org.springframework.test.context

Interface CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate

public interface CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate

A CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate is responsible for loading and closing application contexts, interacting transparently with a context cache behind the scenes.

Note: CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate does not extend the ContextLoader or SmartContextLoader interface.

Since:

3.2.2

Author:

Sam Brannen

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	closeContext(MergedContextConfiguration mergedContextConfiguration, DirtiesContext.HierarchyMode hierarchyMode) Remove the application context for the supplied MergedContextConfiguration from the context cache and close it if it is an instance of ConfigurableApplicationContext.
ApplicationContext	loadContext(MergedContextConfiguration mergedContextConfiguration) Load the application context for the supplied MergedContextConfiguration by delegating to the ContextLoader configured in the given MergedContextConfiguration.

Method Detail

loadContext

ApplicationContext loadContext(MergedContextConfiguration mergedContextConfiguration)

Load the application context for the supplied MergedContextConfiguration by delegating to the ContextLoader configured in the given MergedContextConfiguration.

If the context is present in the context cache it will simply be returned; otherwise, it will be loaded, stored in the cache, and returned.

Parameters:

mergedContextConfiguration - the merged context configuration to use to load the application context; never null

Returns:

the application context

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if an error occurs while retrieving or loading the application context

closeContext

void closeContext(MergedContextConfiguration mergedContextConfiguration,
                  DirtiesContext.HierarchyMode hierarchyMode)

Remove the application context for the supplied MergedContextConfiguration from the context cache and close it if it is an instance of ConfigurableApplicationContext.

The semantics of the supplied HierarchyMode must be honored when removing the context from the cache. See the Javadoc for DirtiesContext.HierarchyMode for details.

Generally speaking, this method should only be called if the state of a singleton bean has been changed (potentially affecting future interaction with the context) or if the context needs to be prematurely removed from the cache.

Parameters:

mergedContextConfiguration - the merged context configuration for the application context to close; never null

hierarchyMode - the hierarchy mode; may be null if the context is not part of a hierarchy

Since:

4.1