| Package | Description | 
|---|---|
| org.springframework.context.event | Support classes for application events, like standard context events. | 
| org.springframework.context.support | Classes supporting the org.springframework.context package,
 such as abstract base classes for ApplicationContext
 implementations and a MessageSource implementation. | 
| org.springframework.scheduling.annotation | Java 5 annotation for asynchronous method execution. | 
| org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation | Support classes for integrating a JSR-303 Bean Validation provider
 (such as Hibernate Validator) into a Spring ApplicationContext
 and in particular with Spring's data binding and validation APIs. | 
| Modifier and Type | Class and Description | 
|---|---|
| class  | EventListenerMethodProcessorRegisters  EventListenermethods as individualApplicationListenerinstances. | 
| Modifier and Type | Class and Description | 
|---|---|
| class  | ApplicationObjectSupportConvenient superclass for application objects that want to be aware of
 the application context, e.g. | 
| class  | LiveBeansViewAdapter for live beans view exposure, building a snapshot of current beans
 and their dependencies from either a local  ApplicationContext(with a
 localLiveBeansViewbean definition) or all registered ApplicationContexts
 (driven by the "spring.liveBeansView.mbeanDomain" environment property). | 
| Modifier and Type | Class and Description | 
|---|---|
| class  | ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessorBean post-processor that registers methods annotated with @ Scheduledto be invoked by aTaskScheduleraccording
 to the "fixedRate", "fixedDelay", or "cron" expression provided via the annotation. | 
| Modifier and Type | Class and Description | 
|---|---|
| class  | LocalValidatorFactoryBeanThis is the central class for  javax.validation(JSR-303) setup in a Spring
 application context: It bootstraps ajavax.validation.ValidationFactoryand
 exposes it through the SpringValidatorinterface
 as well as through the JSR-303Validatorinterface and theValidatorFactoryinterface itself. | 
| class  | OptionalValidatorFactoryBeanLocalValidatorFactoryBeansubclass that simply turnsValidatorcalls into no-ops
 in case of no Bean Validation provider being available. |