1 /* 2 * Copyright (C) 2005 Alfresco, Inc. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 1.1 5 * with a permitted attribution clause. You may obtain a 6 * copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.alfresco.org/legal/license.txt 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 11 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 12 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, 13 * either express or implied. See the License for the specific 14 * language governing permissions and limitations under the 15 * License. 16 */ 17 package org.alfresco.util; 18 19 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext; 20 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext; 21 22 /** 23 * Helper class to provide static and common access to the Spring 24 * {@link org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext application context}. 25 * 26 * @author Derek Hulley 27 */ 28 public class ApplicationContextHelper 29 { 30 /** location of required configuration files */ 31 public static final String[] CONFIG_LOCATIONS = new String[] { "classpath:alfresco/application-context.xml" }; 32 33 /** 34 * Instantiates a new application context. 35 * 36 * @return Returns a new application context 37 */ 38 public static ApplicationContext getApplicationContext() 39 { 40 return new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(CONFIG_LOCATIONS); 41 } 42 } 43