Class CompositeComponentDefinition

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.AbstractComponentDefinition

org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.CompositeComponentDefinition

All Implemented Interfaces:

BeanMetadataElement, ComponentDefinition

Direct Known Subclasses:

AspectComponentDefinition

public class CompositeComponentDefinition
extends AbstractComponentDefinition

ComponentDefinition implementation that holds one or more nested ComponentDefinition instances, aggregating them into a named group of components.

Since:

2.0.1

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

• getNestedComponents()

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CompositeComponentDefinition(String name, @Nullable Object source)	Create a new CompositeComponentDefinition.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addNestedComponent(ComponentDefinition component)	Add the given component as nested element of this composite component.
String	getName()	Get the user-visible name of this ComponentDefinition.
ComponentDefinition[]	getNestedComponents()	Return the nested components that this composite component holds.
@Nullable Object	getSource()	Return the configuration source Object for this metadata element (may be null).

Methods inherited from class AbstractComponentDefinition

getBeanDefinitions, getBeanReferences, getDescription, getInnerBeanDefinitions, toString

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

CompositeComponentDefinition

public CompositeComponentDefinition(String name,
 @Nullable Object source)

Create a new CompositeComponentDefinition.

Parameters:

name - the name of the composite component

source - the source element that defines the root of the composite component

Method Details

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: ComponentDefinition

Get the user-visible name of this ComponentDefinition.

This should link back directly to the corresponding configuration data for this component in a given context.

getSource

public @Nullable Object getSource()

Description copied from interface: BeanMetadataElement

Return the configuration source Object for this metadata element (may be null).

addNestedComponent

public void addNestedComponent(ComponentDefinition component)

Add the given component as nested element of this composite component.

Parameters:

component - the nested component to add

getNestedComponents

public ComponentDefinition[] getNestedComponents()

Return the nested components that this composite component holds.

Returns:

the array of nested components, or an empty array if none