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package org.springframework.core;
/**
* Extension of the {@link Ordered} interface, expressing a <em>priority</em>
* ordering: order values expressed by {@code PriorityOrdered} objects
* always apply before same order values expressed by <em>plain</em>
* {@link Ordered} objects.
*
* <p>This is primarily a special-purpose interface, used for objects where
* it is particularly important to recognize <em>prioritized</em> objects
* first, without even obtaining the remaining objects. A typical example:
* prioritized post-processors in a Spring
* {@link org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext}.
*
* <p>Note: {@code PriorityOrdered} post-processor beans are initialized in
* a special phase, ahead of other post-processor beans. This subtly
* affects their autowiring behavior: they will only be autowired against
* beans which do not require eager initialization for type matching.
*
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @since 2.5
* @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyOverrideConfigurer
* @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer
*/
public interface PriorityOrdered extends Ordered {
}