org.springframework.beans.factory.xml

## Class BeanDefinitionParserDelegate

- java.lang.Object
- - org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParserDelegate

-     public class BeanDefinitionParserDelegate
      extends Object

  Stateful delegate class used to parse XML bean definitions. Intended for use by both the main parser and any extension `BeanDefinitionParsers` or `BeanDefinitionDecorators`.
  Since:
    2.0
  Author:
    Rob Harrop, Juergen Hoeller, Rod Johnson, Mark Fisher, Gary Russell
  See Also:
    `ParserContext`, `DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader`

- - ### Field Summary

    Fields
    Modifier and Type | Field and Description
    --- | ---
    `static String` | `ABSTRACT_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `ARG_TYPE_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `ARG_TYPE_MATCH_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `ARRAY_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `AUTOWIRE_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `AUTOWIRE_AUTODETECT_VALUE`
    `static String` | `AUTOWIRE_BY_NAME_VALUE`
    `static String` | `AUTOWIRE_BY_TYPE_VALUE`
    `static String` | `AUTOWIRE_CANDIDATE_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR_VALUE`
    `static String` | `AUTOWIRE_NO_VALUE`
    `static String` | `BEAN_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `BEAN_NAME_DELIMITERS` Deprecated. as of Spring 3.1 in favor of `MULTI_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE_DELIMITERS`
    `static String` | `BEAN_REF_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `BEANS_NAMESPACE_URI`
    `static String` | `CLASS_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `CONSTRUCTOR_ARG_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `DEFAULT_AUTOWIRE_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `DEFAULT_AUTOWIRE_CANDIDATES_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `DEFAULT_DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `DEFAULT_DESTROY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `DEFAULT_INIT_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `DEFAULT_LAZY_INIT_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `DEFAULT_MERGE_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `DEFAULT_VALUE`
    `static String` | `DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ALL_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE`
    `static String` | `DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `DEPENDENCY_CHECK_OBJECTS_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE`
    `static String` | `DEPENDENCY_CHECK_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE`
    `static String` | `DEPENDS_ON_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `DESCRIPTION_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `DESTROY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `ENTRY_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `FACTORY_BEAN_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `FACTORY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `FALSE_VALUE`
    `static String` | `ID_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `IDREF_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `INDEX_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `INIT_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `KEY_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `KEY_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `KEY_REF_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `KEY_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `LAZY_INIT_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `LIST_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `LOCAL_REF_ATTRIBUTE`
    `protected Log` | `logger`
    `static String` | `LOOKUP_METHOD_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `MAP_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `MERGE_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `META_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `MULTI_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE_DELIMITERS`
    `static String` | `NAME_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `NULL_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `PARENT_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `PARENT_REF_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `PRIMARY_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `PROP_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `PROPERTY_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `PROPS_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `QUALIFIER_ATTRIBUTE_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `QUALIFIER_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `REF_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `REF_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `REPLACED_METHOD_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `REPLACER_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `SCOPE_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `SET_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `SINGLETON_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `TRUE_VALUE` Value of a T/F attribute that represents true.
    `static String` | `TYPE_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `VALUE_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `VALUE_ELEMENT`
    `static String` | `VALUE_REF_ATTRIBUTE`
    `static String` | `VALUE_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `BeanDefinitionParserDelegate(XmlReaderContext readerContext)` Deprecated. since Spring 3.1 in favor of `BeanDefinitionParserDelegate(XmlReaderContext, Environment)`
    `BeanDefinitionParserDelegate(XmlReaderContext readerContext, Environment environment)` Create a new BeanDefinitionParserDelegate associated with the supplied `XmlReaderContext` and `Environment`.

