[Springframework-developer] Bug in AbstractApplicationContext

[Hagen O. <hag...@hp...>]

Hi all,


there is a glitch in AbstractApplicationContext.

AbstractBeanFactory.getMergedBeanDefinition() does a "instanceof 
AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory"

AbstractApplicationContext does not extend that class, thus autowiring 
is broken, when getParent() is used to initialize the inner 
BeanFactory. The best solution is probably to clean the oo-design...

As a quick work around, I am using:

AbstractApplicationContext {
     public BeanFactory getParentBeanFactory() {
         BeanFactory theParent = getParent();
         if (theParent != null
                 && theParent instanceof ConfigurableApplicationContext) 
{
             theParent = ((ConfigurableApplicationContext) theParent)
                     .getBeanFactory();
         }
         return theParent;
     }
}

and using that method only to initialize the inner BeanFactory.


Cheers

)-(agen