Spring源代码-ContextLoaderListener的学习

web.xml中启用Spring

在一般的web应用程序，我们倘若用到Spring的话，需要在web.xml中配置以下的信息来使一些容器，例如Tomcat、Jetty等来加载Spring

    <!-- Spring配置文件信息 -->
    <context-param>
    	<!-- 这个contextConfigLocation参数是用来加载spring相关配置的标签 -->
        <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
        <param-value>classpath:com/conf/applicationContext.xml</param-value>
    </context-param>
    <!-- ContextLoaderListener监听器 -->
    <!-- ContextLoaderListener的作用就是启动Web容器时，自动装配
		ApplicationContext.xml的配置信息 
	-->
    <listener>
        <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
    </listener>

Spring主要通过ContextLoaderListener类在应用启动时加载其服务

 

ContextLoaderListener的官方注释

查看某个类的重要功能最好是观察其的注释，ContextLoaderLinstener官方注释如下：

//父级启动类，可用ContextLoader启动和ContextCleanupListener来关闭Spring的根web应用上下文
  Bootstrap listener to start up and shut down Spring's root {@link WebApplicationContext}.
  Simply delegates to {@link ContextLoader} as well as to {@link ContextCleanupListener}.
 
  //这里给出了提示，如果需要用到自定义log4j的配置的话，则ContextListener需要在Log4jConfigListener之后
  <p>This listener should be registered after {@link org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener}
  in {@code web.xml}, if the latter is used.
 //从Spring3.1之后，注入根web应用上下文可通过 WebApplicationInitializer，容器在启动会加载此接口，但是有个要求是容器的Servlet版本必须是3.0+，对Tomcat来说必须是7.0.15版本以上
  <p>As of Spring 3.1, {@code ContextLoaderListener} supports injecting the root web
  application context via the {@link #ContextLoaderListener(WebApplicationContext)}
  constructor, allowing for programmatic configuration in Servlet 3.0+ environments.
  See {@link org.springframework.web.WebApplicationInitializer} for usage examples.
 
  @author Juergen Hoeller
  @author Chris Beams
  @since 17.02.2003
  @see #setContextInitializers
  @see org.springframework.web.WebApplicationInitializer