| Package | Description | 
|---|---|
| org.springframework.context.support | Classes supporting the org.springframework.context package,
 such as abstract base classes for ApplicationContext
 implementations and a MessageSource implementation. | 
| Modifier and Type | Class and Description | 
|---|---|
| class  | AbstractXmlApplicationContextConvenient base class for  ApplicationContextimplementations, drawing configuration from XML documents containing bean definitions
 understood by anXmlBeanDefinitionReader. | 
| class  | ClassPathXmlApplicationContextStandalone XML application context, taking the context definition files
 from the class path, interpreting plain paths as class path resource names
 that include the package path (e.g. | 
| class  | FileSystemXmlApplicationContextStandalone XML application context, taking the context definition files
 from the file system or from URLs, interpreting plain paths as relative
 file system locations (e.g. |