org.springframework.web.context.support
Class XmlWebApplicationContext

org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext
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  +--org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApplicationContext
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        +--org.springframework.ui.context.support.AbstractXmlUiApplicationContext
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              +--org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext

public class XmlWebApplicationContext

extends AbstractXmlUiApplicationContext

implements ConfigurableWebApplicationContext

WebApplicationContext implementation that takes configuration from an XML document.

By default, the configuration will be taken from "/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml" for the root context, and "/WEB-INF/test-servlet.xml" for a context with the namespace "test-servlet" (like for a DispatcherServlet instance with the web.xml servlet-name "test"). These config location defaults can be overridden via setConfigLocations, respectively via the "contextConfigLocation" parameters of ContextLoader and FrameworkServlet.

Note: In case of multiple config locations, later bean definitions will override ones defined in earlier loaded files. This can be leveraged to deliberately override certain bean definitions via an extra XML file.

Interprets resource paths as servlet context resources, i.e. as paths beneath the web application root. Absolute paths, e.g. for files outside the web app root, can be accessed via "file:" URLs, as implemented by AbstractApplicationContext.

Author:

Rod Johnson, Juergen Hoeller

See Also: setNamespace(java.lang.String), setConfigLocations(java.lang.String[]), org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ServletContext), org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext(), org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getResource(java.lang.String)

Method Summary
ServletContext	getServletContext()
void	refresh()
void	setConfigLocations(String[] configLocations)
void	setNamespace(String namespace)
void	setServletContext(ServletContext servletContext)
String	toString()           Return diagnostic information.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.ui.context.support.AbstractXmlUiApplicationContext

getTheme

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

getBeanFactory

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

close, containsBean, containsBeanDefinition, getAliases, getBean, getBean, getBeanDefinitionCount, getBeanDefinitionNames, getBeanDefinitionNames, getBeansOfType, getDisplayName, getMessage, getMessage, getMessage, getParent, getParentBeanFactory, getResource, getStartupDate, isSingleton, publishEvent, setParent

Field Detail

DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION

public final static String DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION

Default config location for the root context

public final static String DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION_PREFIX

Default prefix for building a config location for a namespace

public final static String DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION_SUFFIX

Default suffix for building a config location for a namespace

public ServletContext getServletContext()

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

public void setConfigLocations(String[] configLocations)

public void setNamespace(String namespace)

public void setServletContext(ServletContext servletContext)

public String toString()

Return diagnostic information.

Association Links

to Class java.lang.String

Default config location for the root context

to Class java.lang.String

Default prefix for building a config location for a namespace

to Class java.lang.String

Default suffix for building a config location for a namespace

to Class java.lang.String

Namespace of this context, or null if root

to Class java.lang.String

Paths to XML configuration files