There are different ways in which a bean initializaiton/cleanup can be done. Also there are other event mechanisms. Along with all this why does spring have the concept of starting the context which I believe invokes the respective start and stop methods of beans.
To test this, I have a piece of code that looks like this -
public class Car implements InitializingBean, DisposableBean, SmartLifecycle {
private Engine engine;
private volatile boolean isRunning = false;
@Override
public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
logger.debug("Car -- afterPropertiesSet");
}
@Override
public void destroy() throws Exception {
logger.debug("Car -- destroy");
}
@PostConstruct
public void postConstruction() {
logger.debug("Car -- postConstruct");
}
@PreDestroy
public void preDestruction() {
logger.debug("Car -- preDestroy");
}
@Override
public void stop() {
//Note that this stop notification is not guaranteed to come before destruction: On regular shutdown,
//Lifecycle beans will first receive a stop notification before the general destruction callbacks are being propagated;
//however, on hot refresh during a context's lifetime or on aborted refresh attempts, only destroy methods will be called.
logger.debug("Car -- stop");
isRunning = false;
}
@Override
public boolean isRunning() {
//Check whether this component is currently running.
//In the case of a container, this will return true only if all components that apply are currently running.
logger.debug("Car -- isRunning");
return isRunning;
}
@Override
public int getPhase() {
//Return the phase value of this object.
logger.debug("Car -- getPhase");
return 10;
}
@Override
public boolean isAutoStartup() {
//Returns true if this Lifecycle component should get started automatically by the container
//A value of false indicates that the component is intended to be started through an explicit start() call instead,
//analogous to a automatic Lifecycle.
logger.debug("Car -- isAutoStartup");
return false;
}
@Override
public void stop(Runnable callback) {
logger.debug("Car -- stop - async");
isRunning = false;
try {
//Sleeping for 10 seconds so that all threads
//get enough time to do their cleanup
TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(10);
logger.debug("Wait over");
//Shudown complete. Regular shutdown will continue.
callback.run();
} catch (final InterruptedException e) {
//Looks like we got exception while shutting down,
//log it or do something with it
}
}
@Override
public void start() {
//Start this component.
//Should not throw an exception if the component is already running.
logger.debug("Car -- start");
isRunning = true;
}
}
First I return true value for isAutoStartUp then I try returning false. The image below is a comparison of the log files of the 2 runs.
And irrespective of whether autostartup is true/false, the code runs fine.
