Package 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:

Closeable, AutoCloseable, BeanFactory, 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 intentionally override certain bean definitions via an extra configuration file appended to the list.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Juergen Hoeller, Chris Beams

See Also:

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

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.springframework.core.io.DefaultResourceLoader

DefaultResourceLoader.ClassPathContextResource

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.beans.factory.BeanFactory

FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext

APPLICATION_STARTUP_BEAN_NAME, CONFIG_LOCATION_DELIMITERS, CONVERSION_SERVICE_BEAN_NAME, ENVIRONMENT_BEAN_NAME, LOAD_TIME_WEAVER_BEAN_NAME, SHUTDOWN_HOOK_THREAD_NAME, SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_BEAN_NAME, SYSTEM_PROPERTIES_BEAN_NAME

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

CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver

CLASSPATH_ALL_URL_PREFIX

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
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(String... resourceLocations)	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.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
final XmlBeanDefinitionReader	getReader()	Exposes the underlying XmlBeanDefinitionReader for additional configuration facilities and loadBeanDefinition variations.
void	load(Class<?> relativeClass, String... resourceNames)	Load bean definitions from the given XML resources.
void	load(String... resourceLocations)	Load bean definitions from the given XML resources.
void	load(Resource... resources)	Load bean definitions from the given XML resources.
void	setEnvironment(ConfigurableEnvironment environment)	Delegates the given environment to underlying XmlBeanDefinitionReader.
void	setValidating(boolean validating)	Set whether to use XML validation.

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

cancelRefresh, closeBeanFactory, getAutowireCapableBeanFactory, getBeanDefinition, getBeanFactory, getClassLoader, getDefaultListableBeanFactory, getResource, getResources, isAlias, isBeanNameInUse, refreshBeanFactory, refreshForAotProcessing, registerAlias, registerBean, registerBean, registerBean, registerBean, registerBean, registerBean, registerBeanDefinition, removeAlias, removeBeanDefinition, setAllowBeanDefinitionOverriding, setAllowCircularReferences, setApplicationStartup, setClassLoader, setParent, setResourceLoader

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

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

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

addProtocolResolver, clearResourceCaches, getProtocolResolvers, getResourceByPath, getResourceCache

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.core.AliasRegistry

getAliases

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

containsBeanDefinition, getBeanDefinitionCount, getBeanDefinitionNames

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext

addProtocolResolver

Constructor Details

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 Details

getReader

public final XmlBeanDefinitionReader getReader()

Exposes the underlying XmlBeanDefinitionReader for additional configuration facilities and loadBeanDefinition variations.

setValidating

public void setValidating(boolean validating)

Set whether to use XML validation. Default is true.

setEnvironment

public void setEnvironment(ConfigurableEnvironment environment)

Delegates the given environment to underlying XmlBeanDefinitionReader. Should be called before any call to #load.

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