Servletcontext,ApplicationContext和DispatcherServlet间的区别

 <listener>    
        <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>    
  </listener> 

    @Override
  public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) {
    initWebApplicationContext(event.getServletContext());
  }

     public WebApplicationContext initWebApplicationContext(ServletContext servletContext) {
    if (servletContext.getAttribute(WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE) != null) {
      throw new IllegalStateException(
          "Cannot initialize context because there is already a root application context present - " +
          "check whether you have multiple ContextLoader* definitions in your web.xml!");
    }
    Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(ContextLoader.class);
    servletContext.log("Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext");
    if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
      logger.info("Root WebApplicationContext: initialization started");
    }
    long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
    try {
      // Store context in local instance variable, to guarantee that
      // it is available on ServletContext shutdown.
      if (this.context == null) {
        this.context = createWebApplicationContext(servletContext);
      }
      if (this.context instanceof ConfigurableWebApplicationContext) {
        ConfigurableWebApplicationContext cwac = (ConfigurableWebApplicationContext) this.context;
        if (!cwac.isActive()) {
          // The context has not yet been refreshed -> provide services such as
          // setting the parent context, setting the application context id, etc
          if (cwac.getParent() == null) {
            // The context instance was injected without an explicit parent ->
            // determine parent for root web application context, if any.
            ApplicationContext parent = loadParentContext(servletContext);
            cwac.setParent(parent);
          }
          configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(cwac, servletContext);
        }
      }
      servletContext.setAttribute(WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE, this.context);
      ClassLoader ccl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
      if (ccl == ContextLoader.class.getClassLoader()) {
        currentContext = this.context;
      }
      else if (ccl != null) {
        currentContextPerThread.put(ccl, this.context);
      }
      if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
        logger.debug("Published root WebApplicationContext as ServletContext attribute with name [" +
            WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE + "]");
      }
      if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
        long elapsedTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
        logger.info("Root WebApplicationContext: initialization completed in " + elapsedTime + " ms");
      }
      return this.context;
    }
    catch (RuntimeException ex) {
      logger.error("Context initialization failed", ex);
      servletContext.setAttribute(WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE, ex);
      throw ex;
    }
    catch (Error err) {
      logger.error("Context initialization failed", err);
      servletContext.setAttribute(WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE, err);
      throw err;
    }
  }

servletContext.setAttribute(WebApplicationContext.ROOT_WEB_APPLICATION_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE, this.context);