001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package org.springframework.beans.factory; 018 019/** 020 * Counterpart of {@link BeanNameAware}. Returns the bean name of an object. 021 * 022 * <p>This interface can be introduced to avoid a brittle dependence on 023 * bean name in objects used with Spring IoC and Spring AOP. 024 * 025 * @author Rod Johnson 026 * @since 2.0 027 * @see BeanNameAware 028 */ 029public interface NamedBean { 030 031 /** 032 * Return the name of this bean in a Spring bean factory, if known. 033 */ 034 String getBeanName(); 035 036}