26.8. Spring Application Context as a Seam Component
Although it is possible to use the Spring
ContextLoaderListener to start your application's Spring ApplicationContext, there are some limitations: the Spring ApplicationContext must be started after the SeamListener, and starting a Spring ApplicationContext for use in Seam unit and integration tests can be complicated.
To overcome these limitations, the Spring integration includes a Seam component that can start a Spring
ApplicationContext. To use this component, place the <spring:context-loader/> definition in the components.xml file. Specify your Spring context file location in the config-locations attribute. If more than one configuration file is required, you can place them in the nested <spring:config-locations/> element, as per standard components.xml multi-value practices.
<components xmlns="http://jboss.com/products/seam/components"
xmlns:spring="http://jboss.com/products/seam/spring"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation=
"http://jboss.com/products/seam/components
http://jboss.com/products/seam/components-2.2.xsd
http://jboss.com/products/seam/spring
http://jboss.com/products/seam/spring-2.2.xsd">
<spring:context-loader config-locations=
"/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml"/>
</components>
