JPA 2 new feature @ElementCollection explained

How to Access Spring Application Context from JSR-168 Portlet

Step 1 :

Make sure you have spring-webmvc-portlet.jar in your project classpath

Step 2 :

Make sure you defined your spring files in web.xml like this

<context-param>

<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>

<param-value>

classpath:applicationContext-dao.xml

classpath:applicationContext-services.xml

classpath:applicationContext-schedule.xml

classpath:applicationContext-ajax.xml

</param-value>

</context-param>

Optional

<servlet>

<servlet-name>context</servlet-name>

<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderServlet</servlet-class>

<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>

</servlet>

Step 3 :

Access like this.

PortletContext pc = this.getPortletContext();

ApplicationContext context = PortletApplicationContextUtils.getWebApplicationContext(pc);

SessionConfigure sessionConfigure = (SessionConfigure) context.getBean("sessionConfigure");