BeanInformationRepository (minifx-workbench API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

WorkbenchElementsRepository

All Known Implementing Classes:

WorkbenchElementsPostProcessor
```
public interface BeanInformationRepository
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.util.Optional<java.lang.String>`	`beanNameFor(java.lang.Object bean)`	Retrieves the (cached) bean name (as used in the application context) for the given bean.
`java.util.Optional<java.lang.reflect.Method>`	`factoryMethodFor(java.lang.Object bean)`	Retrieves the (cached) factory method of the given bean if available.
`OngoingAnnotationExtraction`	`from(java.lang.Object bean)`	Starting point of a fluent clause to find annotations of a given type from the bean.

- Method Detail
  - beanNameFor
```
java.util.Optional<java.lang.String> beanNameFor(java.lang.Object bean)
```
    Retrieves the (cached) bean name (as used in the application context) for the given bean.
    
    Parameters:
    
    bean - the bean for which to get the name
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of the bean if known
  - factoryMethodFor
```
java.util.Optional<java.lang.reflect.Method> factoryMethodFor(java.lang.Object bean)
```
    Retrieves the (cached) factory method of the given bean if available.
    
    Parameters:
    
    bean - the bean for which to retrieve the factory method.
    
    Returns:
    
    the factory method of the bean (if it has one)
  - from
```
OngoingAnnotationExtraction from(java.lang.Object bean)
```
    Starting point of a fluent clause to find annotations of a given type from the bean. The full syntax is like this:
    Optional<AnAnnotation> annotation = from(aBean).getAnnotation(AnAnnotation.class);
    Details on the strategy to find the annotations, see OngoingAnnotationExtraction.
    Parameters:
    
    bean - the bean on which to find annotations
    
    Returns:
    
    an object to specify the annotations to find
    
    See Also:
    
    OngoingAnnotationExtraction