spring IOC

　　一直想阅读一下spring的源码，今天终于大致理清了spring IOC容器的初始化整个的脉络，做个记录。。。

　　在开源的世界里，spring无疑是典范级别的，在项目中也是经常使用，所以学习spring优雅的设计对于提升做项目的能力，以及自我能力的提升都是极好的，在网上也看了很多相关的材料，所以就结合spring在web中的运用，逐步分析一下spring IOC容器初始化的整个过程。

　　废话不多说，上干货。。。。

　　在web项目的web.xml中，我们已经非常熟悉如何引用spring容器，代码如下。

　　

    <context-param>
        <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
        <param-value>classpath*:applicationContext.xml</param-value>
    </context-param>

    <listener>
        <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
    </listener>

　　所以我学习spring IOC时就以此处为入口，去查看ContextLoaderListener。该类继承于ContextLoader，实现了ServletContextListener，ServletContextListener是J2EE中ServletContext生命周期事件监听接口，所以在web应用启动后，ContextLoaderListener监听到相关事件（容器启动事件）,调用contextInitialized（）方法，执行初始化，这也是spring IOC接管的开始。

　　

　　下面就具体讲讲spring如何完成初始化

　　首先我们看看ContextLoaderListener的contextInitialized（）方法, 上代码

/**
     * Initialize the root web application context.
     */
    public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) {
        this.contextLoader = createContextLoader();
        if (this.contextLoader == null) {
            this.contextLoader = this;
        }
        this.contextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(event.getServletContext());
    }

　　该方法中首先初始化了contextLoader,然后调用contextLoader的initWebApplicationContext方法，所以spring IOC容器的初始化工作主要交给了ContextLoaderListener的父类ContextLoader的initWebApplicationContext方法来做，那这个方法具体做了什么了，请继续往下看代码

　　

public WebApplicationContext initWebApplicationContext(ServletContext servletContext) {
        if (servletContext.getAttribute(WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE) != null) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(
                    "Cannot initialize context because there is already a root application context present - " +
                    "check whether you have multiple ContextLoader* definitions in your web.xml!");
        }

        Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(ContextLoader.class);
        servletContext.log("Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext");
        if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
            logger.info("Root WebApplicationContext: initialization started");
        }
        long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

        try {
            // Store context in local instance variable, to guarantee that
            // it is available on ServletContext shutdown.
            if (this.context == null) {
                //创建上下文
                this.context = createWebApplicationContext(servletContext);
            }
            if (this.context instanceof ConfigurableWebApplicationContext) {
                ConfigurableWebApplicationContext cwac = (ConfigurableWebApplicationContext) this.context;
                if (!cwac.isActive()) {
                    // The context has not yet been refreshed -> provide services such as
                    // setting the parent context, setting the application context id, etc
                    if (cwac.getParent() == null) {
                        // The context instance was injected without an explicit parent ->
                        // determine parent for root web application context, if any.
                        ApplicationContext parent = loadParentContext(servletContext);
                        cwac.setParent(parent);
                    }
                    //执行初始化
                    configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(cwac, servletContext);
                }
            }
            servletContext.setAttribute(WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE, this.context);

            ClassLoader ccl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
            if (ccl == ContextLoader.class.getClassLoader()) {
                currentContext = this.context;
            }
            else if (ccl != null) {
                currentContextPerThread.put(ccl, this.context);
            }

            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                logger.debug("Published root WebApplicationContext as ServletContext attribute with name [" +
                        WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE + "]");
            }
            if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
                long elapsedTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
                logger.info("Root WebApplicationContext: initialization completed in " + elapsedTime + " ms");
            }

            return this.context;
        }
        catch (RuntimeException ex) {
            logger.error("Context initialization failed", ex);
            servletContext.setAttribute(WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE, ex);
            throw ex;
        }
        catch (Error err) {
            logger.error("Context initialization failed", err);
            servletContext.setAttribute(WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE, err);
            throw err;
        }
    }

　　在此方法中，做了两件事，如代码中注释的两部分，1、初始化执行环境上下文context ， 2、初始化。

　　下面我们分别来稍微仔细看下spring如何做这两件事，首先是创建上下文context,同样上代码

protected WebApplicationContext createWebApplicationContext(ServletContext sc) {
        Class<?> contextClass = determineContextClass(sc);
        if (!ConfigurableWebApplicationContext.class.isAssignableFrom(contextClass)) {
            throw new ApplicationContextException("Custom context class [" + contextClass.getName() +
                    "] is not of type [" + ConfigurableWebApplicationContext.class.getName() + "]");
        }
        return (ConfigurableWebApplicationContext) BeanUtils.instantiateClass(contextClass);
    }

