configurableapplicationcontext.java

一个关于Spring框架的示例应用程序,简单使用,可以参考.

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package org.springframework.context;

import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanFactoryPostProcessor;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;

/**
 * SPI interface to be implemented by most if not all application contexts.
 * Provides means to configure an application context in addition to the
 * application context client methods in the ApplicationContext interface.
 *
 * <p>Configuration and lifecycle methods are encapsulated here to avoid
 * making them obvious to ApplicationContext client code.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 03.11.2003
 */
public interface ConfigurableApplicationContext extends ApplicationContext {

	/**
	 * Set the parent of this application context.
	 * <p>Note that the parent shouldn't be changed: It should only be set outside
	 * a constructor if it isn't available when an object of this class is created,
	 * for example in case of WebApplicationContext setup.
	 * @param parent the parent context
	 * @see org.springframework.web.context.ConfigurableWebApplicationContext
	 */
	void setParent(ApplicationContext parent);

	/**
	 * 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. To be invoked during context configuration.
	 * @param beanFactoryPostProcessor the factory processor to register
	 */
	void addBeanFactoryPostProcessor(BeanFactoryPostProcessor beanFactoryPostProcessor);

	/**
	 * Load or refresh the persistent representation of the configuration,
	 * which might an XML file, properties file, or relational database schema.
	 * @throws BeansException if the bean factory could not be initialized
	 * @throws IllegalStateException if already initialized and multiple refresh
	 * attempts are not supported
	 */
	void refresh() throws BeansException, IllegalStateException;

	/**
	 * Return the internal bean factory of this application context.
	 * Can be used to access specific functionality of the factory.
	 * <p>Note: Do not use this to post-process the bean factory; singletons
	 * will already have been instantiated before. Use a BeanFactoryPostProcessor
	 * to intercept the bean factory setup process before beans get touched.
	 * @throws IllegalStateException if the context does not hold an internal
	 * bean factory yet (usually if <code>refresh</code> has never been called)
	 * @see #refresh
	 * @see #addBeanFactoryPostProcessor
	 */
	ConfigurableListableBeanFactory getBeanFactory() throws IllegalStateException;

	/**
	 * Close this application context, releasing all resources and locks that the
	 * implementation might hold. This includes disposing all cached singleton beans.
	 * <p>Note: Does <i>not</i> invoke close on a parent context.
	 * @throws ApplicationContextException if there were fatal errors
	 */
	void close() throws ApplicationContextException;

}