ApplicationContextFactory (spring-boot 2.6.9)

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.
```
@FunctionalInterface
public interface ApplicationContextFactory
```
Strategy interface for creating the ConfigurableApplicationContext used by a SpringApplication. Created contexts should be returned in their default form, with the SpringApplication responsible for configuring and refreshing the context.

Since:

2.4.0

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static ApplicationContextFactory`	`DEFAULT` A default `ApplicationContextFactory` implementation that will create an appropriate context for the `WebApplicationType`.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext`	`create(WebApplicationType webApplicationType)` Creates the `application context` for a `SpringApplication`, respecting the given `webApplicationType`.
`static ApplicationContextFactory`	`of(java.util.function.Supplier<org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext> supplier)` Creates an `ApplicationContextFactory` that will create contexts by calling the given `Supplier`.
`static ApplicationContextFactory`	`ofContextClass(java.lang.Class<? extends org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext> contextClass)` Creates an `ApplicationContextFactory` that will create contexts by instantiating the given `contextClass` via its primary constructor.

- Field Detail
  - DEFAULT
```
static final ApplicationContextFactory DEFAULT
```
    A default ApplicationContextFactory implementation that will create an appropriate context for the WebApplicationType.
- Method Detail
  - create
```
org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext create(WebApplicationType webApplicationType)
```
    Creates the application context for a SpringApplication, respecting the given webApplicationType.
    
    Parameters:
    
    webApplicationType - the web application type
    
    Returns:
    
    the newly created application context
  - ofContextClass
```
static ApplicationContextFactory ofContextClass(java.lang.Class<? extends org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext> contextClass)
```
    Creates an ApplicationContextFactory that will create contexts by instantiating the given contextClass via its primary constructor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    contextClass - the context class
    
    Returns:
    
    the factory that will instantiate the context class
    
    See Also:
    
    BeanUtils.instantiateClass(Class)
  - of
```
static ApplicationContextFactory of(java.util.function.Supplier<org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext> supplier)
```
    Creates an ApplicationContextFactory that will create contexts by calling the given Supplier.
    
    Parameters:
    
    supplier - the context supplier, for example AnnotationConfigApplicationContext::new
    
    Returns:
    
    the factory that will instantiate the context class

Interface ApplicationContextFactory

Field Summary

Method Summary

Field Detail

DEFAULT

Method Detail

create

ofContextClass

of