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 think you should use Spring utilities like RequestContextUtils.getWebApplicationContext(request, application); to hookup the Spring Context within your Servlet. Agreed this is no DI/IoC, but the servlet is no bean as well !