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package org.springframework.context;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.HierarchicalBeanFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.ListableBeanFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowireCapableBeanFactory;
import org.springframework.core.env.EnvironmentCapable;
import org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver;
import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
/**
* Central interface to provide configuration for an application.
* This is read-only while the application is running, but may be
* reloaded if the implementation supports this.
*
* An ApplicationContext provides:
*
* - Bean factory methods for accessing application components.
* Inherited from {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.ListableBeanFactory}.
*
- The ability to load file resources in a generic fashion.
* Inherited from the {@link org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader} interface.
*
- The ability to publish events to registered listeners.
* Inherited from the {@link ApplicationEventPublisher} interface.
*
- The ability to resolve messages, supporting internationalization.
* Inherited from the {@link MessageSource} interface.
*
- Inheritance from a parent context. Definitions in a descendant context
* will always take priority. This means, for example, that a single parent
* context can be used by an entire web application, while each servlet has
* its own child context that is independent of that of any other servlet.
*
*
* In addition to standard {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory}
* lifecycle capabilities, ApplicationContext implementations detect and invoke
* {@link ApplicationContextAware} beans as well as {@link ResourceLoaderAware},
* {@link ApplicationEventPublisherAware} and {@link MessageSourceAware} beans.
*
* @author Rod Johnson
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @see ConfigurableApplicationContext
* @see org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory
* @see org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader
*/
public interface ApplicationContext extends EnvironmentCapable, ListableBeanFactory, HierarchicalBeanFactory,
MessageSource, ApplicationEventPublisher, ResourcePatternResolver {
/**
* Return the unique id of this application context.
* @return the unique id of the context, or {@code null} if none
*/
@Nullable
String getId();
/**
* Return a name for the deployed application that this context belongs to.
* @return a name for the deployed application, or the empty String by default
*/
String getApplicationName();
/**
* Return a friendly name for this context.
* @return a display name for this context (never {@code null})
*/
String getDisplayName();
/**
* Return the timestamp when this context was first loaded.
* @return the timestamp (ms) when this context was first loaded
*/
long getStartupDate();
/**
* Return the parent context, or {@code null} if there is no parent
* and this is the root of the context hierarchy.
* @return the parent context, or {@code null} if there is no parent
*/
@Nullable
ApplicationContext getParent();
/**
* Expose AutowireCapableBeanFactory functionality for this context.
*
This is not typically used by application code, except for the purpose of
* initializing bean instances that live outside the application context,
* applying the Spring bean lifecycle (fully or partly) to them.
*
Alternatively, the internal BeanFactory exposed by the
* {@link ConfigurableApplicationContext} interface offers access to the
* {@link AutowireCapableBeanFactory} interface too. The present method mainly
* serves as a convenient, specific facility on the ApplicationContext interface.
*
NOTE: As of 4.2, this method will consistently throw IllegalStateException
* after the application context has been closed. In current Spring Framework
* versions, only refreshable application contexts behave that way; as of 4.2,
* all application context implementations will be required to comply.
* @return the AutowireCapableBeanFactory for this context
* @throws IllegalStateException if the context does not support the
* {@link AutowireCapableBeanFactory} interface, or does not hold an
* autowire-capable bean factory yet (e.g. if {@code refresh()} has
* never been called), or if the context has been closed already
* @see ConfigurableApplicationContext#refresh()
* @see ConfigurableApplicationContext#getBeanFactory()
*/
AutowireCapableBeanFactory getAutowireCapableBeanFactory() throws IllegalStateException;
}