spring--contextLoader源码

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package org.springframework.web.context;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
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.factory.access.BeanFactoryLocator;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.access.BeanFactoryReference;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextInitializer;
import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.access.ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator;
import org.springframework.core.GenericTypeResolver;
import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAwareOrderComparator;
import org.springframework.core.env.ConfigurableEnvironment;
import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
import org.springframework.core.io.support.PropertiesLoaderUtils;
import org.springframework.util.Assert;
import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

/**
 * Performs the actual initialization work for the root application context.
 * Called by {@link ContextLoaderListener}.
 * 
 * 被ContextLoaderListener调用真正执行root application context初始化工作的地方
 *
 * 
Looks for a {@link #CONTEXT_CLASS_PARAM "contextClass"} parameter
 * at the {@code web.xml} 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.
 * 
 * 在web.xml文件的context-param标签中寻找contextClass参数，这个参数指定了上下文的类型，
 * 如果没有定义这个参数就使用默认的类型(XmlWebApplicationContext)，任何被指定的上下文类
 * 必须实现ConfigurableWebApplicationContext接口
 *
 * 
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/**/*Context.xml".
 * If not explicitly specified, the context implementation is supposed to use a
 * default location (with XmlWebApplicationContext: "/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml").
 * 
 * web.xml中contextConfigLocation参数定义了配置文件的地址,通过这个参数去实例化上下文实例,该参数
 * 可以配置多个值用空格和逗号分开,还支持ant风格的配置形式,支持使用通配符,如果没有定义该参数
 * 默认地址(/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml)
 *
 * 
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.
 * 
 * 万一配置了多个配置文件地址,至少在使用spring默认的ApplicationContext的时候,
 * 如果有相同名字的bean的定义,较后加载的bean的定义将会覆盖较早加载的bean的定义
 *
 * 
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.
 *
 * 
As of Spring 3.1, {@code ContextLoader} supports injecting the root web
 * application context via the {@link #ContextLoader(WebApplicationContext)}
 * constructor, allowing for programmatic configuration in Servlet 3.0+ environments.
 * See {@link org.springframework.web.WebApplicationInitializer} for usage examples.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Colin Sampaleanu
 * @author Sam Brannen
 * @since 17.02.2003
 * @see ContextLoaderListener
 * @see ConfigurableWebApplicationContext
 * @see org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext
 */
public class ContextLoader {

    /**
     * Config param for the root WebApplicationContext id,
     * to be used as serialization id for the underlying BeanFactory: {@value}
     */
    public static final String CONTEXT_ID_PARAM = "contextId";

    /**
     * Name of servlet context parameter (i.e., {@value}) 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";

    /**
     * Config param for the root WebApplicationContext implementation class to use: {@value}
     * @see #determineContextClass(ServletContext)
     */
    public static final String CONTEXT_CLASS_PARAM = "contextClass";

    /**
     * Config param for {@link ApplicationContextInitializer} classes to use
     * for initializing the root web application context: {@value}
     * @see #customizeContext(ServletContext, ConfigurableWebApplicationContext)
     */
    public static final String CONTEXT_INITIALIZER_CLASSES_PARAM = "contextInitializerClasses";

    /**
     * Config param for global {@link ApplicationContextInitializer} classes to use
     * for initializing all web application contexts in the current application: {@value}
     * @see #customizeContext(ServletContext, ConfigurableWebApplicationContext)
     */
    public static final String GLOBAL_INITIALIZER_CLASSES_PARAM = "globalInitializerClasses";

    /**
     * Optional servlet context parameter (i.e., "{@code locatorFactorySelector}")
     * 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.
     * 
The default is {@code classpath*:beanRefContext.xml},
     * 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}")
     * 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.
     * 
Supplying this "parentContextKey" parameter is sufficient when relying
     * on the default {@code classpath*:beanRefContext.xml} selector for
     * candidate factory references.
     */
    public static final String LOCATOR_FACTORY_KEY_PARAM = "parentContextKey";

    /**
     * Any number of these characters are considered delimiters between
     * multiple values in a single init-param String value.
     */
    private static final String INIT_PARAM_DELIMITERS = ",; \t\n";

