I am trying create a #Configuration factory bean that should create other (prototype) beans depending on a runtime parameter. I want to use spring java-based configuration but somehow I could not make it work.
Here is an example:
enum PetType{CAT,DOG;}
abstract class Pet {
}
#Component
#Scope("prototype")
class Cat extends Pet{
}
#Component
#Scope("prototype")
class dog extends Pet{
}
#Configuration
public class PetFactory{
#Bean
#Scope("prototype")
public Pet pet(PetType type){
if(type == CAT){
return new Cat();
}else
return new Dog();
}
}
petFactory.animal(PetType.CAT);
I checked spring docs and all related questions asked here but I end up in the case of supplying runtime parameters to the created bean. And I need to supply runtime parameters to the factory that must use them to create different beans.
EDIT:
Seems (currently) there is no way to define a parameter to a #Bean annotated method as
"runtime". Spring assumes method parameters will be used as constructor args for the new bean and so it tries to satisfy this dependency with container-managed beans.
This seems like it could be a good use of the Spring Profiles feature. Here you can read about Java configurations, and here about XML Profiles.
Your profile would define a Pet bean. Your factory could then wire that bean in.
To modify which profile you use, simply add: -Dspring.profiles.active=dog or -Dspring.profiles.active=cat (or whatever you name them).
Try using #Configurable:
class Factory {
Pet newPetOfType(PetType type) {
switch (type) {
case CAT: return new Cat();
...
}
}
#Configurable
private static class Cat extends Pet {
#Autowired private Prop prop;
...
}
}
You can just #Autowire your PetFactory bean into required bean and call animal() method with required type in runtime, like in the following approach:
#Configuration
public class AppConfiguration {
#Bean
#Scope("prototype")
public Pet getPet(PetType type) {
if(type == CAT){
return new Cat();
} else
return new Dog();
}
}
//...
// Then in required class
#Service
public class PetService {
#Autowired
private AppConfiguration configuration;
//.....
public Pet getPetByType(PetType type) {
return configuration.getPet(type);
}
}
Related
I have a java interface say ITest implemented by two classes Class1 and Class2. Now I have a factory class which I use to decide which implementation to return. like
if(something)
return new Class1()
else
return new Class2()
Problem is that I have autowired field in Class1 which doesn't get instantiated,, but the same autowiring works in other classes which were instantiated via autowiring.
Here is code for Class1
#Componene
public Class1 implements ITest{
#Autowired
private SomeClass obj;
}
Not sure how to get around this problem. As autowiring for SomeClass works fine in Other classes.
Inject applicationContext in your factory class and use it for bean creation:
#Autowired private ApplicationContext applicationContext;
......
......
if(something){
return applicationContext.getBean("com.xyz.Class1");
}
......
......
OR you can use #Configurable on top of Class1 and Class2. This needs AspectJ weaving to be enabled. Spring will then magically create beans when you use new.
It strongly depends of what exactly do you need, but you can:
Define the object returned by factory as prototype-scope and inject it to singleton, for more details look at: https://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/core.html#beans-factory-scopes-sing-prot-interaction
Then whole magic is done by Spring
If you just want to switch between two different stateless implementations you can inject both of them to factory and return an existing bean
#Compoment class Factory {
#Autowired
Class1 class1Instance;
#Autowired
Class2 classInstance;
...
if(something)
return class1Instance;
else
return class2Instance;
...
}
}
But please make sure that both injected classes have no state.
Make factory managed by Spring, both classes not-managed by Spring and inject dependencies manually:
public Class1 implements ITest{
private SomeClass obj;
public Class1(SomeClass obj) {
this.obj=obj;}
}
and in factory:
#Autowired
private SomeClass obj;
...
if(something)
return new Class1(obj);
else
return new Class2(obj);
At first glance looks strange, by that way you can e.g. separate domain and application/infrastructure parts.
You could use your Main Configuration class which is annotated with #SpringBootApplication or #Configuration.
Example:
#SpringBootApplication
public class YourApp {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(YourApp.class, args);
}
#Autowired
private CsvBeanRepository repo;
#Bean
public InterfaceSome some() {
if(something) {
return new Some(repo);
} else {
return new Some2(repo);
}
}
}
inside a #SpringBootApplication class or a #Configuration class you can #Autowire your classes normally and use them as parameters for your factory.
I would suggest to use #value annotation for this scenario.
