Preface

	public void refresh() throws BeansException, IllegalStateException {
		synchronized (this.startupShutdownMonitor) {
			prepareRefresh();

			ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory = obtainFreshBeanFactory();

			prepareBeanFactory(beanFactory);

			try {
				postProcessBeanFactory(beanFactory);

				invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(beanFactory);

				registerBeanPostProcessors(beanFactory);

				initMessageSource();
				
				initApplicationEventMulticaster();
				
				onRefresh();
				
				registerListeners();
				
				finishBeanFactoryInitialization(beanFactory);
				
				finishRefresh();
			}catch (BeansException ex) {
				if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
					logger.warn("Exception encountered during context initialization - " +
							"cancelling refresh attempt: " + ex);
				}
				destroyBeans();
				cancelRefresh(ex);
				throw ex;
			}finally {
				resetCommonCaches();
			}
		}
}

prepareRefresh

	protected void prepareRefresh() {
		// Start-up time
		this.startupDate = System.currentTimeMillis();
		// Whether to go out and close
		this.closed.set(false);
		// Whether it's active or not is important.
		this.active.set(true);
		if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
			logger.info("Refreshing " + this);
		}
		initPropertySources();
		// Verification Configuration
		getEnvironment().validateRequiredProperties();
		// Early events
		this.earlyApplicationEvents = new LinkedHashSet<ApplicationEvent>();
	}

initPropertySources

protected void initPropertySources() {
// For subclasses: do nothing by default.
}

GenericWebApplicationContext

	protected void initPropertySources() {
		ConfigurableEnvironment env = getEnvironment();
		if (env instanceof ConfigurableWebEnvironment) {
			((ConfigurableWebEnvironment) env).initPropertySources(this.servletContext, null);
		}
	}

AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext

	protected void initPropertySources() {
		ConfigurableEnvironment env = getEnvironment();
		if (env instanceof ConfigurableWebEnvironment) {
			((ConfigurableWebEnvironment) env).initPropertySources(this.servletContext, this.servletConfig);
		}
	}

obtainFreshBeanFactory

protected ConfigurableListableBeanFactory obtainFreshBeanFactory() {
		refreshBeanFactory();
		ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory = getBeanFactory();
		if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
			logger.debug("Bean factory for " + getDisplayName() + ": " + beanFactory);
		}
		return beanFactory;
}

refreshBeanFactory

protected final void refreshBeanFactory() throws BeansException {
		if (hasBeanFactory()) {
			// To refresh, all bean s must fail
			destroyBeans();
			// close down a factory
			closeBeanFactory();
		}
		try {
			// Create bean s. Students who have read the BeanFactory series should know that they will create that object.
			DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory = createBeanFactory();
			beanFactory.setSerializationId(getId());
			// For the content of customize BeanFactory, see the section in the BeanFactory series
			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);
		}
}

loadBeanDefinitions

protected void loadBeanDefinitions(DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory) {
		AnnotatedBeanDefinitionReader reader = getAnnotatedBeanDefinitionReader(beanFactory);
		ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner scanner = getClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner(beanFactory);

		BeanNameGenerator beanNameGenerator = getBeanNameGenerator();
		if (beanNameGenerator != null) {
			reader.setBeanNameGenerator(beanNameGenerator);
			scanner.setBeanNameGenerator(beanNameGenerator);
			beanFactory.registerSingleton(AnnotationConfigUtils.CONFIGURATION_BEAN_NAME_GENERATOR, beanNameGenerator);
		}

		ScopeMetadataResolver scopeMetadataResolver = getScopeMetadataResolver();
		if (scopeMetadataResolver != null) {
			reader.setScopeMetadataResolver(scopeMetadataResolver);
			scanner.setScopeMetadataResolver(scopeMetadataResolver);
		}

		if (!this.annotatedClasses.isEmpty()) {
			if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
				logger.info("Registering annotated classes: [" +
						StringUtils.collectionToCommaDelimitedString(this.annotatedClasses) + "]");
			}
			reader.register(ClassUtils.toClassArray(this.annotatedClasses));
		}

		if (!this.basePackages.isEmpty()) {
			if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
				logger.info("Scanning base packages: [" +
						StringUtils.collectionToCommaDelimitedString(this.basePackages) + "]");
			}
			scanner.scan(StringUtils.toStringArray(this.basePackages));
		}

		String[] configLocations = getConfigLocations();
		if (configLocations != null) {
			for (String configLocation : configLocations) {
				try {
					Class<?> clazz = getClassLoader().loadClass(configLocation);
					if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
						logger.info("Successfully resolved class for [" + configLocation + "]");
					}
					reader.register(clazz);
				}
				catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
					if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
						logger.debug("Could not load class for config location [" + configLocation +
								"] - trying package scan. " + ex);
					}
					int count = scanner.scan(configLocation);
					if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
						if (count == 0) {
							logger.info("No annotated classes found for specified class/package [" + configLocation + "]");
						}
						else {
							logger.info("Found " + count + " annotated classes in package [" + configLocation + "]");
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}

prepareBeanFactory

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	protected void prepareBeanFactory(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) {
		// Tell the internal bean factory to use the context's class loader etc.
		beanFactory.setBeanClassLoader(getClassLoader());
		beanFactory.setBeanExpressionResolver(new StandardBeanExpressionResolver(beanFactory.getBeanClassLoader()));
		beanFactory.addPropertyEditorRegistrar(new ResourceEditorRegistrar(this, getEnvironment()));

