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package org.springframework.beans.factory.support;
import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanFactoryPostProcessor;
/**
* Extension to the standard {@link BeanFactoryPostProcessor} SPI, allowing for
* the registration of further bean definitions <i>before</i> regular
* BeanFactoryPostProcessor detection kicks in. In particular,
* BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor may register further bean definitions
* which in turn define BeanFactoryPostProcessor instances.
*
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @since 3.0.1
* @see org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor
*/
public interface BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor extends BeanFactoryPostProcessor {
/**
* Modify the application context's internal bean definition registry after its
* standard initialization. All regular bean definitions will have been loaded,
* but no beans will have been instantiated yet. This allows for adding further
* bean definitions before the next post-processing phase kicks in.
* @param registry the bean definition registry used by the application context
* @throws org.springframework.beans.BeansException in case of errors
*/
void postProcessBeanDefinitionRegistry(BeanDefinitionRegistry registry) throws BeansException;
}