1.ApplicationContextInitializer接口
/**
* Callback interface for initializing a Spring {@link ConfigurableApplicationContext}
* prior to being {@linkplain ConfigurableApplicationContext#refresh() refreshed}.
*
* <p>Typically used within web applications that require some programmatic initialization
* of the application context. For example, registering property sources or activating
* profiles against the {@linkplain ConfigurableApplicationContext#getEnvironment()
* context's environment}. See {@code ContextLoader} and {@code FrameworkServlet} support
* for declaring a "contextInitializerClasses" context-param and init-param, respectively.
*
* <p>{@code ApplicationContextInitializer} processors are encouraged to detect
* whether Spring's {@link org.springframework.core.Ordered Ordered} interface has been
* implemented or if the @{@link org.springframework.core.annotation.Order Order}
* annotation is present and to sort instances accordingly if so prior to invocation.
*
* @author Chris Beams
* @since 3.1
* @see org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader#customizeContext
* @see org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader#CONTEXT_INITIALIZER_CLASSES_PARAM
* @see org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet#setContextInitializerClasses
* @see org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet#applyInitializers
*/
public interface ApplicationContextInitializer<C extends ConfigurableApplicationContext> {
/**
* Initialize the given application context.
* @param applicationContext the application to configure
*/
void initialize(C applicationContext);
}这是一个Spring接口,实现该接口后,spring会自动加载实现类并执行initialize方法。除了实现这个接口,还需要在web.xml中配置一个<context-param>参数,<param-name>必须是contextInitializerClasses。
<context-param>
<param-name>contextInitializerClasses</param-name>
<param-value>com.xxx.XXXApplicationContextInitializer</param-value>
</context-param>那这个流程是怎么一回事呢?
于是我写了一个demo开始debug:
public class MySimpleContextListener implements ApplicationContextInitializer<ConfigurableApplicationContext> {
@Override
public void initialize(ConfigurableApplicationContext applicationContext) {
System.out.println("开始加载了");
}
}
这是调用栈,从下往上,是代码的执行顺序。
首先肯定是Tomcat被启动,然后bla……bla……bla……boom……da...da...da(此处略过我不懂的启动流程)。
Tomcat启动完之后开始启动web程序,并按照java web的启动顺序,依次加载,如下:
ServletContext -> context-param -> listener -> filter -> servlet
一般用springMVC构建的web程序,web.xml里都会设置这个监听器
<listener>
<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>也就是调用栈里的ContextLoaderListener类,该类又继承org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader。在调用ContextLoaderListener类的contextInitialized()方法时,又会调用其父类的initWebApplicationContext()方法,如下:
public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) {
initWebApplicationContext(event.getServletContext());
}然后这个方法再调别的方法,一层一层,总之,就是调用栈里的那个顺序。
最后,目光放到ContextLoader类的customizeContext()方法:
protected void customizeContext(ServletContext sc, ConfigurableWebApplicationContext wac) {
List<Class<ApplicationContextInitializer<ConfigurableApplicationContext>>> initializerClasses =
determineContextInitializerClasses(sc);
for (Class<ApplicationContextInitializer<ConfigurableApplicationContext>> initializerClass : initializerClasses) {
Class<?> initializerContextClass =
GenericTypeResolver.resolveTypeArgument(initializerClass, ApplicationContextInitializer.class);
if (initializerContextClass != null && !initializerContextClass.isInstance(wac)) {
throw new ApplicationContextException(String.format(
"Could not apply 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<ConfigurableApplicationContext> initializer : this.contextInitializers) {
initializer.initialize(wac);
}
}全在这里面了,现在可以一行行的看。
List<Class<ApplicationContextInitializer<ConfigurableApplicationContext>>> initializerClasses = determineContextInitializerClasses(sc);
它的作用是从web.xml里提取名为“globalInitializerClasses”及“contextInitializerClasses”的<context-param>参数的值。这些值在web.xml里都是字符串,所以还需要转成Class<?>对象,转换的过程中会检查,配置的这个类名是不是实现了ApplicationContextInitializer接口的类,不是的话会抛出异常。
紧接着的for循环是检查配置的这些实现类的泛型,是不是ConfigurableApplicationContext。不是的话,会抛出异常。是的话,会被实例化成对象,并放入List中。
最后,for循环执行List中ApplicationContextInitializer接口的对象,调用initialize()方法。
// 所有代码看完,发现这一切的流程早被写在接口的注释里,所以说英语好是多么重要。。。。。。
2.BeanPostProcessor接口
这个接口的作用就是在bean的初始化前或初始化后搞一些操作。
必须把BeanPostProcessor接口实现类的对象放到容器里去才会起效,往容器添加bean有两种方式,一,xml;二,注解。
大致的逻辑,spring保存了一个List<BeanPostProcessor>对象,并在bean初始化时,for循环这个list,依次调用。
这个逻辑很简单,复杂的是,spring怎么把BeanPostProcessor接口实现类的对象放到容器里去的?
上面的ApplicationContextInitializer接口通过web.xml配置,其实现类在容器启动前便被初始化了。而BeanPostProcessor接口从加载到起效,几乎经历了完整的spring容器启动过程。
因此,要搞懂BeanPostProcessor接口如何被加载,就必须搞明白spring容器是如何加载的。
spring容器的启动与加载是一个相当繁琐的过程,记录它需要新开一篇博客,并查阅资料,然后更加深入的阅读源码。这里只能先就BeanPostProcessor接口起效的调用栈,来粗略的讲解一下。

与ApplicationContextInitializer接口相比,这个调用过程,明显长的多。当然开头几个调用还是一样的,从org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener进入,初始化WebApplicationContext,然后refresh,此处给出refresh方法的部分源码:
synchronized (this.startupShutdownMonitor) {
// Prepare this context for refreshing.
prepareRefresh();
// Tell the subclass to refresh the internal bean factory.
ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory = obtainFreshBeanFactory();
// Prepare the bean factory for use in this context.
prepareBeanFactory(beanFactory);
try {
// Allows post-processing of the bean factory in context subclasses.
postProcessBeanFactory(beanFactory);
// Invoke factory processors registered as beans in the context.
invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(beanFactory);
// Register bean processors that intercept bean creation.
registerBeanPostProcessors(beanFactory);
// Initialize message source for this context.
initMessageSource();
// Initialize event multicaster for this context.
initApplicationEventMulticaster();
// Initialize other special beans in specific context subclasses.
onRefresh();
// Check for listener beans and register them.
registerListeners();
// Instantiate all remaining (non-lazy-init) singletons.
finishBeanFactoryInitialization(beanFactory);
// Last step: publish corresponding event.
finishRefresh();
}
}refresh方法,以及refresh方法中调用的方法,以及调用的方法中调用的方法,以及调用的方法中调用的方法调用的方法,组成了加载的过程。
// 不是我要说的这么绕,源码远比我讲的要绕。
目前我了解的过程主要集中在读取spring配置文件上(就是那些xml)。根据标签类型来进行处理,并封装成org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition,最后放到org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory#beanDefinitionMap中。
详情新开博客讲。
3.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer
和BeanPostProcessor接口一样,调用的逻辑很简单,加载的逻辑难,也要先搞明白,spring容器是如何加载的。

如图,invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors方法,就是在refresh方法内调用