diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc index 93758a54f54..f411d4c54cc 100644 --- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc +++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc @@ -254,8 +254,9 @@ Application events are sent in the following order, as your application runs: except for the registration of listeners and initializers. . An `ApplicationEnvironmentPreparedEvent` is sent when the `Environment` to be used in the context is known but before the context is created. -. An `ApplicationContextInitializedEvent` is sent when the `ApplicationContext` is prepared -and ApplicationContextInitializers have been called but before any bean definitions are loaded. +. An `ApplicationContextInitializedEvent` is sent when the `ApplicationContext` is +prepared and ApplicationContextInitializers have been called but before any bean +definitions are loaded. . An `ApplicationPreparedEvent` is sent just before the refresh is started but after bean definitions have been loaded. . An `ApplicationStartedEvent` is sent after the context has been refreshed but before any @@ -264,13 +265,14 @@ application and command-line runners have been called. been called. It indicates that the application is ready to service requests. . An `ApplicationFailedEvent` is sent if there is an exception on startup. -The above list only includes ``SpringApplicationEvent``s that are tied to a `SpringApplication`. -In addition to these, the following events are also published after `ApplicationPreparedEvent` -and before `ApplicationStartedEvent`: +The above list only includes ``SpringApplicationEvent``s that are tied to a +`SpringApplication`. In addition to these, the following events are also published after +`ApplicationPreparedEvent` and before `ApplicationStartedEvent`: . A `ContextRefreshedEvent` is sent when an `ApplicationContext` is refreshed. -. A `WebServerInitializedEvent` is sent after the `WebServer` is ready. `ServletWebServerInitializedEvent` -and `ReactiveWebServerInitializedEvent` are the servlet and reactive variants respectively. +. A `WebServerInitializedEvent` is sent after the `WebServer` is ready. +`ServletWebServerInitializedEvent` and `ReactiveWebServerInitializedEvent` are the servlet +and reactive variants respectively. TIP: You often need not use application events, but it can be handy to know that they exist. Internally, Spring Boot uses events to handle a variety of tasks.