org.sakaiproject.component.impl

Class SakaiContextLoader

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader

org.sakaiproject.component.impl.SakaiContextLoader

Direct Known Subclasses:

SakaiContextLoaderListener

public class SakaiContextLoader
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

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	SPRING_CONTEXT_SUFFIX

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

CONFIG_LOCATION_PARAM, CONTEXT_CLASS_PARAM, CONTEXT_ID_PARAM, CONTEXT_INITIALIZER_CLASSES_PARAM, GLOBAL_INITIALIZER_CLASSES_PARAM, LOCATOR_FACTORY_KEY_PARAM, LOCATOR_FACTORY_SELECTOR_PARAM

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SakaiContextLoader()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext	initWebApplicationContext(ServletContext servletContext) Allows loading/override of custom bean definitions from sakai.home The pattern is the 'servlet_name-context.xml'
protected org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext	loadParentContext(ServletContext servletContext) Spring allows a parent ApplicationContext to be set during the creation of a new ApplicationContext Sakai sets the SakaiApplicationContext as the parent which managed by the ComponentManager

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

closeWebApplicationContext, configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext, createWebApplicationContext, createWebApplicationContext, customizeContext, determineContextClass, determineContextInitializerClasses, getCurrentWebApplicationContext

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

SPRING_CONTEXT_SUFFIX

public static final String SPRING_CONTEXT_SUFFIX

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SakaiContextLoader

public SakaiContextLoader()

Method Detail

initWebApplicationContext

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

Allows loading/override of custom bean definitions from sakai.home

The pattern is the 'servlet_name-context.xml'

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(ServletContext servletContext)
                                                                    throws org.springframework.beans.BeansException

Spring allows a parent ApplicationContext to be set during the creation of a new ApplicationContext Sakai sets the SakaiApplicationContext as the parent which managed by the ComponentManager

Overrides:

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

Parameters:

servletContext - (not used)

Returns:

the shared SakaiApplicationContext

Throws:

org.springframework.beans.BeansException