IFactoryBeanTypeResolver.java

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package org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.autowire;

import org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.model.IBean;

/**
 * Interface to allow extensions to contribute type resolvers for factory beans..
 * This is useful for cases where the type of the produced bean cannot be inferred
 * directly from the factory bean class.
 * 
 * @author Martin Lippert
 * @since 3.3.0
 */
public interface IFactoryBeanTypeResolver {
	
	public Class<?> resolveBeanTypeFromFactory(IBean factoryBean, Class<?> factoryBeanClass);

}