I have a servlet that I cannot change (com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer of Jersey RS) . What I can do is create a subclass of it. However, I needed that when the servlet is initialized it runs one function of my subclass. I cannot override the init method because it has the Jersey code.
I tried to use the annotation #PostConstruct on a method to make it run after initialization but it does not work (but it does work under Tomcat 6).
In web.xml the class is set to run on startup.
You should be able to subclass ServletContainer, override init, invoke the superclass method then perform your own logic, i.e.
public class MyServletContainer extends ServletContainer {
public void init() throws ServletException {
super.init();
//... perform custom initialization logic here
}
}
Check if you have some of these jars "commons-annotation.jar, geronimo-annotation_1.1_spec, jboss-annotations-api_1.1_spec" in your webapp lib and remove.
Related
I came across an interesting article: AOP Aspects as mocks in JUnit
Since I have requirement to mock multiple final and private static variables, I am planning to use AOP in place of reflection or PowerMockito as they are causing issues with SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.
Is there any way I can use #Aspect for test classes without using the annotation #EnableAspectJAutoProxy? (I want to use an aspect targeting class X only in one test case.)
This is a sample of what I want to do.
The question is answered(adding for discussion on what could be done)
//External class
public final class ABC(){
public void method1() throws Exception {}
}
#Service
public void DestClass() {
private static final ABC abc = new ABC();
public Object m() {
// code (...)
try {
abc.method1();
}
catch(Exception e) {
// do something (...)
return null;
}
// more code (...)
}
}
Spring framework allows to programmatically create proxies that advise target objects , without configuring through #EnableAspectJAutoProxy or <aop:aspectj-autoproxy>
Details can be found in the documentation section : Programmatic Creation of #AspectJ Proxies and the implementation is pretty simple.
Example code from the documentation.
// create a factory that can generate a proxy for the given target object
AspectJProxyFactory factory = new AspectJProxyFactory(targetObject);
// add an aspect, the class must be an #AspectJ aspect
// you can call this as many times as you need with different aspects
factory.addAspect(SecurityManager.class);
// you can also add existing aspect instances, the type of the object supplied must be an #AspectJ aspect
factory.addAspect(usageTracker);
// now get the proxy object...
MyInterfaceType proxy = factory.getProxy();
Please note that with Spring AOP , only method executions can be adviced. Excerpt from the documentation
Spring AOP currently supports only method execution join points
(advising the execution of methods on Spring beans). Field
interception is not implemented, although support for field
interception could be added without breaking the core Spring AOP APIs.
If you need to advise field access and update join points, consider a
language such as AspectJ.
The document shared with the question is about aspectj and without providing the sample code to be adviced it is hard to conclude if the requriement can acheived through Spring AOP. The document mentions this as well.
One example of the integration of AspectJ is the Spring framework,
which now can use the AspectJ pointcut language in its own AOP
implementation. Spring’s implementation is not specifically targeted
as a test solution.
Hope this helps.
--- Update : A test case without using AOP ---
Consider the external Class
public class ABCImpl implements ABC{
#Override
public void method1(String example) {
System.out.println("ABC method 1 called :"+example);
}
}
And the DestClass
#Service
public class DestClass {
private static final ABC service = new ABCImpl();
protected ABC abc() throws Exception{
System.out.println("DestClass.abc() called");
return service;
}
public Object m() {
Object obj = new Object();
try {
abc().method1("test");
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Exception : "+ e.getMessage());
return null;
}
return obj;
}
}
Following test class autowires the DestClass bean with overridden logic to throw exception . This code can be modified to adapt to your requirement.
#RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
#ContextConfiguration(classes = { DestClassSpringTest.TestConfiguration.class })
public class DestClassSpringTest {
#Configuration
static class TestConfiguration {
#Bean
public DestClass destClass() {
return new DestClass() {
protected ABC abc() throws Exception {
// super.abc(); // not required . added to demo the parent method call
throw new Exception("Custom exception thrown");
}
};
}
}
#Autowired
DestClass cut;
#Test
public void test() {
Object obj = cut.m();
assertNull(obj);
}
}
Following will be the output log
DestClass.abc() called // this will not happen if the parent method call is commented in DestClassSpringTest.TestConfiguration
Exception : Custom exception thrown
The article you are referring to is using full AspectJ, not Spring AOP. Thus, you do not need any #EnableAspectJAutoProxy for that, just
either the AspectJ load-time weaver on the command line when running your test via -javaagent:/path/to/aspectjweaver.jar
or the AspectJ compiler activated when compiling your tests (easily done via AspectJ Maven plugin if you use Maven)
Both approaches are completely independent of Spring, will work in any project and even when using Spring also work when targeting execution of third party code because no dynamic proxies are needed unlike in Spring AOP. So there is no need to make the target code into a Spring bean or to create a wrapper method in your application class for it. When using compile-time weaving you can even avoid weaving into the third party library by using call() instead of execution() pointcut. Spring AOP only knows execution(), AspectJ is more powerful.