Example
MyClass{
Object getObjectFromFactory()
{
if(something)
return new Class1()
else
return new Class2()
}
}
then you can use it like below
#Value("#{MyClass.getObjectFromFactory}")
private Object myObject;
Consider the following piece of code
public interface Iface1 { }
public interface Iface2 { }
public class A implements Iface1, Iface2 {
}
#Configuration
public class AutoConfig {
#Bean
Iface1 provideIface1Impl() {
return new A(); // instance no 1234
}
#Bean
#ConditionalOnBean(A.class)
#Autowired
Iface2 provideIface2Impl(A aImpl) {
return aImpl;
}
}
I would like the second #Bean method to be autowired with the instance from the first one (1234) and I'd like the second #Bean method to return the same instance, so that I can use the same instance for clients of Iface1 and Iface2.
Current problem is that spring doesn't run the second #Bean because there is no #Bean of type A.class - the created bean is considered as Iface1 even though it is of type A.
Just define bean A. When injecting IFace1 and Iface2 they will automatically resolve to A (if A is the only implementation of course).
#Bean
public A a() {
return new A();
}
I think you should try to define only one #Bean. It will create a singleton:
#Bean
public A a() {
return new A();
}
Then just use the name of this bean in #Qualifier annotation:
#Autowired
#Qualifier("a")
private Iface1 iface1;
#Autowired
#Qualifier("a")
private Iface2 iface2;
Additionally to what others have answered, I'd like to cover that part of the question that touches bean's dependencies.
To inject a dependency to a #Bean-annotated method, there are two ways:
Call another #Bean-method directly
Add parameter to the method
Examples of both:
#Configuration
public class AppConfig {
#Bean
public Foo foo() {
return new Foo();
}
#Bean
public Bar bar() {
return new Bar(foo());
}
#Bean
public Baz baz(Foo foo) {
return new Baz(foo);
}
}
So your provideIface2Impl could look like this:
#Bean
Iface2 provideIface2Impl(A aImpl) {
return aImpl;
}
// or...
#Bean
Iface2 provideIface2Impl() {
return (Iface2)provideIface1Impl();
}
But don't use it this way, it will lead to subtle bugs like double-proxying or "No unique bean of type" error, etc. Prefer what Gorazd suggested.
In a java-spring web-app I would like to be able to dynamically inject beans.
For example I have an interface with 2 different implementations:
In my app I'm using some properties file to configure injections:
#Determines the interface type the app uses. Possible values: implA, implB
myinterface.type=implA
My injections actually loaded conditionally relaying on the properties values in the properties file. For example in this case myinterface.type=implA wherever I inject MyInterface the implementation that will be injected will be ImplA (I accomplished that by extending the Conditional annotation).
I would like that during runtime - once the properties are changed the following will happen (without server restart):
The right implementation will be injected. For example when setting myinterface.type=implB ImplB will be injected where-ever MyInterface is used
Spring Environment should be refreshed with the new values and re-injected as well to beans.
I thought of refreshing my context but that creates problems.
I thought maybe to use setters for injection and re-use those setters once properties are re-configured. Is there a working practice for such a requirement?
Any ideas?
UPDATE
As some suggested I can use a factory/registry that holds both implementations (ImplA and ImplB) and returns the right one by querying the relevant property.
If I do that I still have the second challenge - the environment. for example if my registry looks like this:
#Service
public class MyRegistry {
private String configurationValue;
private final MyInterface implA;
private final MyInterface implB;
#Inject
public MyRegistry(Environmant env, MyInterface implA, MyInterface ImplB) {
this.implA = implA;
this.implB = implB;
this.configurationValue = env.getProperty("myinterface.type");
}
public MyInterface getMyInterface() {
switch(configurationValue) {
case "implA":
return implA;
case "implB":
return implB;
}
}
}
Once property has changed I should re-inject my environment. any suggestions for that?
I know I can query that env inside the method instead of constructor but this is a performance reduction and also I would like to think of an ider for re-injecting environment (again, maybe using a setter injection?).
I would keep this task as simple as possible. Instead of conditionally load one implementation of the MyInterface interface at startup and then fire an event that triggers dynamic loading of another implementation of the same interface, I would tackle this problem in a different way, that is much simpler to implement and maintain.
