我们在配置Spring WEB项目的时候,通常会有这样的配置:

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<listener>
<listenerclass>
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
</listener-class>
</listener>

<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>classpath:config/applicationContext.xml</param-value>
</context-param>

在部署描述符中指定ContextLoaderListener,通过这个Listener来读取xml配置,达到启动Spring应用上下文的目的。今天我们来看看ContextLoaderListener是如何启动Spring容器的。

ContextLoaderListener启动的流程图如下:

我们来看看ContextLoaderListener的代码,ContextLoaderListener主要是实现了ServletContextListener的启动和销毁方法,具体的逻辑实现在父类ContextLoader中:

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public class ContextLoaderListener extends ContextLoader implements ServletContextListener {

// 基于部署描述符的配置,会使用空构造函数
public ContextLoaderListener() {
}

// 基于JavaConfig的配置会使用该构造函数,传入WebApplicationContext实现(见下文)
public ContextLoaderListener(WebApplicationContext context) {
super(context);
}

// 应用初始化时调用,这里是初始化Spring Web ApplicationContext的入口
@Override
public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) {
initWebApplicationContext(event.getServletContext());
}

@Override
public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent event) {
closeWebApplicationContext(event.getServletContext());
ContextCleanupListener.cleanupAttributes(event.getServletContext());
}
}

initWebApplicationContext函数定义在ContextLoader上,实例化并初始化WebApplicationContext:

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public WebApplicationContext initWebApplicationContext(ServletContext servletContext) {
// 判断是否已经有Root WebApplicationContext,如果已经存在,说明重复声明ContextLoader了
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 {
// 保存context到实例变量中,在ServletContext销毁的时候用于清理资源
if (this.context == null) { // (1)
// 新建WebApplicationContext
this.context = createWebApplicationContext(servletContext);
}
if (this.context instanceof ConfigurableWebApplicationContext) {
ConfigurableWebApplicationContext cwac = (ConfigurableWebApplicationContext) this.context;
if (!cwac.isActive()) {
// WebApplicationContext还没激活,需要设置并启动
if (cwac.getParent() == null) {
ApplicationContext parent = loadParentContext(servletContext);
cwac.setParent(parent);
}
configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(cwac, servletContext);
}
}
// 把WebApplicationContext实例添加到servletContext中
servletContext.setAttribute(WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE, this.context);

ClassLoader ccl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
if (ccl == ContextLoader.class.getClassLoader()) {
currentContext = this.context;
}
else if (ccl != null) {
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;
}
}

注意一点,在(1)这个分支处。如果是使用基于xml的配置,那么this.context == null成立,会调用createWebApplicationContext来新建WebApplicationContext,默认使用XmlWebApplicationContext来作为WebApplicationContext实现。也可以使用contextClass参数来手动指定使用的WebApplicationContext实现类,举个例子:

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<context-param>
<param-name>contextClass</param-name>
<param-value>
org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext
</param-value>
</context-param>

<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>com.mushan.AppConfig</param-value>
</context-param>

如果是基于javaconfig配置,那么在AbstractContextLoaderInitializer启动时,默认会使用AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext来初始化ContextLoaderListener,见代码:

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public abstract class AbstractContextLoaderInitializer implements WebApplicationInitializer {

// 实例化ContextLoaderListener,并且传入构造好的rootAppContext
protected void registerContextLoaderListener(ServletContext servletContext) {
WebApplicationContext rootAppContext = createRootApplicationContext();
if (rootAppContext != null) {
servletContext.addListener(new ContextLoaderListener(rootAppContext));
}
else {
logger.debug("No ContextLoaderListener registered, as " +
"createRootApplicationContext() did not return an application context");
}
}

// 使用什么作为rootAppContext由子类决定
protected abstract WebApplicationContext createRootApplicationContext();

...
}

我们一般使用AbstractAnnotationConfigDispatcherServletInitializer,所以createRootApplicationContext函数在上面得到了实现:

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protected WebApplicationContext createRootApplicationContext() {
Class<?>[] configClasses = getRootConfigClasses();
if (!ObjectUtils.isEmpty(configClasses)) {
AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext rootAppContext = new AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext();
rootAppContext.register(configClasses);
return rootAppContext;
}
else {
return null;
}
}

这里可以看到是用了AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext作为实现了。

层次关系示意图:

总结

  • ContextLoaderListener是Web应用启动Spring应用上下文的入口
  • 基于部署描述符配置,默认使用XmlWebApplicationContext作为WebApplicationContext实现类
  • 基于JavaConfig配置,默认使用AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext作为WebApplicationContext实现类
  • ContextLoaderListener会持有WebApplicationContext实例,用于销毁
  • 同时ContextLoaderListener会把WebApplicationContext实例注册到ServletContext中