Uses of Interface
org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext

Packages that use ConfigurableApplicationContext

Package	Description
org.springframework.context	This package builds on the beans package to add support for message sources and for the Observer design pattern, and the ability for application objects to obtain resources using a consistent API.
org.springframework.context.annotation	Annotation support for the Application Context, including JSR-250 "common" annotations, component-scanning, and Java-based metadata for creating Spring-managed objects.
org.springframework.context.aot	AOT support for application contexts.
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.test.context	This package contains the Spring TestContext Framework which provides annotation-driven unit and integration testing support that is agnostic of the actual testing framework in use.
org.springframework.test.context.aot	Ahead-of-time (AOT) support for the Spring TestContext Framework.
org.springframework.test.context.support	Support classes for the Spring TestContext Framework.
org.springframework.test.context.web	Web support classes for the Spring TestContext Framework.
org.springframework.web.context	Contains a variant of the application context interface for web applications, and the ContextLoaderListener that bootstraps a root web application context.
org.springframework.web.context.support	Classes supporting the org.springframework.web.context package, such as WebApplicationContext implementations and various utility classes.
org.springframework.web.servlet	Provides servlets that integrate with the application context infrastructure, and the core interfaces and classes for the Spring web MVC framework.

Uses of ConfigurableApplicationContext in org.springframework.context

Classes in org.springframework.context with type parameters of type ConfigurableApplicationContext

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
interface	ApplicationContextInitializer<C extends ConfigurableApplicationContext>	Callback interface for initializing a Spring ConfigurableApplicationContext prior to being refreshed.

Uses of ConfigurableApplicationContext in org.springframework.context.annotation

Classes in org.springframework.context.annotation that implement ConfigurableApplicationContext

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
class	AnnotationConfigApplicationContext	Standalone application context, accepting component classes as input — in particular @Configuration-annotated classes, but also plain @Component types and JSR-330 compliant classes using jakarta.inject annotations.

Uses of ConfigurableApplicationContext in org.springframework.context.aot

Classes in org.springframework.context.aot with type parameters of type ConfigurableApplicationContext

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
interface	AotApplicationContextInitializer<C extends ConfigurableApplicationContext>	Specialized ApplicationContextInitializer used to initialize a ConfigurableApplicationContext using artifacts that were generated ahead-of-time.

Methods in org.springframework.context.aot with type parameters of type ConfigurableApplicationContext

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <C extends ConfigurableApplicationContext> AotApplicationContextInitializer<C>	AotApplicationContextInitializer.forInitializerClasses(String... initializerClassNames)	Factory method to create a new AotApplicationContextInitializer instance that delegates to other initializers loaded from the given set of class names.
static <C extends ConfigurableApplicationContext> ApplicationContextInitializer<C>	AotApplicationContextInitializer.instantiateInitializer(String initializerClassName, ClassLoader classLoader)

Uses of ConfigurableApplicationContext in org.springframework.context.support

Classes in org.springframework.context.support that implement ConfigurableApplicationContext

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
class	AbstractApplicationContext	Abstract implementation of the ApplicationContext interface.
class	AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext	Base class for ApplicationContext implementations which are supposed to support multiple calls to AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(), creating a new internal bean factory instance every time.
class	AbstractRefreshableConfigApplicationContext	AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext subclass that adds common handling of specified config locations.
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.
class	GenericApplicationContext	Generic ApplicationContext implementation that holds a single internal DefaultListableBeanFactory instance and does not assume a specific bean definition format.
class	GenericGroovyApplicationContext	An ApplicationContext implementation that extends GenericApplicationContext and implements GroovyObject such that beans can be retrieved with the dot de-reference syntax instead of using AbstractApplicationContext.getBean(java.lang.String).
class	GenericXmlApplicationContext	Convenient application context with built-in XML support.
class	StaticApplicationContext	ApplicationContext implementation which supports programmatic registration of beans and messages, rather than reading bean definitions from external configuration sources.

Uses of ConfigurableApplicationContext in org.springframework.test.context

Methods in org.springframework.test.context with parameters of type ConfigurableApplicationContext

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	ContextCustomizer.customizeContext(ConfigurableApplicationContext context, MergedContextConfiguration mergedConfig)	Customize the supplied ConfigurableApplicationContext after bean definitions have been loaded into the context but before the context has been refreshed.

Uses of ConfigurableApplicationContext in org.springframework.test.context.aot

Methods in org.springframework.test.context.aot that return types with arguments of type ConfigurableApplicationContext

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ApplicationContextInitializer<ConfigurableApplicationContext>	AotTestContextInitializers.getContextInitializer(Class<?> testClass)	Get the AOT ApplicationContextInitializer for the specified test class.

