Binding from Headers in Spring MVC - spring-mvc

Can Spring MVC bind HTTP headers to Java classes?
I've got three headers, and I'd like to marshall them into a POJO, much like you'd do with a form or a request body.

I can see two ways that you could achieve this with Spring and request or prototype scoped beans.
It is worth first being clear on the different scopes of beans and how Spring creates proxies for different scopes if you are not already.
The first method uses Spring Expression Language to directly reference the current HttpServletRequest instance.
#Component
#Scope(value = WebApplicationContext.SCOPE_REQUEST, proxyMode = ScopedProxyMode.TARGET_CLASS)
public class MyClass
{
#Value({#request.getHeader('headerName')})
private String myHeaderValue;
public String getMyHeaderValue()
{
return myHeaderValue;
}
}
An alternative is to simply inject the current HttpServletRequest as a constructor parameter:
#Component
#Scope(value = WebApplicationContext.SCOPE_REQUEST, proxyMode = ScopedProxyMode.TARGET_CLASS)
public class MyClass
{
private String myHeaderValue;
#Autowired
public MyClass(HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest)
{
this.myHeaderValue = httpServletRequest.getHeader("headerValue");
}
public String getMyHeaderValue()
{
return this.myHeaderValue;
}
}
You can then inject this bean into your Controller or Service beans as needed:
#Controller
public class MyController
{
#Autowired
private MyClass myClass;
}
Either method should let you achieve what you want, you can pick which best suits your requirements and preferences.

Related

CDI + EJB 3 + EJB Transaction

I need to audit invocations of ejb beans. Saying audit I mean write informations such as current logged user, method name, additional description to a database. I decided to do it by use of CDI decorator:
#Decorator
public class AccountServiceBeanDecorator implements AccountService {
#Inject
#Delegate
#Any
AccountService accountService;
#EJB
private AuditService auditService;
#Override
public Account createAccount(Account account) {
auditService.saveAudit("Method: createAccount", currentUser, "Creating account by admin");
return accountService.createAccount(account);
}
}
and the decorated class:
#Stateless
public class AccountServiceBean implements AccountService {
#Override
public Account createAccount(Account account) {
...
}
}
Now if I call AccountService from another ejb stateless bean, what will happen with transaction?:
#Stateless
public ApplicationFacadeBean implements ApplicationFacade {
#EJB
private AccountService accountService;
#Override
public Account createAccount(Account account) {
return accountService.createAccount(account);
}
}
I wanted to log transaction status in decorator (AccountServiceBeanDecorator) and decorated class (AccountServiceBean), so I injected TransactionSynchronizationRegistry as a resource in both classes:
#Decorator
public class AccountServiceBeanDecorator implements AccountService {
#Inject
#Delegate
#Any
AccountService accountService;
#EJB
private AuditService auditService;
#Resource
private TransactionSynchronizationRegistry reg;
#Override
public Account createAccount(Account account) {
log.info("%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%");
log.info("tx ({}): {}", new Object[] {reg.getTransactionStatus(), reg.getTransactionKey()});
log.info("%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%");
auditService.saveAudit("Method: createAccount", currentUser, "Creating account by admin");
return accountService.createAccount(account);
}
}
and
#Stateless
public class AccountServiceBean implements AccountService {
#Resource
private TransactionSynchronizationRegistry reg;
#Override
public Account createAccount(Account account) {
log.info("%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%");
log.info("tx ({}): {}", new Object[] {reg.getTransactionStatus(), reg.getTransactionKey()});
log.info("%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%");
...
}
}
I received strange behavior:
log from decorator
tx (0): JavaEETransactionImpl: txId=6 nonXAResource=null jtsTx=null localTxStatus=0 syncs=[com.sun.ejb.containers.ContainerSynchronization#68fb15d0]]]
NullPointerException on second log (reg is null).
Can anybody explain it to me? Wheter AccountServiceBean class is called within the same transaction as ApplicationFacade?
Thank you
first: i would not mixing ejbs with cdi interceptors. ejbs has it on interceptor implementations.
second: interceptors are executed in the same transaction as the ejb where the interceptor is around.
possible solution:
create a correct ejb interceptor
put the interceptor around the method / class
create a second ejb (MyLoggerBean) with a method like this logToDatabase(String message) and annotate this method with #TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.REQUIRES_NEW)
inside the interceptor create a class member like this: #EJB private MyLoggerBean loggerBean
inside your #AroundInvoke annotated method you could call loggerBean. logToDatabase(...)
this would create a new transaction from inside the current transaction of the ejb where the interceptor is around
--> i know my english is not very good. but i hope that you understand what i think should work. if i have the time, i make e example on github...
Hmm... what container are you using? Generally I wouldn't suspect a CDI decorator to work on an EJB... I can't think of anything in the JEE spec that I've encountered that would give evidence either way.
Faced with your problem though, I did this with an interceptor, not a decorator. These are supported by the EJB spec... Anyway, here's my code, you would need to grab the variables from the context in your case:
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import javax.inject.Inject;
import javax.interceptor.AroundInvoke;
import javax.interceptor.Interceptor;
import javax.interceptor.InvocationContext;
public class InvocationCountInterceptor {
#Inject
private InvocationCounter counter;
#AroundInvoke
public Object intercept(InvocationContext ctx) throws Exception {
Object returnValue = ctx.proceed();
Class<? extends Object> className = ctx.getTarget().getClass();
Method methodName = ctx.getMethod();
counter.incrementCounter(className, methodName);
return returnValue;
}
}
Then whatever EJB or EJB Method you want to audit, I just added this: #Interceptors(InvocationCountInterceptor.class)

