org.springframework.web.context

Class AbstractContextLoaderInitializer

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.web.context.AbstractContextLoaderInitializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

WebApplicationInitializer

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractDispatcherServletInitializer

public abstract class AbstractContextLoaderInitializer
extends Object
implements WebApplicationInitializer

Convenient base class for WebApplicationInitializer implementations that register a ContextLoaderListener in the servlet context.

The only method required to be implemented by subclasses is createRootApplicationContext(), which gets invoked from registerContextLoaderListener(ServletContext).

Since:

3.2

Author:

Arjen Poutsma, Chris Beams

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Log	logger Logger available to subclasses

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractContextLoaderInitializer()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected abstract WebApplicationContext	createRootApplicationContext() Create the "root" application context to be provided to the ContextLoaderListener.
void	onStartup(ServletContext servletContext) Configure the given ServletContext with any servlets, filters, listeners context-params and attributes necessary for initializing this web application.
protected void	registerContextLoaderListener(ServletContext servletContext) Register a ContextLoaderListener against the given servlet context.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

logger

protected final Log logger

Logger available to subclasses

Constructor Detail

AbstractContextLoaderInitializer

public AbstractContextLoaderInitializer()

Method Detail

onStartup

public void onStartup(ServletContext servletContext)
               throws ServletException

Description copied from interface: WebApplicationInitializer

Configure the given ServletContext with any servlets, filters, listeners context-params and attributes necessary for initializing this web application. See examples above.

Specified by:

onStartup in interface WebApplicationInitializer

Parameters:

servletContext - the ServletContext to initialize

Throws:

ServletException - if any call against the given ServletContext throws a ServletException

registerContextLoaderListener

protected void registerContextLoaderListener(ServletContext servletContext)

Register a ContextLoaderListener against the given servlet context. The ContextLoaderListener is initialized with the application context returned from the createRootApplicationContext() template method.

Parameters:

servletContext - the servlet context to register the listener against

createRootApplicationContext

protected abstract WebApplicationContext createRootApplicationContext()

Create the "root" application context to be provided to the ContextLoaderListener.

The returned context is delegated to ContextLoaderListener.ContextLoaderListener(WebApplicationContext) and will be established as the parent context for any DispatcherServlet application contexts. As such, it typically contains middle-tier services, data sources, etc.

Returns:

the root application context, or null if a root context is not desired

See Also:

AbstractDispatcherServletInitializer