001/*
002 * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009 *
010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014 * limitations under the License.
015 */
016
017package org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.support;
018
019import org.springframework.batch.core.Job;
020import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
021import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
022
023/**
024 * Factory for the creation of {@link ApplicationContext}s.  This interface
025 * is primarily useful when creating a new {@link ApplicationContext} per
026 * execution of a {@link Job}.
027 * 
028 * @author Lucas Ward
029 */
030public interface ApplicationContextFactory {
031
032        ConfigurableApplicationContext createApplicationContext();
033        
034}