io.micronaut.inject

Interface BeanType<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The bean type

All Superinterfaces:

AnnotationMetadataProvider, AnnotationSource, BeanContextConditional

All Known Subinterfaces:

BeanDefinition<T>, BeanDefinitionReference<T>, DelegatingBeanDefinition<T>, DisposableBeanDefinition<T>, InitializingBeanDefinition<T>, ProxyBeanDefinition<T>, ValidatedBeanDefinition<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBeanDefinition, AbstractBeanDefinitionReference, AbstractParametrizedBeanDefinition, ArgumentBeanType

public interface BeanType<T>
extends AnnotationMetadataProvider, BeanContextConditional

A reference to a bean. Implemented by bother BeanDefinitionReference and BeanDefinition.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Graeme Rocher

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface io.micronaut.core.annotation.AnnotationSource

EMPTY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Class<T>	getBeanType() Returns the bean type.
default String	getName()
boolean	isPrimary()
default boolean	requiresMethodProcessing() By default, when the BeanContext is started, the BeanDefinition.getExecutableMethods() are not processed by registered ExecutableMethodProcessor instances unless this method returns true.

Methods inherited from interface io.micronaut.core.annotation.AnnotationMetadataProvider

findAnnotation, findAnnotation, findDeclaredAnnotation, findDeclaredAnnotation, getAnnotationMetadata, isAnnotationPresent, isDeclaredAnnotationPresent, synthesize, synthesizeAll, synthesizeAnnotationsByType, synthesizeDeclared, synthesizeDeclared, synthesizeDeclaredAnnotationsByType

Methods inherited from interface io.micronaut.core.annotation.AnnotationSource

getAnnotation, getAnnotation, getDeclaredAnnotation, getDeclaredAnnotation

Methods inherited from interface io.micronaut.inject.BeanContextConditional

isEnabled

Method Detail

isPrimary

boolean isPrimary()

Returns:

Whether the bean definition is the Primary

getBeanType

Class<T> getBeanType()

Returns the bean type.

Returns:

The underlying bean type

getName

default String getName()

Returns:

The class name

requiresMethodProcessing

default boolean requiresMethodProcessing()

By default, when the BeanContext is started, the BeanDefinition.getExecutableMethods() are not processed by registered ExecutableMethodProcessor instances unless this method returns true.

Returns:

Whether the bean definition requires method processing

See Also:

Executable.processOnStartup()