors (or advisors) to be applied before the implicit transaction interceptor, e.g. a PerformanceMonitorInterceptor.

You may specify any AOP Alliance MethodInterceptors or other Spring AOP Advices, as well as Spring AOP Advisors.

Set the ClassLoader to generate the proxy class in.

Default is the bean ClassLoader, i.e. the ClassLoader used by the containing BeanFactory for loading all bean classes. This can be overridden here for specific proxies.

Specify the set of interfaces being proxied.

If not specified (the default), the AOP infrastructure works out which interfaces need proxying by analyzing the target, proxying all the interfaces that the target object implements.

Set the target object, that is, the bean to be wrapped with a transactional proxy.

The target may be any object, in which case a SingletonTargetSource will be created. If it is a TargetSource, no wrapper TargetSource is created: This enables the use of a pooling or prototype TargetSource etc.

Create the "main" interceptor for this proxy factory bean. Typically an Advisor, but can also be any type of Advice.

Pre-interceptors will be applied before, post-interceptors will be applied after this interceptor.

Determine a TargetSource for the given target (or TargetSource).