Checkout the following class import org.springframework.beans.BeansException; import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext; import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware; import org.springframework.stereotype.Component; /** * * @author intesar * Simple bean class which implements ApplicationContextAware interface */ @Component public class SpringApplicationContextFactory implements ApplicationContextAware { static ApplicationContext ctx; @Override public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext) throws BeansException { ctx = applicationContext; } public static ApplicationContext getContext() { return ctx; } } When an ApplicationContext creates a class that implemetns the ApplicationContextAware...