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected TypedStringValue` | `buildTypedStringValue(String value, String targetTypeName)` Build a typed String value Object for the given raw value.
    `protected Object` | `buildTypedStringValueForMap(String value, String defaultTypeName, Element entryEle)` Build a typed String value Object for the given raw value.
    `protected void` | `checkNameUniqueness(String beanName, List<String> aliases, Element beanElement)` Validate that the specified bean name and aliases have not been used already within the current level of beans element nesting.
    `protected AbstractBeanDefinition` | `createBeanDefinition(String className, String parentName)` Create a bean definition for the given class name and parent name.
    `BeanDefinitionHolder` | `decorateBeanDefinitionIfRequired(Element ele, BeanDefinitionHolder definitionHolder)`
    `BeanDefinitionHolder` | `decorateBeanDefinitionIfRequired(Element ele, BeanDefinitionHolder definitionHolder, BeanDefinition containingBd)`
    `protected void` | `error(String message, Element source)` Report an error with the given message for the given source element.
    `protected void` | `error(String message, Element source, Throwable cause)` Report an error with the given message for the given source element.
    `protected void` | `error(String message, Node source)` Report an error with the given message for the given source element.
    `protected Object` | `extractSource(Element ele)` Invoke the `SourceExtractor` to pull the source metadata from the supplied `Element`.
    `String[]` | `getAutowireCandidatePatterns()` Return any patterns provided in the 'default-autowire-candidates' attribute of the top-level `<beans/>` element.
    `int` | `getAutowireMode(String attValue)`
    `BeanDefinitionDefaults` | `getBeanDefinitionDefaults()` Return the default settings for bean definitions as indicated within the attributes of the top-level `<beans/>` element.
    `DocumentDefaultsDefinition` | `getDefaults()` Return the defaults definition object, or `null` if the defaults have been initialized yet.
    `int` | `getDependencyCheck(String attValue)`
    `Environment` | `getEnvironment()` Get the `Environment` associated with this helper instance.
    `String` | `getLocalName(Node node)` Ges the local name for the supplied `Node`.
    `String` | `getNamespaceURI(Node node)` Get the namespace URI for the supplied node.
    `XmlReaderContext` | `getReaderContext()` Get the `XmlReaderContext` associated with this helper instance.
    `void` | `initDefaults(Element root)` Deprecated. in Spring 3.1 in favor of `initDefaults(Element, BeanDefinitionParserDelegate)`
    `void` | `initDefaults(Element root, BeanDefinitionParserDelegate parent)` Initialize the default lazy-init, autowire, dependency check settings, init-method, destroy-method and merge settings.
    `boolean` | `isDefaultNamespace(Node node)`
    `boolean` | `isDefaultNamespace(String namespaceUri)`
    `boolean` | `nodeNameEquals(Node node, String desiredName)` Determine whether the name of the supplied node is equal to the supplied name.
    `Object` | `parseArrayElement(Element arrayEle, BeanDefinition bd)` Parse an array element.
    `AbstractBeanDefinition` | `parseBeanDefinitionAttributes(Element ele, String beanName, BeanDefinition containingBean, AbstractBeanDefinition bd)` Apply the attributes of the given bean element to the given bean * definition.
    `BeanDefinitionHolder` | `parseBeanDefinitionElement(Element ele)` Parses the supplied `<bean>` element.
    `BeanDefinitionHolder` | `parseBeanDefinitionElement(Element ele, BeanDefinition containingBean)` Parses the supplied `<bean>` element.
    `AbstractBeanDefinition` | `parseBeanDefinitionElement(Element ele, String beanName, BeanDefinition containingBean)` Parse the bean definition itself, without regard to name or aliases.
    `protected void` | `parseCollectionElements(NodeList elementNodes, Collection<Object> target, BeanDefinition bd, String defaultElementType)`
    `void` | `parseConstructorArgElement(Element ele, BeanDefinition bd)` Parse a constructor-arg element.
    `void` | `parseConstructorArgElements(Element beanEle, BeanDefinition bd)` Parse constructor-arg sub-elements of the given bean element.
    `BeanDefinition` | `parseCustomElement(Element ele)`
    `BeanDefinition` | `parseCustomElement(Element ele, BeanDefinition containingBd)`
    `Object` | `parseIdRefElement(Element ele)` Return a typed String value Object for the given 'idref' element.
    `protected Object` | `parseKeyElement(Element keyEle, BeanDefinition bd, String defaultKeyTypeName)` Parse a key sub-element of a map element.
    `List` | `parseListElement(Element collectionEle, BeanDefinition bd)` Parse a list element.
    `void` | `parseLookupOverrideSubElements(Element beanEle, MethodOverrides overrides)` Parse lookup-override sub-elements of the given bean element.
    `Map` | `parseMapElement(Element mapEle, BeanDefinition bd)` Parse a map element.
    `boolean` | `parseMergeAttribute(Element collectionElement)` Parse the merge attribute of a collection element, if any.
    `void` | `parseMetaElements(Element ele, BeanMetadataAttributeAccessor attributeAccessor)`
    `void` | `parsePropertyElement(Element ele, BeanDefinition bd)` Parse a property element.
    `void` | `parsePropertyElements(Element beanEle, BeanDefinition bd)` Parse property sub-elements of the given bean element.
    `Object` | `parsePropertySubElement(Element ele, BeanDefinition bd)`
    `Object` | `parsePropertySubElement(Element ele, BeanDefinition bd, String defaultValueType)` Parse a value, ref or collection sub-element of a property or constructor-arg element.
    `Object` | `parsePropertyValue(Element ele, BeanDefinition bd, String propertyName)` Get the value of a property element.
    `Properties` | `parsePropsElement(Element propsEle)` Parse a props element.
    `void` | `parseQualifierElement(Element ele, AbstractBeanDefinition bd)` Parse a qualifier element.
    `void` | `parseQualifierElements(Element beanEle, AbstractBeanDefinition bd)` Parse qualifier sub-elements of the given bean element.
    `void` | `parseReplacedMethodSubElements(Element beanEle, MethodOverrides overrides)` Parse replaced-method sub-elements of the given bean element.
    `Set` | `parseSetElement(Element collectionEle, BeanDefinition bd)` Parse a set element.
    `Object` | `parseValueElement(Element ele, String defaultTypeName)` Return a typed String value Object for the given value element.
    `protected void` | `populateDefaults(DocumentDefaultsDefinition defaults, DocumentDefaultsDefinition parentDefaults, Element root)` Populate the given DocumentDefaultsDefinition instance with the default lazy-init, autowire, dependency check settings, init-method, destroy-method and merge settings.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Field Detail

