org.springframework.context

Interface ApplicationContextInitializer<C extends ConfigurableApplicationContext>

Type Parameters:

C - the application context type

public interface ApplicationContextInitializer<C extends ConfigurableApplicationContext>

Callback interface for initializing a Spring ConfigurableApplicationContext prior to being refreshed.

Typically used within web applications that require some programmatic initialization of the application context. For example, registering property sources or activating profiles against the context's environment. See ContextLoader and FrameworkServlet support for declaring a "contextInitializerClasses" context-param and init-param, respectively.

ApplicationContextInitializer processors are encouraged to detect whether Spring's Ordered interface has been implemented or if the @Order annotation is present and to sort instances accordingly if so prior to invocation.

Since:

3.1

Author:

Chris Beams

See Also:

ContextLoader.customizeContext(ServletContext, org.springframework.web.context.ConfigurableWebApplicationContext), ContextLoader.CONTEXT_INITIALIZER_CLASSES_PARAM, FrameworkServlet.setContextInitializerClasses(java.lang.String), FrameworkServlet.applyInitializers(org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	initialize(C applicationContext) Initialize the given application context.

Method Detail

initialize

void initialize(C applicationContext)

Initialize the given application context.

Parameters:

applicationContext - the application to configure