protected Class<?> determineContextClass(ServletContext servletContext) {
        String contextClassName = servletContext.getInitParameter(CONTEXT_CLASS_PARAM);
        if (contextClassName != null) {
            try {
                return ClassUtils.forName(contextClassName, ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader());
            }
            catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
                throw new ApplicationContextException(
                        "Failed to load custom context class [" + contextClassName + "]", ex);
            }
        }
        else {
            contextClassName = defaultStrategies.getProperty(WebApplicationContext.class.getName());
            try {
                return ClassUtils.forName(contextClassName, ContextLoader.class.getClassLoader());
            }
            catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
                throw new ApplicationContextException(
                        "Failed to load default context class [" + contextClassName + "]", ex);
            }
        }
    }

　　这两段代码就是spring主要用来创建上下文的， 当我们未曾提供上下文类时，spring通过defaultStrategies加载默认上下文，默认的上下文信息配置在ContextLoader.properties文件中，通过该文件我们可以看到，spring默认的上下文环境就是XmlWebApplicationContext的实例，所以spring在默认情况下通过

ContextLoader.properties文件初始化上下文为XmlWebApplicationContext的实例。

　　spring已经完成了第一件事创建上下文实例，那我们来看第二件事，也是spring IOC容器初始化过程中最重要的事，在看之前先上一张XmlWebApplicationContext类的继承关系图，便于后面理解spring IOC的初始化过程

　　

　　话接前面，上面说过spring首先创建了上下文context，为XmlWebApplicationContext的实例，XmlWebApplicationContext的继承关系如上图，下面我们就来看spring最重要的一件事初始化，首先上前面initWebApplicationContext方法调用的configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext方法：

protected void configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ConfigurableWebApplicationContext wac, ServletContext sc) {
        if (ObjectUtils.identityToString(wac).equals(wac.getId())) {
            // The application context id is still set to its original default value
            // -> assign a more useful id based on available information
            String idParam = sc.getInitParameter(CONTEXT_ID_PARAM);
            if (idParam != null) {
                wac.setId(idParam);
            }
            else {
                // Generate default id...
                if (sc.getMajorVersion() == 2 && sc.getMinorVersion() < 5) {
                    // Servlet <= 2.4: resort to name specified in web.xml, if any.
                    wac.setId(ConfigurableWebApplicationContext.APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ID_PREFIX +
                            ObjectUtils.getDisplayString(sc.getServletContextName()));
                }
                else {
                    wac.setId(ConfigurableWebApplicationContext.APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ID_PREFIX +
                            ObjectUtils.getDisplayString(sc.getContextPath()));
                }
            }
        }

        wac.setServletContext(sc);
　　　　　//配置信息
        String initParameter = sc.getInitParameter(CONFIG_LOCATION_PARAM);
        if (initParameter != null) {
            wac.setConfigLocation(initParameter);
        }
        customizeContext(sc, wac);
　　　　　//委托给上下文执行初始化
        wac.refresh();
    }

　　通过这段代码可以看出，spring实例化上下文后，开始配置上下文信息，最重要的就是读取配置文件位置，然后委托给上下文执行初始化，spring执行初始化的过程采用的模版方法进行初始化的，如上面代码标红的refresh方法定义在AbstractApplicationContext，通过上面的类继承关系可以看到该类。下面我们来看看该模版方法

public void refresh() throws BeansException, IllegalStateException {
        synchronized (this.startupShutdownMonitor) {
            // Prepare this context for refreshing.
            prepareRefresh();

            // Tell the subclass to refresh the internal bean factory.
            ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory = obtainFreshBeanFactory();

            // Prepare the bean factory for use in this context.
            prepareBeanFactory(beanFactory);

            try {
                // Allows post-processing of the bean factory in context subclasses.
                postProcessBeanFactory(beanFactory);

                // Invoke factory processors registered as beans in the context.
                invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(beanFactory);

                // Register bean processors that intercept bean creation.
                registerBeanPostProcessors(beanFactory);

                // Initialize message source for this context.
                initMessageSource();

                // Initialize event multicaster for this context.
                initApplicationEventMulticaster();

                // Initialize other special beans in specific context subclasses.
                onRefresh();

                // Check for listener beans and register them.
                registerListeners();

                // Instantiate all remaining (non-lazy-init) singletons.
                finishBeanFactoryInitialization(beanFactory);

                // Last step: publish corresponding event.
                finishRefresh();
            }

            catch (BeansException ex) {
                // Destroy already created singletons to avoid dangling resources.
                destroyBeans();

                // Reset 'active' flag.
                cancelRefresh(ex);