By the way: Unfortunately both your question and your comment about the solution you found are somewhat fuzzy and I do not fully understand your requirement. E.g. you talked about mocking final and private static variables, which would also be possible in other ways with AspectJ by using set() and/or get() pointcuts. But actually it seems you do not need to mock the field contents, just stub the results of method calls upon the objects assigned to those fields.
I have to create a class that implements ServletContextListener to add an event during the initialization or the shutdown of Tomcat. However, the class has to be located in a jar file inside WEB-INF/lib. After doing some readings, I found out that this is not possible, and the alternative is to use ServletContainerInitializer. However, only onStartup() method is available.
Is there any other alternatives where I can also add an event during the shutdown or destruction of the web application?
I am using Tomcat 8 and Java 8 btw.
Let your ServletContainerInitializer programmatically add a ServletContextListener which in turn does the desired job in its contextDestroyed().
servletContext.addListener(YourServletContextListener.class);
Not sure how you tested your code. But this the ServletContextListener works fine for me on Tomcat 8.5.5. Just try this code, no need to put this to separate JAR file.
#WebListener
public class AppContextListener implements ServletContextListener{
Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AppContextListener.class);
#Override
public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent servletContextEvent) {
}
#Override
public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent servletContextEvent) {
log.info("### Context is destroyed ###");
}
}
I need to get some configuration and connect to external resources/objects/systems somewhere and store it in application scope.
I can see two ways to setup my application:
Overriding the init() in the existing servlets and required code there and keeping all constructed objects inside that same servlet.
Having some kind of an initialisation servlet and using its init() to do the work. Then storing created objects in ServletContext to share it with my other servlets.
Which out of above is better approach? Is there any better way to share objects between servlets? Calling them directly from one another or so...?
None of both is the better approach. Servlets are intended to listen on HTTP events (HTTP requests), not on deployment events (startup/shutdown).
CDI/EJB unavailable? Use ServletContextListener
#WebListener
public class Config implements ServletContextListener {
public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) {
// Do stuff during webapp's startup.
}
public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent event) {
// Do stuff during webapp's shutdown.
}
}
If you're not on Servlet 3.0 yet and can't upgrade (it would be about time because Servlet 3.0 was introduced more than a decade ago), and thus can't use #WebListener annotation, then you need to manually register it in /WEB-INF/web.xml like below:
<listener>
<listener-class>com.example.Config</listener-class>
</listener>
To store and obtain objects in the application scope (so that all servlets can access them), use ServletContext#setAttribute() and #getAttribute().
Here's an example which lets the listener store itself in the application scope:
public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) {
event.getServletContext().setAttribute("config", this);
// ...
}
and then obtain it in a servlet:
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) {
Config config = (Config) getServletContext().getAttribute("config");
// ...
}
It's also available in JSP EL by ${config}. So you could make it a simple bean as well.
CDI available? Use #Observes on ApplicationScoped.class
import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped; // And thus NOT e.g. jakarta.faces.bean.ApplicationScoped
#ApplicationScoped
public class Config {
public void init(#Observes #Initialized(ApplicationScoped.class) ServletContext context) {
// Do stuff during webapp's startup.
}
public void destroy(#Observes #Destroyed(ApplicationScoped.class) ServletContext context) {
// Do stuff during webapp's shutdown.
}
}
This is available in a servlet via #Inject. Make it if necessary also #Named so it's available via #{config} in EL as well.
Noted should be that this is new since CDI 1.1. If you're still on CDI 1.0 and can't upgrade, then pick another approach.
In case you're curious how to install CDI on a non-JEE server such as Tomcat, head to: How to install and use CDI on Tomcat?
EJB available? Consider #Startup#Singleton
#Startup
#Singleton
public class Config {
#PostConstruct
public void init() {
// Do stuff during webapp's startup.
}
#PreDestroy
public void destroy() {
// Do stuff during webapp's shutdown.
