ImportSelector (Spring Framework 5.2.12.RELEASE API)

All Known Subinterfaces:
DeferredImportSelector
All Known Implementing Classes:
AdviceModeImportSelector, AsyncConfigurationSelector, CachingConfigurationSelector, TransactionManagementConfigurationSelector
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public interface ImportSelector
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Interface to be implemented by types that determine which @Configuration class(es) should be imported based on a given selection criteria, usually one or more annotation attributes.
An ImportSelector may implement any of the following Aware interfaces, and their respective methods will be called prior to selectImports(org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata):
Alternatively, the class may provide a single constructor with one or more of the following supported parameter types:
ImportSelector implementations are usually processed in the same way as regular @Import annotations, however, it is also possible to defer selection of imports until all @Configuration classes have been processed (see DeferredImportSelector for details).
Since:
3.1
Author:
Chris Beams, Juergen Hoeller
See Also:
DeferredImportSelector, Import, ImportBeanDefinitionRegistrar, Configuration

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default Predicate<String>`	`getExclusionFilter()`	Return a predicate for excluding classes from the import candidates, to be transitively applied to all classes found through this selector's imports.
`String[]`	`selectImports(AnnotationMetadata importingClassMetadata)`	Select and return the names of which class(es) should be imported based on the `AnnotationMetadata` of the importing @`Configuration` class.

- Method Detail
  - selectImports
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String[] selectImports(AnnotationMetadata importingClassMetadata)
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    Select and return the names of which class(es) should be imported based on the AnnotationMetadata of the importing @Configuration class.
    Returns:
    the class names, or an empty array if none
  - getExclusionFilter
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@Nullable
default Predicate<String> getExclusionFilter()
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    Return a predicate for excluding classes from the import candidates, to be transitively applied to all classes found through this selector's imports.
    If this predicate returns true for a given fully-qualified class name, said class will not be considered as an imported configuration class, bypassing class file loading as well as metadata introspection.
    Returns:
    the filter predicate for fully-qualified candidate class names of transitively imported configuration classes, or null if none
    Since:
    5.2.4