                // Propagate exception to caller.
                throw ex;
            }
        }
    }

　　该方法定义了spring IOC容器初始化的整个流程，稍微说一句，给方法取个好名字多重要呀，看着spring这些方法取的名字就大概知道这个方法要做什么事情了，

为了从宏观层面去了解spring IOC容器初始化的过程，这里就不对spring初始化的模版方法里面的每个方法进行说明了，只是主要说明一下读取配置文件中Bean定义文件的解析。

　　看到上面代码中标红的obtainFreshBeanFactory方法，该方法源码如下：

/**
     * Tell the subclass to refresh the internal bean factory.
     * @return the fresh BeanFactory instance
     * @see #refreshBeanFactory()
     * @see #getBeanFactory()
     */
    protected ConfigurableListableBeanFactory obtainFreshBeanFactory() {
        refreshBeanFactory();
        ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory = getBeanFactory();
        if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
            logger.debug("Bean factory for " + getDisplayName() + ": " + beanFactory);
        }
        return beanFactory;
    }

　　该方法中调用的refreshBeanFactory方法，refreshBeanFactory方法是一个抽象方法，定义在AbstractApplicationContext类中，然后AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext进行了实现，通过名称也就知道该方法是做什么事情的了吧，看下该方法的源码

@Override
    protected final void refreshBeanFactory() throws BeansException {
        if (hasBeanFactory()) {
            destroyBeans();
            closeBeanFactory();
        }
        try {
            DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory = createBeanFactory();
            beanFactory.setSerializationId(getId());
            customizeBeanFactory(beanFactory);
            loadBeanDefinitions(beanFactory);
            synchronized (this.beanFactoryMonitor) {
                this.beanFactory = beanFactory;
            }
        }
        catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new ApplicationContextException("I/O error parsing bean definition source for " + getDisplayName(), ex);
        }
    }

　　在该方法中我们看到有如下标红的一句代码，这也是spring IOC读取Bean定义的正真入口，在初始化spring IOC容器后，读取Bean定义文件并解析，看下该方法的源码

@Override
    protected void loadBeanDefinitions(DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException, IOException {
        // Create a new XmlBeanDefinitionReader for the given BeanFactory.
        XmlBeanDefinitionReader beanDefinitionReader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(beanFactory);

        // Configure the bean definition reader with this context's
        // resource loading environment.
        beanDefinitionReader.setEnvironment(this.getEnvironment());
        beanDefinitionReader.setResourceLoader(this);
        beanDefinitionReader.setEntityResolver(new ResourceEntityResolver(this));

        // Allow a subclass to provide custom initialization of the reader,
        // then proceed with actually loading the bean definitions.
        initBeanDefinitionReader(beanDefinitionReader);
        loadBeanDefinitions(beanDefinitionReader);
    }

　　在该方法中初始化了一个XmlBeanDefinitionReader 读取类，设置好该类的相关属性后，通过该类的loadBeanDefinitions方法读取bean定义，该方法委托给doLoadBeanDefinitions方法，doLoadBeanDefinitions又委托给registerBeanDefinitions方法，然后由该方法进行具体的bean定义读取，registerBeanDefinitions方法源码如下

public int registerBeanDefinitions(Document doc, Resource resource) throws BeanDefinitionStoreException {
        BeanDefinitionDocumentReader documentReader = createBeanDefinitionDocumentReader();
        documentReader.setEnvironment(this.getEnvironment());
        int countBefore = getRegistry().getBeanDefinitionCount();
        documentReader.registerBeanDefinitions(doc, createReaderContext(resource));
        return getRegistry().getBeanDefinitionCount() - countBefore;
    }

　　在该方法中初始化了一个BeanDefinitionDocumentReader类，该类主要真正负责的读取bean定义文件，将读取到的bean定义信息委托给BeanDefinitionParserDelegate去解析，下面先看下初始化BeanDefinitionDocumentReader后，交由BeanDefinitionDocumentReader做了哪些事，看下上图中标红方法

public void registerBeanDefinitions(Document doc, XmlReaderContext readerContext) {
        this.readerContext = readerContext;
        logger.debug("Loading bean definitions");
        Element root = doc.getDocumentElement();
        doRegisterBeanDefinitions(root);
    }

　　可以看到该方法委托给了doRegisterBeanDefinitions方法来做读取bean定义文件的信息，接着看doRegisterBeanDefinitions

protected void doRegisterBeanDefinitions(Element root) {
        String profileSpec = root.getAttribute(PROFILE_ATTRIBUTE);
        if (StringUtils.hasText(profileSpec)) {
            Assert.state(this.environment != null, "Environment must be set for evaluating profiles");
            String[] specifiedProfiles = StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray(
                    profileSpec, BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.MULTI_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE_DELIMITERS);
            if (!this.environment.acceptsProfiles(specifiedProfiles)) {
                return;
            }
        }

