public class

ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator

extends SingletonBeanFactoryLocator
java.lang.Object
   ↳ org.springframework.beans.factory.access.SingletonBeanFactoryLocator
     ↳ org.springframework.context.access.ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator

Class Overview

Variant of SingletonBeanFactoryLocator which creates its internal bean factory reference as an ApplicationContext instead of SingletonBeanFactoryLocator's simple BeanFactory. For almost all usage scenarios, this will not make a difference, since within that ApplicationContext or BeanFactory you are still free to define either BeanFactory or ApplicationContext instances. The main reason one would need to use this class is if bean post-processing (or other ApplicationContext specific features are needed in the bean reference definition itself).

Note: This class uses classpath*:beanRefContext.xml as the default resource location for the bean factory reference definition files. It is not possible nor legal to share definitions with SingletonBeanFactoryLocator at the same time.

See Also

Summary

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Inherited Fields
From class org.springframework.beans.factory.access.SingletonBeanFactoryLocator
Protected Constructors
ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator(String resourceLocation)
Constructor which uses the the specified name as the resource name of the definition file(s).
Public Methods
static BeanFactoryLocator getInstance()
Returns an instance which uses the default "classpath*:beanRefContext.xml", as the name of the definition file(s).
static BeanFactoryLocator getInstance(String selector)
Returns an instance which uses the the specified selector, as the name of the definition file(s).
Protected Methods
BeanFactory createDefinition(String resourceLocation, String factoryKey)
Overrides the default method to create definition object as an ApplicationContext instead of the default BeanFactory.
void destroyDefinition(BeanFactory groupDef, String selector)
Overrides the default method to operate on an ApplicationContext, invoking ConfigurableApplicationContext.close().
void initializeDefinition(BeanFactory groupDef)
Overrides the default method to refresh the ApplicationContext, invoking ConfigurableApplicationContext.refresh().
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Inherited Methods
From class org.springframework.beans.factory.access.SingletonBeanFactoryLocator
From class java.lang.Object
From interface org.springframework.beans.factory.access.BeanFactoryLocator

Protected Constructors

protected ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator (String resourceLocation)

Constructor which uses the the specified name as the resource name of the definition file(s).

Parameters
resourceLocation the Spring resource location to use (either a URL or a "classpath:" / "classpath*:" pseudo URL)

Public Methods

public static BeanFactoryLocator getInstance ()

Returns an instance which uses the default "classpath*:beanRefContext.xml", as the name of the definition file(s). All resources returned by the current thread's context class loader's getResources method with this name will be combined to create a definition, which is just a BeanFactory.

Returns
  • the corresponding BeanFactoryLocator instance
Throws
BeansException in case of factory loading failure

public static BeanFactoryLocator getInstance (String selector)

Returns an instance which uses the the specified selector, as the name of the definition file(s). In the case of a name with a Spring "classpath*:" prefix, or with no prefix, which is treated the same, the current thread's context class loader's getResources method will be called with this value to get all resources having that name. These resources will then be combined to form a definition. In the case where the name uses a Spring "classpath:" prefix, or a standard URL prefix, then only one resource file will be loaded as the definition.

Parameters
selector the location of the resource(s) which will be read and combined to form the definition for the BeanFactoryLocator instance. Any such files must form a valid ApplicationContext definition.
Returns
  • the corresponding BeanFactoryLocator instance
Throws
BeansException in case of factory loading failure

Protected Methods

protected BeanFactory createDefinition (String resourceLocation, String factoryKey)

Overrides the default method to create definition object as an ApplicationContext instead of the default BeanFactory. This does not affect what can actually be loaded by that definition.

The default implementation simply builds a ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.

Parameters
resourceLocation the resource location for this factory group
factoryKey the bean name of the factory to obtain
Returns
  • the corresponding BeanFactory reference

protected void destroyDefinition (BeanFactory groupDef, String selector)

Overrides the default method to operate on an ApplicationContext, invoking ConfigurableApplicationContext.close().

Parameters
groupDef the factory returned by createDefinition()
selector the resource location for this factory group

protected void initializeDefinition (BeanFactory groupDef)

Overrides the default method to refresh the ApplicationContext, invoking ConfigurableApplicationContext.refresh().

Parameters
groupDef the factory returned by createDefinition()