ContextLoader.java

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package org.springframework.web.context;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Properties;

import javax.servlet.ServletContext;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.access.BeanFactoryLocator;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.access.BeanFactoryReference;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException;
import org.springframework.context.access.ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator;
import org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory;
import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
import org.springframework.core.io.support.PropertiesLoaderUtils;
import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;

/**
 * Performs the actual initialization work for the root application context.
 * Called by {@link ContextLoaderListener} and {@link ContextLoaderServlet}.
 *
 * <p>Looks for a {@link #CONTEXT_CLASS_PARAM "contextClass"} parameter
 * at the <code>web.xml</code> context-param level to specify the context
 * class type, falling back to the default of
 * {@link org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext}
 * if not found. With the default ContextLoader implementation, any context class
 * specified needs to implement the ConfigurableWebApplicationContext interface.
 *
 * <p>Processes a {@link #CONFIG_LOCATION_PARAM "contextConfigLocation"}
 * context-param and passes its value to the context instance, parsing it into
 * potentially multiple file paths which can be separated by any number of
 * commas and spaces, e.g. "WEB-INF/applicationContext1.xml,
 * WEB-INF/applicationContext2.xml". Ant-style path patterns are supported as well,
 * e.g. "WEB-INF/*Context.xml,WEB-INF/spring*.xml" or "WEB-INF/&#42;&#42;/*Context.xml".
 * If not explicitly specified, the context implementation is supposed to use a
 * default location (with XmlWebApplicationContext: "/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml").
 *
 * <p>Note: In case of multiple config locations, later bean definitions will
 * override ones defined in previously loaded files, at least when using one of
 * Spring's default ApplicationContext implementations. This can be leveraged
 * to deliberately override certain bean definitions via an extra XML file.
 *
 * <p>Above and beyond loading the root application context, this class
 * can optionally load or obtain and hook up a shared parent context to
 * the root application context. See the
 * {@link #loadParentContext(ServletContext)} method for more information.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Colin Sampaleanu
 * @author Sam Brannen
 * @since 17.02.2003
 * @see ContextLoaderListener
 * @see ContextLoaderServlet
 * @see ConfigurableWebApplicationContext
 * @see org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext
 */
public class ContextLoader {

	/**
	 * Config param for the root WebApplicationContext implementation class to
	 * use: "<code>contextClass</code>"
	 */
	public static final String CONTEXT_CLASS_PARAM = "contextClass";

	/**
	 * Name of servlet context parameter (i.e., "<code>contextConfigLocation</code>")
	 * that can specify the config location for the root context, falling back
	 * to the implementation's default otherwise.
	 * @see org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext#DEFAULT_CONFIG_LOCATION
	 */
	public static final String CONFIG_LOCATION_PARAM = "contextConfigLocation";

	/**
	 * Optional servlet context parameter (i.e., "<code>locatorFactorySelector</code>")
	 * used only when obtaining a parent context using the default implementation
	 * of {@link #loadParentContext(ServletContext servletContext)}.
	 * Specifies the 'selector' used in the
	 * {@link ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator#getInstance(String selector)}
	 * method call, which is used to obtain the BeanFactoryLocator instance from
	 * which the parent context is obtained.
	 * <p>The default is <code>classpath*:beanRefContext.xml</code>,
	 * matching the default applied for the
	 * {@link ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator#getInstance()} method.
	 * Supplying the "parentContextKey" parameter is sufficient in this case.
	 */
	public static final String LOCATOR_FACTORY_SELECTOR_PARAM = "locatorFactorySelector";

	/**
	 * Optional servlet context parameter (i.e., "<code>parentContextKey</code>")
	 * used only when obtaining a parent context using the default implementation
	 * of {@link #loadParentContext(ServletContext servletContext)}.
	 * Specifies the 'factoryKey' used in the
	 * {@link BeanFactoryLocator#useBeanFactory(String factoryKey)} method call,
	 * obtaining the parent application context from the BeanFactoryLocator instance.
	 * <p>Supplying this "parentContextKey" parameter is sufficient when relying
	 * on the default <code>classpath*:beanRefContext.xml</code> selector for
	 * candidate factory references.
	 */
	public static final String LOCATOR_FACTORY_KEY_PARAM = "parentContextKey";

	/**
	 * Name of the class path resource (relative to the ContextLoader class)
	 * that defines ContextLoader's default strategy names.
	 */
	private static final String DEFAULT_STRATEGIES_PATH = "ContextLoader.properties";


	private static final Properties defaultStrategies;

	static {
		// Load default strategy implementations from properties file.
		// This is currently strictly internal and not meant to be customized
		// by application developers.
		try {
			ClassPathResource resource = new ClassPathResource(DEFAULT_STRATEGIES_PATH, ContextLoader.class);
			defaultStrategies = PropertiesLoaderUtils.loadProperties(resource);
		}
		catch (IOException ex) {
			throw new IllegalStateException("Could not load 'ContextLoader.properties': " + ex.getMessage());
		}
	}


