Take the tour ×  I am learning Spring and the term "Spring
Container" frequently shows up in the text. However, I know
"container" is not used only in Spring (EJB container etc) so
what does it mean when used in the context of programming?
share|improve this question What do you mean by I know
"container" is not used only in Spring? They wouldn't be using
the term container if ti wasn't the case. –  Buhake Sindi Mar 16
'12 at 8:53 You should ask in the programming section –  Michael
Laffargue Mar 16 '12 at 8:53 Do you understand now? –  LuckyLuke
Mar 16 '12 at 8:58 After receiving 8 upvotes I found a
duplicate: Definition of a Java Container, sorry, not intended.
–  Tomasz Nurkiewicz Mar 16 '12 at 9:09 I tried searching but
did not see that sorry. –  LuckyLuke Mar 16 '12 at 9:16 show 1
more comment  3 Answers  up vote 11 down vote accepted  The
container is something that contains something else.    • In :
Spring container contains beans (Java objects that are subject
to )    • Servlet containers contain ser