Also: SpringBeans
public interface

Aware

org.springframework.beans.factory.Aware
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

Marker superinterface indicating that a bean is eligible to be notified by the Spring container of a particular framework object through a callback-style method. Actual method signature is determined by individual subinterfaces, but should typically consist of just one void-returning method that accepts a single argument.

Note that merely implementing Aware provides no default functionality. Rather, processing must be done explicitly, for example in a BeanPostProcessor. Refer to org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationContextAwareProcessor and AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory for examples of processing *Aware interface callbacks.