	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(ContextLoader.class);

	/**
	 * Map from (thread context) ClassLoader to WebApplicationContext.
	 * Often just holding one reference - if the ContextLoader class is
	 * deployed in the web app ClassLoader itself!
	 */
	private static final Map currentContextPerThread = CollectionFactory.createConcurrentMapIfPossible(1);

	/**
	 * The root WebApplicationContext instance that this loader manages.
	 */
	private WebApplicationContext context;

	/**
	 * Holds BeanFactoryReference when loading parent factory via
	 * ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator.
	 */
	private BeanFactoryReference parentContextRef;


	/**
	 * Initialize Spring's web application context for the given servlet context,
	 * according to the "{@link #CONTEXT_CLASS_PARAM contextClass}" and
	 * "{@link #CONFIG_LOCATION_PARAM contextConfigLocation}" context-params.
	 * @param servletContext current servlet context
	 * @return the new WebApplicationContext
	 * @throws IllegalStateException if there is already a root application context present
	 * @throws BeansException if the context failed to initialize
	 * @see #CONTEXT_CLASS_PARAM
	 * @see #CONFIG_LOCATION_PARAM
	 */
	public WebApplicationContext initWebApplicationContext(ServletContext servletContext)
			throws IllegalStateException, BeansException {

		if (servletContext.getAttribute(WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE) != null) {
			throw new IllegalStateException(
					"Cannot initialize context because there is already a root application context present - " +
					"check whether you have multiple ContextLoader* definitions in your web.xml!");
		}

		servletContext.log("Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext");
		if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
			logger.info("Root WebApplicationContext: initialization started");
		}
		long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

		try {
			// Determine parent for root web application context, if any.
			ApplicationContext parent = loadParentContext(servletContext);

			// Store context in local instance variable, to guarantee that
			// it is available on ServletContext shutdown.
			this.context = createWebApplicationContext(servletContext, parent);
			servletContext.setAttribute(WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE, this.context);
			currentContextPerThread.put(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader(), this.context);

			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
				logger.debug("Published root WebApplicationContext as ServletContext attribute with name [" +
						WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE + "]");
			}
			if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
				long elapsedTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
				logger.info("Root WebApplicationContext: initialization completed in " + elapsedTime + " ms");
			}

			return this.context;
		}
		catch (RuntimeException ex) {
			logger.error("Context initialization failed", ex);
			servletContext.setAttribute(WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE, ex);
			throw ex;
		}
		catch (Error err) {
			logger.error("Context initialization failed", err);
			servletContext.setAttribute(WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE, err);
			throw err;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Instantiate the root WebApplicationContext for this loader, either the
	 * default context class or a custom context class if specified.
	 * <p>This implementation expects custom contexts to implement the
	 * {@link ConfigurableWebApplicationContext} interface.
	 * Can be overridden in subclasses.
	 * <p>In addition, {@link #customizeContext} gets called prior to refreshing the
	 * context, allowing subclasses to perform custom modifications to the context.
	 * @param servletContext current servlet context
	 * @param parent the parent ApplicationContext to use, or <code>null</code> if none
	 * @return the root WebApplicationContext
	 * @throws BeansException if the context couldn't be initialized
	 * @see ConfigurableWebApplicationContext
	 */
	protected WebApplicationContext createWebApplicationContext(
			ServletContext servletContext, ApplicationContext parent) throws BeansException {

		Class contextClass = determineContextClass(servletContext);
		if (!ConfigurableWebApplicationContext.class.isAssignableFrom(contextClass)) {
			throw new ApplicationContextException("Custom context class [" + contextClass.getName() +
					"] is not of type [" + ConfigurableWebApplicationContext.class.getName() + "]");
		}

		ConfigurableWebApplicationContext wac =
				(ConfigurableWebApplicationContext) BeanUtils.instantiateClass(contextClass);
		wac.setParent(parent);
		wac.setServletContext(servletContext);
		wac.setConfigLocation(servletContext.getInitParameter(CONFIG_LOCATION_PARAM));
		customizeContext(servletContext, wac);
		wac.refresh();

