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package io.micronaut.inject;

import io.micronaut.core.annotation.AnnotationMetadataProvider;

A reference to a bean. Implemented by bother BeanDefinitionReference and BeanDefinition. 
Author:
Graeme Rocher
Type parameters:
<T> – The bean type
Since:
1.0/**
 * A reference to a bean. Implemented by bother {@link BeanDefinitionReference} and {@link BeanDefinition}.
 *
 * @param <T> The bean type
 * @author Graeme Rocher
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface BeanType<T> extends AnnotationMetadataProvider, BeanContextConditional {

    
Returns:
Whether the bean definition is the Primary/**
     * @return Whether the bean definition is the {@link io.micronaut.context.annotation.Primary}
     */
    boolean isPrimary();

    
Returns the bean type.
Returns:
The underlying bean type/**
     * Returns the bean type.
     *
     * @return The underlying bean type
     */
    Class<T> getBeanType();

    
Returns:
The class name/**
     * @return The class name
     */
    default String getName() {
        return getBeanType().getName();
    }

    
By default, when the BeanContext is started, the BeanDefinition.getExecutableMethods() are not processed by registered ExecutableMethodProcessor instances unless this method returns true. 
See Also:
Executable.processOnStartup()
Returns:
Whether the bean definition requires method processing/**
     * By default, when the {@link io.micronaut.context.BeanContext} is started, the
     * {@link BeanDefinition#getExecutableMethods()} are not processed by registered
     * {@link io.micronaut.context.processor.ExecutableMethodProcessor} instances unless this method returns true.
     *
     * @return Whether the bean definition requires method processing
     * @see io.micronaut.context.annotation.Executable#processOnStartup()
     */
    default boolean requiresMethodProcessing() {
        return false;
    }
}