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016
017package org.springframework.beans.factory.support;
018
019import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
020
021/**
022 * Strategy interface for generating bean names for bean definitions.
023 *
024 * @author Juergen Hoeller
025 * @since 2.0.3
026 */
027public interface BeanNameGenerator {
028
029        /**
030         * Generate a bean name for the given bean definition.
031         * @param definition the bean definition to generate a name for
032         * @param registry the bean definition registry that the given definition
033         * is supposed to be registered with
034         * @return the generated bean name
035         */
036        String generateBeanName(BeanDefinition definition, BeanDefinitionRegistry registry);
037
038}