How to connect HttpServlet with Spring Application Context in web.xml?

Question

I\'m trying to connect my FooServlet which extends HttpServlet with the ApplicationContext which is in the same Project. The Application Context is already used by a Wicket

Answer 1

I found a way to inject Beans in my HttpServlet (Note: I don't need a Presentation View, otherwise there are more advanced Spring Classes)

Add a ContextLoaderListener to web.xml so that Spring's root WebApplicationContext is loaded

   
      
        org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
      
   

Configure Servlet using Springs HttpRequestHandlerServlet Class

 FooServlet
 Foo Servlet
 
      org.springframework.web.context.support.HttpRequestHandlerServlet
    

Let your Servlet implement the org.springframework.web.HttpRequestHandler Interface

Define your Servlet as a Bean in ApplicationContext (beanID must be same as "servlet-name"). Now it's possible to inject all necassary Beans in the Spring DependencyInjection way without dependency lookup.