Package com.google.inject.servlet

Class GuiceServletContextListener

java.lang.Object

com.google.inject.servlet.GuiceServletContextListener

All Implemented Interfaces:

EventListener, javax.servlet.ServletContextListener

public abstract class GuiceServletContextListener
extends Object
implements javax.servlet.ServletContextListener

As of Guice 2.0 you can still use (your subclasses of) GuiceServletContextListener class as a logical place to create and configure your injector. This will ensure the injector is created when the web application is deployed.

Since:

2.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
GuiceServletContextListener()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	contextDestroyed(javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent servletContextEvent)	Receives notification that the ServletContext is about to be shut down.
void	contextInitialized(javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent servletContextEvent)	Receives notification that the web application initialization process is starting.
protected abstract Injector	getInjector()	Override this method to create (or otherwise obtain a reference to) your injector.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

GuiceServletContextListener

public GuiceServletContextListener()

Method Details

contextInitialized

public void contextInitialized(javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent servletContextEvent)

Description copied from interface: javax.servlet.ServletContextListener

Receives notification that the web application initialization process is starting.

All ServletContextListeners are notified of context initialization before any filters or servlets in the web application are initialized.

Specified by:

contextInitialized in interface javax.servlet.ServletContextListener

Parameters:

servletContextEvent - the ServletContextEvent containing the ServletContext that is being initialized

contextDestroyed

public void contextDestroyed(javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent servletContextEvent)

Description copied from interface: javax.servlet.ServletContextListener

Receives notification that the ServletContext is about to be shut down.

All servlets and filters will have been destroyed before any ServletContextListeners are notified of context destruction.

Specified by:

contextDestroyed in interface javax.servlet.ServletContextListener

Parameters:

servletContextEvent - the ServletContextEvent containing the ServletContext that is being destroyed

getInjector

protected abstract Injector getInjector()

Override this method to create (or otherwise obtain a reference to) your injector.