Beginning Spring 5: From Novice to Professional

© Joseph B. Ottinger and Andrew Lombardi 2019

J. B. Ottinger, A. LombardiBeginning Spring 5https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4486-9_4

4. Lifecycle

Joseph B. Ottinger¹  and Andrew Lombardi²

(1)

YOUNGSVILLE, NC, USA

(2)

Laguna Beach, CA, USA

 

In this chapter, we’ll expand on our sample application and learn about the lifecycle options in Spring. We’ll introduce how to invoke methods when Spring beans are created or destroyed and how to do so via multiple configurable options either using the Spring XML file, annotations, or the programmatic configurations, all of which were used in Chapter 3.

4.1 Introduction of Lifecycle

Every object has a lifecycle in the Java Virtual Machine. When an object is created, it’s got a series of initialization stages (at the ...