ApplicationContextProvider.java

/*
 * Copyright 2012
 * Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing (UKP) Lab and FG Language Technology
 * Technische Universität Darmstadt
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *  
 *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package de.tudarmstadt.ukp.clarin.webanno.support;

import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;


/**
 * Permits access to the Spring context anywhere in the application. If any other means of accessing
 * the Spring context exist, these should be used. This class is mainly meant to be used by the
 * {@code EntityModel}.
 */
@Component("applicationContextProvider")
public class ApplicationContextProvider
    implements ApplicationContextAware
{
    private static ApplicationContext context = null;

    public static ApplicationContext getApplicationContext()
    {
        return context;
    }

    @Override
    public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext aContext)
        throws BeansException
    {
        context = aContext;
    }
}