org.springframework.context.support
Class FileSystemXmlApplicationContext

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.core.io.DefaultResourceLoader
      org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext
          org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApplicationContext
              org.springframework.context.support.FileSystemXmlApplicationContext

All Implemented Interfaces:

ApplicationContext, BeanFactory, ConfigurableApplicationContext, HierarchicalBeanFactory, ListableBeanFactory, MessageSource, ResourceLoader

public class FileSystemXmlApplicationContext

extends AbstractXmlApplicationContext

Standalone XML application context, taking the context definition files from the file system or from URLs. Mainly useful for test harnesses, but also for standalone environments.

Treats resource paths as file system resources, when using ApplicationContext.getResource. Resource paths are considered relative to the current VM working directory, even if they start with a slash.

Note: In case of multiple config locations, later bean definitions will override ones defined in earlier loaded files. This can be leveraged to deliberately override certain bean definitions via an extra XML file.

Author:

Rod Johnson, Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

DefaultResourceLoader.getResource(java.lang.String), getResourceByPath(java.lang.String)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext

logger, MESSAGE_SOURCE_BEAN_NAME

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader

CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX

Constructor Summary

FileSystemXmlApplicationContext(java.lang.String configLocation)
Create a new FileSystemXmlApplicationContext, loading the definitions from the given XML file.

FileSystemXmlApplicationContext(java.lang.String[] configLocations)
Create a new FileSystemXmlApplicationContext, loading the definitions from the given XML files.

FileSystemXmlApplicationContext(java.lang.String[] configLocations, ApplicationContext parent)
Create a new FileSystemXmlApplicationContext with the given parent, loading the definitions from the given XML files.

Method Summary

protected java.lang.String[]	getConfigLocations() Return an array of resource locations, referring to the XML bean definition files that this context should be built with.
protected Resource	getResourceByPath(java.lang.String path) Resolve resource paths as file system paths.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApplicationContext

createBeanFactory, getBeanFactory, initBeanDefinitionReader, loadBeanDefinitions, refreshBeanFactory

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext

addBeanFactoryPostProcessor, addListener, close, containsBean, containsBeanDefinition, getAliases, getBean, getBean, getBeanDefinitionCount, getBeanDefinitionNames, getBeanDefinitionNames, getBeanFactoryPostProcessors, getBeansOfType, getDisplayName, getMessage, getMessage, getMessage, getParent, getParentBeanFactory, getStartupDate, isSingleton, onRefresh, postProcessBeanFactory, publishEvent, refresh, setDisplayName, setParent, toString

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.core.io.DefaultResourceLoader

getResource

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader

getResource

Constructor Detail

FileSystemXmlApplicationContext

public FileSystemXmlApplicationContext(java.lang.String configLocation)
                                throws BeansException

Create a new FileSystemXmlApplicationContext, loading the definitions from the given XML file.

Parameters:

configLocation - file path

FileSystemXmlApplicationContext

public FileSystemXmlApplicationContext(java.lang.String[] configLocations)
                                throws BeansException

Create a new FileSystemXmlApplicationContext, loading the definitions from the given XML files.

Parameters:

configLocations - array of file paths

FileSystemXmlApplicationContext

public FileSystemXmlApplicationContext(java.lang.String[] configLocations,
                                       ApplicationContext parent)
                                throws BeansException

Create a new FileSystemXmlApplicationContext with the given parent, loading the definitions from the given XML files.

Parameters:

configLocations - array of file paths

parent - the parent context

Method Detail

getConfigLocations

protected java.lang.String[] getConfigLocations()

Description copied from class: AbstractXmlApplicationContext

Return an array of resource locations, referring to the XML bean definition files that this context should be built with.

Specified by:

getConfigLocations in class AbstractXmlApplicationContext

Returns:

an array of resource locations, or null if none

getResourceByPath

protected Resource getResourceByPath(java.lang.String path)

Resolve resource paths as file system paths.

Note: Even if a given path starts with a slash, it will get interpreted as relative to the current VM working directory. This is consisted with the semantics in a Servlet container.

Overrides:

getResourceByPath in class DefaultResourceLoader

Parameters:

path - path to the resource

Returns:

Resource handle

See Also:

ClassPathResource, getResourceByPath(java.lang.String), XmlWebApplicationContext.getResourceByPath(java.lang.String)