## org.springframework.web.context.support
Class XmlWebApplicationContext

    java.lang.Object
      org.springframework.core.io.DefaultResourceLoader
          org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext
              org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext
                  org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableConfigApplicationContext
                      org.springframework.web.context.support.AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext
                          org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext

All Implemented Interfaces:
  BeanFactory, BeanNameAware, DisposableBean, HierarchicalBeanFactory, InitializingBean, ListableBeanFactory, ApplicationContext, ApplicationEventPublisher, ConfigurableApplicationContext, Lifecycle, MessageSource, ResourceLoader, ResourcePatternResolver, ThemeSource, ConfigurableWebApplicationContext, WebApplicationContext

    public class XmlWebApplicationContext

extends AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext

`WebApplicationContext` implementation which takes its configuration from XML documents, understood by an `XmlBeanDefinitionReader`. This is essentially the equivalent of `AbstractXmlApplicationContext` for a web environment.

By default, the configuration will be taken from "/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml" for the root context, and "/WEB-INF/test-servlet.xml" for a context with the namespace "test-servlet" (like for a DispatcherServlet instance with the servlet-name "test").

The config location defaults can be overridden via the "contextConfigLocation" context-param of `ContextLoader` and servlet init-param of `FrameworkServlet`. Config locations can either denote concrete files like "/WEB-INF/context.xml" or Ant-style patterns like "/WEB-INF/*-context.xml" (see `PathMatcher` javadoc for pattern details).

Note: In case of multiple config locations, later bean definitions will override ones defined in earlier loaded files. This can be leveraged to deliberately override certain bean definitions via an extra XML file.

For a WebApplicationContext that reads in a different bean definition format, create an analogous subclass of `AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext`. Such a context implementation can be specified as "contextClass" context-param for ContextLoader or "contextClass" init-param for FrameworkServlet.

Author:
  Rod Johnson, Juergen Hoeller
See Also:
  `AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.setNamespace(java.lang.String)`, `AbstractRefreshableConfigApplicationContext.setConfigLocations(java.lang.String[])`, `XmlBeanDefinitionReader`, `ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(javax.servlet.ServletContext)`, `FrameworkServlet.initWebApplicationContext()`

Field Summary
`static String` `DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION` Default config location for the root context
`static String` `DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION_PREFIX` Default prefix for building a config location for a namespace
`static String` `DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION_SUFFIX` Default suffix for building a config location for a namespace

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.web.context.ConfigurableWebApplicationContext
`APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ID_PREFIX, SERVLET_CONFIG_BEAN_NAME`

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext
`CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTES_BEAN_NAME, CONTEXT_PARAMETERS_BEAN_NAME, ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE, SCOPE_APPLICATION, SCOPE_GLOBAL_SESSION, SCOPE_REQUEST, SCOPE_SESSION, SERVLET_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME`

Fields inherited from interface org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext
`CONFIG_LOCATION_DELIMITERS, CONVERSION_SERVICE_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
`XmlWebApplicationContext()`

Method Summary
`protected String[]` `getDefaultConfigLocations()` The default location for the root context is "/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml", and "/WEB-INF/test-servlet.xml" for a context with the namespace "test-servlet" (like for a DispatcherServlet instance with the servlet-name "test").
`protected void` `initBeanDefinitionReader(XmlBeanDefinitionReader beanDefinitionReader)` Initialize the bean definition reader used for loading the bean definitions of this context.
`protected void` `loadBeanDefinitions(DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory)` Loads the bean definitions via an XmlBeanDefinitionReader.
`protected void` `loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader reader)` Load the bean definitions with the given XmlBeanDefinitionReader.

