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is it possible to return "if condition satisfies return a list else return an error message" using a java method

I know that in Java a method can return only one return type... But if there is any possiblity to this, kindly let me know. From the below method I am trying to return a list if condition satisfies else i am trying to return an error message.
Here is my code:
#RequestMapping(value = "/getcompanies", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public List<CompanyMaster> getCompanies(#RequestBody UserDetails user) {
String OrgLoginId = user.getOrgLoginId();
String password = user.getuPassword();
String checkLoginId = null;
String uPassword = null;
String encPassword = null;
String loginId = null;
String checkAuthorized = null;
// String loginId=userService.getLoginId(OrgLoginId);
List<Object[]> CheckIdPassword = userService.checkLoginId(OrgLoginId);
List<Object[]> results = CheckIdPassword;
for (Object[] obj : results) {
checkLoginId = obj[0].toString();
if (null == obj[1]) {
uPassword = "";
} else {
uPassword = obj[1].toString();
}
loginId = obj[2].toString();
}
checkAuthorized = loginId.substring(0, 3);
if (null != password) {
MD5 md5 = new MD5();
encPassword = md5.getPassword(password);
}
if (checkLoginId == null) {
return "Incorrect loginId..Please enter valid loginId";
} else if (encPassword.equals(uPassword)) {
if (checkAuthorized.equals("STE")) {
List<CompanyMaster> companyList = userService.getCompanyList(OrgLoginId);
return companyList;
} else {
return "You are not Authorized";
}
} else {
return "Incorrect Password";
}

Yes its possible, create a custom Exception say 'MyAppException' and throw that exception with the error message you want.
Write your logic in a try{}catch block and throw the exception in catch so that the response has the error message
public List<CompanyMaster> getCompanies(#RequestBody UserDetails user) throws MyAppppException
{
try
{
//your logic which throws error
return companyList;
}
catch( final MyAppException we )
{
throw new MyAppException("User not found", HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND);
}
}
Refer this link
https://www.codejava.net/java-core/exception/how-to-create-custom-exceptions-in-java

You can achieve this by creating a new presenter Class which contains List and status of type String and change the return type of getCompanies method to presenter class like
public CompaniesPresenter getCompanies()
And your CompaniesPresenter class should look like
public class CompaniesPresenter {
private List<CompanyMaster> companyMaster;
private string status;
//default constructor
public CompaniesPresenter(){
}
//parameterized constructor to return only string in exception case
public CompaniesPresenter(Stirng status){
this.status = status;
}
//parametirized constructor to return success case
public CompaniesPresenter(List<CompanyMaster> companyMaster, Stirng status){
this.companyMaster = companyMaster;
this.status = status;
}
//getters and setters
}
This is how your updated method lokks like
#RequestMapping(value = "/getcompanies", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public CompaniesPresenter getCompanies(#RequestBody UserDetails user) {
String OrgLoginId = user.getOrgLoginId();
String password = user.getuPassword();
String checkLoginId = null;
String uPassword = null;
String encPassword = null;
String loginId = null;
String checkAuthorized = null;
// String loginId=userService.getLoginId(OrgLoginId);
List<Object[]> CheckIdPassword = userService.checkLoginId(OrgLoginId);
List<Object[]> results = CheckIdPassword;
for (Object[] obj : results) {
checkLoginId = obj[0].toString();
if (null == obj[1]) {
uPassword = "";
} else {
uPassword = obj[1].toString();
}
loginId = obj[2].toString();
}
checkAuthorized = loginId.substring(0, 3);
if (null != password) {
MD5 md5 = new MD5();
encPassword = md5.getPassword(password);
}
if (checkLoginId == null) {
return new CompaniesPresenter("Incorrect loginId..Please enter valid loginId");
} else if (encPassword.equals(uPassword)) {
if (checkAuthorized.equals("STE")) {
List<CompanyMaster> companyList = userService.getCompanyList(OrgLoginId);
return new CompaniesPresenter(companyList,"success");
} else {
return new CompaniesPresenter("You are not Authorized");
}
} else {
return new CompaniesPresenter("Incorrect Password");
}
This is not tested please make sure for any compilation errors

vavr's Either class would be a good choice.

