AliasRegistry (Spring Framework 5.2.12.RELEASE API)

All Known Subinterfaces:
BeanDefinitionRegistry
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory, AbstractBeanFactory, AnnotationConfigApplicationContext, DefaultListableBeanFactory, DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry, FactoryBeanRegistrySupport, GenericApplicationContext, GenericGroovyApplicationContext, GenericWebApplicationContext, GenericXmlApplicationContext, ResourceAdapterApplicationContext, SimpleAliasRegistry, SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry, StaticApplicationContext, StaticWebApplicationContext, XmlBeanFactory
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public interface AliasRegistry
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Common interface for managing aliases. Serves as a super-interface for BeanDefinitionRegistry.
Since:
2.5.2
Author:
Juergen Hoeller

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String[]`	`getAliases(String name)`	Return the aliases for the given name, if defined.
`boolean`	`isAlias(String name)`	Determine whether the given name is defined as an alias (as opposed to the name of an actually registered component).
`void`	`registerAlias(String name, String alias)`	Given a name, register an alias for it.
`void`	`removeAlias(String alias)`	Remove the specified alias from this registry.

- Method Detail
  - registerAlias
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void registerAlias(String name,
                   String alias)
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    Given a name, register an alias for it.
    Parameters:
    name - the canonical name
    alias - the alias to be registered
    Throws:
    IllegalStateException - if the alias is already in use and may not be overridden
  - removeAlias
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void removeAlias(String alias)
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    Remove the specified alias from this registry.
    Parameters:
    alias - the alias to remove
    Throws:
    IllegalStateException - if no such alias was found
  - isAlias
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boolean isAlias(String name)
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    Determine whether the given name is defined as an alias (as opposed to the name of an actually registered component).
    Parameters:
    name - the name to check
    Returns:
    whether the given name is an alias
  - getAliases
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String[] getAliases(String name)
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    Return the aliases for the given name, if defined.
    Parameters:
    name - the name to check for aliases
    Returns:
    the aliases, or an empty array if none