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package org.springframework.beans.factory;

Counterpart of BeanNameAware. Returns the bean name of an object. 
This interface can be introduced to avoid a brittle dependence on
bean name in objects used with Spring IoC and Spring AOP.
Author:
Rod Johnson
See Also:
BeanNameAware
Since:
2.0/**
 * Counterpart of {@link BeanNameAware}. Returns the bean name of an object.
 *
 * <p>This interface can be introduced to avoid a brittle dependence on
 * bean name in objects used with Spring IoC and Spring AOP.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @since 2.0
 * @see BeanNameAware
 */
public interface NamedBean {

	
Return the name of this bean in a Spring bean factory, if known.
/**
	 * Return the name of this bean in a Spring bean factory, if known.
	 */
	String getBeanName();

}