    /**
     * 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());
        }
    }


    /**
     * Map from (thread context) ClassLoader to corresponding 'current' WebApplicationContext.
     */
    private static final Map currentContextPerThread =
            new ConcurrentHashMap(1);

    /**
     * The 'current' WebApplicationContext, if the ContextLoader class is
     * deployed in the web app ClassLoader itself.
     */
    private static volatile WebApplicationContext currentContext;


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

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

    /** Actual ApplicationContextInitializer instances to apply to the context */
    private final List> contextInitializers =
            new ArrayList>();


    /**
     * Create a new {@code ContextLoader} that will create a web application context
     * based on the "contextClass" and "contextConfigLocation" servlet context-params.
     * See class-level documentation for details on default values for each.
     * 
This constructor is typically used when declaring the {@code
     * ContextLoaderListener} subclass as a {@code } within {@code web.xml}, as
     * a no-arg constructor is required.
     * 
The created application context will be registered into the ServletContext under
     * the attribute name {@link WebApplicationContext#ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE}
     * and subclasses are free to call the {@link #closeWebApplicationContext} method on
     * container shutdown to close the application context.
     * @see #ContextLoader(WebApplicationContext)
     * @see #initWebApplicationContext(ServletContext)
     * @see #closeWebApplicationContext(ServletContext)
     */
    public ContextLoader() {
    }

    /**
     * Create a new {@code ContextLoader} with the given application context. This
     * constructor is useful in Servlet 3.0+ environments where instance-based
     * registration of listeners is possible through the {@link ServletContext#addListener}
     * API.
     * 
The context may or may not yet be {@linkplain
     * ConfigurableApplicationContext#refresh() refreshed}. If it (a) is an implementation
     * of {@link ConfigurableWebApplicationContext} and (b) has not
     * already been refreshed (the recommended approach), then the following will occur:
     * 

     * 
If the given context has not already been assigned an {@linkplain
     * ConfigurableApplicationContext#setId id}, one will be assigned to it
     * 
{@code ServletContext} and {@code ServletConfig} objects will be delegated to
     * the application context
     * 
{@link #customizeContext} will be called
     * 
Any {@link ApplicationContextInitializer}s specified through the
     * "contextInitializerClasses" init-param will be applied.
     * 
{@link ConfigurableApplicationContext#refresh refresh()} will be called
     * 
     * If the context has already been refreshed or does not implement
     * {@code ConfigurableWebApplicationContext}, none of the above will occur under the
     * assumption that the user has performed these actions (or not) per his or her
     * specific needs.
     * 
See {@link org.springframework.web.WebApplicationInitializer} for usage examples.
     * 
In any case, the given application context will be registered into the
     * ServletContext under the attribute name {@link
     * WebApplicationContext#ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE} and subclasses are
     * free to call the {@link #closeWebApplicationContext} method on container shutdown
     * to close the application context.
     * @param context the application context to manage
     * @see #initWebApplicationContext(ServletContext)
     * @see #closeWebApplicationContext(ServletContext)
     */
    public ContextLoader(WebApplicationContext context) {
        this.context = context;
    }


    /**
     * Specify which {@link ApplicationContextInitializer} instances should be used
     * to initialize the application context used by this {@code ContextLoader}.
     * @since 4.2
     * @see #configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext
     * @see #customizeContext
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public void setContextInitializers(ApplicationContextInitializer... initializers) {
        if (initializers != null) {
            for (ApplicationContextInitializer initializer : initializers) {
                this.contextInitializers.add((ApplicationContextInitializer) initializer);
            }
        }
    }


    /**
     * Initialize Spring's web application context for the given servlet context,
     * using the application context provided at construction time, or creating a new one
     * 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
     * @see #ContextLoader(WebApplicationContext)
     * @see #CONTEXT_CLASS_PARAM
     * @see #CONFIG_LOCATION_PARAM
     */
    public WebApplicationContext initWebApplicationContext(ServletContext servletContext) {
        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!");
        }

