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package org.springframework.beans.factory.support;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
/**
* Post-processor callback interface for <i>merged</i> bean definitions at runtime.
* {@link BeanPostProcessor} implementations may implement this sub-interface in
* order to post-process the merged bean definition that the Spring BeanFactory
* uses to create a specific bean instance.
*
* <p>The {@link #postProcessMergedBeanDefinition} method may for example introspect
* the bean definition in order to prepare some cached metadata before post-processing
* actual instances of a bean. It is also allowed to modify the bean definition
* but <i>only</i> for bean definition properties which are actually intended
* for concurrent modification. Basically, this only applies to operations
* defined on the {@link RootBeanDefinition} itself but not to the properties
* of its base classes.
*
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @since 2.5
*/
public interface MergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessor extends BeanPostProcessor {
/**
* Post-process the given merged bean definition for the specified bean.
* @param beanDefinition the merged bean definition for the bean
* @param beanType the actual type of the managed bean instance
* @param beanName the name of the bean
*/
void postProcessMergedBeanDefinition(RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition, Class beanType, String beanName);
}