The usage of custom exception is most reasonable solution. However, creating custom exception for just one case is not ideal always.
Another solution is to return empty List from your method, check if the List is empty in your servlet (or wherever you are invoking this method from), and show error message there.
It seems like you want to return multiple error messages for different cases. In this case, custom exception is recommended solution. If you don't like custom exceptions, you can return List<Object> and populate error message as the first element in the list. In the place where this List is obtained, check if the first element is instanceOf String or CompanyMaster. Based on what it is, you can perform your operations. This is a weird but possible solution (only if you don't like custom exceptions).

You need to understand the problem first. You are mixing two things here, first authorization, does the user has correct privileges to get company details, second giving the company details itself. Let's understand the first problem when a user tries to access "/getcompanies" endpoint will you let him in if does not have access, in REST world your security model should take care of it. I would use spring security to achieve this. My recommendation would be to explore on "interceptor" and solve the problem of invalid user. This will make your other problem easy as your "/getcompanies" endpoint can focus only on getting the details and return it (SRP).

Update row if references is exist, otherwise delete using spring boot

Need guideline -
How to do hard delete when no reference is available and do soft delete when reference is available, this operation should be performed in a single method itself.
E.g.
I have 1 master table and 3 transactional tables and the master reference is available in all 3 transactional tables.
Now while deleting master row - I have to do the following: If master reference is available then update the master table row and if no master ref. is available delete the row.
I tried following so far.
Service Implementation -
public response doHardOrSoftDelete(Employee emp) {
boolean flag = iMasterDao.isDataExist(emp);
if(flag) {
boolean result = iMasterDao.doSoftDelete(emp);
} else {
boolean result = iMasterDao.doHardDelete(emp);
}
}
Second Approach:
As we know that while deleting a record if the reference is available then it throws ConstraintViolationException so simply we can catch it and check that caught exception is of type ConstraintViolationException or not, if yes then call doSoftDelete() method and return the response. So here you don't need to write method or anything to check the references. But I'm not sure whether it is the right approach or not. Just help me with it.
Here is what I tried again -
public Response deleteEmployee(Employee emp) {
Response response = null;
try{
String status= iMasterDao.deleteEmployeeDetails(emp);
if(status.equals("SUCCESS")) {
response = new Response();
response.setStatus("Success");
response.setStatusCode("200");
response.setResult("True");
response.setReason("Record deleted successfully");
return response;
}else {
response = new Response();
response.setStatus("Fail");
response.setStatusCode("200");
response.setResult("False");
}
}catch(Exception e){
response = new Response();
Throwable t =e.getCause();
while ((t != null) && !(t instanceof ConstraintViolationException)) {
t = t.getCause();
}
if(t instanceof ConstraintViolationException){
boolean flag = iMasterDao.setEmployeeIsDeactive(emp);
if(flag) {
response.setStatus("Success");
response.setStatusCode("200");
response.setResult("True");
response.setReason("Record deleted successfully");
}else{
response.setStatus("Fail");
response.setStatusCode("200");
response.setResult("False");
}
}else {
response.setStatus("Fail");
response.setStatusCode("500");
response.setResult("False");
response.setReason("# EXCEPTION : " + e.getMessage());
}
}
return response;
}
Dao Implementation -
public boolean isDataExist(Employee emp) {
boolean flag = false;
List<Object[]> tbl1 = session.createQuery("FROM Table1 where emp_id=:id")
.setParameter("id",emp.getId())
.getResultList();
if(!tbl1.isEmpty() && tbl1.size() > 0) {
flag = true;
}
List<Object[]> tbl2 = session.createQuery("FROM Table2 where emp_id=:id")
.setParameter("id",emp.getId())
.getResultList();
if(!tbl2.isEmpty() && tbl2.size() > 0) {
flag = true;
}
List<Object[]> tbl3 = session.createQuery("FROM Table3 where emp_id=:id")
.setParameter("id",emp.getId())
.getResultList();
if(!tbl3.isEmpty() && tbl3.size() > 0) {
flag = true;
}
return flag;
}
public boolean doSoftDelete(Employee emp) {
empDet = session.get(Employee.class, emp.getId());
empDet .setIsActive("N");
session.update(empDet);
}
public boolean doHardDelete(Employee emp) {
empDet = session.get(Employee.class, emp.getId());
session.delete(empDet);
}
No matter how many transactional tables will be added with master tbl reference, my code should do the operations(soft/hard delete) accordingly.
In my case, every time new transactional tables get added with a master reference I've do the checks, so Simply I want to skip the isDataExist() method and do the deletions accordingly, how can I do it in a better way?
Please help me with the right approach to do the same.

