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package org.springframework.beans.factory.wiring;

/**
 * Strategy interface to be implemented by objects than can resolve bean name
 * information, given a newly instantiated bean object. Invocations to the
 * {@link #resolveWiringInfo} method on this interface will be driven by
 * the AspectJ pointcut in the relevant concrete aspect.
 *
 * <p>Metadata resolution strategy can be pluggable. A good default is
 * {@link ClassNameBeanWiringInfoResolver}, which uses the fully-qualified
 * class name as bean name.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @since 2.0
 * @see BeanWiringInfo
 * @see ClassNameBeanWiringInfoResolver
 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AnnotationBeanWiringInfoResolver
 */
public interface BeanWiringInfoResolver {

	/**
	 * Resolve the BeanWiringInfo for the given bean instance.
	 * @param beanInstance the bean instance to resolve info for
	 * @return the BeanWiringInfo, or {@code null} if not found
	 */
	BeanWiringInfo resolveWiringInfo(Object beanInstance);

}