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.context.support.AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext
`getConfigLocations, getNamespace, getResourceByPath, getResourcePatternResolver, getServletConfig, getServletContext, getTheme, onRefresh, postProcessBeanFactory, setNamespace, setServletConfig, setServletContext`

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableConfigApplicationContext
`afterPropertiesSet, resolvePath, setBeanName, setConfigLocation, setConfigLocations, setId`

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext
`cancelRefresh, closeBeanFactory, createBeanFactory, customizeBeanFactory, getBeanFactory, hasBeanFactory, refreshBeanFactory, setAllowBeanDefinitionOverriding, setAllowCircularReferences`

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

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

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.core.io.DefaultResourceLoader
`getClassLoader, getResource, setClassLoader`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.web.context.ConfigurableWebApplicationContext
`setConfigLocation, setConfigLocations`

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext
`addApplicationListener, addBeanFactoryPostProcessor, close, getBeanFactory, isActive, refresh, registerShutdownHook, setId, setParent`

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext
`getAutowireCapableBeanFactory, getDisplayName, getId, getParent, getStartupDate`

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.ListableBeanFactory
`containsBeanDefinition, findAnnotationOnBean, getBeanDefinitionCount, getBeanDefinitionNames, getBeanNamesForType, getBeanNamesForType, getBeansOfType, getBeansOfType, getBeansWithAnnotation`

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.HierarchicalBeanFactory
`containsLocalBean, getParentBeanFactory`

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory
`containsBean, getAliases, getBean, getBean, getBean, getBean, getType, isPrototype, isSingleton, isTypeMatch`

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.context.MessageSource
`getMessage, getMessage, getMessage`

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisher
`publishEvent`

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver
`getResources`

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader
`getClassLoader, getResource`

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.context.Lifecycle
`isRunning, start, stop`

Field Detail

### DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION

    public static final String DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION

  Default config location for the root context

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION_PREFIX

    public static final String DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION_PREFIX

  Default prefix for building a config location for a namespace

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

### DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION_SUFFIX

    public static final String DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION_SUFFIX

  Default suffix for building a config location for a namespace

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

### XmlWebApplicationContext

    public XmlWebApplicationContext()

Method Detail

### loadBeanDefinitions

    protected void loadBeanDefinitions(DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory)
                                throws BeansException,
                                       IOException

  Loads the bean definitions via an XmlBeanDefinitionReader.

  Specified by:
    `loadBeanDefinitions` in class `AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext`
  Parameters:
    `beanFactory` - the bean factory to load bean definitions into
  Throws:
    `BeansException` - if parsing of the bean definitions failed
    `IOException` - if loading of bean definition files failed
  See Also:
    `XmlBeanDefinitionReader`, `initBeanDefinitionReader(org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader)`, `loadBeanDefinitions(org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory)`

### initBeanDefinitionReader

    protected void initBeanDefinitionReader(XmlBeanDefinitionReader beanDefinitionReader)

  Initialize the bean definition reader used for loading the bean definitions of this context. Default implementation is empty.

  Can be overridden in subclasses, e.g. for turning off XML validation or using a different XmlBeanDefinitionParser implementation.

  Parameters:
    `beanDefinitionReader` - the bean definition reader used by this context
  See Also:
    `XmlBeanDefinitionReader.setValidationMode(int)`, `XmlBeanDefinitionReader.setDocumentReaderClass(java.lang.Class)`

### loadBeanDefinitions

    protected void loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader reader)
                                throws IOException

  Load the bean definitions with the given XmlBeanDefinitionReader.

  The lifecycle of the bean factory is handled by the refreshBeanFactory method; therefore this method is just supposed to load and/or register bean definitions.

  Delegates to a ResourcePatternResolver for resolving location patterns into Resource instances.

  Throws:
    `IOException` - if the required XML document isn't found
  See Also:
    `AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory()`, `AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.getConfigLocations()`, `AbstractApplicationContext.getResources(java.lang.String)`, `AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext.getResourcePatternResolver()`

### getDefaultConfigLocations

    protected String[] getDefaultConfigLocations()

  The default location for the root context is "/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml", and "/WEB-INF/test-servlet.xml" for a context with the namespace "test-servlet" (like for a DispatcherServlet instance with the servlet-name "test").

  Overrides:
    `getDefaultConfigLocations` in class `AbstractRefreshableConfigApplicationContext`
  Returns:
    an array of default config locations, if any
  See Also:
    `AbstractRefreshableConfigApplicationContext.setConfigLocations(java.lang.String[])`