create child context

gistfile1.java

// reference the files with the customized flows and resources
ConfigResource[2] resources = new ConfigResource[2];
resources[0] = new ConfigResource(new URL(pathToCustomFile1));
resources[1] = new ConfigResource(new URL(pathToCustomFile2));

// create a spring configuration builder
SpringXmlConfigurationBuilder springXmlConfigurationBuilder = new SpringXmlConfigurationBuilder(resources);

//reference the parent
springXmlConfigurationBuilder.setParentContext(parentMuleContext);

//create the child context
MuleContextFactory muleContextFactory = new DefaultMuleContextFactory();
List<ConfigurationBuilder> builders = new ArrayList<ConfigurationBuilder>();
builders.add(springXmlConfigurationBuilder);
MuleContextBuilder contextBuilder = new DefaultMuleContextBuilder();
MuleContext childContext = muleContextFactory.createMuleContext(builders, contextBuilder);

//start the context
childContext.start();