How to close a spring ApplicationContext?
After my application finishes I want to close the spring context.
The relevant code has an ApplicationContext reference but I couldn't find a close method.
Solution 1:
Downcast your ApplicationContext to ConfigurableApplicationContext which defines close() method:
((ConfigurableApplicationContext)appCtx).close();
Solution 2:
You need to register a shutdown hook with the JVM as shown below:
((AbstractApplicationContext)appCtx).registerShutdownHook();
For more information see: Spring Manual: 3.6.1.6 Shutting down the Spring IoC container gracefully in non-web applications