Hot plug rescan context to search "@RequestMapping" annotations.

[mess]

Hi all,
I try to solve my problem for weeks but still i did not succeed. I am here to seek help.

I would like to have a plugins architecture.
Loading at runtime "controller" class (uploading a zip file) I would make Spring rescan the context in search of the "@RequestMapping" annotations .

In my x-servlet.xml i've:

    <context:component-scan base-package="org.chakra" >
	    //core controllers
        <context:include-filter type="regex" expression="org.site.core.controller.*"/>
		//hot plugged plugins
        <context:include-filter type="regex" expression="org.site.apps.*.controller.*"/>
    </context:component-scan>

I use a custom classloader to "addCustomRepositoryOrLocation" the new package to classpath and it works.

This is the result of my recent experiments for add to the context new Controller:

         //I recover webAppContext and applicationContext from my CustomContextListener 
         //MyContextListener extends ContextLoaderListener implements ServletContextListener

        AutowireCapableBeanFactory factory = ((XmlWebApplicationContext) webAppContext).getAutowireCapableBeanFactory();
        //AutowireCapableBeanFactory factory = applicationContext.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory();
        BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = (BeanDefinitionRegistry) factory;

        ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner scanner = new ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner(registry);
        scanner.scan("org.site.apps.MyFirstApp.controller");
        ((XmlWebApplicationContext) webAppContext).refresh();

Nothing seems to work.

I would be very grateful for any help.

Thanks,
Gabriele

[mess]

OK, there is a linked hashmap in the DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping(AbstractUrlHandler Mapping) class.

Now, how to get the bean for AbstractUrlHandlerMapping? With a instance, i could call the registerHandler method.

Thanks,
Gabriele