org.springframework.jee.server
Interface ContainerBootstrap

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultContainerBootstrap

public interface ContainerBootstrap

Interface to be implemented by classes that can bootstrap a Spring container, for example to start a Spring deployment unit within a server environment.

Author:

Rod Johnson

Method Summary

GenericApplicationContext

bootstrap(ApplicationContext parent, String[] requiredLocations, String[] optionalLocations, ResourceLoader resourceLoader) Start a Spring container preloading from the given locations

Method Detail

bootstrap

GenericApplicationContext bootstrap(ApplicationContext parent,
                                    String[] requiredLocations,
                                    String[] optionalLocations,
                                    ResourceLoader resourceLoader)

Start a Spring container preloading from the given locations

Parameters:

parent - parent context, may be null

requiredLocations - Spring locations that must be loadable (using the given ResourceLoader) for the deployment to succeed

optionalLocations - Spring locations that will be processed if present. Not an error if one or more are unavailable.

resourceLoader - Spring ResourceLoader to use to load locations. May be null

Returns:

a new Spring container with the given parent and having loaded singleton definitions from the locations