我的六分钱:

BeanFactory and ApplicationContext both are interfaces where ApplicationContext extends BeanFactory. So ApplicationContext is a child interface and BeanFactory is the parent interface. In other words, ApplicationContext has all the features of BeanFactory and it has some additional features that are not present in BeanFactory. BeanFactory loads beans on-demand that is Lazy Loading whereas ApplicationContext loads all beans at startup that is Eager Loading. BeanFactory does not support annotations whereas ApplicationContext supports annotations. ApplicationContext has additional features that are not present in BeanFactory: Internationalization, Event Publishing, AOP features. BeanFactory only supports two scopes — Singleton and Prototype whereas ApplicationContext supports all bean scopes. BeanFactory does not register BeanFactoryPostProcessor and BeanPostProcessor automatically whereas ApplicationContext automatically registers them.

ApplicationContext是BeanFactory的老大哥，这将是BeanFactory提供的所有东西，还有许多其他的东西。

除了标准的org.springframework.bean .factory. beanfactory生命周期功能外，ApplicationContext实现还可以检测和 调用ApplicationContextAware bean以及ResourceLoaderAware、ApplicationEventPublisherAware和MessageSourceAware bean。

我的六分钱:

BeanFactory and ApplicationContext both are interfaces where ApplicationContext extends BeanFactory. So ApplicationContext is a child interface and BeanFactory is the parent interface. In other words, ApplicationContext has all the features of BeanFactory and it has some additional features that are not present in BeanFactory. BeanFactory loads beans on-demand that is Lazy Loading whereas ApplicationContext loads all beans at startup that is Eager Loading. BeanFactory does not support annotations whereas ApplicationContext supports annotations. ApplicationContext has additional features that are not present in BeanFactory: Internationalization, Event Publishing, AOP features. BeanFactory only supports two scopes — Singleton and Prototype whereas ApplicationContext supports all bean scopes. BeanFactory does not register BeanFactoryPostProcessor and BeanPostProcessor automatically whereas ApplicationContext automatically registers them.

spring文档在这方面做得很好:3.8.1。BeanFactory还是ApplicationContext? 他们有一个比较表，我将发布一个片段:

Bean工厂

Bean实例化/布线

应用程序上下文

Bean实例化/布线 自动BeanPostProcessor注册 自动BeanFactoryPostProcessor注册 方便的MessageSource访问(用于i18n) ApplicationEvent出版

因此，如果您需要应用程序上下文端显示的任何点，您应该使用ApplicationContext。

在非web应用程序中使用BeanFactory，因为它只支持单例和原型bean作用域。

而ApplicationContext容器确实支持所有的bean作用域，所以你应该将它用于web应用程序。

ApplicationContext: 它加载spring配置文件中配置的spring bean，并在CONTAINER启动时管理spring bean的生命周期。它不会等到getBean("springbeanref")被调用。

BeanFactory 它加载spring配置文件中配置的springbean，在调用getBean("springbeanref")时管理springbean的生命周期。因此，当我们在springbean生命周期开始时调用getBean(“springbeanref”)时。