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🍃🎓 SPRING CERTIFICATION QUESTION: What is meant by 'application-context'? #IoC

January 15, 2023

Answer:

By 𝐚ðĐðĐðĨðĒ𝐜𝐚𝐭ðĒðĻ𝐧 𝐜ðĻð§ð­ðžðąð­ is usually meant an 𝐚𝐝ðŊ𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 IoC container.

It's called an 'advanced' because of its superset capabilities in comparison to a simple bean factory.

The term 'application-context' is directly related to

ðĻðŦ𝐠.𝐎ðĐðŦðĒ𝐧𝐠𝐟ðŦ𝐚ðĶ𝐞𝐰ðĻðŦðĪ.𝐜ðĻð§ð­ðžðąð­.𝐀ðĐðĐðĨðĒ𝐜𝐚𝐭ðĒðĻ𝐧𝐂ðĻð§ð­ðžðąð­ interface which is central in Spring framework.

As related JavaDoc says, ðĻðŦ𝐠.𝐎ðĐðŦðĒ𝐧𝐠𝐟ðŦ𝐚ðĶ𝐞𝐰ðĻðŦðĪ.𝐜ðĻð§ð­ðžðąð­.𝐀ðĐðĐðĨðĒ𝐜𝐚𝐭ðĒðĻ𝐧𝐂ðĻð§ð­ðžðąð­ offers the following functionality:

1. Bean factory

2. Resource loading

3. Events publishing to registered listeners

4. Internationalization

5. Composition of inheritance chains with other contexts

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The Spring ApplicationContext 👉 https://www.baeldung.com/spring-application-context