[Springframework-developer] Re: no ListableWebApplicationContext?

[roger h. <apo...@sn...>]

Rob

I think you'll find Listable properties are available using:

http://www.springframework.org/docs/api/org/springframework/web/context/supp
ort/StaticWebApplicationContext.html

Roger


"Rob Butler" <rob...@ve...> wrote in message
news:002201c3ae36$316e11f0$0802a8c0@coderhp...
> Hello all,
>
> I was looking over the Spring code and it doesn't appear as if there is
> support for a ListableWebApplicationContext.  i.e. a WebApplicationContext
> that uses property files instead of XML.  Shouldn't this be added to the
> framework?
>
> The ContextLoader already supports using a parameter to select a different
> WebApplicationContext implementation, so adding
> ListableWebApplicationContext support shouldn't be too difficult.  It
would
> be nice if the ContextLoader were modified to try the
> XmlWebApplicationContext first, and if that is not found to try the
> ListableWebApplicationContext.  In that way if either of the two Spring
> provided WebApplicationContexts were used they would be found
automatically.
>
> I would like ListableWebApplicationContext support because I plan on
holding
> my configuration data in a database and then have the database generate
the
> property files.  It's easier to have the database write out property files
> than XML.  At the moment I don't want the properties obtained directly
from
> the database.  But, now that I mention it, JdbcWebApplicationContext
support
> should be added to the framework too, just to be complete.
>
> Why would I want to do any of this?  Ah, that is the subject of a future
> e-mail...  More to come.
>
> Later
> Rob
>
>
>
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