    - #### BEANS_NAMESPACE_URI

          public static final String BEANS_NAMESPACE_URI

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### MULTI_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE_DELIMITERS

          public static final String MULTI_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE_DELIMITERS

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### BEAN_NAME_DELIMITERS

          public static final String BEAN_NAME_DELIMITERS

      Deprecated. as of Spring 3.1 in favor of `MULTI_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE_DELIMITERS`
      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### TRUE_VALUE

          public static final String TRUE_VALUE

      Value of a T/F attribute that represents true. Anything else represents false. Case seNsItive.
      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### FALSE_VALUE

          public static final String FALSE_VALUE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### DEFAULT_VALUE

          public static final String DEFAULT_VALUE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### DESCRIPTION_ELEMENT

          public static final String DESCRIPTION_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### AUTOWIRE_NO_VALUE

          public static final String AUTOWIRE_NO_VALUE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### AUTOWIRE_BY_NAME_VALUE

          public static final String AUTOWIRE_BY_NAME_VALUE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### AUTOWIRE_BY_TYPE_VALUE

          public static final String AUTOWIRE_BY_TYPE_VALUE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR_VALUE

          public static final String AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR_VALUE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### AUTOWIRE_AUTODETECT_VALUE

          public static final String AUTOWIRE_AUTODETECT_VALUE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ALL_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE

          public static final String DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ALL_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### DEPENDENCY_CHECK_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE

          public static final String DEPENDENCY_CHECK_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### DEPENDENCY_CHECK_OBJECTS_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE

          public static final String DEPENDENCY_CHECK_OBJECTS_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### NAME_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String NAME_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### BEAN_ELEMENT

          public static final String BEAN_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### META_ELEMENT

          public static final String META_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### ID_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String ID_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### PARENT_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String PARENT_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### CLASS_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String CLASS_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### ABSTRACT_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String ABSTRACT_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### SCOPE_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String SCOPE_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### SINGLETON_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String SINGLETON_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### LAZY_INIT_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String LAZY_INIT_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### AUTOWIRE_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String AUTOWIRE_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### AUTOWIRE_CANDIDATE_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String AUTOWIRE_CANDIDATE_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### PRIMARY_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String PRIMARY_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### DEPENDS_ON_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String DEPENDS_ON_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### INIT_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String INIT_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### DESTROY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String DESTROY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### FACTORY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String FACTORY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### FACTORY_BEAN_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String FACTORY_BEAN_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### CONSTRUCTOR_ARG_ELEMENT

          public static final String CONSTRUCTOR_ARG_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### INDEX_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String INDEX_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### TYPE_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String TYPE_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### VALUE_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String VALUE_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### KEY_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String KEY_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### PROPERTY_ELEMENT

          public static final String PROPERTY_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### REF_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String REF_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### VALUE_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String VALUE_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### LOOKUP_METHOD_ELEMENT

          public static final String LOOKUP_METHOD_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### REPLACED_METHOD_ELEMENT

          public static final String REPLACED_METHOD_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### REPLACER_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String REPLACER_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### ARG_TYPE_ELEMENT

