BeanFactory is also called basic IOC and ApplicationContext is called Advanced IOC. Although BeanFactory and ApplicationContext both are used to get the beans from IOC container by using method getBean(String beanName).
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BeanFactory
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ApplicationContext
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BeanFactory is
also called basic IOC.
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ApplicationContext is called Advanced IOC.
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BeanFactory
uses lazy
initialization approach means BeanFactory creates a singleton
bean only when it is requested from it.
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ApplicationContext uses eager initialization approach means ApplicationContext creates all
singleton beans at the time of its own initialization.
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BeanFactory creates
and manages resources by explicitly .
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ApplicationContext creates and manages resources objects on
its own.
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BeanFactory do
not supports internationalization.
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ApplicationContext supports internationalization.
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Annotation
based dependency Injection is not supported by BeanFactory.
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ApplicationContext supports using annotation @PreDestroy,
@Autowired.
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One of the popular implementation of
BeanFactory interface is XMLBeanFactory .
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One of the popular implementation of
ApplicationContext interface is ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.
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If you are using auto wiring and using BeanFactory than you need to register AutoWiredBeanPostProcessor .
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if you are
using ApplicationContext
you can configure in XML.
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