There's a lot of repeated code in the body of isDataExist() method which is both hard to maintain and hard to extend (if you have to add 3 more tables the code will double in size).
On top of that the logic is not optimal as it will go over all tables even if the result from the first one is enough to return true.
Here is a simplified version (please note that I haven't tested the code and there could be errors, but it should be enough to explain the concept):
public boolean isDataExist(Employee emp) {
List<String> tableNames = List.of("Table1", "Table2", "Table3");
for (String tableName : tableNames) {
if (existsInTable(tableName, emp.getId())) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
private boolean existsInTable(String tableName, Long employeeId) {
String query = String.format("SELECT count(*) FROM %s WHERE emp_id=:id", tableName);
long count = (long)session
.createQuery(query)
.setParameter("id", employeeId)
.getSingleResult();
return count > 0;
}
isDataExist() contains a list of all table names and iterates over these until the first successful encounter of the required Employee id in which case it returns true. If not found in any table the method returns false.
private boolean existsInTable(String tableName, Long employeeId) is a helper method that does the actual search for employeeId in the specified tableName.
I changed the query to just return the count (0 or more) instead of a the actual entity objects as these are not required and there's no point to fetch them.
EDIT in response to the "Second approach"
Is the Second Approach meeting the requirements?
If so, then it is a "right approach" to the problem. :)
I would refactor the deleteEmployeeDetails method to either return a boolean (if just two possible outcomes are expected) or to return a custom Enum as using a String here doesn't seem appropriate.
There is repeated code in deleteEmployeeDetails and this is never a good thing. You should separate the logic which decides the type of the response from the code that builds it, thus making your code easier to follow, debug and extend when required.
Let me know if you need a code example of the ideas above.
EDIT #2
Here is the sample code as requested.
First we define a Status enum which should be used as return type from MasterDao's methods:
public enum Status {
DELETE_SUCCESS("Success", "200", "True", "Record deleted successfully"),
DELETE_FAIL("Fail", "200", "False", ""),
DEACTIVATE_SUCCESS("Success", "200", "True", "Record deactivated successfully"),
DEACTIVATE_FAIL("Fail", "200", "False", ""),
ERROR("Fail", "500", "False", "");
private String status;
private String statusCode;
private String result;
private String reason;
Status(String status, String statusCode, String result, String reason) {
this.status = status;
this.statusCode = statusCode;
this.result = result;
this.reason = reason;
}
// Getters
}
MasterDao methods changed to return Status instead of String or boolean:
public Status deleteEmployeeDetails(Employee employee) {
return Status.DELETE_SUCCESS; // or Status.DELETE_FAIL
}
public Status deactivateEmployee(Employee employee) {
return Status.DEACTIVATE_SUCCESS; // or Status.DEACTIVATE_FAIL
}
Here is the new deleteEmployee() method:
public Response deleteEmployee(Employee employee) {
Status status;
String reason = null;
try {
status = masterDao.deleteEmployeeDetails(employee);
} catch (Exception e) {
if (isConstraintViolationException(e)) {
status = masterDao.deactivateEmployee(employee);
} else {
status = Status.ERROR;
reason = "# EXCEPTION : " + e.getMessage();
}
}
return buildResponse(status, reason);
}
It uses two simple utility methods (you can make these static or export to utility class as they do not depend on the internal state).
First checks if the root cause of the thrown exception is ConstraintViolationException:
private boolean isConstraintViolationException(Throwable throwable) {
Throwable root = throwable;
while (root != null && !(root instanceof ConstraintViolationException)) {
root = root.getCause();
}
return root != null;
}
And the second one builds the Response out of the Status and a reason:
private Response buildResponse(Status status, String reason) {
Response response = new Response();
response.setStatus(status.getStatus());
response.setStatusCode(status.getStatusCode());
response.setResult(status.getResult());
if (reason != null) {
response.setReason(reason);
} else {
response.setReason(status.getReason());
}
return response;
}
If you do not like to have the Status enum loaded with default Response messages, you could strip it from the extra info:
public enum Status {
DELETE_SUCCESS, DELETE_FAIL, DEACTIVATE_SUCCESS, DEACTIVATE_FAIL, ERROR;
}
And use switch or if-else statements in buildResponse(Status status, String reason) method to build the response based on the Status type.