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

        try {
            // Store context in local instance variable, to guarantee that
            // it is available on ServletContext shutdown.
            if (this.context == null) {
                //根据配置创建WebApplicationContext
                this.context = createWebApplicationContext(servletContext);
            }
            if (this.context instanceof ConfigurableWebApplicationContext) {
                ConfigurableWebApplicationContext cwac = (ConfigurableWebApplicationContext) this.context;
                if (!cwac.isActive()) {
                    // The context has not yet been refreshed -> provide services such as
                    // setting the parent context, setting the application context id, etc
                    if (cwac.getParent() == null) {
                        // The context instance was injected without an explicit parent ->
                        // determine parent for root web application context, if any.
                        ApplicationContext parent = loadParentContext(servletContext);
                        cwac.setParent(parent);
                    }
                    //初始化webApplicationContext
                    configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(cwac, servletContext);
                }
            }
            //将webApplicationContext保存在servletContext中
            servletContext.setAttribute(WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE, this.context);

             // 获取线程上下文类加载器，默认为WebAppClassLoader
            ClassLoader ccl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
            // 如果spring的jar包放在每个webapp自己的目录中
            // 此时线程上下文类加载器会与本类的类加载器（加载spring的）相同，都是WebAppClassLoader
            if (ccl == ContextLoader.class.getClassLoader()) {
                currentContext = this.context;
            }
            else if (ccl != null) {
                // 如果不同，也就是上面说的那个问题的情况，那么用一个map把刚才创建的WebApplicationContext及对应的WebAppClassLoader存下来
                // 一个webapp对应一个记录，后续调用时直接根据WebAppClassLoader来取出
                currentContextPerThread.put(ccl, 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.
     * 
This implementation expects custom contexts to implement the
     * {@link ConfigurableWebApplicationContext} interface.
     * Can be overridden in subclasses.
     * 
In addition, {@link #customizeContext} gets called prior to refreshing the
     * context, allowing subclasses to perform custom modifications to the context.
     * @param sc current servlet context
     * @return the root WebApplicationContext
     * @see ConfigurableWebApplicationContext
     */
    protected WebApplicationContext createWebApplicationContext(ServletContext sc) {
        Class contextClass = determineContextClass(sc);
        if (!ConfigurableWebApplicationContext.class.isAssignableFrom(contextClass)) {
            throw new ApplicationContextException("Custom context class [" + contextClass.getName() +
                    "] is not of type [" + ConfigurableWebApplicationContext.class.getName() + "]");
        }
        return (ConfigurableWebApplicationContext) BeanUtils.instantiateClass(contextClass);
    }

    /**
     * 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
     * @see #CONTEXT_CLASS_PARAM
     * @see org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext
     */
    protected Class determineContextClass(ServletContext servletContext) {
        String contextClassName = servletContext.getInitParameter(CONTEXT_CLASS_PARAM);
        if (contextClassName != null) {
            try {
                return ClassUtils.forName(contextClassName, ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader());
            }
            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);
            }
        }
    }

    protected void configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ConfigurableWebApplicationContext wac, ServletContext sc) {
        if (ObjectUtils.identityToString(wac).equals(wac.getId())) {
            // The application context id is still set to its original default value
            // -> assign a more useful id based on available information
            String idParam = sc.getInitParameter(CONTEXT_ID_PARAM);
            if (idParam != null) {
                wac.setId(idParam);
            }
            else {
                // Generate default id...
                wac.setId(ConfigurableWebApplicationContext.APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ID_PREFIX +
                        ObjectUtils.getDisplayString(sc.getContextPath()));
            }
        }

        wac.setServletContext(sc);
        String configLocationParam = sc.getInitParameter(CONFIG_LOCATION_PARAM);
        if (configLocationParam != null) {
            wac.setConfigLocation(configLocationParam);
        }