        BeanDefinitionParserDelegate parent = this.delegate;
        this.delegate = createHelper(this.readerContext, root, parent);

        preProcessXml(root);
        parseBeanDefinitions(root, this.delegate);
        postProcessXml(root);

        this.delegate = parent;
    }

　　该方法通过三个模版方法preProcessXml，parseBeanDefinitions，postProcessXml对配置文件进行处理，其中preProcessXml，postProcessXml为钩子方法，我们可以在子类重写这两个方法进行配置文件预处理与后处理，解析bean定义文件的工作真正由parseBeanDefinitions来完成，查看该方法源码

protected void parseBeanDefinitions(Element root, BeanDefinitionParserDelegate delegate) {
        if (delegate.isDefaultNamespace(root)) {
            NodeList nl = root.getChildNodes();
            for (int i = 0; i < nl.getLength(); i++) {
                Node node = nl.item(i);
                if (node instanceof Element) {
                    Element ele = (Element) node;
                    if (delegate.isDefaultNamespace(ele)) {
                        parseDefaultElement(ele, delegate);
                    }
                    else {
                        delegate.parseCustomElement(ele);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        else {
            delegate.parseCustomElement(root);
        }
    }

该方法读取配置文件的每个结点，然后委托给BeanDefinitionParserDelegate类，来具体进行Bean的定义具体解析，通过递归调用首先读取import引入文件中的bean定义。整个spring读取bean定义的过程也就到此结束。最后上一下BeanDefinitionParserDelegate类解析bean定义的方法parseBeanDefinitionElement

public BeanDefinitionHolder parseBeanDefinitionElement(Element ele, BeanDefinition containingBean) {
        String id = ele.getAttribute(ID_ATTRIBUTE);
        String nameAttr = ele.getAttribute(NAME_ATTRIBUTE);

        List<String> aliases = new ArrayList<String>();
        if (StringUtils.hasLength(nameAttr)) {
            String[] nameArr = StringUtils.tokenizeToStringArray(nameAttr, MULTI_VALUE_ATTRIBUTE_DELIMITERS);
            aliases.addAll(Arrays.asList(nameArr));
        }

        String beanName = id;
        if (!StringUtils.hasText(beanName) && !aliases.isEmpty()) {
            beanName = aliases.remove(0);
            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                logger.debug("No XML 'id' specified - using '" + beanName +
                        "' as bean name and " + aliases + " as aliases");
            }
        }

        if (containingBean == null) {
            checkNameUniqueness(beanName, aliases, ele);
        }

        AbstractBeanDefinition beanDefinition = parseBeanDefinitionElement(ele, beanName, containingBean);
        if (beanDefinition != null) {
            if (!StringUtils.hasText(beanName)) {
                try {
                    if (containingBean != null) {
                        beanName = BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.generateBeanName(
                                beanDefinition, this.readerContext.getRegistry(), true);
                    }
                    else {
                        beanName = this.readerContext.generateBeanName(beanDefinition);
                        // Register an alias for the plain bean class name, if still possible,
                        // if the generator returned the class name plus a suffix.
                        // This is expected for Spring 1.2/2.0 backwards compatibility.
                        String beanClassName = beanDefinition.getBeanClassName();
                        if (beanClassName != null &&
                                beanName.startsWith(beanClassName) && beanName.length() > beanClassName.length() &&
                                !this.readerContext.getRegistry().isBeanNameInUse(beanClassName)) {
                            aliases.add(beanClassName);
                        }
                    }
                    if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                        logger.debug("Neither XML 'id' nor 'name' specified - " +
                                "using generated bean name [" + beanName + "]");
                    }
                }
                catch (Exception ex) {
                    error(ex.getMessage(), ele);
                    return null;
                }
            }
            String[] aliasesArray = StringUtils.toStringArray(aliases);
            return new BeanDefinitionHolder(beanDefinition, beanName, aliasesArray);
        }

        return null;
    }

 

总结：

　　spring IOC容器初始化过程主要通过BeanDefinitionReader完成Bean定义的解析工作，同时将真正解析bean定义文档的工作委托给BeanDefinitionDocumentReader来完成，然后BeanDefinitionDocumentReader读取文件结束后将bean定义注册工作交由BeanDefinitionParserDelegate来具体完成，BeanDefinitionParserDelegate完成验证bean定义相关操作后，通过回调容器的注册接口将所有的Bean定义完成注册，至此Bean定义解析工作完成，spring IOC容器的初始化工作也将完成。