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package org.springframework.beans.factory.xml;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
/**
* Interface used by the {@link DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader} to handle custom,
* top-level (directly under {@code
Implementations are free to turn the metadata in the custom tag into as many * {@link BeanDefinition BeanDefinitions} as required. * *
The parser locates a {@link BeanDefinitionParser} from the associated * {@link NamespaceHandler} for the namespace in which the custom tag resides. * * @author Rob Harrop * @since 2.0 * @see NamespaceHandler * @see AbstractBeanDefinitionParser */ public interface BeanDefinitionParser { /** * Parse the specified {@link Element} and register the resulting * {@link BeanDefinition BeanDefinition(s)} with the * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext#getRegistry() BeanDefinitionRegistry} * embedded in the supplied {@link ParserContext}. *
Implementations must return the primary {@link BeanDefinition} that results
* from the parse if they will ever be used in a nested fashion (for example as
* an inner tag in a {@code