Method parameters in org.springframework.test.context.aot with type arguments of type ConfigurableApplicationContext

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ApplicationContext	AotContextLoader.loadContextForAotRuntime(MergedContextConfiguration mergedConfig, ApplicationContextInitializer<ConfigurableApplicationContext> initializer)	Load a new ApplicationContext for AOT run-time execution based on the supplied MergedContextConfiguration and ApplicationContextInitializer.

Uses of ConfigurableApplicationContext in org.springframework.test.context.support

Methods in org.springframework.test.context.support that return ConfigurableApplicationContext

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
final ConfigurableApplicationContext	AbstractGenericContextLoader.loadContext(String... locations)	Deprecated. as of Spring Framework 6.0, in favor of AbstractGenericContextLoader.loadContext(MergedContextConfiguration)

Methods in org.springframework.test.context.support with parameters of type ConfigurableApplicationContext

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	TestPropertySourceUtils.addInlinedPropertiesToEnvironment(ConfigurableApplicationContext context, String... inlinedProperties)	Add the given inlined properties to the Environment of the supplied context.
static void	TestPropertySourceUtils.addPropertiesFilesToEnvironment(ConfigurableApplicationContext context, String... locations)	Add the Properties files from the given resource locations to the Environment of the supplied context.
static void	TestPropertySourceUtils.addPropertySourcesToEnvironment(ConfigurableApplicationContext context, List<PropertySourceDescriptor> descriptors)	Add property sources for the given descriptors to the Environment of the supplied context.
protected void	AbstractContextLoader.customizeContext(ConfigurableApplicationContext context, MergedContextConfiguration mergedConfig)	Customize the ConfigurableApplicationContext created by this ContextLoader after bean definitions have been loaded into the context but before the context has been refreshed.
protected void	AbstractContextLoader.prepareContext(ConfigurableApplicationContext context, MergedContextConfiguration mergedConfig)	Prepare the ConfigurableApplicationContext created by this SmartContextLoader before bean definitions are read.

Method parameters in org.springframework.test.context.support with type arguments of type ConfigurableApplicationContext

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
final ApplicationContext	AbstractDelegatingSmartContextLoader.loadContextForAotRuntime(MergedContextConfiguration mergedConfig, ApplicationContextInitializer<ConfigurableApplicationContext> initializer)	Delegates to an appropriate candidate SmartContextLoader to load an ApplicationContext for AOT run-time execution.
final GenericApplicationContext	AbstractGenericContextLoader.loadContextForAotRuntime(MergedContextConfiguration mergedConfig, ApplicationContextInitializer<ConfigurableApplicationContext> initializer)	Load a GenericApplicationContext for AOT run-time execution based on the supplied MergedContextConfiguration and ApplicationContextInitializer.

Uses of ConfigurableApplicationContext in org.springframework.test.context.web

Method parameters in org.springframework.test.context.web with type arguments of type ConfigurableApplicationContext

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
final GenericWebApplicationContext	AbstractGenericWebContextLoader.loadContextForAotRuntime(MergedContextConfiguration mergedConfig, ApplicationContextInitializer<ConfigurableApplicationContext> initializer)	Load a GenericWebApplicationContext for AOT run-time execution based on the supplied MergedContextConfiguration and ApplicationContextInitializer.

Uses of ConfigurableApplicationContext in org.springframework.web.context

Subinterfaces of ConfigurableApplicationContext in org.springframework.web.context

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
interface	ConfigurableWebApplicationContext	Interface to be implemented by configurable web application contexts.

Methods in org.springframework.web.context that return types with arguments of type ConfigurableApplicationContext

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected List<Class<ApplicationContextInitializer<ConfigurableApplicationContext>>>	ContextLoader.determineContextInitializerClasses(ServletContext servletContext)	Return the ApplicationContextInitializer implementation classes to use if any have been specified by ContextLoader.CONTEXT_INITIALIZER_CLASSES_PARAM.

Uses of ConfigurableApplicationContext in org.springframework.web.context.support

Classes in org.springframework.web.context.support that implement ConfigurableApplicationContext

Modifier and Type	Class	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 classes, but also plain @Component classes as well as JSR-330 compliant classes using jakarta.inject annotations.
class	GenericWebApplicationContext	Subclass of GenericApplicationContext, suitable for web environments.
class	GroovyWebApplicationContext	WebApplicationContext implementation which takes its configuration from Groovy bean definition scripts and/or XML files, as understood by a GroovyBeanDefinitionReader.
class	StaticWebApplicationContext	Static WebApplicationContext implementation for testing.
class	XmlWebApplicationContext	WebApplicationContext implementation which takes its configuration from XML documents, understood by an XmlBeanDefinitionReader.

Uses of ConfigurableApplicationContext in org.springframework.web.servlet

Methods in org.springframework.web.servlet with parameters of type ConfigurableApplicationContext

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected void	FrameworkServlet.applyInitializers(ConfigurableApplicationContext wac)	Delegate the WebApplicationContext before it is refreshed to any ApplicationContextInitializer instances specified by the "contextInitializerClasses" servlet init-param.