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## Package org.springframework.beans.factory.support

Classes supporting the `org.springframework.beans.factory` package.

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Description

Interface Summary
AutowireCandidateResolver: Strategy interface for determining whether a specific bean definition qualifies as an autowire candidate for a specific dependency.
BeanDefinitionReader: Simple interface for bean definition readers.
BeanDefinitionRegistry: Interface for registries that hold bean definitions, for example RootBeanDefinition and ChildBeanDefinition instances.
BeanNameGenerator: Strategy interface for generating bean names for bean definitions.
InstantiationStrategy: Interface responsible for creating instances corresponding to a root bean definition.
MergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessor: Post-processor callback interface for merged bean definitions at runtime.
MethodReplacer: Interface to be implemented by classes that can reimplement any method on an IoC-managed object: the Method Injection form of Dependency Injection.

Class Summary
AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory: Abstract bean factory superclass that implements default bean creation, with the full capabilities specified by the `RootBeanDefinition` class.
AbstractBeanDefinition: Base class for concrete, full-fledged `BeanDefinition` classes, factoring out common properties of `RootBeanDefinition` and `ChildBeanDefinition`.
AbstractBeanDefinitionReader: Abstract base class for bean definition readers which implement the `BeanDefinitionReader` interface.
AbstractBeanFactory: Abstract base class for `BeanFactory` implementations, providing the full capabilities of the `ConfigurableBeanFactory` SPI.
AutowireCandidateQualifier: Qualifier for resolving autowire candidates.
BeanDefinitionBuilder: Programmatic means of constructing `BeanDefinitions` using the builder pattern.
BeanDefinitionDefaults: A simple holder for `BeanDefinition` property defaults.
BeanDefinitionReaderUtils: Utility methods that are useful for bean definition reader implementations.
CglibSubclassingInstantiationStrategy: Default object instantiation strategy for use in BeanFactories.
ChildBeanDefinition: Bean definition for beans which inherit settings from their parent.
DefaultBeanNameGenerator: Default implementation of the `BeanNameGenerator` interface, delegating to `BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.generateBeanName(BeanDefinition, BeanDefinitionRegistry)`.
DefaultListableBeanFactory: Default implementation of the `ListableBeanFactory` and `BeanDefinitionRegistry` interfaces: a full-fledged bean factory based on bean definition objects.
DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry: Generic registry for shared bean instances, implementing the `SingletonBeanRegistry`.
FactoryBeanRegistrySupport: Support base class for singleton registries which need to handle `FactoryBean` instances, integrated with `DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry`'s singleton management.
GenericBeanDefinition: GenericBeanDefinition is a one-stop shop for standard bean definition purposes.
LookupOverride: Represents an override of a method that looks up an object in the same IoC context.
ManagedList: Tag collection class used to hold managed List elements, which may include runtime bean references (to be resolved into bean objects).
ManagedMap: Tag collection class used to hold managed Map values, which may include runtime bean references (to be resolved into bean objects).
ManagedProperties: Tag class which represents a Spring-managed `Properties` instance that supports merging of parent/child definitions.
ManagedSet: Tag collection class used to hold managed Set values, which may include runtime bean references (to be resolved into bean objects).
MethodOverride: Object representing the override of a method on a managed object by the IoC container.
MethodOverrides: Set of method overrides, determining which, if any, methods on a managed object the Spring IoC container will override at runtime.
PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader: Bean definition reader for a simple properties format.
ReplaceOverride: Extension of MethodOverride that represents an arbitrary override of a method by the IoC container.
RootBeanDefinition: A root bean definition represents the merged bean definition that backs a specific bean in a Spring BeanFactory at runtime.
SimpleAutowireCandidateResolver: `AutowireCandidateResolver` implementation to use when Java version is less than 1.5 and therefore no annotation support is available.
SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry: Simple implementation of the `BeanDefinitionRegistry` interface.
SimpleInstantiationStrategy: Simple object instantiation strategy for use in a BeanFactory.
StaticListableBeanFactory: Static `BeanFactory` implementation which allows to register existing singleton instances programmatically.

Exception Summary
BeanDefinitionValidationException: Exception thrown when the validation of a bean definition failed.

## Package org.springframework.beans.factory.support Description

Classes supporting the `org.springframework.beans.factory` package. Contains abstract base classes for `BeanFactory` implementations.

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