org.sakaiproject.component.impl
Class ContextLoader

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader
      org.sakaiproject.component.impl.ContextLoader

public class ContextLoader
extends org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader

Sakai's extension to Spring's ContextLoader - adds the location of the ComponentManager shared AC, linking the local AC to it as parent, and loading localy hosted components into shared.

Field Summary

static String

SHARED_LOCATION_PARAM Name of servlet context parameter that can specify the config location for loading into the shared component set.

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader

CONFIG_LOCATION_PARAM, CONTEXT_CLASS_PARAM, LOCATOR_FACTORY_KEY_PARAM, LOCATOR_FACTORY_SELECTOR_PARAM

Constructor Summary

ContextLoader()

Method Summary

org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext	initWebApplicationContext(javax.servlet.ServletContext servletContext) Initialize the local ApplicationContext, link it to the shared context, and load shared definitions into the shared context.
protected org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext	loadParentContext(javax.servlet.ServletContext servletContext) Access the shared ApplicationContext

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader

closeWebApplicationContext, createWebApplicationContext, customizeContext, determineContextClass, getCurrentWebApplicationContext

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

SHARED_LOCATION_PARAM

public static final String SHARED_LOCATION_PARAM

Name of servlet context parameter that can specify the config location for loading into the shared component set.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ContextLoader

public ContextLoader()

Method Detail

initWebApplicationContext

public org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext initWebApplicationContext(javax.servlet.ServletContext servletContext)
                                                                                throws org.springframework.beans.BeansException

Initialize the local ApplicationContext, link it to the shared context, and load shared definitions into the shared context.

Overrides:

initWebApplicationContext in class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader

Parameters:

servletContext - current servlet context

Returns:

the new WebApplicationContext

Throws:

org.springframework.beans.BeansException - if the context couldn't be initialized

loadParentContext

protected org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext loadParentContext(javax.servlet.ServletContext servletContext)
                                                                    throws org.springframework.beans.BeansException

Access the shared ApplicationContext

Overrides:

loadParentContext in class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader

Parameters:

servletContext - (not used)

Returns:

The shared application context

Throws:

org.springframework.beans.BeansException