org.springframework.context
Interface ConfigurableApplicationContext

All Known Subinterfaces:

ConfigurableWebApplicationContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractApplicationContext

public interface ConfigurableApplicationContext

extends ApplicationContext

SPI interface to be implemented by most if not all application contexts. Provides means to configure an application context in addition to the application context client methods in the ApplicationContext interface.

Configuration and lifecycle methods are encapsulated here to avoid making them obvious to ApplicationContext client code.

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

Since: 03.11.2003

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.HierarchicalBeanFactory

getParentBeanFactory

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory

containsBean, getAliases, getBean, getBean, isSingleton

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.ListableBeanFactory

containsBeanDefinition, getBeanDefinitionCount, getBeanDefinitionNames, getBeanDefinitionNames, getBeansOfType

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.context.MessageSource

getMessage, getMessage, getMessage

Method Detail

close

public void close()
            throws ApplicationContextException

Close this application context, releasing all resources and locks that the implementation might hold. This includes disposing all cached singleton beans.

Note: Does not invoke close on a parent context.

Throws:

org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException - if there were fatal errors

public ConfigurableListableBeanFactory getBeanFactory()

Return the internal bean factory of this application context. Can be used to access specific functionality of the factory.

public void refresh()
              throws org.springframework.beans.BeansException

Load or refresh the persistent representation of the configuration, which might an XML file, properties file, or relational database schema.

Throws:

org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException - if the config cannot be loaded

org.springframework.beans.BeansException - if the bean factory could not be initialized

public void setParent(ApplicationContext parent)

Set the parent of this application context.

Note that the parent shouldn't be changed: It should only be set outside a constructor if it isn't available when an object of this class is created, for example in case of WebApplicationContext setup.

Parameters:

parent - the parent context

See Also:

ConfigurableWebApplicationContext