[Springframework-developer] exposing targetName property on ProxyFactoryBean

[Colin S. <col...@ex...>]

I think it'd be worth it to expose a targetName property (obviously the 
existing targetName field and related code would have to be coordinated) 
or alternate a targetBeanName property, on the proxyFactoryBean.

Right now if you want to proxy a prototype bean, an easy way to do it is 
to have it as the last bean name in the interceptorNames list. However, 
this mechanism is not convenient to use when you want to have a base 
abstract template (parent) proxy definition, and override it with a 
small child definition for each real proxy, as you'd have to set the 
interceptorNames property in each child.

The alternative is to use a nested PrototypeTargetSource bean 
definition, and set it via the targetSource property of the proxy 
factory bean. This works fine, but adds 3 extra lines of config.

Exposing a targetName or targetBeanName property which amounts to the 
same thing would be quite a lot less verbose when people have many 
prototype proxies...

Colin

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Colin Sampaleanu
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