public abstract class

AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext

extends AbstractApplicationContext

java.lang.Object
↳	org.springframework.core.io.DefaultResourceLoader
	↳	org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext
		↳	org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext

Known Direct Subclasses

AbstractRefreshableConfigApplicationContext

Known Indirect Subclasses

AbstractRefreshablePortletApplicationContext, AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext, AbstractXmlApplicationContext, AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext, ClassPathXmlApplicationContext, FileSystemXmlApplicationContext, XmlPortletApplicationContext, XmlWebApplicationContext

Class Overview

Base class for ApplicationContext implementations which are supposed to support multiple calls to refresh(), creating a new internal bean factory instance every time. Typically (but not necessarily), such a context will be driven by a set of config locations to load bean definitions from.

The only method to be implemented by subclasses is loadBeanDefinitions(DefaultListableBeanFactory), which gets invoked on each refresh. A concrete implementation is supposed to load bean definitions into the given DefaultListableBeanFactory, typically delegating to one or more specific bean definition readers.

Note that there is a similar base class for WebApplicationContexts. AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext provides the same subclassing strategy, but additionally pre-implements all context functionality for web environments. There is also a pre-defined way to receive config locations for a web context.

Concrete standalone subclasses of this base class, reading in a specific bean definition format, are ClassPathXmlApplicationContext and FileSystemXmlApplicationContext, which both derive from the common AbstractXmlApplicationContext base class; AnnotationConfigApplicationContext supports @Configuration-annotated classes as a source of bean definitions.

Summary

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Inherited Constants

From class org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext

From interface org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory

From interface org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext

From interface org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader

From interface org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver

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Inherited Fields

From class org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext

Public Constructors
	AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext() Create a new AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext with no parent.
	AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext(ApplicationContext parent) Create a new AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext with the given parent context.

Public Methods
final ConfigurableListableBeanFactory	getBeanFactory() Subclasses must return their internal bean factory here.
void	setAllowBeanDefinitionOverriding(boolean allowBeanDefinitionOverriding) Set whether it should be allowed to override bean definitions by registering a different definition with the same name, automatically replacing the former.
void	setAllowCircularReferences(boolean allowCircularReferences) Set whether to allow circular references between beans - and automatically try to resolve them.

Protected Methods
void	cancelRefresh(BeansException ex) Cancel this context's refresh attempt, resetting the `active` flag after an exception got thrown.
final void	closeBeanFactory() Subclasses must implement this method to release their internal bean factory.
DefaultListableBeanFactory	createBeanFactory() Create an internal bean factory for this context.
void	customizeBeanFactory(DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory) Customize the internal bean factory used by this context.
final boolean	hasBeanFactory() Determine whether this context currently holds a bean factory, i.e.
abstract void	loadBeanDefinitions(DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory) Load bean definitions into the given bean factory, typically through delegating to one or more bean definition readers.
final void	refreshBeanFactory() This implementation performs an actual refresh of this context's underlying bean factory, shutting down the previous bean factory (if any) and initializing a fresh bean factory for the next phase of the context's lifecycle.

