podFactory property

The pod factory associated with this application context.

This is the core dependency injection container that manages pod definitions, instantiation, and dependency resolution.

Responsibilities:

• Pod definition registration and storage
• Dependency injection and resolution
• Singleton management and caching
• Lifecycle coordination with context
• Circular dependency detection and handling

Access Pattern:

Subclasses should access the pod factory through getPodFactory() rather than directly accessing this field to ensure proper lifecycle state checking.