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017    package org.apache.xbean.spring.context;
018    
019    import org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean;
020    import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
021    import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
022    import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
023    
024    import java.util.List;
025    
026    /**
027     * SpringApplicationContext is an interface that defines the actual interface exposed by the application contexts
028     * provided by Spring.  This interface should be in Spring and the Spring application contexts should implement this
029     * interface.
030     *
031     * @author Dain Sundstrom
032     * @version $Id$
033     * @since 2.0
034     */
035    public interface SpringApplicationContext extends ConfigurableApplicationContext, DisposableBean, ResourceLoader{
036        /**
037         * Set a friendly name for this context.
038         * Typically done during initialization of concrete context implementations.
039         * @param displayName the display name for the context
040         */
041        void setDisplayName(String displayName);
042    
043        /**
044         * Gets the list of BeanPostProcessors that will get applied
045         * to beans created with this factory.
046         * @return the list of BeanPostProcessors that will get applied
047         * to beans created with this factory
048         */
049        List getBeanFactoryPostProcessors();
050    
051        /**
052         * Specify the ClassLoader to load class path resources with,
053         * or <code>null</code> if using the thread context class loader on actual access
054         * (applying to the thread that does ClassPathResource calls).
055         * <p>The default is that ClassLoader access will happen via the thread
056         * context class loader on actual access (applying to the thread that
057         * does ClassPathResource calls).
058         * @param classLoader the ClassLoader to load class path resources
059         */
060        void setClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader);
061    
062        /**
063         * Return the ClassLoader to load class path resources with,
064         * or <code>null</code> if using the thread context class loader on actual access
065         * (applying to the thread that does ClassPathResource calls).
066         * <p>Will get passed to ClassPathResource's constructor for all
067         * ClassPathResource objects created by this resource loader.
068         *
069         * @return the ClassLoader to load class path resources
070         * @see ClassPathResource
071         */
072        ClassLoader getClassLoader();
073    }