          public static final String ARG_TYPE_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### ARG_TYPE_MATCH_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String ARG_TYPE_MATCH_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### REF_ELEMENT

          public static final String REF_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### IDREF_ELEMENT

          public static final String IDREF_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### BEAN_REF_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String BEAN_REF_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### LOCAL_REF_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String LOCAL_REF_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### PARENT_REF_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String PARENT_REF_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### VALUE_ELEMENT

          public static final String VALUE_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### NULL_ELEMENT

          public static final String NULL_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### ARRAY_ELEMENT

          public static final String ARRAY_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### LIST_ELEMENT

          public static final String LIST_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### SET_ELEMENT

          public static final String SET_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### MAP_ELEMENT

          public static final String MAP_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### ENTRY_ELEMENT

          public static final String ENTRY_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### KEY_ELEMENT

          public static final String KEY_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### KEY_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String KEY_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### KEY_REF_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String KEY_REF_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### VALUE_REF_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String VALUE_REF_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### PROPS_ELEMENT

          public static final String PROPS_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### PROP_ELEMENT

          public static final String PROP_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### MERGE_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String MERGE_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### QUALIFIER_ELEMENT

          public static final String QUALIFIER_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### QUALIFIER_ATTRIBUTE_ELEMENT

          public static final String QUALIFIER_ATTRIBUTE_ELEMENT

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### DEFAULT_LAZY_INIT_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String DEFAULT_LAZY_INIT_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### DEFAULT_MERGE_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String DEFAULT_MERGE_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### DEFAULT_AUTOWIRE_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String DEFAULT_AUTOWIRE_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### DEFAULT_DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String DEFAULT_DEPENDENCY_CHECK_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### DEFAULT_AUTOWIRE_CANDIDATES_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String DEFAULT_AUTOWIRE_CANDIDATES_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### DEFAULT_INIT_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String DEFAULT_INIT_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### DEFAULT_DESTROY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE

          public static final String DEFAULT_DESTROY_METHOD_ATTRIBUTE

      See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    - #### logger

          protected final Log logger

  - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### BeanDefinitionParserDelegate

          public BeanDefinitionParserDelegate(XmlReaderContext readerContext,
                                      Environment environment)

      Create a new BeanDefinitionParserDelegate associated with the supplied `XmlReaderContext` and `Environment`.

    - #### BeanDefinitionParserDelegate

          @Deprecated
          public BeanDefinitionParserDelegate(XmlReaderContext readerContext)

      Deprecated. since Spring 3.1 in favor of `BeanDefinitionParserDelegate(XmlReaderContext, Environment)`
      Create a new BeanDefinitionParserDelegate associated with the supplied `XmlReaderContext` and a new `StandardEnvironment`.

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getReaderContext

          public final XmlReaderContext getReaderContext()

      Get the `XmlReaderContext` associated with this helper instance.

    - #### getEnvironment

          public final Environment getEnvironment()

      Get the `Environment` associated with this helper instance.

    - #### extractSource

          protected Object extractSource(Element ele)

      Invoke the `SourceExtractor` to pull the source metadata from the supplied `Element`.

    - #### error

          protected void error(String message,
                   Node source)

      Report an error with the given message for the given source element.

    - #### error

          protected void error(String message,
                   Element source)

      Report an error with the given message for the given source element.

    - #### error

          protected void error(String message,
                   Element source,
                   Throwable cause)

      Report an error with the given message for the given source element.

    - #### initDefaults

          public void initDefaults(Element root,
                          BeanDefinitionParserDelegate parent)

      Initialize the default lazy-init, autowire, dependency check settings, init-method, destroy-method and merge settings. Support nested 'beans' element use cases by falling back to the given parent in case the defaults are not explicitly set locally.
      See Also:
        `populateDefaults(DocumentDefaultsDefinition, DocumentDefaultsDefinition, org.w3c.dom.Element)`, `getDefaults()`

    - #### initDefaults

          public void initDefaults(Element root)

      Deprecated. in Spring 3.1 in favor of `initDefaults(Element, BeanDefinitionParserDelegate)`
      Initialize the default settings assuming a `null` parent delegate.

    - #### populateDefaults

          protected void populateDefaults(DocumentDefaultsDefinition defaults,
                              DocumentDefaultsDefinition parentDefaults,
                              Element root)

      Populate the given DocumentDefaultsDefinition instance with the default lazy-init, autowire, dependency check settings, init-method, destroy-method and merge settings. Support nested 'beans' element use cases by falling back to parentDefaults in case the defaults are not explicitly set locally.
      Parameters:
        `defaults` - the defaults to populate
        `parentDefaults` - the parent BeanDefinitionParserDelegate (if any) defaults to fall back to
        `root` - the root element of the current bean definition document (or nested beans element)

    - #### getDefaults

          public DocumentDefaultsDefinition getDefaults()

      Return the defaults definition object, or `null` if the defaults have been initialized yet.