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Inherited Methods

From class org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext

void	addApplicationListener(ApplicationListener<?> listener) Add a new ApplicationListener that will be notified on context events such as context refresh and context shutdown.
void	addBeanFactoryPostProcessor(BeanFactoryPostProcessor beanFactoryPostProcessor) Add a new BeanFactoryPostProcessor that will get applied to the internal bean factory of this application context on refresh, before any of the bean definitions get evaluated.
void	addListener(ApplicationListener<?> listener) This method is deprecated. as of Spring 3.0, in favor of `addApplicationListener(ApplicationListener)`
void	cancelRefresh(BeansException ex) Cancel this context's refresh attempt, resetting the `active` flag after an exception got thrown.
void	close() Close this application context, destroying all beans in its bean factory.
abstract void	closeBeanFactory() Subclasses must implement this method to release their internal bean factory.
boolean	containsBean(String name) Does this bean factory contain a bean with the given name? More specifically, is `getBean(Class)` able to obtain a bean instance for the given name? Translates aliases back to the corresponding canonical bean name.
boolean	containsBeanDefinition(String beanName) Check if this bean factory contains a bean definition with the given name.
boolean	containsLocalBean(String name) Return whether the local bean factory contains a bean of the given name, ignoring beans defined in ancestor contexts.
ConfigurableEnvironment	createEnvironment() Create and return a new `DefaultEnvironment`.
void	destroy() DisposableBean callback for destruction of this instance.
void	destroyBeans() Template method for destroying all beans that this context manages.
void	doClose() Actually performs context closing: publishes a ContextClosedEvent and destroys the singletons in the bean factory of this application context.
<A extends Annotation> A	findAnnotationOnBean(String beanName, Class<A> annotationType) Find a `Annotation` of `annotationType` on the specified bean, traversing its interfaces and super classes if no annotation can be found on the given class itself.
void	finishBeanFactoryInitialization(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) Finish the initialization of this context's bean factory, initializing all remaining singleton beans.
void	finishRefresh() Finish the refresh of this context, invoking the LifecycleProcessor's onRefresh() method and publishing the `ContextRefreshedEvent`.
String[]	getAliases(String name) Return the aliases for the given bean name, if any.
Collection<ApplicationListener<?>>	getApplicationListeners() Return the list of statically specified ApplicationListeners.
AutowireCapableBeanFactory	getAutowireCapableBeanFactory() Return this context's internal bean factory as AutowireCapableBeanFactory, if already available.
<T> T	getBean(Class<T> requiredType) Return the bean instance that uniquely matches the given object type, if any.
Object	getBean(String name, Object... args) Return an instance, which may be shared or independent, of the specified bean.
<T> T	getBean(String name, Class<T> requiredType) Return an instance, which may be shared or independent, of the specified bean.
Object	getBean(String name) Return an instance, which may be shared or independent, of the specified bean.
int	getBeanDefinitionCount() Return the number of beans defined in the factory.
String[]	getBeanDefinitionNames() Return the names of all beans defined in this factory.
abstract ConfigurableListableBeanFactory	getBeanFactory() Subclasses must return their internal bean factory here.
List<BeanFactoryPostProcessor>	getBeanFactoryPostProcessors() Return the list of BeanFactoryPostProcessors that will get applied to the internal BeanFactory.
String[]	getBeanNamesForType(Class<?> type, boolean includeNonSingletons, boolean allowEagerInit) Return the names of beans matching the given type (including subclasses), judging from either bean definitions or the value of `getObjectType` in the case of FactoryBeans.
String[]	getBeanNamesForType(Class<?> type) Return the names of beans matching the given type (including subclasses), judging from either bean definitions or the value of `getObjectType` in the case of FactoryBeans.
<T> Map<String, T>	getBeansOfType(Class<T> type, boolean includeNonSingletons, boolean allowEagerInit) Return the bean instances that match the given object type (including subclasses), judging from either bean definitions or the value of `getObjectType` in the case of FactoryBeans.
<T> Map<String, T>	getBeansOfType(Class<T> type) Return the bean instances that match the given object type (including subclasses), judging from either bean definitions or the value of `getObjectType` in the case of FactoryBeans.
Map<String, Object>	getBeansWithAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType) Find all beans whose `Class` has the supplied `Annotation` type.
