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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 facilities to configure an application context in addition
* to the application context client methods in the
* {@link org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext} interface.
*
* Configuration and lifecycle methods are encapsulated here to avoid
* making them obvious to ApplicationContext client code. The present
* methods should only be used by startup and shutdown code.
*
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @since 03.11.2003
*/
public interface ConfigurableApplicationContext extends ApplicationContext, Lifecycle {
/**
* Set the parent of this application context.
*
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);
/**
* Add a new ApplicationListener that will be notified on context events
* such as context refresh and context shutdown.
*
Note that any ApplicationListener registered here will be applied
* on refresh of this context. If a listener is added after the initial
* refresh, it will be applied on next refresh of the context.
* @param listener the ApplicationListener to register
* @see org.springframework.context.event.ContextRefreshedEvent
* @see org.springframework.context.event.ContextClosedEvent
*/
void addApplicationListener(ApplicationListener listener);
/**
* Load or refresh the persistent representation of the configuration,
* which might an XML file, properties file, or relational database schema.
*
As this is a startup method, it should destroy already created singletons
* if it fails, to avoid dangling resources. In other words, after invocation
* of that method, either all or no singletons at all should be instantiated.
* @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;
/**
* Register a shutdown hook with the JVM runtime, closing this context
* on JVM shutdown unless it has already been closed at that time.
*
This method can be called multiple times. Only one shutdown hook
* (at max) will be registered for each context instance.
* @see java.lang.Runtime#addShutdownHook
* @see #close()
*/
void registerShutdownHook();
/**
* Close this application context, releasing all resources and locks that the
* implementation might hold. This includes destroying all cached singleton beans.
*
Note: Does not invoke close on a parent context;
* parent contexts have their own, independent lifecycle.
*
This method can be called multiple times without side effects: Subsequent
* close calls on an already closed context will be ignored.
*/
void close();
/**
* Determine whether this application context is active, that is,
* whether it has been refreshed at least once and has not been closed yet.
* @return whether the context is still active
* @see #refresh()
* @see #close()
* @see #getBeanFactory()
*/
boolean isActive();
/**
* Return the internal bean factory of this application context.
* Can be used to access specific functionality of the underlying factory.
*
Note: Do not use this to post-process the bean factory; singletons
* will already have been instantiated before. Use a BeanFactoryPostProcessor
* to intercept the BeanFactory setup process before beans get touched.
*
Generally, this internal factory will only be accessible while the context
* is active, that is, inbetween {@link #refresh()} and {@link #close()}.
* The {@link #isActive()} flag can be used to check whether the context
* is in an appropriate state.
* @return the underlying bean factory
* @throws IllegalStateException if the context does not hold an internal
* bean factory (usually if {@link #refresh()} hasn't been called yet or
* if {@link #close()} has already been called)
* @see #isActive()
* @see #refresh()
* @see #close()
* @see #addBeanFactoryPostProcessor
*/
ConfigurableListableBeanFactory getBeanFactory() throws IllegalStateException;
}