Creating a custom controller parameter automatically populated with HttpServletRequest?

Using a strictly annotation-based/Java-only Spring MVC 3.2.2 configuration, I'm trying to create a controller method with a custom class (I'll call it Context) as a parameter. I want to have Context constructed with knowledge of the current HttpServletRequest and then passed along to the controller method. In essence, I want to create my own custom wrapper around the request object before it's sent to the controller. e.g. I want to accomplish this:
#Controller
#RequestMapping(value = "/")
public class MainController {
#RequestMapping(value = "/")
public #ResponseBody
String process(HttpServletRequest request) {
Context context = new Context(request);
...
}
}
automatically like this:
#Controller
#RequestMapping(value = "/")
public class MainController {
#RequestMapping(value = "/")
public #ResponseBody
String process(Context context) {
...
}
}
Is this possible? I looked into implementing a HandlerMethodArgumentResolver as a #Bean in my WebMvcConfigurerAdapter but I don't think that's the correct route to take. I've tried adding #AutoWired to Context (as a #Bean) to no avail as well. I imagine there's WebMvcConfigurerAdapter or possibly in a AbstractAnnotationConfigDispatcherServletInitializer?
HandlerMethodArgumentResolver and WebMvcConfigurerAdapter is certainly a right way to achieve your goal.
In order to register custom argument resolver you need to make your #Configuration extend WebMvcConfigurerAdapter and override its addArgumentResolver() method.

autowiring selective beans into a list reference

I have a service interface I with implementaions I1,I2,I3...I10 out of which I want to use I1-I5 to be autowired as a List<I> in controller class C. The I6-I10 should not be be autowired. How can I achieve this. Moreover the I implementations are annotated #Service beans. I do not want to move them to xml declarations.
Based on the comment by mvb13 I have tried to weave a solution for the problem....
So I write a class extending ArrayList and mark it a Component
#Component("mysublist")
public class MyList extends ArrayList implements ApplicationContextAware
{
#Value("comma.sep.eligible.beans.classnames")
private String eligibles;
private ApplicationContext appCtx;
#PostConstruct
public void init()
{
Map allBeans = appCtx.getBeansOfType(I.class);
for(Object bean:allBeans.values())
{
if(eligibles.contains(bean.getClass().getSimpleName()))
{
add(bean);
}
}
}
public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext appCtx)
{
this.appCtx = appCtx;
}
}
Now I can autowire the above bean in my required class definition as:
#Service
public class MyService
{
#Resource(name="mysublist")
private List<I> myReqdBeans;
......
}
*Please ignore the generics related implications in the code.
You should use #Qualifier. It defines any subset that you need.
#Autowired
#Qualifier("MySubset")
private List<I> list;
But I think you should move your bean definitions in xml to use <qualifier ... /> property. I think you haven't another option to specify qualifier.
The #Qualifier annotation should give you what you need. You need to apply it in two places:
On the #Service beans that you wish to include in the sub-list
On the #Autowired list injected into your controller
So addressing the #Service beans first:
#Service
#Qualifier("MySubList")
public class MyService implements IMyService
{
}
And then within your Controller:
#Controller
public class MyController
{
#Qualifier("MySubList")
#AutoWired
private List<IMyService> myServices;
}
This instructs Spring to #AutoWire all IMyService implementations #Qualified as "MySubList"

