org.springframework.web.context
Class ContextLoaderListener

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener

All Implemented Interfaces:

EventListener, ServletContextListener

public class ContextLoaderListener
extends Object
implements ServletContextListener

Bootstrap listener to start up Spring's root WebApplicationContext. Simply delegates to ContextLoader.

This listener should be registered after Log4jConfigListener in web.xml, if the latter is used.

Since:

17.02.2003

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

ContextLoaderServlet, Log4jConfigListener

Constructor Summary

ContextLoaderListener()

Method Summary

void	contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent event) Close the root web application context.
void	contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) Initialize the root web application context.
protected ContextLoader	createContextLoader() Create the ContextLoader to use.
ContextLoader	getContextLoader() Return the ContextLoader used by this listener.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ContextLoaderListener

public ContextLoaderListener()

Method Detail

contextInitialized

public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event)

Initialize the root web application context.

Specified by:

contextInitialized in interface ServletContextListener

createContextLoader

protected ContextLoader createContextLoader()

Create the ContextLoader to use. Can be overridden in subclasses.

Returns:

the new ContextLoader

getContextLoader

public ContextLoader getContextLoader()

Return the ContextLoader used by this listener.

Returns:

the current ContextLoader

contextDestroyed

public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent event)

Close the root web application context.

Specified by:

contextDestroyed in interface ServletContextListener