1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2007 the original author or authors. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package org.springframework.beans.factory.support; 18 19 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition; 20 21 /** 22 * Strategy interface for generating bean names for bean definitions. 23 * 24 * @author Juergen Hoeller 25 * @since 2.0.3 26 */ 27 public interface BeanNameGenerator { 28 29 /** 30 * Generate a bean name for the given bean definition. 31 * @param definition the bean definition to generate a name for 32 * @param registry the bean definition registry that the given definition 33 * is supposed to be registered with 34 * @return the generated bean name 35 */ 36 String generateBeanName(BeanDefinition definition, BeanDefinitionRegistry registry); 37 38 } 39