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016
017package org.springframework.beans.factory;
018
019/**
020 * A marker superinterface indicating that a bean is eligible to be notified by the
021 * Spring container of a particular framework object through a callback-style method.
022 * The actual method signature is determined by individual subinterfaces but should
023 * typically consist of just one void-returning method that accepts a single argument.
024 *
025 * <p>Note that merely implementing {@link Aware} provides no default functionality.
026 * Rather, processing must be done explicitly, for example in a
027 * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor}.
028 * Refer to {@link org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationContextAwareProcessor}
029 * for an example of processing specific {@code *Aware} interface callbacks.
030 *
031 * @author Chris Beams
032 * @author Juergen Hoeller
033 * @since 3.1
034 */
035public interface Aware {
036
037}