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package org.springframework.context.support;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ResourceEntityResolver;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;

/**
 * Convenient base class for {@link org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext}
 * implementations, drawing configuration from XML documents containing bean definitions
 * understood by an {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader}.
 *
 * <p>Subclasses just have to implement the {@link #getConfigResources} and/or
 * the {@link #getConfigLocations} method. Furthermore, they might override
 * the {@link #getResourceByPath} hook to interpret relative paths in an
 * environment-specific fashion, and/or {@link #getResourcePatternResolver}
 * for extended pattern resolution.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @see #getConfigResources
 * @see #getConfigLocations
 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader
 */
public abstract class AbstractXmlApplicationContext extends AbstractRefreshableConfigApplicationContext {

	/**
	 * Create a new AbstractXmlApplicationContext with no parent.
	 */
	public AbstractXmlApplicationContext() {
	}

	/**
	 * Create a new AbstractXmlApplicationContext with the given parent context.
	 * @param parent the parent context
	 */
	public AbstractXmlApplicationContext(ApplicationContext parent) {
		super(parent);
	}


	/**
	 * Loads the bean definitions via an XmlBeanDefinitionReader.
	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader
	 * @see #initBeanDefinitionReader
	 * @see #loadBeanDefinitions
	 */
	protected void loadBeanDefinitions(DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory) throws IOException {
		// Create a new XmlBeanDefinitionReader for the given BeanFactory.
		XmlBeanDefinitionReader beanDefinitionReader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(beanFactory);

		// Configure the bean definition reader with this context's
		// resource loading environment.
		beanDefinitionReader.setResourceLoader(this);
		beanDefinitionReader.setEntityResolver(new ResourceEntityResolver(this));

		// Allow a subclass to provide custom initialization of the reader,
		// then proceed with actually loading the bean definitions.
		initBeanDefinitionReader(beanDefinitionReader);
		loadBeanDefinitions(beanDefinitionReader);
	}

	/**
	 * Initialize the bean definition reader used for loading the bean
	 * definitions of this context. Default implementation is empty.
	 * <p>Can be overridden in subclasses, e.g. for turning off XML validation
	 * or using a different XmlBeanDefinitionParser implementation.
	 * @param beanDefinitionReader the bean definition reader used by this context
	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader#setDocumentReaderClass
	 */
	protected void initBeanDefinitionReader(XmlBeanDefinitionReader beanDefinitionReader) {
	}

	/**
	 * Load the bean definitions with the given XmlBeanDefinitionReader.
	 * <p>The lifecycle of the bean factory is handled by the {@link #refreshBeanFactory}
	 * method; hence this method is just supposed to load and/or register bean definitions.
	 * @param reader the XmlBeanDefinitionReader to use
	 * @throws BeansException in case of bean registration errors
	 * @throws IOException if the required XML document isn't found
	 * @see #refreshBeanFactory
	 * @see #getConfigLocations
	 * @see #getResources
	 * @see #getResourcePatternResolver
	 */
	protected void loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader reader) throws BeansException, IOException {
		Resource[] configResources = getConfigResources();
		if (configResources != null) {
			reader.loadBeanDefinitions(configResources);
		}
		String[] configLocations = getConfigLocations();
		if (configLocations != null) {
			reader.loadBeanDefinitions(configLocations);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Return an array of Resource objects, referring to the XML bean definition
	 * files that this context should be built with.
	 * <p>The default implementation returns <code>null</code>. Subclasses can override
	 * this to provide pre-built Resource objects rather than location Strings.
	 * @return an array of Resource objects, or <code>null</code> if none
	 * @see #getConfigLocations()
	 */
	protected Resource[] getConfigResources() {
		return null;
	}

}