| Package | Description | 
|---|---|
| org.springframework.context.support | 
 Classes supporting the org.springframework.context package,
 such as abstract base classes for ApplicationContext
 implementations and a MessageSource implementation. 
 | 
| org.springframework.web.context.support | 
 Classes supporting the  
org.springframework.web.context package,
 such as WebApplicationContext implementations and various utility classes. | 
| Modifier and Type | Class and Description | 
|---|---|
class  | 
AbstractXmlApplicationContext
Convenient base class for  
ApplicationContext
 implementations, drawing configuration from XML documents containing bean definitions
 understood by an XmlBeanDefinitionReader. | 
class  | 
ClassPathXmlApplicationContext
Standalone XML application context, taking the context definition files
 from the class path, interpreting plain paths as class path resource names
 that include the package path (e.g. 
 | 
class  | 
FileSystemXmlApplicationContext
Standalone XML application context, taking the context definition files
 from the file system or from URLs, interpreting plain paths as relative
 file system locations (e.g. 
 | 
| Modifier and Type | Class and Description | 
|---|---|
class  | 
AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext
AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext
 subclass which implements the
 ConfigurableWebApplicationContext
 interface for web environments. | 
class  | 
AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext
WebApplicationContext
 implementation which accepts component classes as input — in particular
 @Configuration-annotated
 classes, but also plain @Component
 classes and JSR-330 compliant classes using javax.inject annotations. | 
class  | 
GroovyWebApplicationContext
WebApplicationContext implementation which takes
 its configuration from Groovy bean definition scripts and/or XML files, as understood by
 a GroovyBeanDefinitionReader. | 
class  | 
XmlWebApplicationContext
WebApplicationContext implementation
 which takes its configuration from XML documents, understood by an
 XmlBeanDefinitionReader. |