		// Configure the bean factory with context callbacks.
		beanFactory.addBeanPostProcessor(new ApplicationContextAwareProcessor(this));
		// Next is ignoring dependencies and automatically ignoring the dependencies of the following objects.
		beanFactory.ignoreDependencyInterface(EnvironmentAware.class);
		beanFactory.ignoreDependencyInterface(EmbeddedValueResolverAware.class);
		beanFactory.ignoreDependencyInterface(ResourceLoaderAware.class);
		beanFactory.ignoreDependencyInterface(ApplicationEventPublisherAware.class);
		beanFactory.ignoreDependencyInterface(MessageSourceAware.class);
		beanFactory.ignoreDependencyInterface(ApplicationContextAware.class);

		// BeanFactory interface not registered as resolvable type in a plain factory.
		// MessageSource registered (and found for autowiring) as a bean.
		beanFactory.registerResolvableDependency(BeanFactory.class, beanFactory);
		beanFactory.registerResolvableDependency(ResourceLoader.class, this);
		beanFactory.registerResolvableDependency(ApplicationEventPublisher.class, this);
		beanFactory.registerResolvableDependency(ApplicationContext.class, this);

		// Register early post-processor for detecting inner beans as ApplicationListeners.
		beanFactory.addBeanPostProcessor(new ApplicationListenerDetector(this));

		// Detect a LoadTimeWeaver and prepare for weaving, if found.
		if (beanFactory.containsBean(LOAD_TIME_WEAVER_BEAN_NAME)) {
			beanFactory.addBeanPostProcessor(new LoadTimeWeaverAwareProcessor(beanFactory));
			// Set a temporary ClassLoader for type matching.
			beanFactory.setTempClassLoader(new ContextTypeMatchClassLoader(beanFactory.getBeanClassLoader()));
		}

		// Register default environment beans.
		if (!beanFactory.containsLocalBean(ENVIRONMENT_BEAN_NAME)) {
			beanFactory.registerSingleton(ENVIRONMENT_BEAN_NAME, getEnvironment());
		}
		if (!beanFactory.containsLocalBean(SYSTEM_PROPERTIES_BEAN_NAME)) {
			beanFactory.registerSingleton(SYSTEM_PROPERTIES_BEAN_NAME, getEnvironment().getSystemProperties());
		}
		if (!beanFactory.containsLocalBean(SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_BEAN_NAME)) {
			beanFactory.registerSingleton(SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_BEAN_NAME, getEnvironment().getSystemEnvironment());
		}
	}

postProcessBeanFactory

protected void postProcessBeanFactory(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) {
		beanFactory.addBeanPostProcessor(new ServletContextAwareProcessor(this.servletContext, this.servletConfig));
		beanFactory.ignoreDependencyInterface(ServletContextAware.class);
		beanFactory.ignoreDependencyInterface(ServletConfigAware.class);

		WebApplicationContextUtils.registerWebApplicationScopes(beanFactory, this.servletContext);
		WebApplicationContextUtils.registerEnvironmentBeans(beanFactory, this.servletContext, this.servletConfig);
}

invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors

	protected void invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) {
		PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors(beanFactory, getBeanFactoryPostProcessors());

		// Detect a LoadTimeWeaver and prepare for weaving, if found in the meantime
		// (e.g. through an @Bean method registered by ConfigurationClassPostProcessor)
		if (beanFactory.getTempClassLoader() == null && beanFactory.containsBean(LOAD_TIME_WEAVER_BEAN_NAME)) {
			beanFactory.addBeanPostProcessor(new LoadTimeWeaverAwareProcessor(beanFactory));
			beanFactory.setTempClassLoader(new ContextTypeMatchClassLoader(beanFactory.getBeanClassLoader()));
		}
	}

registerBeanPostProcessors

	protected void registerBeanPostProcessors(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) {
		PostProcessorRegistrationDelegate.registerBeanPostProcessors(beanFactory, this);
	}

initMessageSource

protected void initMessageSource() {
		ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory = getBeanFactory();
		if (beanFactory.containsLocalBean(MESSAGE_SOURCE_BEAN_NAME)) {
			this.messageSource = beanFactory.getBean(MESSAGE_SOURCE_BEAN_NAME, MessageSource.class);
			// Make MessageSource aware of parent MessageSource.
			if (this.parent != null && this.messageSource instanceof HierarchicalMessageSource) {
				HierarchicalMessageSource hms = (HierarchicalMessageSource) this.messageSource;
				if (hms.getParentMessageSource() == null) {
					// Only set parent context as parent MessageSource if no parent MessageSource
					// registered already.
					hms.setParentMessageSource(getInternalParentMessageSource());
				}
			}
			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
				logger.debug("Using MessageSource [" + this.messageSource + "]");
			}
		}
		else {
			// Use empty MessageSource to be able to accept getMessage calls.
			DelegatingMessageSource dms = new DelegatingMessageSource();
			dms.setParentMessageSource(getInternalParentMessageSource());
			this.messageSource = dms;
			beanFactory.registerSingleton(MESSAGE_SOURCE_BEAN_NAME, this.messageSource);
			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
				logger.debug("Unable to locate MessageSource with name '" + MESSAGE_SOURCE_BEAN_NAME +
						"': using default [" + this.messageSource + "]");
			}
		}
	}

