Package org.springframework.beans.factory.access
Helper infrastructure to locate and access bean factories.
Note: This package is only relevant for special sharing of bean factories, for example behind EJB facades. It is not used in a typical web application or standalone application.
Interface Summary Interface Description BeanFactoryLocator Defines a contract for the lookup, use, and release of aBeanFactory
, or aBeanFactory
subclass such as anApplicationContext
.BeanFactoryReference Used to track a reference to aBeanFactory
obtained through aBeanFactoryLocator
.Class Summary Class Description SingletonBeanFactoryLocator Keyed-singleton implementation ofBeanFactoryLocator
, which accesses shared SpringBeanFactory
instances.Exception Summary Exception Description BootstrapException Exception thrown if a bean factory could not be loaded by a bootstrap class.