Is there any way to write custom or native queries in Java JPA (DocumentDbRepository) while firing a query to azure-cosmosdb?

Connected to azure-cosmosdb and able to fire default queries like findAll() and findById(String Id). But I can't write a native query using #Query annotation as the code is not considering it. Always considering the name of the function in respository class/interface. I need a way to fire a custom or native query to azure-cosmos db. ?!
Tried with #Query annotation. But not working.
List<MonitoringSessions> findBySessionID(#Param("sessionID") String sessionID);
#Query(nativeQuery = true, value = "SELECT * FROM MonitoringSessions M WHERE M.sessionID like :sessionID")
List<MonitoringSessions> findSessions(#Param("sessionID") String sessionID);
findBySessionID() is working as expected. findSessions() is not working. Below root error came while running the code.
Caused by: org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyReferenceException: No property findSessions found for type MonitoringSessions

Thanks for the response. I got what I exactly wanted from the below link. Credit goes to Author of the link page.
https://cosmosdb.github.io/labs/java/technical_deep_dive/03-querying_the_database_using_sql.html
public class Program {
private final ExecutorService executorService;
private final Scheduler scheduler;
private AsyncDocumentClient client;
private final String databaseName = "UniversityDatabase";
private final String collectionId = "StudentCollection";
private int numberOfDocuments;
public Program() {
// public constructor
executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(100);
scheduler = Schedulers.from(executorService);
client = new AsyncDocumentClient.Builder().withServiceEndpoint("uri")
.withMasterKeyOrResourceToken("key")
.withConnectionPolicy(ConnectionPolicy.GetDefault()).withConsistencyLevel(ConsistencyLevel.Eventual)
.build();
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException, JSONException {
FeedOptions options = new FeedOptions();
// as this is a multi collection enable cross partition query
options.setEnableCrossPartitionQuery(true);
// note that setMaxItemCount sets the number of items to return in a single page
// result
options.setMaxItemCount(5);
String sql = "SELECT TOP 5 s.studentAlias FROM coll s WHERE s.enrollmentYear = 2018 ORDER BY s.studentAlias";
Program p = new Program();
Observable<FeedResponse<Document>> documentQueryObservable = p.client
.queryDocuments("dbs/" + p.databaseName + "/colls/" + p.collectionId, sql, options);
// observable to an iterator
Iterator<FeedResponse<Document>> it = documentQueryObservable.toBlocking().getIterator();
while (it.hasNext()) {
FeedResponse<Document> page = it.next();
List<Document> results = page.getResults();
// here we iterate over all the items in the page result
for (Object doc : results) {
System.out.println(doc);
}
}
}
}

Hibernate not deleting object even though the debug is ok?