First of all, I'd just load all possible implementations:
#Component
public class MyInterfaceImplementationsHolder {
#Autowired
private Map<String, MyInterface> implementations;
public MyInterface get(String impl) {
return this.implementations.get(impl);
}
}
This bean is just a holder for all implementations of the MyInterface interface. Nothing magic here, just common Spring autowiring behavior.
Now, wherever you need to inject a specific implementation of MyInterface, you could do it with the help of an interface:
public interface MyInterfaceReloader {
void changeImplementation(MyInterface impl);
}
Then, for every class that needs to be notified of a change of the implementation, just make it implement the MyInterfaceReloader interface. For instance:
#Component
public class SomeBean implements MyInterfaceReloader {
// Do not autowire
private MyInterface myInterface;
#Override
public void changeImplementation(MyInterface impl) {
this.myInterface = impl;
}
}
Finally, you need a bean that actually changes the implementation in every bean that has MyInterface as an attribute:
#Component
public class MyInterfaceImplementationUpdater {
#Autowired
private Map<String, MyInterfaceReloader> reloaders;
#Autowired
private MyInterfaceImplementationsHolder holder;
public void updateImplementations(String implBeanName) {
this.reloaders.forEach((k, v) ->
v.changeImplementation(this.holder.get(implBeanName)));
}
}
This simply autowires all beans that implement the MyInterfaceReloader interface and updates each one of them with the new implementation, which is retrieved from the holder and passed as an argument. Again, common Spring autowiring rules.
Whenever you want the implementation to be changed, you should just invoke the updateImplementations method with the name of the bean of the new implementation, which is the lower camel case simple name of the class, i.e. myImplA or myImplB for classes MyImplA and MyImplB.
You should also invoke this method at startup, so that an initial implementation is set on every bean that implements the MyInterfaceReloader interface.
I solved a similar issue by using org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertiesConfiguration and org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ServiceLocatorFactoryBean:
Let VehicleRepairService be an interface:
public interface VehicleRepairService {
void repair();
}
and CarRepairService and TruckRepairService two classes that implements it:
public class CarRepairService implements VehicleRepairService {
#Override
public void repair() {
System.out.println("repair a car");
}
}
public class TruckRepairService implements VehicleRepairService {
#Override
public void repair() {
System.out.println("repair a truck");
}
}
I create an interface for a service factory:
public interface VehicleRepairServiceFactory {
VehicleRepairService getRepairService(String serviceType);
}
Let use Config as configuration class:
#Configuration()
#ComponentScan(basePackages = "config.test")
public class Config {
#Bean
public PropertiesConfiguration configuration(){
try {
PropertiesConfiguration configuration = new PropertiesConfiguration("example.properties");
configuration
.setReloadingStrategy(new FileChangedReloadingStrategy());
return configuration;
} catch (ConfigurationException e) {
throw new IllegalStateException(e);
}
}
#Bean
public ServiceLocatorFactoryBean serviceLocatorFactoryBean() {
ServiceLocatorFactoryBean serviceLocatorFactoryBean = new ServiceLocatorFactoryBean();
serviceLocatorFactoryBean
.setServiceLocatorInterface(VehicleRepairServiceFactory.class);
return serviceLocatorFactoryBean;
}
#Bean
public CarRepairService carRepairService() {
return new CarRepairService();
}
#Bean
public TruckRepairService truckRepairService() {
return new TruckRepairService();
}
#Bean
public SomeService someService(){
return new SomeService();
}
}
By using FileChangedReloadingStrategy your configuration be reload when you change the property file.
service=truckRepairService
#service=carRepairService
Having the configuration and the factory in your service, let you can get the appropriate service from the factory using the current value of the property.
#Service
public class SomeService {
#Autowired
private VehicleRepairServiceFactory factory;
#Autowired
private PropertiesConfiguration configuration;
public void doSomething() {
String service = configuration.getString("service");
VehicleRepairService vehicleRepairService = factory.getRepairService(service);
vehicleRepairService.repair();
}
}
Hope it helps.
If I understand you correctly then the goal is not to replace injected object instances but to use different implementations during interface method call depends on some condition at run time.
If it is so then you can try to look at the Sring TargetSource mechanism in combination with ProxyFactoryBean. The point is that proxy objects will be injected to beans that uses your interface, and all the interface method calls will be sent to TargetSource target.
Let's call this "Polymorphic Proxy".