    - #### getBeanDefinitionDefaults

          public BeanDefinitionDefaults getBeanDefinitionDefaults()

      Return the default settings for bean definitions as indicated within the attributes of the top-level `<beans/>` element.

    - #### getAutowireCandidatePatterns

          public String[] getAutowireCandidatePatterns()

      Return any patterns provided in the 'default-autowire-candidates' attribute of the top-level `<beans/>` element.

    - #### parseBeanDefinitionElement

          public BeanDefinitionHolder parseBeanDefinitionElement(Element ele)

      Parses the supplied `<bean>` element. May return `null` if there were errors during parse. Errors are reported to the `ProblemReporter`.

    - #### parseBeanDefinitionElement

          public BeanDefinitionHolder parseBeanDefinitionElement(Element ele,
                                                        BeanDefinition containingBean)

      Parses the supplied `<bean>` element. May return `null` if there were errors during parse. Errors are reported to the `ProblemReporter`.

    - #### checkNameUniqueness

          protected void checkNameUniqueness(String beanName,
                                 List<String> aliases,
                                 Element beanElement)

      Validate that the specified bean name and aliases have not been used already within the current level of beans element nesting.

    - #### parseBeanDefinitionElement

          public AbstractBeanDefinition parseBeanDefinitionElement(Element ele,
                                                          String beanName,
                                                          BeanDefinition containingBean)

      Parse the bean definition itself, without regard to name or aliases. May return `null` if problems occurred during the parsing of the bean definition.

    - #### parseBeanDefinitionAttributes

          public AbstractBeanDefinition parseBeanDefinitionAttributes(Element ele,
                                                             String beanName,
                                                             BeanDefinition containingBean,
                                                             AbstractBeanDefinition bd)

      Apply the attributes of the given bean element to the given bean * definition.
      Parameters:
        `ele` - bean declaration element
        `beanName` - bean name
        `containingBean` - containing bean definition
      Returns:
        a bean definition initialized according to the bean element attributes

    - #### createBeanDefinition

          protected AbstractBeanDefinition createBeanDefinition(String className,
                                                    String parentName)
                                                         throws ClassNotFoundException

      Create a bean definition for the given class name and parent name.
      Parameters:
        `className` - the name of the bean class
        `parentName` - the name of the bean's parent bean
      Returns:
        the newly created bean definition
      Throws:
        `ClassNotFoundException` - if bean class resolution was attempted but failed

    - #### parseMetaElements

          public void parseMetaElements(Element ele,
                               BeanMetadataAttributeAccessor attributeAccessor)

    - #### getAutowireMode

          public int getAutowireMode(String attValue)

    - #### getDependencyCheck

          public int getDependencyCheck(String attValue)

    - #### parseConstructorArgElements

          public void parseConstructorArgElements(Element beanEle,
                                         BeanDefinition bd)

      Parse constructor-arg sub-elements of the given bean element.

    - #### parsePropertyElements

          public void parsePropertyElements(Element beanEle,
                                   BeanDefinition bd)

      Parse property sub-elements of the given bean element.

    - #### parseQualifierElements

          public void parseQualifierElements(Element beanEle,
                                    AbstractBeanDefinition bd)

      Parse qualifier sub-elements of the given bean element.

    - #### parseLookupOverrideSubElements

          public void parseLookupOverrideSubElements(Element beanEle,
                                            MethodOverrides overrides)

      Parse lookup-override sub-elements of the given bean element.

    - #### parseReplacedMethodSubElements

          public void parseReplacedMethodSubElements(Element beanEle,
                                            MethodOverrides overrides)

      Parse replaced-method sub-elements of the given bean element.

    - #### parseConstructorArgElement

          public void parseConstructorArgElement(Element ele,
                                        BeanDefinition bd)

      Parse a constructor-arg element.

    - #### parsePropertyElement

          public void parsePropertyElement(Element ele,
                                  BeanDefinition bd)

      Parse a property element.

    - #### parseQualifierElement

          public void parseQualifierElement(Element ele,
                                   AbstractBeanDefinition bd)

      Parse a qualifier element.