		return wac;
	}

	/**
	 * Return the WebApplicationContext implementation class to use, either the
	 * default XmlWebApplicationContext or a custom context class if specified.
	 * @param servletContext current servlet context
	 * @return the WebApplicationContext implementation class to use
	 * @throws ApplicationContextException if the context class couldn't be loaded
	 * @see #CONTEXT_CLASS_PARAM
	 * @see org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext
	 */
	protected Class determineContextClass(ServletContext servletContext) throws ApplicationContextException {
		String contextClassName = servletContext.getInitParameter(CONTEXT_CLASS_PARAM);
		if (contextClassName != null) {
			try {
				return ClassUtils.forName(contextClassName);
			}
			catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
				throw new ApplicationContextException(
						"Failed to load custom context class [" + contextClassName + "]", ex);
			}
		}
		else {
			contextClassName = defaultStrategies.getProperty(WebApplicationContext.class.getName());
			try {
				return ClassUtils.forName(contextClassName, ContextLoader.class.getClassLoader());
			}
			catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
				throw new ApplicationContextException(
						"Failed to load default context class [" + contextClassName + "]", ex);
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Customize the {@link ConfigurableWebApplicationContext} created by this
	 * ContextLoader after config locations have been supplied to the context
	 * but before the context is <em>refreshed</em>.
	 * <p>The default implementation is empty but can be overridden in subclasses
	 * to customize the application context.
	 * @param servletContext the current servlet context
	 * @param applicationContext the newly created application context
	 * @see #createWebApplicationContext(ServletContext, ApplicationContext)
	 */
	protected void customizeContext(
			ServletContext servletContext, ConfigurableWebApplicationContext applicationContext) {
	}

	/**
	 * Template method with default implementation (which may be overridden by a
	 * subclass), to load or obtain an ApplicationContext instance which will be
	 * used as the parent context of the root WebApplicationContext. If the
	 * return value from the method is null, no parent context is set.
	 * <p>The main reason to load a parent context here is to allow multiple root
	 * web application contexts to all be children of a shared EAR context, or
	 * alternately to also share the same parent context that is visible to
	 * EJBs. For pure web applications, there is usually no need to worry about
	 * having a parent context to the root web application context.
	 * <p>The default implementation uses
	 * {@link org.springframework.context.access.ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator},
	 * configured via {@link #LOCATOR_FACTORY_SELECTOR_PARAM} and
	 * {@link #LOCATOR_FACTORY_KEY_PARAM}, to load a parent context
	 * which will be shared by all other users of ContextsingletonBeanFactoryLocator
	 * which also use the same configuration parameters.
	 * @param servletContext current servlet context
	 * @return the parent application context, or <code>null</code> if none
	 * @throws BeansException if the context couldn't be initialized
	 * @see org.springframework.context.access.ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator
	 */
	protected ApplicationContext loadParentContext(ServletContext servletContext)
			throws BeansException {

		ApplicationContext parentContext = null;
		String locatorFactorySelector = servletContext.getInitParameter(LOCATOR_FACTORY_SELECTOR_PARAM);
		String parentContextKey = servletContext.getInitParameter(LOCATOR_FACTORY_KEY_PARAM);

		if (parentContextKey != null) {
			// locatorFactorySelector may be null, indicating the default "classpath*:beanRefContext.xml"
			BeanFactoryLocator locator = ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator.getInstance(locatorFactorySelector);
			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
				logger.debug("Getting parent context definition: using parent context key of '" +
						parentContextKey + "' with BeanFactoryLocator");
			}
			this.parentContextRef = locator.useBeanFactory(parentContextKey);
			parentContext = (ApplicationContext) this.parentContextRef.getFactory();
		}

		return parentContext;
	}

	/**
	 * Close Spring's web application context for the given servlet context. If
	 * the default {@link #loadParentContext(ServletContext)} implementation,
	 * which uses ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator, has loaded any shared
	 * parent context, release one reference to that shared parent context.
	 * <p>If overriding {@link #loadParentContext(ServletContext)}, you may have
	 * to override this method as well.
	 * @param servletContext the ServletContext that the WebApplicationContext runs in
	 */
	public void closeWebApplicationContext(ServletContext servletContext) {
		servletContext.log("Closing Spring root WebApplicationContext");
		try {
			if (this.context instanceof ConfigurableWebApplicationContext) {
				((ConfigurableWebApplicationContext) this.context).close();
			}
		}
		finally {
			currentContextPerThread.remove(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
			servletContext.removeAttribute(WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE);
			if (this.parentContextRef != null) {
				this.parentContextRef.release();
			}
		}
	}


	/**
	 * Obtain the Spring root web application context for the current thread
	 * (i.e. for the current thread's context ClassLoader, which needs to be
	 * the web application's ClassLoader).
	 * @return the current root web application context, or <code>null</code>
	 * if none found
	 * @see org.springframework.web.context.support.SpringBeanAutowiringSupport
	 */
	public static WebApplicationContext getCurrentWebApplicationContext() {
		return (WebApplicationContext) currentContextPerThread.get(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader());
	}

}