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package org.springframework.beans.factory;

/**
 * Interface to be implemented by beans that want to be aware of their
 * bean name in a bean factory. Note that it is not usually recommended
 * that an object depend on its bean name, as this represents a potentially
 * brittle dependence on external configuration, as well as a possibly
 * unnecessary dependence on a Spring API.
 *
 * <p>For a list of all bean lifecycle methods, see the
 * {@link BeanFactory BeanFactory javadocs}.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Chris Beams
 * @since 01.11.2003
 * @see BeanClassLoaderAware
 * @see BeanFactoryAware
 * @see InitializingBean
 */
public interface BeanNameAware extends Aware {

	/**
	 * Set the name of the bean in the bean factory that created this bean.
	 * <p>Invoked after population of normal bean properties but before an
	 * init callback such as {@link InitializingBean#afterPropertiesSet()}
	 * or a custom init-method.
	 * @param name the name of the bean in the factory.
	 * Note that this name is the actual bean name used in the factory, which may
	 * differ from the originally specified name: in particular for inner bean
	 * names, the actual bean name might have been made unique through appending
	 * "#..." suffixes. Use the {@link BeanFactoryUtils#originalBeanName(String)}
	 * method to extract the original bean name (without suffix), if desired.
	 */
	void setBeanName(String name);

}
