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package org.springframework.beans.factory.support;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinitionHolder;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor;

/**
 * {@link AutowireCandidateResolver} implementation to use when Java version
 * is less than 1.5 and therefore no annotation support is available. This
 * implementation checks the bean definition only.
 *
 * @author Mark Fisher
 * @since 2.5
 * @see BeanDefinition#isAutowireCandidate()
 */
public class SimpleAutowireCandidateResolver implements AutowireCandidateResolver {

	/**
	 * Determine if the provided bean definition is an autowire candidate.
	 * <p>To be considered a candidate the bean's <em>autowire-candidate</em>
	 * attribute must not have been set to 'false'.
	 */
	public boolean isAutowireCandidate(
			BeanDefinitionHolder bdHolder, DependencyDescriptor descriptor) {

		return bdHolder.getBeanDefinition().isAutowireCandidate();
	}

}
