//中心接口，给应用提供配置信息
public interface ApplicationContext extends EnvironmentCapable, ListableBeanFactory, HierarchicalBeanFactory,
MessageSource, ApplicationEventPublisher, ResourcePatternResolver {
/**
* Return the unique id of this application context.
* @return the unique id of the context, or {@code null} if none
*/
//应用上下文唯一的id
String getId();
/**
* Return a name for the deployed application that this context belongs to.
* @return a name for the deployed application, or the empty String by default
*/
//获得部署应用的name
String getApplicationName();
/**
* Return a friendly name for this context.
* @return a display name for this context (never {@code null})
*/
//这个上下文的外在name
String getDisplayName();
/**
* Return the timestamp when this context was first loaded.
* @return the timestamp (ms) when this context was first loaded
*/
//第一次被加载的时间戳
long getStartupDate();
/**
* Return the parent context, or {@code null} if there is no parent
* and this is the root of the context hierarchy.
* @return the parent context, or {@code null} if there is no parent
*/
//获得父亲上下文，没有父亲返回null
ApplicationContext getParent();
/**
* Expose AutowireCapableBeanFactory functionality for this context.
* <p>This is not typically used by application code, except for the purpose of
* initializing bean instances that live outside of the application context,
* applying the Spring bean lifecycle (fully or partly) to them.
* <p>Alternatively, the internal BeanFactory exposed by the
* {@link ConfigurableApplicationContext} interface offers access to the
* {@link AutowireCapableBeanFactory} interface too. The present method mainly
* serves as a convenient, specific facility on the ApplicationContext interface.
* <p><b>NOTE: As of 4.2, this method will consistently throw IllegalStateException
* after the application context has been closed.</b> In current Spring Framework
* versions, only refreshable application contexts behave that way; as of 4.2,
* all application context implementations will be required to comply.
* @return the AutowireCapableBeanFactory for this context
* @throws IllegalStateException if the context does not support the
* {@link AutowireCapableBeanFactory} interface, or does not hold an
* autowire-capable bean factory yet (e.g. if {@code refresh()} has
* never been called), or if the context has been closed already
* @see ConfigurableApplicationContext#refresh()
* @see ConfigurableApplicationContext#getBeanFactory()
*/
AutowireCapableBeanFactory getAutowireCapableBeanFactory() throws IllegalStateException;
}