String	getDisplayName() Return a friendly name for this context.
ConfigurableEnvironment	getEnvironment() Return the Environment for this application context in configurable form.
String	getId() Return the unique id of this application context.
BeanFactory	getInternalParentBeanFactory() Return the internal bean factory of the parent context if it implements ConfigurableApplicationContext; else, return the parent context itself.
MessageSource	getInternalParentMessageSource() Return the internal message source of the parent context if it is an AbstractApplicationContext too; else, return the parent context itself.
String	getMessage(MessageSourceResolvable resolvable, Locale locale) Try to resolve the message using all the attributes contained within the `MessageSourceResolvable` argument that was passed in.
String	getMessage(String code, Object[] args, Locale locale) Try to resolve the message.
String	getMessage(String code, Object[] args, String defaultMessage, Locale locale) Try to resolve the message.
ApplicationContext	getParent() Return the parent context, or `null` if there is no parent (that is, this context is the root of the context hierarchy).
BeanFactory	getParentBeanFactory() Return the parent bean factory, or `null` if there is none.
ResourcePatternResolver	getResourcePatternResolver() Return the ResourcePatternResolver to use for resolving location patterns into Resource instances.
Resource[]	getResources(String locationPattern) Resolve the given location pattern into Resource objects.
long	getStartupDate() Return the timestamp (ms) when this context was first loaded.
Class<?>	getType(String name) Determine the type of the bean with the given name.
void	initApplicationEventMulticaster() Initialize the ApplicationEventMulticaster.
void	initLifecycleProcessor() Initialize the LifecycleProcessor.
void	initMessageSource() Initialize the MessageSource.
void	initPropertySources() Replace any stub property sources with actual instances.
void	invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) Instantiate and invoke all registered BeanFactoryPostProcessor beans, respecting explicit order if given.
boolean	isActive() Determine whether this application context is active, that is, whether it has been refreshed at least once and has not been closed yet.
boolean	isPrototype(String name) Is this bean a prototype? That is, will `getBean(Class)` always return independent instances? Note: This method returning `false` does not clearly indicate a singleton object.
boolean	isRunning() Check whether this component is currently running.
boolean	isSingleton(String name) Is this bean a shared singleton? That is, will `getBean(Class)` always return the same instance? Note: This method returning `false` does not clearly indicate independent instances.
boolean	isTypeMatch(String name, Class<?> targetType) Check whether the bean with the given name matches the specified type.
ConfigurableListableBeanFactory	obtainFreshBeanFactory() Tell the subclass to refresh the internal bean factory.
void	onClose() Template method which can be overridden to add context-specific shutdown work.
void	onRefresh() Template method which can be overridden to add context-specific refresh work.
void	postProcessBeanFactory(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) Modify the application context's internal bean factory after its standard initialization.
void	prepareBeanFactory(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) Configure the factory's standard context characteristics, such as the context's ClassLoader and post-processors.
void	prepareRefresh() Prepare this context for refreshing, setting its startup date and active flag as well as performing any initialization of property sources.
void	publishEvent(ApplicationEvent event) Publish the given event to all listeners.
void	refresh() Load or refresh the persistent representation of the configuration, which might an XML file, properties file, or relational database schema.
abstract void	refreshBeanFactory() Subclasses must implement this method to perform the actual configuration load.
void	registerBeanPostProcessors(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) Instantiate and invoke all registered BeanPostProcessor beans, respecting explicit order if given.
void	registerListeners() Add beans that implement ApplicationListener as listeners.
void	registerShutdownHook() Register a shutdown hook with the JVM runtime, closing this context on JVM shutdown unless it has already been closed at that time.
void	setDisplayName(String displayName) Set a friendly name for this context.
void	setEnvironment(ConfigurableEnvironment environment) Set the `Environment` for this application context. Default value is determined by `createEnvironment()`.
void	setId(String id) Set the unique id of this application context.
void	setParent(ApplicationContext parent) Set the parent of this application context.
void	start() Start this component.
void	stop() Stop this component.
String	toString() Return information about this context.

