Class AutowireCandidateQualifier

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.core.AttributeAccessorSupport

org.springframework.beans.BeanMetadataAttributeAccessor

org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AutowireCandidateQualifier

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, BeanMetadataElement, AttributeAccessor

public class AutowireCandidateQualifier
extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccessor

Qualifier for resolving autowire candidates. A bean definition that includes one or more such qualifiers enables fine-grained matching against annotations on a field or parameter to be autowired.

Since:

2.5

Author:

Mark Fisher, Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

• Qualifier
• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	VALUE_KEY	The name of the key used to store the value.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AutowireCandidateQualifier(Class<?> type)	Construct a qualifier to match against an annotation of the given type.
AutowireCandidateQualifier(Class<?> type, Object value)	Construct a qualifier to match against an annotation of the given type whose value attribute also matches the specified value.
AutowireCandidateQualifier(String typeName)	Construct a qualifier to match against an annotation of the given type name.
AutowireCandidateQualifier(String typeName, Object value)	Construct a qualifier to match against an annotation of the given type name whose value attribute also matches the specified value.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getTypeName()	Retrieve the type name.

Methods inherited from class BeanMetadataAttributeAccessor

addMetadataAttribute, getAttribute, getMetadataAttribute, getSource, removeAttribute, setAttribute, setSource

Methods inherited from class AttributeAccessorSupport

attributeNames, computeAttribute, copyAttributesFrom, equals, hasAttribute, hashCode

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

VALUE_KEY

public static final String VALUE_KEY

The name of the key used to store the value.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

AutowireCandidateQualifier

public AutowireCandidateQualifier(Class<?> type)

Construct a qualifier to match against an annotation of the given type.

Parameters:

type - the annotation type

AutowireCandidateQualifier

public AutowireCandidateQualifier(String typeName)

Construct a qualifier to match against an annotation of the given type name.

The type name may match the fully-qualified class name of the annotation or the short class name (without the package).

Parameters:

typeName - the name of the annotation type

AutowireCandidateQualifier

public AutowireCandidateQualifier(Class<?> type,
 Object value)

Construct a qualifier to match against an annotation of the given type whose value attribute also matches the specified value.

Parameters:

type - the annotation type

value - the annotation value to match

AutowireCandidateQualifier

public AutowireCandidateQualifier(String typeName,
 Object value)

Construct a qualifier to match against an annotation of the given type name whose value attribute also matches the specified value.

The type name may match the fully-qualified class name of the annotation or the short class name (without the package).

Parameters:

typeName - the name of the annotation type

value - the annotation value to match

Method Details

getTypeName

public String getTypeName()

Retrieve the type name. This value will be the same as the type name provided to the constructor or the fully-qualified class name if a Class instance was provided to the constructor.