SpringServletContainerInitializer实现了Servlet3.0规范中定义的ServletContainerInitializer:
public interface ServletContainerInitializer {
void onStartup(Set<Class<?>> c, ServletContext ctx) throws ServletException;
}
SpringServletContainerInitializer代码如下:
@HandlesTypes(WebApplicationInitializer.class)
public class SpringServletContainerInitializer implements ServletContainerInitializer {
@Override
public void onStartup(@Nullable Set<Class<?>> webAppInitializerClasses, ServletContext servletContext)
throws ServletException {
List<WebApplicationInitializer> initializers = Collections.emptyList();
if (webAppInitializerClasses != null) {
initializers = new ArrayList<>(webAppInitializerClasses.size());
for (Class<?> waiClass : webAppInitializerClasses) {
// Be defensive: Some servlet containers provide us with invalid classes,
// no matter what @HandlesTypes says...
if (!waiClass.isInterface() && !Modifier.isAbstract(waiClass.getModifiers()) &&
WebApplicationInitializer.class.isAssignableFrom(waiClass)) {
try {
initializers.add((WebApplicationInitializer)
ReflectionUtils.accessibleConstructor(waiClass).newInstance());
}
catch (Throwable ex) {
throw new ServletException("Failed to instantiate WebApplicationInitializer class", ex);
}
}
}
}
if (initializers.isEmpty()) {
servletContext.log("No Spring WebApplicationInitializer types detected on classpath");
return;
}
servletContext.log(initializers.size() + " Spring WebApplicationInitializers detected on classpath");
AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.sort(initializers);
for (WebApplicationInitializer initializer : initializers) {
initializer.onStartup(servletContext);
}
}
}
因为它使用了@HandlesTypes(WebApplicationInitializer.class)注解,所以web容器会寻找类路径上实现了WebApplicationInitializer的类。
它在onStartup方法中会分别调用WebApplicationInitializer的onStartup方法。
SpringServletContainerInitializer的onStartup 方法会被支持Servlet3.0规范的web 容器(比如tomcat 9)自动调用
Spring-web模块的META-INFO目录的services目录下有名为javax.servlet.ServletContainerInitializer的文件,内容是
org.springframework.web.SpringServletContainerInitializer
可见,SpringServletContainerInitializer是通过SPI机制加载的。