What is difference between ApplicationContext and WebApplicationContext?

Question

I am going through all web Application study material.But i am confused with following terms

1.ApplicationContext

Please help me to come out of this confusion.

Have you read the intro sections of the javadocs you already linked? What didn't you understand from them? — nanofarad, Oct 08 '13 at 10:38
this has been answered before: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3652090/difference-between-applicationcontext-xml-and-spring-servlet-xml-in-spring — ikumen, Oct 08 '13 at 15:30

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 08 '13 at 11:32

ApplicationContext is a core interface as the javadoc (the link you posted) says. This abstracts the spring container.
WebApplicationContext is another interface and extending ApplicationContext. This interface offers easy access to spring container from a web application which use spring.
XmlWebApplicationContext is an implementation of WebApplicationContext which reads the configuration from an XML file.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 08 '13 at 10:39

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XmlWebApplicationContext is a concrete implementation of an application context, powered by XML configuration.

WebApplicationContext is a simple interface detailing the contract of a web application context. The former indirectly implements the latter.

answered Oct 08 '13 at 10:39

nanofarad

@OomphFortuity I am unable to parse your English grammar. Please try to reword that comment. – nanofarad Oct 08 '13 at 16:34
In spring,implementing ApplicationContextAware,its methods return ApplicationContext interface, not webApplicationInterface. – Oomph Fortuity Oct 09 '13 at 05:59