1 /*
2 * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.support;
18
19 import org.springframework.batch.core.Job;
20 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
21 import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
22
23 /**
24 * Factory for the creation of {@link ApplicationContext}s. This interface
25 * is primarily useful when creating a new {@link ApplicationContext} per
26 * execution of a {@link Job}.
27 *
28 * @author Lucas Ward
29 */
30 public interface ApplicationContextFactory {
31
32 ConfigurableApplicationContext createApplicationContext();
33
34 }