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package org.springframework.web.context;

import javax.servlet.ServletContext;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;

/**
 * Interface to provide configuration for a web application. This is read-only while
 * the application is running, but may be reloaded if the implementation supports this.
 *
 * <p>This interface adds a {@code getServletContext()} method to the generic
 * ApplicationContext interface, and defines a well-known application attribute name
 * that the root context must be bound to in the bootstrap process.
 *
 * <p>Like generic application contexts, web application contexts are hierarchical.
 * There is a single root context per application, while each servlet in the application
 * (including a dispatcher servlet in the MVC framework) has its own child context.
 *
 * <p>In addition to standard application context lifecycle capabilities,
 * WebApplicationContext implementations need to detect {@link ServletContextAware}
 * beans and invoke the {@code setServletContext} method accordingly.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since January 19, 2001
 * @see ServletContextAware#setServletContext
 */
public interface WebApplicationContext extends ApplicationContext {

    /**
     * Context attribute to bind root WebApplicationContext to on successful startup.
     * <p>Note: If the startup of the root context fails, this attribute can contain
     * an exception or error as value. Use WebApplicationContextUtils for convenient
     * lookup of the root WebApplicationContext.
     * @see org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils#getWebApplicationContext
     * @see org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils#getRequiredWebApplicationContext
     */
    String ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE = WebApplicationContext.class.getName() + ".ROOT";

    /**
     * Scope identifier for request scope: "request".
     * Supported in addition to the standard scopes "singleton" and "prototype".
     */
    String SCOPE_REQUEST = "request";

    /**
     * Scope identifier for session scope: "session".
     * Supported in addition to the standard scopes "singleton" and "prototype".
     */
    String SCOPE_SESSION = "session";

    /**
     * Scope identifier for the global web application scope: "application".
     * Supported in addition to the standard scopes "singleton" and "prototype".
     */
    String SCOPE_APPLICATION = "application";

    /**
     * Name of the ServletContext environment bean in the factory.
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext
     */
    String SERVLET_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME = "servletContext";

    /**
     * Name of the ServletContext init-params environment bean in the factory.
     * <p>Note: Possibly merged with ServletConfig parameters.
     * ServletConfig parameters override ServletContext parameters of the same name.
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getInitParameterNames()
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getInitParameter(String)
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletConfig#getInitParameterNames()
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletConfig#getInitParameter(String)
     */
    String CONTEXT_PARAMETERS_BEAN_NAME = "contextParameters";

    /**
     * Name of the ServletContext attributes environment bean in the factory.
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getAttributeNames()
     * @see javax.servlet.ServletContext#getAttribute(String)
     */
    String CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTES_BEAN_NAME = "contextAttributes";

    /**
     * Return the standard Servlet API ServletContext for this application.
     */
    @Nullable
    ServletContext getServletContext();

}