How to add custom ApplicationContextInitializer to a spring boot application?

Question

One way to add custom ApplicationContextInitializer to spring web application is to add it in the web.xml file as shown below.

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Answer 1

Another approach is to use context.initializer.classes=com.example.YourInitializer in a properties/yml file. I like this approach because then you can enable/disable initializers via environment specific props files.

It is mentioned only briefly in the spring boot docs