org.springframework.context.support
Class GenericXmlApplicationContext

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.core.io.DefaultResourceLoader
      org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext
          org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext
              org.springframework.context.support.GenericXmlApplicationContext

All Implemented Interfaces:

BeanFactory, DisposableBean, HierarchicalBeanFactory, ListableBeanFactory, BeanDefinitionRegistry, ApplicationContext, ApplicationEventPublisher, ConfigurableApplicationContext, Lifecycle, MessageSource, AliasRegistry, EnvironmentCapable, ResourceLoader, ResourcePatternResolver

public class GenericXmlApplicationContext
extends GenericApplicationContext

Convenient application context with built-in XML support. This is a flexible alternative to ClassPathXmlApplicationContext and FileSystemXmlApplicationContext, to be configured via setters, with an eventual AbstractApplicationContext.refresh() call activating the context.

In case of multiple configuration files, bean definitions in later files will override those defined in earlier files. This can be leveraged to deliberately override certain bean definitions via an extra configuration file.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Juergen Hoeller, Chris Beams

See Also:

load(org.springframework.core.io.Resource...), XmlBeanDefinitionReader, AnnotationConfigApplicationContext

Field Summary

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

APPLICATION_EVENT_MULTICASTER_BEAN_NAME, LIFECYCLE_PROCESSOR_BEAN_NAME, logger, MESSAGE_SOURCE_BEAN_NAME

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext

CONFIG_LOCATION_DELIMITERS, CONVERSION_SERVICE_BEAN_NAME, ENVIRONMENT_BEAN_NAME, LOAD_TIME_WEAVER_BEAN_NAME, SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_BEAN_NAME, SYSTEM_PROPERTIES_BEAN_NAME

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

Constructor Summary

GenericXmlApplicationContext()
Create a new GenericXmlApplicationContext that needs to be loaded and then manually refreshed.

GenericXmlApplicationContext(Class<?> relativeClass, String... resourceNames)
Create a new GenericXmlApplicationContext, loading bean definitions from the given resource locations and automatically refreshing the context.

GenericXmlApplicationContext(Resource... resources)
Create a new GenericXmlApplicationContext, loading bean definitions from the given resources and automatically refreshing the context.

GenericXmlApplicationContext(String... resourceLocations)
Create a new GenericXmlApplicationContext, loading bean definitions from the given resource locations and automatically refreshing the context.

Method Summary

void	load(Class<?> relativeClass, String... resourceNames) Load bean definitions from the given XML resources.
void	load(Resource... resources) Load bean definitions from the given XML resources.
void	load(String... resourceLocations) Load bean definitions from the given XML resources.
void	setEnvironment(ConfigurableEnvironment environment) Set the Environment for this application context.
void	setValidating(boolean validating) Set whether to use XML validation.

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

cancelRefresh, closeBeanFactory, getBeanDefinition, getBeanFactory, getDefaultListableBeanFactory, getResource, getResources, isAlias, isBeanNameInUse, refreshBeanFactory, registerAlias, registerBeanDefinition, removeAlias, removeBeanDefinition, setAllowBeanDefinitionOverriding, setAllowCircularReferences, setId, setParent, setResourceLoader

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

addApplicationListener, addBeanFactoryPostProcessor, addListener, close, containsBean, containsBeanDefinition, containsLocalBean, createEnvironment, destroy, destroyBeans, doClose, findAnnotationOnBean, finishBeanFactoryInitialization, finishRefresh, getAliases, getApplicationListeners, getAutowireCapableBeanFactory, getBean, getBean, getBean, getBean, getBeanDefinitionCount, getBeanDefinitionNames, getBeanFactoryPostProcessors, getBeanNamesForType, getBeanNamesForType, getBeansOfType, getBeansOfType, getBeansWithAnnotation, getDisplayName, getEnvironment, getId, getInternalParentBeanFactory, getInternalParentMessageSource, getMessage, getMessage, getMessage, getParent, getParentBeanFactory, getResourcePatternResolver, getStartupDate, getType, initApplicationEventMulticaster, initLifecycleProcessor, initMessageSource, initPropertySources, invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors, isActive, isPrototype, isRunning, isSingleton, isTypeMatch, obtainFreshBeanFactory, onClose, onRefresh, postProcessBeanFactory, prepareBeanFactory, prepareRefresh, publishEvent, refresh, registerBeanPostProcessors, registerListeners, registerShutdownHook, setDisplayName, start, stop, toString

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

getClassLoader, getResourceByPath, setClassLoader

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry

containsBeanDefinition, getBeanDefinitionCount, getBeanDefinitionNames

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.core.AliasRegistry

getAliases

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

getClassLoader

Constructor Detail

GenericXmlApplicationContext

public GenericXmlApplicationContext()

Create a new GenericXmlApplicationContext that needs to be loaded and then manually refreshed.

GenericXmlApplicationContext

public GenericXmlApplicationContext(Resource... resources)

Create a new GenericXmlApplicationContext, loading bean definitions from the given resources and automatically refreshing the context.

Parameters:

resources - the resources to load from

GenericXmlApplicationContext

public GenericXmlApplicationContext(String... resourceLocations)

Create a new GenericXmlApplicationContext, loading bean definitions from the given resource locations and automatically refreshing the context.

Parameters:

resourceLocations - the resources to load from

GenericXmlApplicationContext

public GenericXmlApplicationContext(Class<?> relativeClass,
                                    String... resourceNames)

Create a new GenericXmlApplicationContext, loading bean definitions from the given resource locations and automatically refreshing the context.

Parameters:

relativeClass - class whose package will be used as a prefix when loading each specified resource name

resourceNames - relatively-qualified names of resources to load

Method Detail

setValidating

public void setValidating(boolean validating)

Set whether to use XML validation. Default is true.

setEnvironment

public void setEnvironment(ConfigurableEnvironment environment)

Set the Environment for this application context.

Default value is determined by AbstractApplicationContext.createEnvironment(). Replacing the default with this method is one option but configuration through AbstractApplicationContext.getEnvironment() should also be considered. In either case, such modifications should be performed before AbstractApplicationContext.refresh().

Delegates the given environment to underlying XmlBeanDefinitionReader. Should be called before any call to load(org.springframework.core.io.Resource...).

Specified by:

setEnvironment in interface ConfigurableApplicationContext

Overrides:

setEnvironment in class AbstractApplicationContext

Parameters:

environment - the new environment

See Also:

AbstractApplicationContext.createEnvironment()

load

public void load(Resource... resources)

Load bean definitions from the given XML resources.

Parameters:

resources - one or more resources to load from

load

public void load(String... resourceLocations)

Load bean definitions from the given XML resources.

Parameters:

resourceLocations - one or more resource locations to load from

load

public void load(Class<?> relativeClass,
                 String... resourceNames)

Load bean definitions from the given XML resources.

Parameters:

relativeClass - class whose package will be used as a prefix when loading each specified resource name

resourceNames - relatively-qualified names of resources to load