public class

GenericXmlApplicationContext

extends GenericApplicationContext

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

Class Overview

Convenient application context with built-in XML support. This is a flexible alternative to ClassPathXmlApplicationContext and FileSystemXmlApplicationContext, to be configured via setters, with an eventual refresh() call activating the context.

In case of multiple configuration files, bean definitions in later files will override those defined in earlier files. This can be leveraged to deliberately override certain bean definitions via an extra configuration file.

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
	GenericXmlApplicationContext() Create a new GenericXmlApplicationContext that needs to be `loaded` and then manually `refreshed`.
	GenericXmlApplicationContext(Resource... resources) Create a new GenericXmlApplicationContext, loading bean definitions from the given resources and automatically refreshing the context.
	GenericXmlApplicationContext(String... resourceLocations) Create a new GenericXmlApplicationContext, loading bean definitions from the given resource locations and automatically refreshing the context.
	GenericXmlApplicationContext(Class<?> relativeClass, String... resourceNames) Create a new GenericXmlApplicationContext, loading bean definitions from the given resource locations and automatically refreshing the context.

Public Methods
void	load(Resource... resources) Load bean definitions from the given XML resources.
void	load(Class<?> relativeClass, String... resourceNames) Load bean definitions from the given XML resources.
void	load(String... resourceLocations) Load bean definitions from the given XML resources.
void	setEnvironment(ConfigurableEnvironment environment) Set the `Environment` for this application context. Default value is determined by `createEnvironment()`. Delegates the given environment to underlying `XmlBeanDefinitionReader`.
void	setValidating(boolean validating) Set whether to use XML validation.

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Inherited Methods

From class org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext

void	cancelRefresh(BeansException ex) Cancel this context's refresh attempt, resetting the `active` flag after an exception got thrown.
final void	closeBeanFactory() Not much to do: We hold a single internal BeanFactory that will never get released.
BeanDefinition	getBeanDefinition(String beanName) Return the BeanDefinition for the given bean name.
final ConfigurableListableBeanFactory	getBeanFactory() Return the single internal BeanFactory held by this context (as ConfigurableListableBeanFactory).
final DefaultListableBeanFactory	getDefaultListableBeanFactory() Return the underlying bean factory of this context, available for registering bean definitions.
Resource	getResource(String location) This implementation delegates to this context's ResourceLoader if set, falling back to the default superclass behavior else.
Resource[]	getResources(String locationPattern) This implementation delegates to this context's ResourceLoader if it implements the ResourcePatternResolver interface, falling back to the default superclass behavior else.
boolean	isAlias(String beanName) Determine whether this given name is defines as an alias (as opposed to the name of an actually registered component).
boolean	isBeanNameInUse(String beanName) Determine whether the given bean name is already in use within this registry, i.e.
final void	refreshBeanFactory() Do nothing: We hold a single internal BeanFactory and rely on callers to register beans through our public methods (or the BeanFactory's).
void	registerAlias(String beanName, String alias) Given a name, register an alias for it.
void	registerBeanDefinition(String beanName, BeanDefinition beanDefinition) Register a new bean definition with this registry.
void	removeAlias(String alias) Remove the specified alias from this registry.
void	removeBeanDefinition(String beanName) Remove the BeanDefinition for the given name.
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.
void	setId(String id) Set the unique id of this application context.
void	setParent(ApplicationContext parent) Set the parent of this application context, also setting the parent of the internal BeanFactory accordingly.
void	setResourceLoader(ResourceLoader resourceLoader) Set a ResourceLoader to use for this context.

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.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry

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.AliasRegistry

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 GenericXmlApplicationContext ()

Create a new GenericXmlApplicationContext that needs to be loaded and then manually refreshed.

public GenericXmlApplicationContext (Resource... resources)

Create a new GenericXmlApplicationContext, loading bean definitions from the given resources and automatically refreshing the context.

Parameters

resources	the resources to load from

public GenericXmlApplicationContext (String... resourceLocations)

Create a new GenericXmlApplicationContext, loading bean definitions from the given resource locations and automatically refreshing the context.

Parameters

resourceLocations	the resources to load from

public GenericXmlApplicationContext (Class<?> relativeClass, String... resourceNames)

Create a new GenericXmlApplicationContext, loading bean definitions from the given resource locations and automatically refreshing the context.

Parameters

relativeClass	class whose package will be used as a prefix when loading each specified resource name
resourceNames	relatively-qualified names of resources to load

Public Methods

public void load (Resource... resources)

Load bean definitions from the given XML resources.

Parameters

resources	one or more resources to load from

public void load (Class<?> relativeClass, String... resourceNames)

Load bean definitions from the given XML resources.

Parameters

relativeClass	class whose package will be used as a prefix when loading each specified resource name
resourceNames	relatively-qualified names of resources to load

public void load (String... resourceLocations)

Load bean definitions from the given XML resources.

Parameters

resourceLocations	one or more resource locations to load from

public void setEnvironment (ConfigurableEnvironment environment)

Set the Environment for this application context.

Default value is determined by createEnvironment(). Replacing the default with this method is one option but configuration through getEnvironment() should also be considered. In either case, such modifications should be performed before refresh().

Delegates the given environment to underlying XmlBeanDefinitionReader. Should be called before any call to load(Class, String...).

Parameters

environment	the new environment

public void setValidating (boolean validating)

Set whether to use XML validation. Default is true.

Classes

GenericXmlApplicationContext

Class Overview

See Also

Summary

Public Constructors

public GenericXmlApplicationContext ()

public GenericXmlApplicationContext (Resource... resources)

Parameters

public GenericXmlApplicationContext (String... resourceLocations)

Parameters

public GenericXmlApplicationContext (Class<?> relativeClass, String... resourceNames)

Parameters

Public Methods

public void load (Resource... resources)

Parameters

public void load (Class<?> relativeClass, String... resourceNames)

Parameters

public void load (String... resourceLocations)

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public void setEnvironment (ConfigurableEnvironment environment)

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public void setValidating (boolean validating)