ApplicationContextInitializer (Spring Framework 3.2.1.RELEASE API)
Date: 2013-01-24

org.springframework.context

## Interface ApplicationContextInitializer<C extends ConfigurableApplicationContext>

-     public interface ApplicationContextInitializer<C extends ConfigurableApplicationContext>

  Callback interface for initializing a Spring `ConfigurableApplicationContext` prior to being refreshed.

  Typically used within web applications that require some programmatic initialization of the application context. For example, registering property sources or activating profiles against the context's environment. See `ContextLoader` and `FrameworkServlet` support for declaring a "contextInitializerClasses" context-param and init-param, respectively.

  `ApplicationContextInitializer` processors are encouraged to detect whether Spring's `Ordered` interface has been implemented or if the @`Order` annotation is present and to sort instances accordingly if so prior to invocation.

  Since:
    3.1
  Author:
    Chris Beams
  See Also:
    `ContextLoader.customizeContext(javax.servlet.ServletContext, org.springframework.web.context.ConfigurableWebApplicationContext)`, `ContextLoader.CONTEXT_INITIALIZER_CLASSES_PARAM`, `FrameworkServlet.setContextInitializerClasses(java.lang.String)`, `FrameworkServlet.applyInitializers(org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext)`

- - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | `initialize(C applicationContext)` Initialize the given application context.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### initialize

          void initialize(C applicationContext)

      Initialize the given application context.
      Parameters:
        `applicationContext` - the application to configure