IBeansConfigRegistrationSupport.java

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package org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.model.process;

import java.util.Collection;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.AliasDefinition;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.ComponentDefinition;
import org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.internal.model.BeansConfig;
import org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.model.IBean;
import org.springframework.ide.eclipse.beans.core.model.IBeansConfig;

/**
 * Utility that provides methods to register elements with the {@link BeansConfig}.
 * @author Christian Dupuis
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface IBeansConfigRegistrationSupport {

	/**
	 * Returns a set if {@link IBean} that should be post processed.
	 * @return
	 */
	Collection<IBean> getBeans();

	/**
	 * Register a new {@link ComponentDefinition} with the {@link IBeansConfig}.
	 * @param componentDefinition the {@link ComponentDefinition} to register.
	 */
	void registerComponent(ComponentDefinition componentDefinition);

	/**
	 * Register a new {@link AliasDefinition} with the {@link IBeansConfig}.
	 * @param aliasDefinition the {@link AliasDefinition} to register.
	 */
	void registerAlias(AliasDefinition aliasDefinition);

}