public class

ConversionServiceFactoryBean

extends Object
implements FactoryBean<T> InitializingBean
java.lang.Object
   ↳ org.springframework.context.support.ConversionServiceFactoryBean

Class Overview

A factory providing convenient access to a ConversionService configured with converters appropriate for most environments. Set the "converters" property to supplement the default converters.

This implementation creates a DefaultConversionService. Subclasses may override createConversionService() in order to return a GenericConversionService instance of their choosing.

Like all FactoryBean implementations, this class is suitable for use when configuring a Spring application context using Spring <beans> XML. When configuring the container with @Configuration classes, simply instantiate, configure and return the appropriate ConversionService object from a @Bean method.

Summary

Public Constructors
ConversionServiceFactoryBean()
Public Methods
void afterPropertiesSet()
Invoked by a BeanFactory after it has set all bean properties supplied (and satisfied BeanFactoryAware and ApplicationContextAware).
ConversionService getObject()
Return an instance (possibly shared or independent) of the object managed by this factory.
Class<? extends ConversionService> getObjectType()
Return the type of object that this FactoryBean creates, or null if not known in advance.
boolean isSingleton()
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.

void setConverters(Set<?> converters)
Configure the set of custom converter objects that should be added: implementing Converter, ConverterFactory, or GenericConverter.
Protected Methods
GenericConversionService createConversionService()
Create the ConversionService instance returned by this factory bean.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object
From interface org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean
From interface org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean

Public Constructors

public ConversionServiceFactoryBean ()

Public Methods

public void afterPropertiesSet ()

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.

public ConversionService getObject ()

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.

Returns
  • an instance of the bean (can be null)

public Class<? extends ConversionService> getObjectType ()

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.

Returns
  • the type of object that this FactoryBean creates, or null if not known at the time of the call

public boolean isSingleton ()

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.

Returns
  • whether the exposed object is a singleton

public void setConverters (Set<?> converters)

Configure the set of custom converter objects that should be added: implementing Converter, ConverterFactory, or GenericConverter.

Protected Methods

protected GenericConversionService createConversionService ()

Create the ConversionService instance returned by this factory bean.

Creates a simple GenericConversionService instance by default. Subclasses may override to customize the ConversionService instance that gets created.