Introduced AnnotationConfigRegistry as common interface for AnnotationConfig(Web)ApplicationContext

Issue: SPR-11814

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/AnnotationConfigApplicationContext.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @see ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner
  * @see org.springframework.context.support.GenericXmlApplicationContext
  */
-public class AnnotationConfigApplicationContext extends GenericApplicationContext {
+public class AnnotationConfigApplicationContext extends GenericApplicationContext implements AnnotationConfigRegistry {
 
 	private final AnnotatedBeanDefinitionReader reader;
 
@@ -135,12 +135,11 @@ public class AnnotationConfigApplicationContext extends GenericApplicationContex
 		this.scanner.setScopeMetadataResolver(scopeMetadataResolver);
 	}
 
+
 	/**
 	 * Register one or more annotated classes to be processed.
-	 * Note that {@link #refresh()} must be called in order for the context
-	 * to fully process the new class.
-	 * <p>Calls to {@code register} are idempotent; adding the same
-	 * annotated class more than once has no additional effect.
+	 * <p>Note that {@link #refresh()} must be called in order for the context
+	 * to fully process the new classes.
 	 * @param annotatedClasses one or more annotated classes,
 	 * e.g. {@link Configuration @Configuration} classes
 	 * @see #scan(String...)
@@ -153,8 +152,8 @@ public class AnnotationConfigApplicationContext extends GenericApplicationContex
 
 	/**
 	 * Perform a scan within the specified base packages.
-	 * Note that {@link #refresh()} must be called in order for the context to
-	 * fully process the new class.
+	 * <p>Note that {@link #refresh()} must be called in order for the context
+	 * to fully process the new classes.
 	 * @param basePackages the packages to check for annotated classes
 	 * @see #register(Class...)
 	 * @see #refresh()
@@ -164,6 +163,7 @@ public class AnnotationConfigApplicationContext extends GenericApplicationContex
 		this.scanner.scan(basePackages);
 	}
 
+
 	@Override
 	protected void prepareRefresh() {
 		this.scanner.clearCache();

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/AnnotationConfigRegistry.java

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.context.annotation;
+
+/**
+ * Common interface for annotation config application contexts,
+ * defining {@link #register} and {@link #scan} methods.
+ *
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ * @since 4.1
+ */
+public interface AnnotationConfigRegistry {
+
+	/**
+	 * Register one or more annotated classes to be processed.
+	 * <p>Calls to {@code register} are idempotent; adding the same
+	 * annotated class more than once has no additional effect.
+	 * @param annotatedClasses one or more annotated classes,
+	 * e.g. {@link Configuration @Configuration} classes
+	 */
+	void register(Class<?>... annotatedClasses);
+
+	/**
+	 * Perform a scan within the specified base packages.
+	 * @param basePackages the packages to check for annotated classes
+	 */
+	void scan(String... basePackages);
+
+}