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package org.springframework.beans.factory.support;

import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanFactoryPostProcessor;

/**
 * Extension to the standard {@link BeanFactoryPostProcessor} SPI, allowing for
 * the registration of further bean definitions <i>before</i> regular
 * BeanFactoryPostProcessor detection kicks in. In particular,
 * BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor may register further bean definitions
 * which in turn define BeanFactoryPostProcessor instances.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 3.0.1
 * @see org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor
 */
public interface BeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessor extends BeanFactoryPostProcessor {

	/**
	 * Modify the application context's internal bean definition registry after its
	 * standard initialization. All regular bean definitions will have been loaded,
	 * but no beans will have been instantiated yet. This allows for adding further
	 * bean definitions before the next post-processing phase kicks in.
	 * @param registry the bean definition registry used by the application context
	 * @throws org.springframework.beans.BeansException in case of errors
	 */
	void postProcessBeanDefinitionRegistry(BeanDefinitionRegistry registry) throws BeansException;

}