initApplicationEventMulticaster

protected void initApplicationEventMulticaster() {
		ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory = getBeanFactory();
		if (beanFactory.containsLocalBean(APPLICATION_EVENT_MULTICASTER_BEAN_NAME)) {
			this.applicationEventMulticaster =
					beanFactory.getBean(APPLICATION_EVENT_MULTICASTER_BEAN_NAME, ApplicationEventMulticaster.class);
			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
				logger.debug("Using ApplicationEventMulticaster [" + this.applicationEventMulticaster + "]");
			}
		}
		else {
			this.applicationEventMulticaster = new SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster(beanFactory);
			beanFactory.registerSingleton(APPLICATION_EVENT_MULTICASTER_BEAN_NAME, this.applicationEventMulticaster);
			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
				logger.debug("Unable to locate ApplicationEventMulticaster with name '" +
						APPLICATION_EVENT_MULTICASTER_BEAN_NAME +
						"': using default [" + this.applicationEventMulticaster + "]");
			}
		}
	}

onRefresh

	protected void onRefresh() {
		this.themeSource = UiApplicationContextUtils.initThemeSource(this);
	}

registerListeners

	protected void registerListeners() {
		// Register statically specified listeners first.
		for (ApplicationListener<?> listener : getApplicationListeners()) {
			getApplicationEventMulticaster().addApplicationListener(listener);
		}

		// Do not initialize FactoryBeans here: We need to leave all regular beans
		// uninitialized to let post-processors apply to them!
		String[] listenerBeanNames = getBeanNamesForType(ApplicationListener.class, true, false);
		for (String listenerBeanName : listenerBeanNames) {
			getApplicationEventMulticaster().addApplicationListenerBean(listenerBeanName);
		}

		// Publish early application events now that we finally have a multicaster...
		Set<ApplicationEvent> earlyEventsToProcess = this.earlyApplicationEvents;
		this.earlyApplicationEvents = null;
		if (earlyEventsToProcess != null) {
			for (ApplicationEvent earlyEvent : earlyEventsToProcess) {
				getApplicationEventMulticaster().multicastEvent(earlyEvent);
			}
		}
	}

finishBeanFactoryInitialization

	protected void finishBeanFactoryInitialization(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) {
		// If conversion services exist, get and set from the bean Factory to the bean Fctory
		if (beanFactory.containsBean(CONVERSION_SERVICE_BEAN_NAME) &&
				beanFactory.isTypeMatch(CONVERSION_SERVICE_BEAN_NAME, ConversionService.class)) {
			beanFactory.setConversionService(
					beanFactory.getBean(CONVERSION_SERVICE_BEAN_NAME, ConversionService.class));
		}

		if (!beanFactory.hasEmbeddedValueResolver()) {
			beanFactory.addEmbeddedValueResolver(new StringValueResolver() {
				@Override
				public String resolveStringValue(String strVal) {
					return getEnvironment().resolvePlaceholders(strVal);
				}
			});
		}

		// A Function of Comparing Chicken Ribs
		String[] weaverAwareNames = beanFactory.getBeanNamesForType(LoadTimeWeaverAware.class, false, false);
		for (String weaverAwareName : weaverAwareNames) {
			getBean(weaverAwareName);
		}

		// Stop using the temporary ClassLoader for type matching.
		beanFactory.setTempClassLoader(null);

		// Allow for caching all bean definition metadata, not expecting further changes.
		beanFactory.freezeConfiguration();

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

finishRefresh

	protected void finishRefresh() {
		// Initialize the Application Context lifecycle
		initLifecycleProcessor();

		// Execution Life Cycle onRefresh
		getLifecycleProcessor().onRefresh();

		// Execute the CntextRefreshed event
		publishEvent(new ContextRefreshedEvent(this));

		// Participate in LiveBeansView MBean, if active.
		LiveBeansView.registerApplicationContext(this);
	}

summary

1. prepareRefresh lets Application Context do some preparation
2. obtainFreshBeanFactory solves what BeanFactory to use by subclasses, letting some subclasses handle BeanFactory's own business.
3. prepareBeanFactory is the behavior of the AbstractApplication Context specification BeanFactory unification
4. invokeBeanFactoryPostProcessors executes BeanPostProcessors
5. RegiserBeanPostProcessors sort BeanPostProcessors and add beanFactory. Next is the initialization and execution of the ApplicationContext behavior.
6. initMessageSource initializes MessageSource
7. InitApplication Event Multicaster Initializes Application Event Multicaster
8. onRefresh is useless
9. RegiserListeners execute events
10. FinishBeanFactory Initialization collates beanFactory
11. finishRefresh