Difference between ApplicationContext vs WebApplicationContext

[sat kadam]

Difference between ApplicationContext vs WebApplicationContext?

[Marco Behler]

ApplicationContext is an interface, an WebApplicationcontext one of the MANY implementations of an applicationcontext. If you want to find out more: https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/javadoc-api/org/springframework/context/ApplicationContext.html

[sat kadam]

ApplicationContext



Is that there will be only one ApplicationContext.
Any beans declared in ApplicationContext will be available to all applications deployed in spring container which is loaded with contextLoaderListener using param name and paramvalue.


WebApplicationContext

WebapplicationContext is associated with Dispatcher Servlet.

Does it means there can multiple dispatcherservlets and each one of them have their own webapplicationcontext but will they share only one applicationcontext

[Tim Nachreiner]

There is only one DispatcherServlet.  It is sometimes referred to as the 'front controller' because it is invoked before your other controllers are.