    - #### parsePropertyValue

          public Object parsePropertyValue(Element ele,
                                  BeanDefinition bd,
                                  String propertyName)

      Get the value of a property element. May be a list etc. Also used for constructor arguments, "propertyName" being null in this case.

    - #### parsePropertySubElement

          public Object parsePropertySubElement(Element ele,
                                       BeanDefinition bd)

    - #### parsePropertySubElement

          public Object parsePropertySubElement(Element ele,
                                       BeanDefinition bd,
                                       String defaultValueType)

      Parse a value, ref or collection sub-element of a property or constructor-arg element.
      Parameters:
        `ele` - subelement of property element; we don't know which yet
        `defaultValueType` - the default type (class name) for any `<value>` tag that might be created

    - #### parseIdRefElement

          public Object parseIdRefElement(Element ele)

      Return a typed String value Object for the given 'idref' element.

    - #### parseValueElement

          public Object parseValueElement(Element ele,
                                 String defaultTypeName)

      Return a typed String value Object for the given value element.

    - #### buildTypedStringValue

          protected TypedStringValue buildTypedStringValue(String value,
                                               String targetTypeName)
                                                    throws ClassNotFoundException

      Build a typed String value Object for the given raw value.
      Throws:
        `ClassNotFoundException`
      See Also:
        `TypedStringValue`

    - #### parseArrayElement

          public Object parseArrayElement(Element arrayEle,
                                 BeanDefinition bd)

      Parse an array element.

    - #### parseListElement

          public List parseListElement(Element collectionEle,
                              BeanDefinition bd)

      Parse a list element.

    - #### parseSetElement

          public Set parseSetElement(Element collectionEle,
                            BeanDefinition bd)

      Parse a set element.

    - #### parseCollectionElements

          protected void parseCollectionElements(NodeList elementNodes,
                                     Collection<Object> target,
                                     BeanDefinition bd,
                                     String defaultElementType)

    - #### parseMapElement

          public Map parseMapElement(Element mapEle,
                            BeanDefinition bd)

      Parse a map element.

    - #### buildTypedStringValueForMap

          protected final Object buildTypedStringValueForMap(String value,
                                           String defaultTypeName,
                                           Element entryEle)

      Build a typed String value Object for the given raw value.
      See Also:
        `TypedStringValue`

    - #### parseKeyElement

          protected Object parseKeyElement(Element keyEle,
                               BeanDefinition bd,
                               String defaultKeyTypeName)

      Parse a key sub-element of a map element.

    - #### parsePropsElement

          public Properties parsePropsElement(Element propsEle)

      Parse a props element.

    - #### parseMergeAttribute

          public boolean parseMergeAttribute(Element collectionElement)

      Parse the merge attribute of a collection element, if any.

    - #### parseCustomElement

          public BeanDefinition parseCustomElement(Element ele)

    - #### parseCustomElement

          public BeanDefinition parseCustomElement(Element ele,
                                          BeanDefinition containingBd)

    - #### decorateBeanDefinitionIfRequired

          public BeanDefinitionHolder decorateBeanDefinitionIfRequired(Element ele,
                                                              BeanDefinitionHolder definitionHolder)

    - #### decorateBeanDefinitionIfRequired

          public BeanDefinitionHolder decorateBeanDefinitionIfRequired(Element ele,
                                                              BeanDefinitionHolder definitionHolder,
                                                              BeanDefinition containingBd)

    - #### getNamespaceURI

          public String getNamespaceURI(Node node)

      Get the namespace URI for the supplied node. The default implementation uses `Node.getNamespaceURI()`. Subclasses may override the default implementation to provide a different namespace identification mechanism.
      Parameters:
        `node` - the node

    - #### getLocalName

          public String getLocalName(Node node)

      Ges the local name for the supplied `Node`. The default implementation calls `Node.getLocalName()`. Subclasses may override the default implementation to provide a different mechanism for getting the local name.
      Parameters:
        `node` - the `Node`

    - #### nodeNameEquals

          public boolean nodeNameEquals(Node node,
                               String desiredName)

      Determine whether the name of the supplied node is equal to the supplied name.

      The default implementation checks the supplied desired name against both `Node.getNodeName()` and `Node.getLocalName()`.

      Subclasses may override the default implementation to provide a different mechanism for comparing node names.

      Parameters:
        `node` - the node to compare
        `desiredName` - the name to check for

    - #### isDefaultNamespace

          public boolean isDefaultNamespace(String namespaceUri)

    - #### isDefaultNamespace

          public boolean isDefaultNamespace(Node node)