org.springframework.context
Interface ConfigurableApplicationContext

All Superinterfaces:

ApplicationContext, ApplicationEventPublisher, BeanFactory, HierarchicalBeanFactory, Lifecycle, ListableBeanFactory, MessageSource, ResourceLoader, ResourcePatternResolver

All Known Subinterfaces:

ConfigurablePortletApplicationContext, ConfigurableWebApplicationContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractApplicationContext, AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext, AbstractRefreshablePortletApplicationContext, AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext, AbstractXmlApplicationContext, ClassPathXmlApplicationContext, FileSystemXmlApplicationContext, GenericApplicationContext, GenericWebApplicationContext, StaticApplicationContext, StaticPortletApplicationContext, StaticWebApplicationContext, XmlPortletApplicationContext, XmlWebApplicationContext

public interface ConfigurableApplicationContext
extends ApplicationContext, Lifecycle

SPI interface to be implemented by most if not all application contexts. Provides facilities to configure an application context in addition to the application context client methods in the ApplicationContext interface.

Configuration and lifecycle methods are encapsulated here to avoid making them obvious to ApplicationContext client code. The present methods should only be used by startup and shutdown code.

Since:

03.11.2003

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory

FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory

FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver

CLASSPATH_ALL_URL_PREFIX

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

CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX

Method Summary

void	addBeanFactoryPostProcessor(BeanFactoryPostProcessor beanFactoryPostProcessor) Add a new BeanFactoryPostProcessor that will get applied to the internal bean factory of this application context on refresh, before any of the bean definitions get evaluated.
void	close() Close this application context, releasing all resources and locks that the implementation might hold.
ConfigurableListableBeanFactory	getBeanFactory() Return the internal bean factory of this application context.
boolean	isActive() Determine whether this application context is active, that is, whether it has been refreshed at least once and has not been closed yet.
void	refresh() Load or refresh the persistent representation of the configuration, which might an XML file, properties file, or relational database schema.
void	registerShutdownHook() Register a shutdown hook with the JVM runtime, closing this context on JVM shutdown unless it has already been closed at that time.
void	setParent(ApplicationContext parent) Set the parent of this application context.

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext

getAutowireCapableBeanFactory, getDisplayName, getParent, getStartupDate

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.ListableBeanFactory

containsBeanDefinition, getBeanDefinitionCount, getBeanDefinitionNames, getBeanNamesForType, getBeanNamesForType, getBeansOfType, getBeansOfType

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory

containsBean, getAliases, getBean, getBean, getType, isPrototype, isSingleton, isTypeMatch

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.HierarchicalBeanFactory

containsLocalBean, getParentBeanFactory

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory

containsBean, getAliases, getBean, getBean, getType, isPrototype, isSingleton, isTypeMatch

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.context.MessageSource

getMessage, getMessage, getMessage

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisher

publishEvent

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver

getResources

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

getClassLoader, getResource

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.context.Lifecycle

isRunning, start, stop

Method Detail

setParent

void setParent(ApplicationContext parent)

Set the parent of this application context.

Note that the parent shouldn't be changed: It should only be set outside a constructor if it isn't available when an object of this class is created, for example in case of WebApplicationContext setup.

Parameters:

parent - the parent context

See Also:

ConfigurableWebApplicationContext

addBeanFactoryPostProcessor

void addBeanFactoryPostProcessor(BeanFactoryPostProcessor beanFactoryPostProcessor)

Add a new BeanFactoryPostProcessor that will get applied to the internal bean factory of this application context on refresh, before any of the bean definitions get evaluated. To be invoked during context configuration.

Parameters:

beanFactoryPostProcessor - the factory processor to register

refresh

void refresh()
             throws BeansException,
                    IllegalStateException

Load or refresh the persistent representation of the configuration, which might an XML file, properties file, or relational database schema.

As this is a startup method, it should destroy already created singletons if it fails, to avoid dangling resources. In other words, after invocation of that method, either all or no singletons at all should be instantiated.

Throws:

BeansException - if the bean factory could not be initialized

IllegalStateException - if already initialized and multiple refresh attempts are not supported

registerShutdownHook

void registerShutdownHook()

Register a shutdown hook with the JVM runtime, closing this context on JVM shutdown unless it has already been closed at that time.

This method can be called multiple times. Only one shutdown hook (at max) will be registered for each context instance.

See Also:

Runtime.addShutdownHook(java.lang.Thread), close()

close

void close()

Close this application context, releasing all resources and locks that the implementation might hold. This includes destroying all cached singleton beans.

Note: Does not invoke close on a parent context; parent contexts have their own, independent lifecycle.

This method can be called multiple times without side effects: Subsequent close calls on an already closed context will be ignored.

isActive

boolean isActive()

Determine whether this application context is active, that is, whether it has been refreshed at least once and has not been closed yet.

Returns:

whether the context is still active

See Also:

refresh(), close(), getBeanFactory()

getBeanFactory

ConfigurableListableBeanFactory getBeanFactory()
                                               throws IllegalStateException

Return the internal bean factory of this application context. Can be used to access specific functionality of the underlying factory.

Note: Do not use this to post-process the bean factory; singletons will already have been instantiated before. Use a BeanFactoryPostProcessor to intercept the BeanFactory setup process before beans get touched.

Generally, this internal factory will only be accessible while the context is active, that is, inbetween refresh() and close(). The isActive() flag can be used to check whether the context is in an appropriate state.

Returns:

the underlying bean factory

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the context does not hold an internal bean factory (usually if refresh() hasn't been called yet or if close() has already been called)

See Also:

isActive(), refresh(), close(), addBeanFactoryPostProcessor(org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanFactoryPostProcessor)