Package org.springframework.boot

Interface ApplicationContextFactory

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface ApplicationContextFactory

Strategy interface for creating the ConfigurableApplicationContext used by a SpringApplication. Created contexts should be returned in their default form, with the SpringApplication responsible for configuring and refreshing the context.

Since:

2.4.0

Author:

Andy Wilkinson, Phillip Webb

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final ApplicationContextFactory	DEFAULT	A default ApplicationContextFactory implementation that will create an appropriate context for the WebApplicationType.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ConfigurableApplicationContext	create(WebApplicationType webApplicationType)	Creates the application context for a SpringApplication, respecting the given webApplicationType.
static ApplicationContextFactory	of(Supplier<ConfigurableApplicationContext> supplier)	Creates an ApplicationContextFactory that will create contexts by calling the given Supplier.
static ApplicationContextFactory	ofContextClass(Class<? extends ConfigurableApplicationContext> contextClass)	Creates an ApplicationContextFactory that will create contexts by instantiating the given contextClass via its primary constructor.

Field Details

DEFAULT

static final ApplicationContextFactory DEFAULT

A default ApplicationContextFactory implementation that will create an appropriate context for the WebApplicationType.

Method Details

create

ConfigurableApplicationContext create(WebApplicationType webApplicationType)

Creates the application context for a SpringApplication, respecting the given webApplicationType.

Parameters:

webApplicationType - the web application type

Returns:

the newly created application context

ofContextClass

static ApplicationContextFactory ofContextClass(Class<? extends ConfigurableApplicationContext> contextClass)

Creates an ApplicationContextFactory that will create contexts by instantiating the given contextClass via its primary constructor.

Parameters:

contextClass - the context class

Returns:

the factory that will instantiate the context class

See Also:

• BeanUtils.instantiateClass(Class)

of

static ApplicationContextFactory of(Supplier<ConfigurableApplicationContext> supplier)

Creates an ApplicationContextFactory that will create contexts by calling the given Supplier.

Parameters:

supplier - the context supplier, for example AnnotationConfigApplicationContext::new

Returns:

the factory that will instantiate the context class