JDO + datanucleus API enhancement - jdo

I want to load dynamically XML meta-data files that are not in the classpath (the XML meta-data files will be generated after launching my app).
I thought I could call the method
MetaDataManager.registerFile(java.lang.String fileURLString, FileMetaData filemd, ClassLoaderResolver clr)
Then, I tried the API enhancement, so I added the following lines:
JDOEnhancer enhancer = JDOHelper.getEnhancer();
enhancer.setVerbose(true);
enhancer.addClasses(ClassToPersist.class.getName()).enhance();
getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass(ClassToPersist.class.getName());
The following jars are in the classpath: datanucleus-api-jdo.jar, datanucleus-connectionpool.jar, datanucleus-core.jar datanucleus-rdbms.jar, jdo-api.jar, asm.jar.
But when I launch my app, I get this exception:
Caused by: mypackage.MyException:
org.datanucleus.api.jdo.exceptions.ClassNotPersistenceCapableException: The class "mypackage.ClassToPersist" is not persistable. This means that it either hasnt been enhanced, or that the enhanced version of the file is not in the CLASSPATH (or is hidden by an unenhanced version), or the Meta-Data/annotations for the class are not found.
Do you please have any idea how to fix this ?
PS: I also noticed that the method enhance returns 0 which indicates that the class has not been enhanced (we could exclude the other options)
Thanks

I think I found an easy way to fix this.
At runtime, I created a jar that contains the updated metadata file as META-INF/package.jdo. Then I added this jar to the classpath as described here
Using this hacks, I didn't need to re-enhace my class since it is enhanced after compilation.
(But for information, I had to call JDOEnhancer.addFiles() to enhance my class.)

So your call to loadClass has loaded the unenhanced class (since it would have been loaded in order to perform the enhancement presumably), and you didn't follow the tutorial that is provided at http://www.datanucleus.org/documentation/development/dynamic_class_metadata_enhance_runtime.html

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Getting Started - iouState

I'm working through the R3 Corda helloworld tutorial which is located at this URL: https://docs.corda.net/hello-world-state.html
....and am using the latest version of IntellJ community.
The tutorial modifies the class name in TemplateState.kt from TemplateState() to IOUState(). Does the Kotlin source file need to be renamed from TemplateState.kt to IOUState.kt? The tutorial isn't clear on this.
Kotlin sources files do not have to match the name of the class they contain. In fact you can have multiple class declarations in the same source file or even have a source file with no classes and only top level functions or values.

Seeing Websphere class instead of a class in one of my app's jars

I'm having what seems to be a classloader/jar issue. Websphere 7, JDK 6.
Talking to a webservice works fine when the code is running in a simple, standalone Java class.
((WSBindingProvider) docManClient).setOutboundHeaders(Headers.create(otAuthElement));
In the debugger, the docManClient object has this toString():
JAX-WS RI 2.1.4-b01-: Stub for http://innov15.ncr.pwgsc.gc.ca/innov15_cws/DocumentManagement.svc
The class path includes jaxws-rt-2.1.4.jar.
When the code is running inside Websphere, the cast fails.
((WSBindingProvider) docManClient).setOutboundHeaders(Headers.create(otAuthElement));
java.lang.ClassCastException: com.sun.proxy.$Proxy484 incompatible with com.sun.xml.ws.developer.WSBindingProvider
In the debugger, the docManClient object has this toString():
org.apache.axis2.jaxws.client.proxy.JAXWSProxyHandler#a460a46
This jar is in Websphere-land only, and is not part of my project's .ear file:
C:\dev_tools\server\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\plugins\org.apache.axis2.jar
I attempted to change the app config, to prefer its own classes above those of Websphere.
I used the wsadim tool to change to PARENT_LAST, but this had no affect on the observed behaviour:
set dep [$AdminConfig getid /Deployment:my-ear/]
set depObject [$AdminConfig showAttribute $dep deployedObject]
set classldr [$AdminConfig showAttribute $depObject classloader]
$AdminConfig showall $classldr
$AdminConfig modify $classldr {{mode PARENT_LAST}}
$AdminConfig save
$AdminConfig showall $classldr
The app is an .ear which contains a single .war.
EDIT added later: I'm not clear on the relation between jax-ws-rt.jar and axis2.jar. The axis2.jar is not a drop-in replacement for jax-ws-rt.jar: when I switch to axis2.jar, the code no longer compiles.

How can I use reflection with Java 9 on the Java internals?

We use this type of Reflection only in our test framework and not in production. We want add some jar files to the app classloader depending of our test code. Is there any workaround for it? How can we get access to not exported classes?
java.lang.reflect.InaccessibleObjectException: Unable to make member of class jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader accessible: module java.base does not export jdk.internal.loader to unnamed module #9f73a2
at jdk.internal.reflect.Reflection.throwInaccessibleObjectException(Reflection.java:414)
at java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject.checkCanSetAccessible(AccessibleObject.java:174)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.checkCanSetAccessible(Method.java:191)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.setAccessible(Method.java:185)
Accessing module-internal classes can not be done from code. This is on purpose. But there is a workaround from the command line - a non-standardized option on java that does what you want:
--add-exports <module>/<package>=<target-module>(,<target-module>)*
updates <module> to export <package> to <target-module>,
regardless of module declaration.
<target-module> can be ALL-UNNAMED to export to all
unnamed modules.
Note
Java 9 is a moving target and the exact syntax has been changed a couple of times - as was this answer. This means (a) some of the comments below may seem outdated and (b) the flag might not work exactly like that. Please leave a comment and it will get fixed.

