org.springframework.web.context
Interface WebApplicationContext

All Known Subinterfaces:

ConfigurableWebApplicationContext

public interface WebApplicationContext

extends ApplicationContext, ThemeSource

Interface to provide configuration for a web application. This is read-only while the application is running, but may be reloaded if the implementation supports this.

This interface adds ServletContext methods to the generic ApplicationContext interface, and defines a well-known application attribute name that the root context must be bound to in the bootstrap process.

Like generic application contexts, web application contexts are hierarchical. There is a single root context per application, while each servlet in the application (including a dispatcher servlet in the MVC framework) has its own child context.

Author:

Rod Johnson

Version: $Revision: 1.8 $

Since: January 19, 2001

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

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.ui.context.ThemeSource

getTheme

Field Detail

ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE

public final static String ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE

Context attribute to bind root WebApplicationContext to on successful startup.

public ServletContext getServletContext()

Return the standard Servlet API ServletContext for this application.

Association Links

to Class java.lang.String

Context attribute to bind root WebApplicationContext to on successful startup.