Spring Framework example source code file (Scope.java)

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The Spring Framework Scope.java source code

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package org.springframework.beans.factory.config;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectFactory;

/**
 * Strategy interface used by a {@link ConfigurableBeanFactory},
 * representing a target scope to hold bean instances in.
 * This allows for extending the BeanFactory's standard scopes
 * {@link ConfigurableBeanFactory#SCOPE_SINGLETON "singleton"} and
 * {@link ConfigurableBeanFactory#SCOPE_PROTOTYPE "prototype"}
 * with custom further scopes, registered for a
 * {@link ConfigurableBeanFactory#registerScope(String, Scope) specific key}.
 *
 * <p>{@link org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext} implementations
 * such as a {@link org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext}
 * may register additional standard scopes specific to their environment,
 * e.g. {@link org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext#SCOPE_REQUEST "request"}
 * and {@link org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext#SCOPE_SESSION "session"},
 * based on this Scope SPI.
 *
 * <p>Even if its primary use is for extended scopes in a web environment,
 * this SPI is completely generic: It provides the ability to get and put
 * objects from any underlying storage mechanism, such as an HTTP session
 * or a custom conversation mechanism. The name passed into this class's
 * <code>get and remove methods will identify the
 * target object in the current scope.
 *
 * <p>Scope implementations are expected to be thread-safe.
 * One <code>Scope instance can be used with multiple bean factories
 * at the same time, if desired (unless it explicitly wants to be aware of
 * the containing BeanFactory), with any number of threads accessing
 * the <code>Scope concurrently from any number of factories.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Rob Harrop
 * @since 2.0
 * @see ConfigurableBeanFactory#registerScope
 * @see CustomScopeConfigurer
 * @see org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedProxyFactoryBean
 * @see org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestScope
 * @see org.springframework.web.context.request.SessionScope
 */
public interface Scope {

	/**
	 * Return the object with the given name from the underlying scope,
	 * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectFactory#getObject() creating it}
	 * if not found in the underlying storage mechanism.
	 * <p>This is the central operation of a Scope, and the only operation
	 * that is absolutely required.
	 * @param name the name of the object to retrieve
	 * @param objectFactory the {@link ObjectFactory} to use to create the scoped
	 * object if it is not present in the underlying storage mechanism
	 * @return the desired object (never <code>null)
	 */
	Object get(String name, ObjectFactory objectFactory);

	/**
	 * Remove the object with the given <code>name from the underlying scope.
	 * <p>Returns null if no object was found; otherwise
	 * returns the removed <code>Object.
	 * <p>Note that an implementation should also remove a registered destruction
	 * callback for the specified object, if any. It does, however, <i>not
	 * need to <i>execute a registered destruction callback in this case,
	 * since the object will be destroyed by the caller (if appropriate).
	 * <p>Note: This is an optional operation. Implementations may throw
	 * {@link UnsupportedOperationException} if they do not support explicitly
	 * removing an object.
	 * @param name the name of the object to remove
	 * @return the removed object, or <code>null if no object was present
	 * @see #registerDestructionCallback
	 */
	Object remove(String name);

	/**
	 * Register a callback to be executed on destruction of the specified
	 * object in the scope (or at destruction of the entire scope, if the
	 * scope does not destroy individual objects but rather only terminates
	 * in its entirety).
	 * <p>Note: This is an optional operation. This method will only
	 * be called for scoped beans with actual destruction configuration
	 * (DisposableBean, destroy-method, DestructionAwareBeanPostProcessor).
	 * Implementations should do their best to execute a given callback
	 * at the appropriate time. If such a callback is not supported by the
	 * underlying runtime environment at all, the callback <i>must be
	 * ignored and a corresponding warning should be logged</i>.
	 * <p>Note that 'destruction' refers to to automatic destruction of
	 * the object as part of the scope's own lifecycle, not to the individual
	 * scoped object having been explicitly removed by the application.
	 * If a scoped object gets removed via this facade's {@link #remove(String)}
	 * method, any registered destruction callback should be removed as well,
	 * assuming that the removed object will be reused or manually destroyed.
	 * @param name the name of the object to execute the destruction callback for
	 * @param callback the destruction callback to be executed.
	 * Note that the passed-in Runnable will never throw an exception,
	 * so it can safely be executed without an enclosing try-catch block.
	 * Furthermore, the Runnable will usually be serializable, provided
	 * that its target object is serializable as well.
	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean
	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition#getDestroyMethodName()
	 * @see DestructionAwareBeanPostProcessor
	 */
	void registerDestructionCallback(String name, Runnable callback);

	/**
	 * Return the <em>conversation ID for the current underlying scope, if any.
	 * <p>The exact meaning of the conversation ID depends on the underlying
	 * storage mechanism. In the case of session-scoped objects, the
	 * conversation ID would typically be equal to (or derived from) the
	 * {@link javax.servlet.http.HttpSession#getId() session ID}; in the
	 * case of a custom conversation that sits within the overall session,
	 * the specific ID for the current conversation would be appropriate.
	 * <p>Note: This is an optional operation. It is perfectly valid to
	 * return <code>null in an implementation of this method if the
	 * underlying storage mechanism has no obvious candidate for such an ID.
	 * @return the conversation ID, or <code>null if there is no
	 * conversation ID for the current scope
	 */
	String getConversationId();

}