org.springframework.context.annotation
Class AnnotationConfigApplicationContext

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.core.io.DefaultResourceLoader
      org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext
          org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext
              org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext

All Implemented Interfaces:

BeanFactory, DisposableBean, HierarchicalBeanFactory, ListableBeanFactory, BeanDefinitionRegistry, ApplicationContext, ApplicationEventPublisher, ConfigurableApplicationContext, Lifecycle, MessageSource, AliasRegistry, EnvironmentCapable, ResourceLoader, ResourcePatternResolver

public class AnnotationConfigApplicationContext
extends GenericApplicationContext

Standalone application context, accepting annotated classes as input - in particular @Configuration-annotated classes, but also plain @Component types and JSR-330 compliant classes using javax.inject annotations. Allows for registering classes one by one using register(Class...) as well as for classpath scanning using scan(String...).

In case of multiple @Configuration classes, @Bean methods defined in later classes will override those defined in earlier classes. This can be leveraged to deliberately override certain bean definitions via an extra @Configuration class.

See @Configuration Javadoc for usage examples.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Chris Beams, Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

register(java.lang.Class...), scan(java.lang.String...), AnnotatedBeanDefinitionReader, ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner, GenericXmlApplicationContext

Field Summary

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

APPLICATION_EVENT_MULTICASTER_BEAN_NAME, LIFECYCLE_PROCESSOR_BEAN_NAME, logger, MESSAGE_SOURCE_BEAN_NAME

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext

CONFIG_LOCATION_DELIMITERS, CONVERSION_SERVICE_BEAN_NAME, ENVIRONMENT_BEAN_NAME, LOAD_TIME_WEAVER_BEAN_NAME, SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_BEAN_NAME, SYSTEM_PROPERTIES_BEAN_NAME

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory

FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver

CLASSPATH_ALL_URL_PREFIX

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader

CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX

Constructor Summary

AnnotationConfigApplicationContext()
Create a new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext that needs to be populated through register(java.lang.Class...) calls and then manually refreshed.

AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(Class<?>... annotatedClasses)
Create a new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext, deriving bean definitions from the given annotated classes and automatically refreshing the context.

AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(String... basePackages)
Create a new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext, scanning for bean definitions in the given packages and automatically refreshing the context.

Method Summary

void	register(Class<?>... annotatedClasses) Register one or more annotated classes to be processed.
void	scan(String... basePackages) Perform a scan within the specified base packages.
void	setBeanNameGenerator(BeanNameGenerator beanNameGenerator) Provide a custom BeanNameGenerator for use with AnnotatedBeanDefinitionReader and/or ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner, if any.
void	setEnvironment(ConfigurableEnvironment environment) Set the Environment for this application context.
void	setScopeMetadataResolver(ScopeMetadataResolver scopeMetadataResolver) Set the ScopeMetadataResolver to use for detected bean classes.

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

cancelRefresh, closeBeanFactory, getBeanDefinition, getBeanFactory, getDefaultListableBeanFactory, getResource, getResources, isAlias, isBeanNameInUse, refreshBeanFactory, registerAlias, registerBeanDefinition, removeAlias, removeBeanDefinition, setAllowBeanDefinitionOverriding, setAllowCircularReferences, setId, setParent, setResourceLoader

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

addApplicationListener, addBeanFactoryPostProcessor, addListener, close, containsBean, containsBeanDefinition, containsLocalBean, createEnvironment, destroy, destroyBeans, doClose, findAnnotationOnBean, finishBeanFactoryInitialization, finishRefresh, getAliases, getApplicationListeners, getAutowireCapableBeanFactory, getBean, getBean, getBean, getBean, getBeanDefinitionCount, getBeanDefinitionNames, getBeanFactoryPostProcessors, getBeanNamesForType, getBeanNamesForType, getBeansOfType, getBeansOfType, getBeansWithAnnotation, getDisplayName, getEnvironment, getId, getInternalParentBeanFactory, getInternalParentMessageSource, getMessage, getMessage, getMessage, getParent, getParentBeanFactory, getResourcePatternResolver, getStartupDate, getType, initApplicationEventMulticaster, initLifecycleProcessor, initMessageSource, initPropertySources, invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors, isActive, isPrototype, isRunning, isSingleton, isTypeMatch, obtainFreshBeanFactory, onClose, onRefresh, postProcessBeanFactory, prepareBeanFactory, prepareRefresh, publishEvent, refresh, registerBeanPostProcessors, registerListeners, registerShutdownHook, setDisplayName, start, stop, toString

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.core.io.DefaultResourceLoader

getClassLoader, getResourceByPath, setClassLoader

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry

containsBeanDefinition, getBeanDefinitionCount, getBeanDefinitionNames

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.core.AliasRegistry

getAliases

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader

getClassLoader

Constructor Detail

AnnotationConfigApplicationContext

public AnnotationConfigApplicationContext()

Create a new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext that needs to be populated through register(java.lang.Class...) calls and then manually refreshed.

AnnotationConfigApplicationContext

public AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(Class<?>... annotatedClasses)

Create a new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext, deriving bean definitions from the given annotated classes and automatically refreshing the context.

Parameters:

annotatedClasses - one or more annotated classes, e.g. @Configuration classes

AnnotationConfigApplicationContext

public AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(String... basePackages)

Create a new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext, scanning for bean definitions in the given packages and automatically refreshing the context.

Parameters:

basePackages - the packages to check for annotated classes

Method Detail

setEnvironment

public void setEnvironment(ConfigurableEnvironment environment)

Set the Environment for this application context.

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

Delegates given environment to underlying AnnotatedBeanDefinitionReader and ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner members.

Specified by:

setEnvironment in interface ConfigurableApplicationContext

Overrides:

setEnvironment in class AbstractApplicationContext

Parameters:

environment - the new environment

See Also:

AbstractApplicationContext.createEnvironment()

setBeanNameGenerator

public void setBeanNameGenerator(BeanNameGenerator beanNameGenerator)

Provide a custom BeanNameGenerator for use with AnnotatedBeanDefinitionReader and/or ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner, if any.

Default is AnnotationBeanNameGenerator.

Any call to this method must occur prior to calls to register(Class...) and/or scan(String...).

See Also:

AnnotatedBeanDefinitionReader.setBeanNameGenerator(org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanNameGenerator), ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner.setBeanNameGenerator(org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanNameGenerator)

setScopeMetadataResolver

public void setScopeMetadataResolver(ScopeMetadataResolver scopeMetadataResolver)

Set the ScopeMetadataResolver to use for detected bean classes.

The default is an AnnotationScopeMetadataResolver.

Any call to this method must occur prior to calls to register(Class...) and/or scan(String...).

register

public void register(Class<?>... annotatedClasses)

Register one or more annotated classes to be processed. Note that AbstractApplicationContext.refresh() must be called in order for the context to fully process the new class.

Calls to register(java.lang.Class...) are idempotent; adding the same annotated class more than once has no additional effect.

Parameters:

annotatedClasses - one or more annotated classes, e.g. @Configuration classes

See Also:

scan(String...), AbstractApplicationContext.refresh()

scan

public void scan(String... basePackages)

Perform a scan within the specified base packages. Note that AbstractApplicationContext.refresh() must be called in order for the context to fully process the new class.

Parameters:

basePackages - the packages to check for annotated classes

See Also:

register(Class...), AbstractApplicationContext.refresh()