Spring's ApplicationContextAware interface

//This interface will help you inject ApplicationContext

public interface ApplicationContextAware extends Aware {
	void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext) throws BeansException;
}

//The implementation principle is that it is injected by the spring framework when creating a bean:
//This class is located under AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory
protected Object doCreateBean(final String beanName, final RootBeanDefinition mbd, final Object[] args) {
		// Instantiate the bean.
		BeanWrapper instanceWrapper = null;
		if (mbd.isSingleton()) {
			instanceWrapper = this.factoryBeanInstanceCache.remove(beanName);
		}
		if (instanceWrapper == null) {
			instanceWrapper = createBeanInstance(beanName, mbd, args);
		}
		final Object bean = (instanceWrapper != null ? instanceWrapper.getWrappedInstance() : null);
		Class<?> beanType = (instanceWrapper != null ? instanceWrapper.getWrappedClass() : null);

		// Allow post-processors to modify the merged bean definition.
		synchronized (mbd.postProcessingLock) {
			if (!mbd.postProcessed) {
				applyMergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessors (mbd, beanType, beanName);
				mbd.postProcessed = true;
			}
		}

		// Eagerly cache singletons to be able to resolve circular references
		// even when triggered by lifecycle interfaces like BeanFactoryAware.
		boolean earlySingletonExposure = (mbd.isSingleton() && this.allowCircularReferences &&
				isSingletonCurrentlyInCreation (beanName));
		if (earlySingletonExposure) {
			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
				logger.debug("Eagerly caching bean '" + beanName +
						"' to allow for resolving potential circular references");
			}
			addSingletonFactory(beanName, new ObjectFactory<Object>() {
				@Override
				public Object getObject() throws BeansException {
					return getEarlyBeanReference (beanName, mbd, bean);
				}
			});
		}

		// Initialize the bean instance.
		Object exposedObject = bean;
		try {
			populateBean (beanName, mbd, instanceWrapper);
			if (exposedObject != null) {
			        //Initialize beans
				exposedObject = initializeBean(beanName, exposedObject, mbd);
			}
		}
		catch (Throwable ex) {
			if (ex instanceof BeanCreationException && beanName.equals(((BeanCreationException) ex).getBeanName())) {
				throw (BeanCreationException) ex;
			}
			else {
				throw new BeanCreationException(mbd.getResourceDescription(), beanName, "Initialization of bean failed", ex);
			}
		}

		if (earlySingletonExposure) {
			Object earlySingletonReference = getSingleton(beanName, false);
			if (earlySingletonReference != null) {
				if (exposedObject == bean) {
					exposedObject = earlySingletonReference;
				}
				else if (!this.allowRawInjectionDespiteWrapping && hasDependentBean(beanName)) {
					String[] dependentBeans = getDependentBeans(beanName);
					Set<String> actualDependentBeans = new LinkedHashSet<String>(dependentBeans.length);
					for (String dependentBean : dependentBeans) {
						if (!removeSingletonIfCreatedForTypeCheckOnly(dependentBean)) {
							actualDependentBeans.add(dependentBean);
						}
					}
					if (!actualDependentBeans.isEmpty()) {
						throw new BeanCurrentlyInCreationException(beanName,
								"Bean with name '" + beanName + "' has been injected into other beans [" +
								StringUtils.collectionToCommaDelimitedString(actualDependentBeans) +
								"] in its raw version as part of a circular reference, but has eventually been " +
								"wrapped. This means that said other beans do not use the final version of the " +
								"bean. This is often the result of over-eager type matching - consider using " +
								"'getBeanNamesOfType' with the 'allowEagerInit' flag turned off, for example.");
					}
				}
			}
		}

		// Register bean as disposable.
		try {
			registerDisposableBeanIfNecessary (beanName, bean, mbd);
		}
		catch (BeanDefinitionValidationException ex) {
			throw new BeanCreationException(mbd.getResourceDescription(), beanName, "Invalid destruction signature", ex);
		}

		return exposedObject;
	}


protected Object initializeBean(final String beanName, final Object bean, RootBeanDefinition mbd) {
		if (System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
			AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Object>() {
				@Override
				public Object run() {
					invokeAwareMethods(beanName, bean);
					return null;
				}
			}, getAccessControlContext());
		}
		else {
			invokeAwareMethods(beanName, bean);
		}

		Object wrappedBean = bean;
		if (mbd == null || !mbd.isSynthetic()) {
			wrappedBean = applyBeanPostProcessorsBeforeInitialization(wrappedBean, beanName);
		}

		try {
			invokeInitMethods(beanName, wrappedBean, mbd);
		}
		catch (Throwable ex) {
			throw new BeanCreationException(
					(mbd != null ? mbd.getResourceDescription() : null),
					beanName, "Invocation of init method failed", ex);
		}

		if (mbd == null || !mbd.isSynthetic()) {
		         //Inject something before initialization
			wrappedBean = applyBeanPostProcessorsAfterInitialization(wrappedBean, beanName);
		}
		return wrappedBean;
	}

public Object applyBeanPostProcessorsBeforeInitialization(Object existingBean, String beanName)
			throws BeansException {

		Object result = existingBean;
		for (BeanPostProcessor beanProcessor : getBeanPostProcessors()) {
			result = beanProcessor.postProcessBeforeInitialization(result, beanName);
			if (result == null) {
				return result;
			}
		}
		return result;
	}


//This class is located under ApplicationContextAwareProcessor
public Object postProcessBeforeInitialization(final Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException {
		AccessControlContext acc = null;

		if (System.getSecurityManager() != null &&
				(bean instanceof EnvironmentAware || bean instanceof EmbeddedValueResolverAware ||
						bean instanceof ResourceLoaderAware || bean instanceof ApplicationEventPublisherAware ||
						bean instanceof MessageSourceAware || bean instanceof ApplicationContextAware)) {
			acc = this.applicationContext.getBeanFactory().getAccessControlContext();
		}

		if (acc != null) {
			AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Object>() {
				@Override
				public Object run() {
					invokeAwareInterfaces(bean);
					return null;
				}
			}, acc);
		}
		else {
			invokeAwareInterfaces(bean);
		}

		return bean;
	}

//This code obviously injects the interfaces of various implementations
private void invokeAwareInterfaces(Object bean) {
		if (bean instanceof Aware) {
			if (bean instanceof EnvironmentAware) {
				((EnvironmentAware) bean).setEnvironment(this.applicationContext.getEnvironment());
			}
			if (bean instanceof EmbeddedValueResolverAware) {
				((EmbeddedValueResolverAware) bean).setEmbeddedValueResolver(
						new EmbeddedValueResolver(this.applicationContext.getBeanFactory()));
			}
			if (bean instanceof ResourceLoaderAware) {
				((ResourceLoaderAware) bean).setResourceLoader(this.applicationContext);
			}
			if (bean instanceof ApplicationEventPublisherAware) {
				((ApplicationEventPublisherAware) bean).setApplicationEventPublisher(this.applicationContext);
			}
			if (bean instanceof MessageSourceAware) {
				((MessageSourceAware) bean).setMessageSource(this.applicationContext);
			}
			if (bean instanceof ApplicationContextAware) {
				((ApplicationContextAware) bean).setApplicationContext(this.applicationContext);
			}
		}
	}