Have a look at example below:
ConditionalTargetSource.java
#Component
public class ConditionalTargetSource implements TargetSource {
#Autowired
private MyRegistry registry;
#Override
public Class<?> getTargetClass() {
return MyInterface.class;
}
#Override
public boolean isStatic() {
return false;
}
#Override
public Object getTarget() throws Exception {
return registry.getMyInterface();
}
#Override
public void releaseTarget(Object target) throws Exception {
//Do some staff here if you want to release something related to interface instances that was created with MyRegistry.
}
}
applicationContext.xml
<bean id="myInterfaceFactoryBean" class="org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactoryBean">
<property name="proxyInterfaces" value="MyInterface"/>
<property name="targetSource" ref="conditionalTargetSource"/>
</bean>
<bean name="conditionalTargetSource" class="ConditionalTargetSource"/>
SomeService.java
#Service
public class SomeService {
#Autowired
private MyInterface myInterfaceBean;
public void foo(){
//Here we have `myInterfaceBean` proxy that will do `conditionalTargetSource.getTarget().bar()`
myInterfaceBean.bar();
}
}
Also if you want to have both MyInterface implementations to be Spring beans, and the Spring context could not contains both instances at the same time then you can try to use ServiceLocatorFactoryBean with prototype target beans scope and Conditional annotation on target implementation classes. This approach can be used instead of MyRegistry.
P.S.
Probably Application Context refresh operation also can do what you want but it can cause other problems such as performance overheads.
This may be a duplicate question or at least very similar, anyway I answered this sort of question here: Spring bean partial autowire prototype constructor
Pretty much when you want a different beans for a dependency at run-time you need to use a prototype scope. Then you can use a configuration to return different implementations of the prototype bean. You will need to handle the logic on which implementation to return yourself, (they could even be returning 2 different singleton beans it doesn't matter) But say you want new beans, and the logic for returning the implementation is in a bean called SomeBeanWithLogic.isSomeBooleanExpression(), then you can make a configuration:
#Configuration
public class SpringConfiguration
{
#Bean
#Autowired
#Scope("prototype")
public MyInterface createBean(SomeBeanWithLogic someBeanWithLogic )
{
if (someBeanWithLogic .isSomeBooleanExpression())
{
return new ImplA(); // I could be a singleton bean
}
else
{
return new ImplB(); // I could also be a singleton bean
}
}
}
There should never be a need to reload the context. If for instance, you want the implementation of a bean to change at run-time, use the above. If you really need to reload your application, because this bean was used in constructors of a singleton bean or something weird, then you need to re-think your design, and if these beans are really singleton beans. You shouldn't be reloading the context to re-create singleton beans to achieve different run-time behavior, that is not needed.
Edit The first part of this answer answered the question about dynamically injecting beans. As asked, but I think the question is more of one: 'how can I change the implementation of a singleton bean at run-time'. This could be done with a proxy design pattern.
interface MyInterface
{
public String doStuff();
}
#Component
public class Bean implements MyInterface
{
boolean todo = false; // change me as needed
// autowire implementations or create instances within this class as needed
#Qualifier("implA")
#Autowired
MyInterface implA;
#Qualifier("implB")
#Autowired
MyInterface implB;
public String doStuff()
{
if (todo)
{
return implA.doStuff();
}
else
{
return implB.doStuff();
}
}
}
You can use #Resource annotation for injection as originally answered here
e.g.
#Component("implA")
public class ImplA implements MyInterface {
...
}
#Component("implB")
public class ImplB implements MyInterface {
...
}
#Component
public class DependentClass {
#Resource(name = "\${myinterface.type}")
private MyInterface impl;
}
and then set the implementation type in properties file as -
myinterface.type=implA
Be aware that - if interesting to know about - FileChangedReloadingStrategy makes your project highly dependent on the deployment conditions: the WAR/EAR should be exploded by container and your should have direct access to the file system, conditions that are not always met in all situations and environments.
You can use Spring #Conditional on a property value. Give both Beans the same name and it should work as only one Instance will be created.
Have a look here on how to use #Conditional on Services and Components:
http://blog.codeleak.pl/2015/11/how-to-register-components-using.html
public abstract class SystemService {
}
public class FooSystemService extends FileSystemService {
}
public class GoSystemService extends FileSystemService {
}
#Configuration
public class SystemServiceConf {
#Bean
#Conditional(SystemServiceCondition.class)
public SystemService systemService(#Value("${value.key}") value) {
switch (value) {
case A:
return new FooSystemService();
case B:
return new GoSystemService();
default:
throw new RuntimeException("unknown value ");
}
}
}
public class SystemServiceCondition implements Condition {
#Override
public boolean matches(ConditionContext conditionContext, AnnotatedTypeMetadata annotatedTypeMetadata) {
return true;
}
}
I need to get prototype class from singleton. I found that method injection is the way to go, but I don't really know how to use spring #Lookup annotation.
