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## org.springframework.beans.factory.support
Class ReplaceOverride

    java.lang.Object
      org.springframework.beans.factory.support.MethodOverride
          org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ReplaceOverride

All Implemented Interfaces:
  BeanMetadataElement

    public class ReplaceOverride

extends MethodOverride

Extension of MethodOverride that represents an arbitrary override of a method by the IoC container.

Any non-final method can be overridden, irrespective of its parameters and return types.

Since:
  1.1
Author:
  Rod Johnson, Juergen Hoeller

Constructor Summary
`ReplaceOverride(String methodName, String methodReplacerBeanName)` Construct a new ReplaceOverride.

Method Summary
`void` `addTypeIdentifier(String identifier)` Add a fragment of a class string, like "Exception" or "java.lang.Exc", to identify a parameter type.
`boolean` `equals(Object other)`
`String` `getMethodReplacerBeanName()` Return the name of the bean implementing MethodReplacer.
`int` `hashCode()`
`boolean` `matches(Method method)` Subclasses must override this to indicate whether they match the given method.
`String` `toString()`

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.beans.factory.support.MethodOverride
`getMethodName, getSource, isOverloaded, setOverloaded, setSource`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### ReplaceOverride

    public ReplaceOverride(String methodName,
                           String methodReplacerBeanName)

  Construct a new ReplaceOverride.

  Parameters:
    `methodName` - the name of the method to override
    `methodReplacerBeanName` - the bean name of the MethodReplacer

Method Detail

### getMethodReplacerBeanName

    public String getMethodReplacerBeanName()

  Return the name of the bean implementing MethodReplacer.

### addTypeIdentifier

    public void addTypeIdentifier(String identifier)

  Add a fragment of a class string, like "Exception" or "java.lang.Exc", to identify a parameter type.

  Parameters:
    `identifier` - a substring of the fully qualified class name

### matches

    public boolean matches(Method method)

  Description copied from class: `MethodOverride`
  Subclasses must override this to indicate whether they match the given method. This allows for argument list checking as well as method name checking.

  Specified by:
    `matches` in class `MethodOverride`
  Parameters:
    `method` - the method to check
  Returns:
    whether this override matches the given method

### toString

    public String toString()

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `Object`

### equals

    public boolean equals(Object other)

  Overrides:
    `equals` in class `MethodOverride`

### hashCode

    public int hashCode()

  Overrides:
    `hashCode` in class `MethodOverride`

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