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

    java.lang.Object
      org.springframework.core.AttributeAccessorSupport
          org.springframework.beans.BeanMetadataAttributeAccessor
              org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AutowireCandidateQualifier

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable, BeanMetadataElement, AttributeAccessor

    public class AutowireCandidateQualifier

extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccessor

Qualifier for resolving autowire candidates. A bean definition that includes one or more such qualifiers enables fine-grained matching against annotations on a field or parameter to be autowired.

Since:
  2.5
Author:
  Mark Fisher, Juergen Hoeller
See Also:
  `Qualifier`, Serialized Form

Field Summary
`static String` `VALUE_KEY`

Constructor Summary
`AutowireCandidateQualifier(Class type)` Construct a qualifier to match against an annotation of the given type.
`AutowireCandidateQualifier(Class type, Object value)` Construct a qualifier to match against an annotation of the given type whose `value` attribute also matches the specified value.
`AutowireCandidateQualifier(String typeName)` Construct a qualifier to match against an annotation of the given type name.
`AutowireCandidateQualifier(String typeName, Object value)` Construct a qualifier to match against an annotation of the given type name whose `value` attribute also matches the specified value.

Method Summary
`String` `getTypeName()` Retrieve the type name.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.beans.BeanMetadataAttributeAccessor
`addMetadataAttribute, getAttribute, getMetadataAttribute, getSource, removeAttribute, setAttribute, setSource`

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.core.AttributeAccessorSupport
`attributeNames, copyAttributesFrom, equals, hasAttribute, hashCode`

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

Field Detail

### VALUE_KEY

    public static String VALUE_KEY

Constructor Detail

### AutowireCandidateQualifier

    public AutowireCandidateQualifier(Class type)

  Construct a qualifier to match against an annotation of the given type.

  Parameters:
    `type` - the annotation type

### AutowireCandidateQualifier

    public AutowireCandidateQualifier(String typeName)

  Construct a qualifier to match against an annotation of the given type name.

  The type name may match the fully-qualified class name of the annotation or the short class name (without the package).

  Parameters:
    `typeName` - the name of the annotation type

### AutowireCandidateQualifier

    public AutowireCandidateQualifier(Class type,
                                      Object value)

  Construct a qualifier to match against an annotation of the given type whose `value` attribute also matches the specified value.

  Parameters:
    `type` - the annotation type
    `value` - the annotation value to match

### AutowireCandidateQualifier

    public AutowireCandidateQualifier(String typeName,
                                      Object value)

  Construct a qualifier to match against an annotation of the given type name whose `value` attribute also matches the specified value.

  The type name may match the fully-qualified class name of the annotation or the short class name (without the package).

  Parameters:
    `typeName` - the name of the annotation type
    `value` - the annotation value to match

Method Detail

### getTypeName

    public String getTypeName()

  Retrieve the type name. This value will be the same as the type name provided to the constructor or the fully-qualified class name if a Class instance was provided to the constructor.

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