BeanPostProcessor , init-method & destroy-method

Use of init-method and destroy-method attributes in bean definition

Spring container can be configured to look for these initialization and destroy callback method names on the bean. In order to do so, it needs to find the init-method and destroy-method elements inside the bean definition. Thus, the named callback methods will be invoked.

The HelloWorld bean now has two methods, initIt() and cleanUp() that print a message.

Xml.Configuration

<bean id="messanger" class="com.bean.HelloWorld" init-method="initIt" destroy-method="cleanUp">

      <property name="msg" value="Hello World" />

</bean>

Bean Definition

public class HelloWorld  implements BeanPostProcessor{

       private String msg;

       public String getMsg() {

              return msg;

       }

       public void setMsg(String msg) {

              this.msg = msg;

       }

       @Override

       public Object postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object bean, String beanName)

                     throws BeansException {

               System.out.println("BeforeInitialization : " + beanName);

              return bean;

       }

       @Override

       public Object postProcessAfterInitialization(Object bean, String beanName)

                     throws BeansException {

               System.out.println("ProcessAfterInitialization : " + beanName);

              return bean;

       }

       public void initIt() {

               System.out.println("Bean is going through init.");

       }

       public void cleanUp() {

              System.out.println("Bean will destroy now.");

       }

 }

Testing

public class HelloMain {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

     AbstractApplicationContext context = new 

                      ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("spring-beans.xml");

     HelloWorld obj = (HelloWorld) context.getBean("messanger");

     System.out.println(obj.getMsg());

     context.registerShutdownHook();

  }

}

output

Jun 07, 2014 12:05:15 AM org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext prepareRefresh

INFO: Refreshing org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext@75cfa3d2: startup date [Sat Jun 07 00:05:15 IST 2014]; root of context hierarchy

Jun 07, 2014 12:05:15 AM org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitions

INFO: Loading XML bean definitions from class path resource [spring-beans.xml]

Bean is going through init.

BeforeInitialization : test

ProcessAfterInitialization : test

Hello World

Bean will destroy now.

Another easy way for initialization and destroy method callbacks without the use of Spring-specific InitializingBean andDisposableBean callback interfaces

public class HelloWorldBeanPostProcessor implements InitializingBean,DisposableBean  {

       @Override

       public void destroy() throws Exception {

              System.out.println("Bean will destroy now.");

       }

       @Override

       public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {

              System.out.println("Bean is going through init.");

       }

}