From class org.springframework.core.io.DefaultResourceLoader

From class java.lang.Object

From interface org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory

abstract boolean	containsBean(String name) Does this bean factory contain a bean with the given name? More specifically, is `getBean(Class)` able to obtain a bean instance for the given name? Translates aliases back to the corresponding canonical bean name.
abstract String[]	getAliases(String name) Return the aliases for the given bean name, if any.
abstract Object	getBean(String name) Return an instance, which may be shared or independent, of the specified bean.
abstract Object	getBean(String name, Object... args) Return an instance, which may be shared or independent, of the specified bean.
abstract <T> T	getBean(Class<T> requiredType) Return the bean instance that uniquely matches the given object type, if any.
abstract <T> T	getBean(String name, Class<T> requiredType) Return an instance, which may be shared or independent, of the specified bean.
abstract Class<?>	getType(String name) Determine the type of the bean with the given name.
abstract boolean	isPrototype(String name) Is this bean a prototype? That is, will `getBean(Class)` always return independent instances? Note: This method returning `false` does not clearly indicate a singleton object.
abstract boolean	isSingleton(String name) Is this bean a shared singleton? That is, will `getBean(Class)` always return the same instance? Note: This method returning `false` does not clearly indicate independent instances.
abstract boolean	isTypeMatch(String name, Class<?> targetType) Check whether the bean with the given name matches the specified type.

From interface org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean

From interface org.springframework.beans.factory.HierarchicalBeanFactory

From interface org.springframework.beans.factory.ListableBeanFactory

abstract boolean	containsBeanDefinition(String beanName) Check if this bean factory contains a bean definition with the given name.
abstract <A extends Annotation> A	findAnnotationOnBean(String beanName, Class<A> annotationType) Find a `Annotation` of `annotationType` on the specified bean, traversing its interfaces and super classes if no annotation can be found on the given class itself.
abstract int	getBeanDefinitionCount() Return the number of beans defined in the factory.
abstract String[]	getBeanDefinitionNames() Return the names of all beans defined in this factory.
abstract String[]	getBeanNamesForType(Class<?> type, boolean includeNonSingletons, boolean allowEagerInit) Return the names of beans matching the given type (including subclasses), judging from either bean definitions or the value of `getObjectType` in the case of FactoryBeans.
abstract String[]	getBeanNamesForType(Class<?> type) Return the names of beans matching the given type (including subclasses), judging from either bean definitions or the value of `getObjectType` in the case of FactoryBeans.
abstract <T> Map<String, T>	getBeansOfType(Class<T> type) Return the bean instances that match the given object type (including subclasses), judging from either bean definitions or the value of `getObjectType` in the case of FactoryBeans.
abstract <T> Map<String, T>	getBeansOfType(Class<T> type, boolean includeNonSingletons, boolean allowEagerInit) Return the bean instances that match the given object type (including subclasses), judging from either bean definitions or the value of `getObjectType` in the case of FactoryBeans.
abstract Map<String, Object>	getBeansWithAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType) Find all beans whose `Class` has the supplied `Annotation` type.

From interface org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext

From interface org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisher

From interface org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext

abstract void	addApplicationListener(ApplicationListener<?> listener) Add a new ApplicationListener that will be notified on context events such as context refresh and context shutdown.
abstract void	addBeanFactoryPostProcessor(BeanFactoryPostProcessor beanFactoryPostProcessor) Add a new BeanFactoryPostProcessor that will get applied to the internal bean factory of this application context on refresh, before any of the bean definitions get evaluated.
abstract void	close() Close this application context, releasing all resources and locks that the implementation might hold.
abstract ConfigurableListableBeanFactory	getBeanFactory() Return the internal bean factory of this application context.
abstract ConfigurableEnvironment	getEnvironment() Return the Environment for this application context in configurable form.
abstract boolean	isActive() Determine whether this application context is active, that is, whether it has been refreshed at least once and has not been closed yet.
abstract void	refresh() Load or refresh the persistent representation of the configuration, which might an XML file, properties file, or relational database schema.
abstract void	registerShutdownHook() Register a shutdown hook with the JVM runtime, closing this context on JVM shutdown unless it has already been closed at that time.
abstract void	setEnvironment(ConfigurableEnvironment environment) Set the `Environment` for this application context.
abstract void	setId(String id) Set the unique id of this application context.
abstract void	setParent(ApplicationContext parent) Set the parent of this application context.

