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16
17 package org.springframework.beans.factory;
18
19 /**
20  * Interface to be implemented by beans that want to be aware of their
21  * bean name in a bean factory. Note that it is not usually recommended
22  * that an object depend on its bean name, as this represents a potentially
23  * brittle dependence on external configuration, as well as a possibly
24  * unnecessary dependence on a Spring API.
25  *
26  * <p>For a list of all bean lifecycle methods, see the
27  * {@link BeanFactory BeanFactory javadocs}.
28  *
29  * @author Juergen Hoeller
30  * @since 01.11.2003
31  * @see BeanClassLoaderAware
32  * @see BeanFactoryAware
33  * @see InitializingBean
34  */
35 public interface BeanNameAware {
36
37     /**
38      * Set the name of the bean in the bean factory that created this bean.
39      * <p>Invoked after population of normal bean properties but before an
40      * init callback such as {@link InitializingBean#afterPropertiesSet()}
41      * or a custom init-method.
42      * @param name the name of the bean in the factory.
43      * Note that this name is the actual bean name used in the factory, which may
44      * differ from the originally specified name: in particular for inner bean
45      * names, the actual bean name might have been made unique through appending
46      * "#..." suffixes. Use the {@link BeanFactoryUtils#originalBeanName(String)}
47      * method to extract the original bean name (without suffix), if desired.
48      */
49     void setBeanName(String JavaDoc name);
50
51 }
52
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