I'm new to dependency-injection, and I chose to go with annotation configuration, so I would like to continue in that direction.
I found out that #Lookup annotation was added only recently (https://spring.io/blog/2014/09/04/spring-framework-4-1-ga-is-here), but I cannot find anywhere how to use it.
So, here is simplified example
Configuration class:
#Configuration
#Lazy
public class ApplicationConfiguration implements ApplicationConfigurationInterface {
#Bean
public MyClass1 myClass1() {
return new ContentHolderTabPaneController();
}
#Bean
#Scope("prototype")
public MyClass2 myClass2() {
return new SidebarQuickMenuController();
}
}
And here is class example:
public class MyClass1 {
doSomething() {
myClass2();
}
//I want this method to return MyClass2 prototype
public MyClass2 myClass2(){
}
}
How do I do that with #Lookup annotation?
Before applying #Lookup annotation to your public MyClass2 myClass2() method, read this in #Lookup's Javadoc:
the container will generate runtime subclasses of the method's containing class via CGLIB, which is why such lookup methods can only work on beans that the container instantiates through regular constructors (i.e. lookup methods cannot get replaced on beans returned from factory methods where we can't dynamically provide a subclass for them).
So remove the following factory method style bean declaration from ApplicationConfiguration:
#Bean
public MyClass1 myClass1() {
return new ContentHolderTabPaneController();
}
and add #Component annotation to let Spring instantiate the bean (also add the #Lookup annotation to the method):
#Component
public class MyClass1 {
doSomething() {
myClass2();
}
//I want this method to return MyClass2 prototype
#Lookup
public MyClass2 myClass2(){
return null; // This implementation will be overridden by dynamically generated subclass
}
}
Now get myClass1 bean out of context, and its myClass2 method should have been replaced/overridden to get a new prototype bean each time.
Update:
Using factory method declaration
It's not hard to implement the #Lookup annotated method (the "lookup method"). Without #Lookup and keeping your configuration class unchanged, now MyClass1 looks like (in fact Spring generates a similar implementation in a subclass if #Lookup were used):
public class MyClass1 {
doSomething() {
myClass2();
}
//I want this method to return MyClass2 prototype
#Autowired
private ApplicationContext applicationContext;
public MyClass2 myClass2() {
return applicationContext.getBean(MyClass2.class);
}
}
Spring injects the ApplicationContext for you.
If you are not on Spring 4.1 you can use the provider injection instead:
public class MyClass1 {
#Autowired
private Provider<MyClass2> myClass2Provider;
doSomething() {
MyClass2 myClass2 = myClass2();
myClass2.fooBar()
}
public MyClass2 myClass2(){
return myClass2Provider.get();
}
}
This is DI, IoC, avoids abstract classes and xml definitions for lookup methods.
Also, you can declare myClass2 bean with TARGET_CLASS proxyMode.
#Bean
#Scope("prototype", proxyMode = ScopedProxyMode.TARGET_CLASS)
public MyClass2 myClass2() {
return new SidebarQuickMenuController();
}
I have a question related to Spring injection.
I have a class defined with a generic type parameter. I want to know whether it is possible to inject the class object of the type T ( I mean T.class) ?
Like this:
#Component
public class MyExecutor<T> {
#Autowired
public MyExecutor(<Inject class object of T>) {
....
}
}
Thank you very much.
That concrete example would not work, but there is another way to create beans using generics and keep the type when injecting the bean in other beans.
Spring 4 has extended the support for generics in Java configuration. It is now possible to define two beans that differ only in the generic parameter used, and inject them by type in another bean, see this JIRA:
#Configuration
public class Config {
#Bean("beanA")
public MyExecutor<A> beanA() {
return new MyExecutor<A>(A.class);
}
#Bean("beanB")
public MyExecutor<B> beanB() {
return new MyExecutor<B>(B.class);
}
}
Then beanA or beanB can be injected by type:
#Component
public class OtherClass {
#Autowired
private MyExecutor<A> beanA;
}