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public interface

BeanPostProcessor

org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor
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Class Overview

Factory hook that allows for custom modification of new bean instances, e.g. checking for marker interfaces or wrapping them with proxies.

ApplicationContexts can autodetect BeanPostProcessor beans in their bean definitions and apply them to any beans subsequently created. Plain bean factories allow for programmatic registration of post-processors, applying to all beans created through this factory.

Typically, post-processors that populate beans via marker interfaces or the like will implement postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object, String), while post-processors that wrap beans with proxies will normally implement postProcessAfterInitialization(Object, String).

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Summary

Public Methods
abstract Object postProcessAfterInitialization(Object bean, String beanName)
Apply this BeanPostProcessor to the given new bean instance after any bean initialization callbacks (like InitializingBean's afterPropertiesSet or a custom init-method).
abstract Object postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object bean, String beanName)
Apply this BeanPostProcessor to the given new bean instance before any bean initialization callbacks (like InitializingBean's afterPropertiesSet or a custom init-method).

Public Methods

public abstract Object postProcessAfterInitialization (Object bean, String beanName)

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Apply this BeanPostProcessor to the given new bean instance after any bean initialization callbacks (like InitializingBean's afterPropertiesSet or a custom init-method). The bean will already be populated with property values. The returned bean instance may be a wrapper around the original.

In case of a FactoryBean, this callback will be invoked for both the FactoryBean instance and the objects created by the FactoryBean (as of Spring 2.0). The post-processor can decide whether to apply to either the FactoryBean or created objects or both through corresponding bean instanceof FactoryBean checks.

This callback will also be invoked after a short-circuiting triggered by a postProcessBeforeInstantiation(Class, String) method, in contrast to all other BeanPostProcessor callbacks.

Parameters
bean the new bean instance
beanName the name of the bean
Returns
  • the bean instance to use, either the original or a wrapped one; if null, no subsequent BeanPostProcessors will be invoked
Throws
BeansException in case of errors
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public abstract Object postProcessBeforeInitialization (Object bean, String beanName)

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Apply this BeanPostProcessor to the given new bean instance before any bean initialization callbacks (like InitializingBean's afterPropertiesSet or a custom init-method). The bean will already be populated with property values. The returned bean instance may be a wrapper around the original.

Parameters
bean the new bean instance
beanName the name of the bean
Returns
  • the bean instance to use, either the original or a wrapped one; if null, no subsequent BeanPostProcessors will be invoked
Throws
BeansException in case of errors
See Also