/** * Both front and back controllers are retrieved from the spring context, * associated and started. * <p> * {@inheritDoc} */ @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") @Override public void start() { // start on brand new instances. stop(); IBackendController backendController; try { backendController = (IBackendController) getApplicationContext().getBean( "applicationBackController"); } catch (RuntimeException ex) { LOG.error("applicationBackController could not be instantiated.", ex); throw ex; } try { frontendController = (IFrontendController<E, F, G>) getApplicationContext() .getBean("applicationFrontController"); } catch (RuntimeException ex) { LOG.error("applicationFrontController could not be instantiated.", ex); throw ex; } frontendController.start(backendController, getStartupLocale(), getClientTimeZone()); BackendControllerHolder.setSessionBackendController(backendController); }