Get Spring Application Context anywhere

gistfile1.java

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextHolder;
import org.springframework.web.context.request.ServletRequestAttributes;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.support.RequestContextUtils;


public class Blah {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		ServletRequestAttributes attributes = ((ServletRequestAttributes) RequestContextHolder.getRequestAttributes());
		HttpServletRequest request = attributes.getRequest();
		WebApplicationContext ctx = RequestContextUtils.getWebApplicationContext(request);
		Object foobar = ctx.getBean(Object.class);
	}
}