spring MVC extended controllers don't resolve

I have the following:
#Controller
#RequestMapping("/admin")
public class AdminController extends BaseHtmlController{
#Autowired
protected DeviceCustomerMap deviceCustomerMap;
#Autowired
protected CustomerDao customerDao;
String layout = "template/admin";
#RequestMapping(value="/login", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String login(ModelMap model) {
model.addAttribute("meta", meta);
String view = "login";
return view;
}
}
public class AdminCustomerController extends AdminController{
#RequestMapping(value="/customer/mapping", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String customerMapping(ModelMap model, #RequestParam(required=false) boolean refresh) throws Exception {
if (refresh){
deviceCustomerMap.initCustomerUrlMap();
}
model.addAttribute("meta", meta);
model.addAttribute("view", "customer/mapping");
model.addAttribute("customers", deviceCustomerMap.getCustomerMap());
return layout;
}
}
However, the extended controller doesn't resolve the requests, but when they're in the base controller, they're resolved just fine, I've poked around several threads but couldn't find a solution, any idea?
Is the problem that you are able to get a response when executing a request to the /admin/login resource, but not to /admin/customer/mapping resource, unless you move the customerMapping() method to the AdminController class?
The solution is to annotate the AdminCustomerController class with the #Controller annotation. Without a stereotype annotation (and appropriate component scanning), Spring will not recognise the class as a Spring bean.

Spring MVC jackson auto serialize?

I would like to serialize an object with jackson in spring MVC.
I have a controller which returns an ObjectTest1 which has a property ObjectTest2.
public class ObjectTest1{
private ObjectTest2;
// setters getters...
}
public class ObjectTest2{
private String value;
// setters getters...
}
public #ResponseBody ObjectTest1 test() throws IOException ...
I have a mapper and I have a serializer for ObjectTest2 and I've annotated the ObjectTest1.getObjectTest2 method with #JsonSerialize(using = ObjectTest2.class).
It works correctly!
But I want to use this serializer in a lot of Object, not just in ObjectTest1.
What should I do to avoid put annotation every getter method? Can use spring this serializer automatically for all properites which is ObjectTest2?
UPDATED:
I've already use this in my code:
<mvc:annotation-driven>
In ajax response Objects generated correctly as json.
Maybe I should try to explain another way.
So.
I have these objects:
public class DTO{
private InnerThing innerThing;
#JsonSerialize(using=ThingSerializer.class)
public InnerThing getThing(){...}
}
public class InnerThing{
private String value;
}
Generated json looks like:
{"innerThing":{"value":"something"}}
Afther when I've written a serializer, json is:
{"innerThing":"something"}
It is OK, but to get the second version of json I must annotate the getInnerThing method in DTO class with #JsonSerialize...
I don't want to annotate all methods where I use InnerThing as a property.
So my question is, can spring auto serialize every property which type is InnerThing?
By default, Spring will handle serialization and de-serialization of JSON automatically if you add Jackson to the classpath and you use either <mvc:annotation-driven> or #EnableWebMvc.
Links to the Spring Reference Docs:
Spring 3.0: <mvc:annotation-driven>
Spring 3.1: <mvc:annotation-driven> and #EnableWebMvc
You want Jackson to always use your custom JsonSerializer or JsonDeserializer to serialize/deserialize a specific type?
I ended up writing a custom Jackson module to let Jackson find serializers and deserializers that are Spring beans.
I am using Spring 3.1.2 and Jackson 2.0.6
Simplified version:
public class MyObjectMapper extends ObjectMapper {
#Autowired
public MyObjectMapper(ApplicationContext applicationContext) {
SpringComponentModule sm = new SpringComponentModule(applicationContext);
registerModule(sm);
}
}
Module:
public class SpringComponentModule extends Module {
private ApplicationContext applicationContext;
public SpringComponentModule(ApplicationContext applicationContext) {
this.applicationContext = applicationContext;
}
#Override public String getModuleName() {
return "jackson-spring-component";
}
#Override public Version version() {
return SpringComponentModuleVersion.instance.version();
}
#Override
public void setupModule(SetupContext context) {
context.addSerializers(new SpringComponentSerializers(this.applicationContext));
context.addDeserializers(new SpringComponentDeserializers(this.applicationContext));
}
}
ComponentSerializer class:
public class SpringComponentSerializers extends Serializers.Base {
private ApplicationContext applicationContext;
public SpringComponentSerializers(ApplicationContext applicationContext) {
this.applicationContext = applicationContext;
}
#Override
public JsonSerializer<?> findSerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType type, BeanDescription beanDesc) {
Class<?> raw = type.getRawClass();
Map<String,JsonSerializer> beanSet = applicationContext.getBeansOfType(JsonSerializer.class);
for(String beanName : beanSet.keySet()) {
JsonSerializer<?> serializer = beanSet.get(beanName);
if(serializer.handledType().isAssignableFrom(raw)) {
return serializer;
}
}
return null;
}
}

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