com.interface21.web.context
Class ContextLoader

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--com.interface21.web.context.ContextLoader

public class ContextLoader

extends java.lang.Object

Performs the actual initialization work for the root application context. Called by ContextLoaderListener.

Regards a "contextClass" parameter at the servlet context resp. web.xml root level, falling back to the default context class (XmlWebApplicationContext) if not found.

Since:

17.02.2003

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

ContextLoaderListener, XmlWebApplicationContext

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	CONTEXT_CLASS_PARAM Config param for the root WebApplicationContext implementation class to use.
static java.lang.Class	DEFAULT_CONTEXT_CLASS

Constructor Summary

ContextLoader()

Method Summary

static WebApplicationContext

initContext(javax.servlet.ServletContext servletContext) Initializes Spring's web application context for the given servlet context, solely regarding the servlet context init parameter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CONTEXT_CLASS_PARAM

public static final java.lang.String CONTEXT_CLASS_PARAM

Config param for the root WebApplicationContext implementation class to use.

DEFAULT_CONTEXT_CLASS

public static final java.lang.Class DEFAULT_CONTEXT_CLASS

Constructor Detail

ContextLoader

public ContextLoader()

Method Detail

initContext

public static WebApplicationContext initContext(javax.servlet.ServletContext servletContext)
                                         throws ApplicationContextException

Initializes Spring's web application context for the given servlet context, solely regarding the servlet context init parameter.

Parameters:

servletContext - current servlet context

Returns:

the new WebApplicationContext