From interface org.springframework.context.Lifecycle

From interface org.springframework.context.MessageSource

From interface org.springframework.core.env.EnvironmentCapable

From interface org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader

From interface org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver

Public Constructors

public AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext ()

Create a new AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext with no parent.

public AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext (ApplicationContext parent)

Create a new AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext with the given parent context.

Parameters

parent	the parent context

Public Methods

public final ConfigurableListableBeanFactory getBeanFactory ()

Subclasses must return their internal bean factory here. They should implement the lookup efficiently, so that it can be called repeatedly without a performance penalty.

Note: Subclasses should check whether the context is still active before returning the internal bean factory. The internal factory should generally be considered unavailable once the context has been closed.

Returns

this application context's internal bean factory (never null)

public void setAllowBeanDefinitionOverriding (boolean allowBeanDefinitionOverriding)

Set whether it should be allowed to override bean definitions by registering a different definition with the same name, automatically replacing the former. If not, an exception will be thrown. Default is "true".

public void setAllowCircularReferences (boolean allowCircularReferences)

Set whether to allow circular references between beans - and automatically try to resolve them.

Default is "true". Turn this off to throw an exception when encountering a circular reference, disallowing them completely.

Protected Methods

protected void cancelRefresh (BeansException ex)

Cancel this context's refresh attempt, resetting the active flag after an exception got thrown.

Parameters

ex	the exception that led to the cancellation

protected final void closeBeanFactory ()

Subclasses must implement this method to release their internal bean factory. This method gets invoked by close() after all other shutdown work.

Should never throw an exception but rather log shutdown failures.

protected DefaultListableBeanFactory createBeanFactory ()

Create an internal bean factory for this context. Called for each refresh() attempt.

The default implementation creates a DefaultListableBeanFactory with the internal bean factory of this context's parent as parent bean factory. Can be overridden in subclasses, for example to customize DefaultListableBeanFactory's settings.

Returns

the bean factory for this context

protected void customizeBeanFactory (DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory)

Customize the internal bean factory used by this context. Called for each refresh() attempt.

The default implementation applies this context's "allowBeanDefinitionOverriding" and "allowCircularReferences" settings, if specified. Can be overridden in subclasses to customize any of DefaultListableBeanFactory's settings.

Parameters

beanFactory	the newly created bean factory for this context

protected final boolean hasBeanFactory ()

Determine whether this context currently holds a bean factory, i.e. has been refreshed at least once and not been closed yet.

protected abstract void loadBeanDefinitions (DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory)

Load bean definitions into the given bean factory, typically through delegating to one or more bean definition readers.

Parameters

beanFactory	the bean factory to load bean definitions into

Throws

BeansException	if parsing of the bean definitions failed
IOException	if loading of bean definition files failed

protected final void refreshBeanFactory ()

This implementation performs an actual refresh of this context's underlying bean factory, shutting down the previous bean factory (if any) and initializing a fresh bean factory for the next phase of the context's lifecycle.

Throws

BeansException

Classes

AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext

Class Overview

See Also

Summary

Public Constructors

public AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext ()

public AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext (ApplicationContext parent)

Parameters

Public Methods

public final ConfigurableListableBeanFactory getBeanFactory ()

Returns

public void setAllowBeanDefinitionOverriding (boolean allowBeanDefinitionOverriding)

See Also

public void setAllowCircularReferences (boolean allowCircularReferences)

See Also

Protected Methods

protected void cancelRefresh (BeansException ex)

Parameters

protected final void closeBeanFactory ()

protected DefaultListableBeanFactory createBeanFactory ()

Returns

See Also

protected void customizeBeanFactory (DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory)

Parameters

See Also

protected final boolean hasBeanFactory ()

protected abstract void loadBeanDefinitions (DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory)

Parameters

Throws

See Also

protected final void refreshBeanFactory ()

Throws