I'm trying to delete an Object using Hibernate but the thing is not deleting.
I debugged the program to make sure the Object is correct and it is, so I'm guessing the problem might be in something I have no idea what it is ... annotations, configuration ?? Maybe someone can help !
Here's the program:
Controller:
// Erased the imports to make it simpler
#RestController
public class Controlador {
#Autowired
private FisicHostDao fisicHostDao;
#Autowired
private CredentialService credentialService;
#RequestMapping(value = "/fisicHost/{id}/credentials", method = RequestMethod.GET, produces = APPLICATION_JSON_UTF8_VALUE)
public List<Credential> credentialsByFisicHost(#PathVariable(value = "id") final Long fisicHostId, ModelMap modelMap){
FisicHost optionalFisicHost = fisicHostDao.findById(fisicHostId);
if (optionalFisicHost == null) {
// Responder con 404
}
FisicHost fisicHost = optionalFisicHost;
return fisicHost.getCredentials();
}
// This is the method handling the request / response
#RequestMapping(value = "/fisicHost/{id}/credentials", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public String deleteCredential(#PathVariable(value = "id") String credId){
String[] parts = credId.split("-");
int id = Integer.parseInt(parts[1]);
Credential c = credentialService.getCredentialById(id);
credentialService.delete(c);
return "justreturnsomething";
}
}
As you can see in the picture the object is not null and it does matches the object I want to delete ...
So why is it not deleting ?

I'm guessing you need to commit a transaction so that the delete actually gets committed to the database.
See Transaction
Eg:
Session session = sessionFactory.openSession();
try {
session.beginTransaction();
try {
doHibernateStuff(session);
session.getTransaction().commit();
} catch (Exception e) {
session.getTransaction().rollback();
throw e;
}
} finally {
session.close();
}

Timeout trying to lock table; why is this occurring and how do I fix it?

I've been using JPA in the Play Framework for some time now, and everything was going fine - however, I have now come up against an error which I'm not seeing any obvious solutions to. Just for some context, what I am trying to create is a basic social network.
I have a Post class:
public class Post extends Model {
private String owner;
private long timestamp;
#ElementCollection
private List<String> viewers;
private String content;
public Post(String owner, List<String> viewers, String content) {
this.timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
this.owner = owner;
this.viewers = viewers;
this.content = content;
System.out.println("Saving post by " + owner + " with timestamp:" + this.timestamp);
}
(Getters and setters ignored here)
}
I have a User class which adds posts:
public long addPost(String viewers, String content) {
LinkedList<String> viewersList = new LinkedList(Arrays.asList(viewers.split(",")));
Post newPost = new Post(this.name, viewersList, content);
newPost.save();
return newPost.getTimestamp();
}
And I have a StreamManager handling notification of posts and retrieval of posts.
public static void executePost(String content, String viewers) {
System.out.println("Post content: " + content);
String user = session.get("username");
User u = User.connect(user);
if (u == null) {
System.out.println("User is null");
}
/* Add post to local record of posts */
long timestamp = u.addPost(viewers, content);
/* Send notification of post to server */
}
I'm running my application with a thread pool of 3 threads, which means that there is some amount of concurrency in the system. While the system is waiting for a response from the server after notification (end of executePost), another thread is trying to access the newly created Post using this code:
public static void retrievePost(String owner, String timestamp) {
byte[] postAndKey = new byte[1024];
byte[] post = null;
byte[] encryptedKey = null;
User u = User.connect(owner);
Post.findAll();
//List<Post> posts = (Post.find("byOwner", owner).fetch());
System.out.println("Looking for post by " + owner + " at timestamp: " + timestamp);
//System.out.println("Looking through: " + posts.size() + " posts");
At Post.findAll() the framework throws a nasty error, telling me that there is a Timeout trying to lock table "POST". I suspect that this is because one thread is still in executePost() while another is trying to access the post in retrievePost(). Considering that the Post has been 'saved', however, shouldn't the lock have been released? Is this really the reason, and is there any way around the error?
Thanks.

Just for reference, if anyone else is having a similar issue: I fixed it by explicitly sleeping the calling thread using await(), which meant that it gave up all its locks, allowing the thread in retrievePost() acess to the table.