        // The wac environment's #initPropertySources will be called in any case when the context
        // is refreshed; do it eagerly here to ensure servlet property sources are in place for
        // use in any post-processing or initialization that occurs below prior to #refresh
        ConfigurableEnvironment env = wac.getEnvironment();
        if (env instanceof ConfigurableWebEnvironment) {
            ((ConfigurableWebEnvironment) env).initPropertySources(sc, null);
        }

        customizeContext(sc, wac);
        wac.refresh();
    }

    /**
     * Customize the {@link ConfigurableWebApplicationContext} created by this
     * ContextLoader after config locations have been supplied to the context
     * but before the context is refreshed.
     * 
The default implementation {@linkplain #determineContextInitializerClasses(ServletContext)
     * determines} what (if any) context initializer classes have been specified through
     * {@linkplain #CONTEXT_INITIALIZER_CLASSES_PARAM context init parameters} and
     * {@linkplain ApplicationContextInitializer#initialize invokes each} with the
     * given web application context.
     * 
Any {@code ApplicationContextInitializers} implementing
     * {@link org.springframework.core.Ordered Ordered} or marked with @{@link
     * org.springframework.core.annotation.Order Order} will be sorted appropriately.
     * @param sc the current servlet context
     * @param wac the newly created application context
     * @see #CONTEXT_INITIALIZER_CLASSES_PARAM
     * @see ApplicationContextInitializer#initialize(ConfigurableApplicationContext)
     */
    protected void customizeContext(ServletContext sc, ConfigurableWebApplicationContext wac) {
        List>> initializerClasses =
                determineContextInitializerClasses(sc);

        for (Class> initializerClass : initializerClasses) {
            Class initializerContextClass =
                    GenericTypeResolver.resolveTypeArgument(initializerClass, ApplicationContextInitializer.class);
            if (initializerContextClass != null) {
                Assert.isAssignable(initializerContextClass, wac.getClass(), String.format(
                        "Could not add context initializer [%s] since its generic parameter [%s] " +
                        "is not assignable from the type of application context used by this " +
                        "context loader [%s]: ", initializerClass.getName(), initializerContextClass.getName(),
                        wac.getClass().getName()));
            }
            this.contextInitializers.add(BeanUtils.instantiateClass(initializerClass));
        }

        AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.sort(this.contextInitializers);
        for (ApplicationContextInitializer initializer : this.contextInitializers) {
            initializer.initialize(wac);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Return the {@link ApplicationContextInitializer} implementation classes to use
     * if any have been specified by {@link #CONTEXT_INITIALIZER_CLASSES_PARAM}.
     * @param servletContext current servlet context
     * @see #CONTEXT_INITIALIZER_CLASSES_PARAM
     */
    protected List>>
            determineContextInitializerClasses(ServletContext servletContext) {

        List>> classes =
                new ArrayList>>();

        String globalClassNames = servletContext.getInitParameter(GLOBAL_INITIALIZER_CLASSES_PARAM);
        if (globalClassNames != null) {
            for (String className : StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray(globalClassNames, INIT_PARAM_DELIMITERS)) {
                classes.add(loadInitializerClass(className));
            }
        }

        String localClassNames = servletContext.getInitParameter(CONTEXT_INITIALIZER_CLASSES_PARAM);
        if (localClassNames != null) {
            for (String className : StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray(localClassNames, INIT_PARAM_DELIMITERS)) {
                classes.add(loadInitializerClass(className));
            }
        }

        return classes;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    private Class> loadInitializerClass(String className) {
        try {
            Class clazz = ClassUtils.forName(className, ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader());
            Assert.isAssignable(ApplicationContextInitializer.class, clazz);
            return (Class>) clazz;
        }
        catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
            throw new ApplicationContextException("Failed to load context initializer class [" + className + "]", ex);
        }
    }

    /**
     * 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.
     * 
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.
     * 
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} if none
     * @see org.springframework.context.access.ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator
     */
    protected ApplicationContext loadParentContext(ServletContext servletContext) {
        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);
            Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(ContextLoader.class);
            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.
     * 
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 {
            ClassLoader ccl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
            if (ccl == ContextLoader.class.getClassLoader()) {
                currentContext = null;
            }
            else if (ccl != null) {
                currentContextPerThread.remove(ccl);
            }
            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}
     * if none found
     * @see org.springframework.web.context.support.SpringBeanAutowiringSupport
     */
    public static WebApplicationContext getCurrentWebApplicationContext() {
        ClassLoader ccl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
        if (ccl != null) {
            WebApplicationContext ccpt = currentContextPerThread.get(ccl);
            if (ccpt != null) {
                return ccpt;
            }
        }
        return currentContext;
    }

}