When will @Predestroy be called on beans prototype?

Question

I would like to know when ApplicationContext will call a method annotated with @PreDestroy on a bean prototype?

a) Each time the bean instance becomes unavailable (for example, ready for GC) b) When the ApplicationContext is disconnected (for example, calls close (), stop (), destroy ())

Answer 1

Spring container will not call @PreDestroy , unlike other areas, when Spring creates an instance and configures a bean prototype, the rest depends entirely on a client that has a bean prototype, Spring does not track the bean at this point - http: //static.springsource .org / spring / docs / 3.1.x / spring-framework-reference / html / beans.html # beans-factory-scopes-prototype