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## Uses of Interface
org.springframework.beans.factory.HierarchicalBeanFactory

Packages that use HierarchicalBeanFactory
org.springframework.beans.factory.config: SPI interfaces and configuration-related convenience classes for bean factories.
org.springframework.beans.factory.support: Classes supporting the `org.springframework.beans.factory` package.
org.springframework.beans.factory.xml: Contains an abstract XML-based `BeanFactory` implementation, including a standard "spring-beans" DTD.
org.springframework.context: This package builds on the beans package to add support for message sources and for the Observer design pattern, and the ability for application objects to obtain resources using a consistent API.
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.jca.context: Integration package that allows for deploying a Spring application context as a JCA 1.5 compliant RAR file.
org.springframework.web.context: Contains a variant of the application context interface for web applications, and the ContextLoaderListener that bootstraps a root web application context.
org.springframework.web.context.support: Classes supporting the `org.springframework.web.context` package, such as WebApplicationContext implementations and various utility classes.
org.springframework.web.portlet.context: Support for Spring's application context concept in a portlet environment, including ApplicationContext implementations and various utility classes.

Uses of HierarchicalBeanFactory in org.springframework.beans.factory.config

Subinterfaces of HierarchicalBeanFactory in org.springframework.beans.factory.config
`interface` `ConfigurableBeanFactory` Configuration interface to be implemented by most bean factories.
`interface` `ConfigurableListableBeanFactory` Configuration interface to be implemented by most listable bean factories.

Uses of HierarchicalBeanFactory in org.springframework.beans.factory.support

Classes in org.springframework.beans.factory.support that implement HierarchicalBeanFactory
`class` `AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory` Abstract bean factory superclass that implements default bean creation, with the full capabilities specified by the `RootBeanDefinition` class.
`class` `AbstractBeanFactory` Abstract base class for `BeanFactory` implementations, providing the full capabilities of the `ConfigurableBeanFactory` SPI.
`class` `DefaultListableBeanFactory` Default implementation of the `ListableBeanFactory` and `BeanDefinitionRegistry` interfaces: a full-fledged bean factory based on bean definition objects.

Uses of HierarchicalBeanFactory in org.springframework.beans.factory.xml

Classes in org.springframework.beans.factory.xml that implement HierarchicalBeanFactory
`class` `XmlBeanFactory` Convenience extension of `DefaultListableBeanFactory` that reads bean definitions from an XML document.

Uses of HierarchicalBeanFactory in org.springframework.context

Subinterfaces of HierarchicalBeanFactory in org.springframework.context
`interface` `ApplicationContext` Central interface to provide configuration for an application.
`interface` `ConfigurableApplicationContext` SPI interface to be implemented by most if not all application contexts.

Uses of HierarchicalBeanFactory in org.springframework.context.support

Classes in org.springframework.context.support that implement HierarchicalBeanFactory
`class` `AbstractApplicationContext` Abstract implementation of the `ApplicationContext` interface.
`class` `AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext` Base class for `ApplicationContext` implementations which are supposed to support multiple refreshs, creating a new internal bean factory instance every time.
`class` `AbstractRefreshableConfigApplicationContext` `AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext` subclass that adds common handling of specified config locations.
`class` `AbstractXmlApplicationContext` Convenient base class for `ApplicationContext` implementations, drawing configuration from XML documents containing bean definitions understood by an `XmlBeanDefinitionReader`.
`class` `ClassPathXmlApplicationContext` Standalone 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` `FileSystemXmlApplicationContext` Standalone 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.
`class` `GenericApplicationContext` Generic ApplicationContext implementation that holds a single internal `DefaultListableBeanFactory` instance and does not assume a specific bean definition format.
`class` `StaticApplicationContext` `ApplicationContext` implementation which supports programmatic registration of beans and messages, rather than reading bean definitions from external configuration sources.

Uses of HierarchicalBeanFactory in org.springframework.jca.context

Classes in org.springframework.jca.context that implement HierarchicalBeanFactory
`class` `ResourceAdapterApplicationContext` `ApplicationContext` implementation for a JCA ResourceAdapter.

Uses of HierarchicalBeanFactory in org.springframework.web.context

Subinterfaces of HierarchicalBeanFactory in org.springframework.web.context
`interface` `ConfigurableWebApplicationContext` Interface to be implemented by configurable web application contexts.
`interface` `WebApplicationContext` Interface to provide configuration for a web application.

Uses of HierarchicalBeanFactory in org.springframework.web.context.support

Classes in org.springframework.web.context.support that implement HierarchicalBeanFactory
`class` `AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext` `AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext` subclass which implements the `ConfigurableWebApplicationContext` interface for web environments.
`class` `GenericWebApplicationContext` Subclass of `GenericApplicationContext`, suitable for web environments.
`class` `StaticWebApplicationContext` Static `WebApplicationContext` implementation for testing.
`class` `XmlWebApplicationContext` `WebApplicationContext` implementation which takes its configuration from XML documents, understood by an `XmlBeanDefinitionReader`.

Uses of HierarchicalBeanFactory in org.springframework.web.portlet.context

Subinterfaces of HierarchicalBeanFactory in org.springframework.web.portlet.context
`interface` `ConfigurablePortletApplicationContext` Interface to be implemented by configurable portlet application contexts.

Classes in org.springframework.web.portlet.context that implement HierarchicalBeanFactory
`class` `AbstractRefreshablePortletApplicationContext` `AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext` subclass which implements the `ConfigurablePortletApplicationContext` interface for portlet environments.
`class` `StaticPortletApplicationContext` Static Portlet-based `ApplicationContext` implementation for testing.
`class` `XmlPortletApplicationContext` Portlet-based `WebApplicationContext` implementation which takes its configuration from XML documents, understood by an `XmlBeanDefinitionReader`.

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