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package org.springframework.beans.factory;
/**
* Interface to be implemented by beans that want to be aware of their
* bean name in a bean factory. Note that it is not usually recommended
* that an object depend on its bean name, as this represents a potentially
* brittle dependence on external configuration, as well as a possibly
* unnecessary dependence on a Spring API.
*
* <p>For a list of all bean lifecycle methods, see the
* {@link BeanFactory BeanFactory javadocs}.
*
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @since 01.11.2003
* @see BeanClassLoaderAware
* @see BeanFactoryAware
* @see InitializingBean
*/
public interface BeanNameAware {
/**
* Set the name of the bean in the bean factory that created this bean.
* <p>Invoked after population of normal bean properties but before an
* init callback such as {@link InitializingBean#afterPropertiesSet()}
* or a custom init-method.
* @param name the name of the bean in the factory.
* Note that this name is the actual bean name used in the factory, which may
* differ from the originally specified name: in particular for inner bean
* names, the actual bean name might have been made unique through appending
* "#..." suffixes. Use the {@link BeanFactoryUtils#originalBeanName(String)}
* method to extract the original bean name (without suffix), if desired.
*/
void setBeanName(String name);
}
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