Why isnt there a close method on ApplicationContext

[svejb]

Hello there,

Howdy. I'm wondering why only ConfigurableApplicationContext has close() method but not ApplicationContext interface.

I'm writing some JMX MBeans to start and stop remote servers and I need to cast the ApplicationContext interface to a GenericApplicationContext which isnt a good thing to do.

What was the thought behind leaving this method in ApplicationContext interface.

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Venkatesh

[Juergen Hoeller]

Well, ApplicationContext is only meant to be used for accessing application context functionality, not for managing its lifecycle. ConfigurableApplicationContext essentially adds lifecycle support.

Why do you have to cast to GenericApplicationContext? Casting to ConfigurableApplicationContext should be perfectly sufficient...

Juergen

[svejb]

Thank you Juergen for your reply.

Venkatesh