## org.springframework.aop.config
Class PointcutComponentDefinition

    java.lang.Object
      org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.AbstractComponentDefinition
          org.springframework.aop.config.PointcutComponentDefinition

All Implemented Interfaces:
  BeanMetadataElement, ComponentDefinition

    public class PointcutComponentDefinition

extends AbstractComponentDefinition

`ComponentDefinition` implementation that holds a pointcut definition.

Since:
  2.0
Author:
  Rob Harrop

Constructor Summary
`PointcutComponentDefinition(String pointcutBeanName, BeanDefinition pointcutDefinition, String expression)`

Method Summary
`BeanDefinition[]` `getBeanDefinitions()` Returns an empty array.
`String` `getDescription()` Delegates to `ComponentDefinition.getName()`.
`String` `getName()` Get the user-visible name of this `ComponentDefinition`.
`Object` `getSource()` Return the configuration source `Object` for this metadata element (may be `null`).

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.AbstractComponentDefinition
`getBeanReferences, getInnerBeanDefinitions, toString`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### PointcutComponentDefinition

    public PointcutComponentDefinition(String pointcutBeanName,
                                       BeanDefinition pointcutDefinition,
                                       String expression)

Method Detail

### getName

    public String getName()

  Description copied from interface: `ComponentDefinition`
  Get the user-visible name of this `ComponentDefinition`.

  This should link back directly to the corresponding configuration data for this component in a given context.

### getDescription

    public String getDescription()

  Description copied from class: `AbstractComponentDefinition`
  Delegates to `ComponentDefinition.getName()`.

  Specified by:
    `getDescription` in interface `ComponentDefinition`
  Overrides:
    `getDescription` in class `AbstractComponentDefinition`

### getBeanDefinitions

    public BeanDefinition[] getBeanDefinitions()

  Description copied from class: `AbstractComponentDefinition`
  Returns an empty array.

  Specified by:
    `getBeanDefinitions` in interface `ComponentDefinition`
  Overrides:
    `getBeanDefinitions` in class `AbstractComponentDefinition`
  Returns:
    the array of BeanDefinitions, or an empty array if none

### getSource

    public Object getSource()

  Description copied from interface: `BeanMetadataElement`
  Return the configuration source `Object` for this metadata element (may be `null`).