RobolectricGradleTestRunner vs RobolectricTestRunner.class

In roboelectric when you write your test class you have declare the #RunWith annotation of which there is RobolectricGradleTestRunner and RobolectricTestRunner.class. What is the difference and which one should we use ? Why is there 2 in the first place. If I use RobolectricTestRunner then it does not work for me it says some weird error like :
"java.lang.IllegalStateException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity."
However this seems to go away if I use RobolectricGradleTestRunner.
RobolectricTestRunner was first and is for maven based projects.
RobolectricGradleTestRunner was for gradle based projects because some paths have changed.
Since robolectric 3.1.1 this is not more necessary and is now deprecated.
For more details see also http://robolectric.org/getting-started/

spring boot/spring web app embedded version number

What are the strategies to embed a unique version number in a Spring application?
I've got an app using Spring Boot and Spring Web.
Its matured enough that I want to version it and see it displayed on screen at run time.
I believe what you are looking for is generating this version number during build time (Usually by build tools like Ant, Maven or Gradle) as part of their build task chain.
I believe a quite common approach is to either put the version number into the Manifest.mf of the produced JAR and then read it, or create a file that is part of the produced JAR that can be read by your application.
Another solution would be just using Spring Boot's banner customization options described here: http://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/boot-features-spring-application.html#boot-features-banner
However, this will only allow you to change spring-boot banner.
I also believe that Spring Boot exposes product version that is set in Manifest.MF of your application. To achieve this you will need to make sure Implementation-Version attribute of the manifest is set.
Custom solution for access anywhere in the code
Lets assume you would like to have a version.properties file in your src/main/resources that contains your version information. It will contain placeholders instead of actual values so that these placeholders can be expanded during build time.
version=${prodVersion}
build=${prodBuild}
timestamp=${buildTimestamp}
Now that you have a file like this you need to fill it with actual data. I use Gradle so there I would make sure that processResources task which is automatically running for builds is expanding resources. Something like this should do the trick in the build.gradle file for Git-based code:
import org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.*
import org.eclipse.jgit.api.*
def getGitBranchCommit() {
try {
def git = Git.open(project.file(project.getRootProject().getProjectDir()));
def repo = git.getRepository();
def id = repo.resolve(repo.getFullBranch());
return id.abbreviate(7).name()
} catch (IOException ex) {
return "UNKNOWN"
}
}
processResources {
filesMatching("**/version.properties") {
expand (
"prodVersion": version,
"prodBuild": getGitBranchCommit(),
"buildTimestamp": DateGroovyMethods.format(new Date(), 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm')
)
}
}
processResources.outputs.upToDateWhen{ false }
In the code about the following is happening:
We defined a function that can take a build number out of the VCS
(in this case Git). The commit hash is limited to 7 characters.
We configure the processResources task to process
version.properties file and fill it with our variables.
prodVersion is taken from Gradle project version. It's usually set
as version in gradle.properties file (part of the general build
setup).
As a last step we ensure that it's always updated (Gradle
has some mechanics to detect if files ened to be processed
Considering you are on SVN, you will need to have a getSvnBranchCommit() method instead. You could for instance use SVNKit or similar for this.
The last thing that is missing now is reading of the file for use in your application.
This could be achieved by simply reading a classpath resource and parsing it into java.util.Properties. You could take it one step further and for instance create accessor methods specifically for each field, e.g getVersion(), getBuild(), etc.
Hope this helps a bit (even though may not be 100% applicable straight off)
Maven can be used to track the version number, e.g.:
<!-- pom.xml -->
<version>2.0.3</version>
Spring Boot can refer to the version, and expose it via REST using Actuator:
# application.properties
endpoints.info.enabled=true
info.app.version=#project.version#
Then use Ajax to render the version in the browser, for example using Polymer iron-ajax:
<!-- about-page.html -->
<iron-ajax auto url="/info" last-response="{{info}}"></iron-ajax>
Application version is: [[info.app.version]]
This will then show in the browser as:
Application version is: 2.0.3
I'm sure you've probably figured something out since this is an older question, but here's what I just did and it looks good. (Getting it into the banner requires you to duplicate a lot).
I'd recommend switching to git (it's a great SVN client too), and then using this in your build.gradle:
// https://github.com/n0mer/gradle-git-properties
plugins {
id "com.gorylenko.gradle-git-properties" version "1.4.17"
}
// http://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/deployment-install.html
springBoot {
buildInfo() // create META-INF/build-info.properties
}
bootRun.dependsOn = [assemble]
And this in your SpringBoot application:
#Resource
GitProperties props;
#Resource
BuildProperties props2;
Or this way to expose those properties into the standard spring environment:
#SpringBootApplication
#PropertySources({
#PropertySource("classpath:git.properties"),
#PropertySource("classpath:META-INF/build-info.properties")
})
public class MySpringBootApplication {
and then referencing the individual properties as needed.
#Value("${git.branch}")
String gitBranch;
#Value("${build.time}")
String buildTime;

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