gnu.beanfactory
Interface DefinitionLoader

All Known Implementing Classes:

PropertiesDefinitionLoader

public interface DefinitionLoader

Interface that defines the interface for loading bean definitions.

Version:

$Id: DefinitionLoader.java,v 1.25 2002/04/22 04:21:08 rschoening Exp $

Author:

Rob Schoening <rob@beanfactory.net>

Method Summary

BeanDefinition	getBeanDefinition(java.lang.String name) Look up a bean definition by name.
java.util.Set	getBeanDefinitionNames() Get a set of bean names.
java.util.Iterator	getConfigSources()
java.util.Properties	getProperties() Gets the configuration properties for this definition loader.

Method Detail

getBeanDefinition

public BeanDefinition getBeanDefinition(java.lang.String name)
                                 throws BeanFactoryException

Look up a bean definition by name.

getBeanDefinitionNames

public java.util.Set getBeanDefinitionNames()

Get a set of bean names.

getProperties

public java.util.Properties getProperties()

Gets the configuration properties for this definition loader.

getConfigSources

public java.util.Iterator getConfigSources()