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/** * Base interface used by the {@link DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader} * for handling custom namespaces in a Spring XML configuration file. * * <p>Implementations are expected to return implementations of the * {@link BeanDefinitionParser} interface for custom top-level tags and * implementations of the {@link BeanDefinitionDecorator} interface for * custom nested tags. * * <p>The parser will call {@link #parse} when it encounters a custom tag * directly under the {@code <beans>} tags and {@link #decorate} when * it encounters a custom tag directly under a {@code <bean>} tag. * * <p>Developers writing their own custom element extensions typically will * not implement this interface directly, but rather make use of the provided * {@link NamespaceHandlerSupport} class. * * @author Rob Harrop * @author Erik Wiersma * @since 2.0 * @see DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader * @see NamespaceHandlerResolver */ publicinterfaceNamespaceHandler{
/** * Invoked by the {@link DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader} after * construction but before any custom elements are parsed. * @see NamespaceHandlerSupport#registerBeanDefinitionParser(String, BeanDefinitionParser) */ voidinit();
/** * Parse the specified {@link Element} and register any resulting * {@link BeanDefinition BeanDefinitions} with the * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry} * that is embedded in the supplied {@link ParserContext}. * <p>Implementations should return the primary {@code BeanDefinition} * that results from the parse phase if they wish to be used nested * inside (for example) a {@code <property>} tag. * <p>Implementations may return {@code null} if they will * <strong>not</strong> be used in a nested scenario. * @param element the element that is to be parsed into one or more {@code BeanDefinitions} * @param parserContext the object encapsulating the current state of the parsing process * @return the primary {@code BeanDefinition} (can be {@code null} as explained above) */ BeanDefinition parse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext);
/** * Parse the specified {@link Node} and decorate the supplied * {@link BeanDefinitionHolder}, returning the decorated definition. * <p>The {@link Node} may be either an {@link org.w3c.dom.Attr} or an * {@link Element}, depending on whether a custom attribute or element * is being parsed. * <p>Implementations may choose to return a completely new definition, * which will replace the original definition in the resulting * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory}. * <p>The supplied {@link ParserContext} can be used to register any * additional beans needed to support the main definition. * @param source the source element or attribute that is to be parsed * @param definition the current bean definition * @param parserContext the object encapsulating the current state of the parsing process * @return the decorated definition (to be registered in the BeanFactory), * or simply the original bean definition if no decoration is required. * A {@code null} value is strictly speaking invalid, but will be leniently * treated like the case where the original bean definition gets returned. */ BeanDefinitionHolder decorate(Node source, BeanDefinitionHolder definition, ParserContext parserContext);