}
}
This is available in a servlet via #EJB. The difference with other approaches is that it's by default transactional and in case of #Singleton also read/write locked. So if you would ever need to inject a random EJB (e.g. #Stateless) into a #WebListener or an #ApplicationScoped then you could basically as good merge both into a single #Startup #Singleton.
See also:
How to run a background task in a servlet based web application?
ServletContainerInitializer vs ServletContextListener
How do I force an application-scoped bean to instantiate at application startup?
I have 2 POJOs, in which one of them is an EJB and the other is a helper class.
//EJB Bean class
#Singleton
#LocalBean
#Startup
public class EJBBean{
#PostConstruct
public void init(){
HelperClass helper = new HelperClass();
helper.init();
}
}
//Helper class
public class HelperClass{
private static Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog("HelperClass");
private static Long currentTime = new Date().getTime();
public void init(){
//Some statements that use Log and do other Initialization
}
}
When I deploy this EJB jar I am getting an error
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/logging/LogFactory
I have the commons-logging-1.1.1.jar in the classpath; also, I have configured it to use Log4J. As a standalone app that is without EJB meta-data it works fine. Am I missing some EJB config?
BTW I am pretty new to EJB. I am using GlassFish 3.1, Eclipse Helios as IDE and EJB3.1.
This could be because you put the commons-logging-1.1.1.jar into the wrong directory or because your server already provides server-wide library which consists of logging classes.
By the way - I remember a lot of strange 'NoClassDefFoundError' because of mixing commons-logging, log4j and slf4j (especially in mismatching versions).
I need to get some configuration and connect to external resources/objects/systems somewhere and store it in application scope.
I can see two ways to setup my application:
Overriding the init() in the existing servlets and required code there and keeping all constructed objects inside that same servlet.
Having some kind of an initialisation servlet and using its init() to do the work. Then storing created objects in ServletContext to share it with my other servlets.
Which out of above is better approach? Is there any better way to share objects between servlets? Calling them directly from one another or so...?
None of both is the better approach. Servlets are intended to listen on HTTP events (HTTP requests), not on deployment events (startup/shutdown).
CDI/EJB unavailable? Use ServletContextListener
#WebListener
public class Config implements ServletContextListener {
public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) {
// Do stuff during webapp's startup.
}
public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent event) {
// Do stuff during webapp's shutdown.
}
}
If you're not on Servlet 3.0 yet and can't upgrade (it would be about time because Servlet 3.0 was introduced more than a decade ago), and thus can't use #WebListener annotation, then you need to manually register it in /WEB-INF/web.xml like below:
<listener>
<listener-class>com.example.Config</listener-class>
</listener>
To store and obtain objects in the application scope (so that all servlets can access them), use ServletContext#setAttribute() and #getAttribute().
Here's an example which lets the listener store itself in the application scope:
public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent event) {
event.getServletContext().setAttribute("config", this);
// ...
}
and then obtain it in a servlet:
protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) {
Config config = (Config) getServletContext().getAttribute("config");
// ...
}
It's also available in JSP EL by ${config}. So you could make it a simple bean as well.
CDI available? Use #Observes on ApplicationScoped.class
import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped; // And thus NOT e.g. jakarta.faces.bean.ApplicationScoped
#ApplicationScoped
public class Config {
public void init(#Observes #Initialized(ApplicationScoped.class) ServletContext context) {
// Do stuff during webapp's startup.
}
public void destroy(#Observes #Destroyed(ApplicationScoped.class) ServletContext context) {
// Do stuff during webapp's shutdown.
}
}
This is available in a servlet via #Inject. Make it if necessary also #Named so it's available via #{config} in EL as well.
Noted should be that this is new since CDI 1.1. If you're still on CDI 1.0 and can't upgrade, then pick another approach.
In case you're curious how to install CDI on a non-JEE server such as Tomcat, head to: How to install and use CDI on Tomcat?
EJB available? Consider #Startup#Singleton
#Startup
#Singleton
public class Config {
#PostConstruct
public void init() {
// Do stuff during webapp's startup.
}
#PreDestroy
public void destroy() {
// Do stuff during webapp's shutdown.
}
}
This is available in a servlet via #EJB. The difference with other approaches is that it's by default transactional and in case of #Singleton also read/write locked. So if you would ever need to inject a random EJB (e.g. #Stateless) into a #WebListener or an #ApplicationScoped then you could basically as good merge both into a single #Startup #Singleton.
See also:
How to run a background task in a servlet based web application?
ServletContainerInitializer vs ServletContextListener
How do I force an application-scoped bean to instantiate at application startup?