Spring Framework - ApplicationContextAware Examples

import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;

public class MySingletonBean implements ApplicationContextAware {

    private ApplicationContext applicationContext;

    @Override
    public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext) throws BeansException {
        this.applicationContext = applicationContext;
    }

    public void showMessage() {
        MyPrototypeBean bean = applicationContext.getBean(MyPrototypeBean.class);
        System.out.println("Hi, the time is " + bean.getDateTime());
    }
}