{"tags":[{"tag":"p","content":"The interfaces BeanFactory and ApplicationContext represent the Spring IoC container. Here, BeanFactory is the root interface for accessing the Spring container. It provides basic functionalities for managing beans.\n "},{"tag":"p","content":"\n "},{"tag":"p","content":"On the other hand, the ApplicationContext is a sub-interface of the BeanFactory. Therefore, it offers all the functionalities of BeanFactory.\n "},{"tag":"p","content":"\n "},{"tag":"p","content":"Furthermore, it provides more enterprise-specific functionalities. The important features of ApplicationContext are resolving messages, supporting internationalization, publishing events, and application-layer specific contexts. This is why we use it as the default Spring container.&nbsp;"},{"tag":"textarea","content":"@Configuration\npublic class AccountConfig {\n\n @Bean\n public AccountService accountService() {\n return new AccountService(accountRepository());\n }\n\n @Bean\n public AccountRepository accountRepository() {\n return new AccountRepository();\n }\n}\nApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(AccountConfig.class);\nAccountService accountService = context.getBean(AccountService.class);\npublic class MyWebApplicationInitializer implements WebApplicationInitializer {\n\n public void onStartup(ServletContext container) throws ServletException {\n AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext();\n context.register(AccountConfig.class);\n context.setServletContext(container);\n\n // servlet configuration\n }\n}","code_language":"java"},{"tag":"p","content":"<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.baeldung.com/spring-application-context\">https://www.baeldung.com/spring-application-context</a>"},{"tag":"p","content":""}]}

public class SpringBean { @Autowired private ApplicationContext appContext;
}

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