ConfigurableApplicationContext vs ApplicationContext

Question

I have been learning spring framework for some time.But whenever I look for initialization and destruction callbacks, every example uses ConfigurableApplicationContext inste

Answer 1

ApplicationContext: This the most powerful Container, compare to Bean-factory (Core container).

ConfigurableApplicationContext: One of the implementation of the ApplicationContext container. This container is used for Event Handling propose.

If you implement the following methods and your Bean Class extends the ApplicationListner interface, then when these methods are executed, your Bean will get related Events.

void refresh()
void close();
void shutdown();