How to inject ApplicationContext itself
Solution 1:
Previous comments are ok, but I usually prefer:
@Autowired private ApplicationContext applicationContext;
Solution 2:
Easy, using the ApplicationContextAware
interface.
public class A implements ApplicationContextAware {
private ApplicationContext context;
public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext context) {
this.context = context;
}
}
Then in your actual applicationContext you only need to reference your bean.
<bean id="a" class="com.company.A" />
Solution 3:
Yes, just implement the ApplicationContextAware -interface.
Solution 4:
I saw some comments above about @Autowired not working still. The following may help.
This will not work:
@Route(value = "content", layout = MainView.class)
public class MyLayout extends VerticalLayout implements RouterLayout {
@Autowired private ApplicationContext context;
public MyLayout() {
comps.add(context.getBean(MyComponentA.class)); // context always null :(
}
You must do this:
@Autowired
public MyLayout(ApplicationContext context) {
comps.add(context.getBean(MyComponentA.class)); //context is set :)
}
or this:
@PostConstruct
private void init() {
comps.add(context.getBean(MyComponentA.class)); // context is set :)
}
Also note that Upload is another component that must be set within the scope of @PostConstruct. This was a nightmare for me to figure out. Hope this helps!
I almost forgot to mention that the @Scope annotation may be necessary for your Bean, as seen below. This was the case when using Upload within a Bean because the UI is not instantiate/attached prior to the Bean being created and will cause a Null Reference Exception to be thrown. It won't do so when using @Route, but will when using @Component - so the latter is not an option and if @Route is not viable, then I would recommend using @Configuration class to create the bean with the prototype scope.
@Configuration
public class MyConfig {
@Bean
@Scope(value = ConfigurableBeanFactory.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE, proxyMode = ScopedProxyMode.TARGET_CLASS)
public MyComponentA getMyBean() {
return new MyComponentA();
}
}
Solution 5:
Special solution: get Spring beans from any (non Spring) classes
@Component
public class SpringContext {
private static ApplicationContext applicationContext;
@Autowired
private void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext ctx) {
applicationContext = ctx;
}
public static <T> T getBean(Class<T> componentClass) {
return applicationContext.getBean(componentClass);
}
}