All Known Implementing Classes:
    AbstractXsltView, JasperReportsViewResolver, WebContentGenerator, VelocityLayoutViewResolver, DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping, TilesView, BaseCommandController, AbstractPathMapHandlerMapping, ControllerBeanNameHandlerMapping, MultiActionController, XsltView, InternalResourceView, CancellableFormController, AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter, ParameterizableViewController, FreeMarkerView, AbstractTemplateView, PortletApplicationObjectSupport, CommonsPathMapHandlerMapping, AbstractCommandController, InternalResourceViewResolver, UrlBasedViewResolver, AbstractWizardFormController, DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping, ApplicationObjectSupport, BeanNameUrlHandlerMapping, WebContentInterceptor, PortletModeHandlerMapping, AbstractCachingViewResolver, JasperReportsMultiFormatView, BeanNameViewResolver, TilesJstlView, AbstractController, ServletWrappingController, JasperReportsPdfView, UrlFilenameViewController, JasperReportsCsvView, AbstractFormController, PortletContentGenerator, AbstractUrlHandlerMapping, AbstractUrlViewController, SimpleUrlHandlerMapping, SchedulerFactoryBean, AbstractHandlerMapping, PortletModeParameterHandlerMapping, AbstractHandlerMapping, ParameterHandlerMapping, VelocityLayoutView, ResourceBundleViewResolver, AbstractJasperReportsView, JasperReportsXlsView, AbstractControllerUrlHandlerMapping, JobDetailBean, PortletWrappingController, AbstractFormController, AbstractView, AbstractJasperReportsSingleFormatView, ControllerClassNameHandlerMapping, ParameterizableViewController, AbstractPdfView, VelocityView, AbstractJExcelView, AbstractTemplateViewResolver, WebApplicationObjectSupport, AbstractUrlBasedView, AbstractDetectingUrlHandlerMapping, ConfigurableJasperReportsView, VelocityViewResolver, ServletForwardingController, AbstractController, AbstractWizardFormController, XsltViewResolver, JstlView, AbstractCommandController, VelocityToolboxView, SimpleFormController, XmlViewResolver, FreeMarkerViewResolver, BaseCommandController, TilesConfigurer, AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter, TilesView, JasperReportsHtmlView, SimpleFormController, AbstractMapBasedHandlerMapping, AbstractExcelView, RedirectView

Implementing this interface makes sense for example when an object requires access to a set of collaborating beans. Note that configuration via bean references is preferable to implementing this interface just for bean lookup purposes.

This interface can also be implemented if an object needs access to file resources, i.e. wants to call getResource, wants to publish an application event, or requires access to the MessageSource. However, it is preferable to implement the more specific ResourceLoaderAware , ApplicationEventPublisherAware or MessageSourceAware interface in such a specific scenario.

Note that file resource dependencies can also be exposed as bean properties of type org.springframework.core.io.Resource , populated via Strings with automatic type conversion by the bean factory. This removes the need for implementing any callback interface just for the purpose of accessing a specific file resource.

org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport is a convenience base class for application objects, implementing this interface.

For a list of all bean lifecycle methods, see the BeanFactory javadocs .

Also see:

ResourceLoaderAware
ApplicationEventPublisherAware
MessageSourceAware
org.springframework.context.support.ApplicationObjectSupport
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware
author: Rod - Johnson

author: Juergen - Hoeller

 public  void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext) throws BeansException
Set the ApplicationContext that this object runs in.
Normally this call will be used to initialize the object.
Invoked after population of normal bean properties but before an init callback such
as org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean#afterPropertiesSet() 
or a custom init-method. Invoked after ResourceLoaderAware#setResourceLoader ,
ApplicationEventPublisherAware#setApplicationEventPublisher  and
MessageSourceAware , if applicable.