With the new EJB 3.1 spec is it possible to inject an EJB into a pojo? I know in EJB 3.0 the #EJB annotation could be used to inject an EJB but this did not work on simple pojos.
If it is not do I have to look the bean up in JNDI as I know you cannot simple use the new keyword.
With the new EJB 3.1 spec is it possible to inject an EJB into a pojo? I know in EJB 3.0 the #EJB annotation could be used to inject an EJB but this did not work on simple pojos.
Injection of EJB into an POJO is possible IF you use JSR-299 (Java Contexts and Dependency Injection) i.e. if your POJO is a CDI managed bean. In that case, you could do:
#Inject MyEJB service
But this is not an EJB 3.1 feature, this comes from CDI. And if you're not using CDI, you'll have to do a lookup.
Yes, use JNDI lookup.
Since your POJO is created by you (I assume), the container is not responsible for injecting the dependencies.
The new EJB spec (3.1) adds the ability to specify global JNDI names for EJBs. This means that you can use them in any bean, anywhere.
You must do an explicit JNDI lookup, however, as an EJB 3.1 container will not know about your POJO.
The only exception, which I'm guessing does not apply to you, is if your POJO is really an application client, in which case provided the field that is to contain the EJB is static, you may apply the #EJB annotation to it. If that's your situation, you should check out the application client rules in the overall Java EE 5 specification.
Finally, Java EE 6, with its inclusion of JSR-299, may allow what you describe to happen in some way; I do not know the spec yet so cannot comment on it.
I hope this all helps.
I wonder too if I could inject EJBs into unmanaged objects. See the Weld (JSR 299 reference implementation) documentation for more details.
But you can perform dependency injection by hand inside a repository or factory like this:
#Stateless
public PojoRespository {
#Inject
ResourceForPojos resource;
#PersistenceContext
private EntityManager em;
public Pojo findById(Object id) {
Pojo p = (Pojo) em.find(Pojo.class, id);
p.setResource(resource); // injects resource
return p;
}
}
If you have many methods where injection should be performed, you could use an interceptor.
Related
Given the EJB below, will the container be intelligent enough to only create the object that is used?
#Stateless
public class MyBean {
#EJB
Clazz1 obj1;
#EJB
Clazz2 obj2;
public void run(int x) {
if (x == 1)
obj1.printCode();
else
obj2.printCode();
}
}
The container will have to resolve all dependencies of the bean (instantiate them first) before instantiating the bean itself.
Now what truly happens when you invoke a method might differ...
You are using purely EJB here, there isn't any speck of CDI in your code!
#EJB is an EJB annotation for dependency injection and #Stateless is an EJB annotation for a "scope".
If you were to use CDI and had Weld as its implementation (all EE servers apart from tomee) then you would get lazy instantiation for any normal scoped beans. That would mean that you in fact inject an "empty" proxy object and it will only be instantiated upon first access.
Now, what I mean by CDI injection - use #Inject instead of #EJB.
You can still have your bean #Stateless, CDI, if it's running in your app, then wraps it with it's own scope.
I also said that you need normal scoped beans - that means beans which use proxies.
Those are pretty much all CDI scopes except #Dependent. Therefore it's #RequestScoped, #SessionScoped, #ApplicationScoped. The dependencies of your bean would have to have those scopes to achieve lazy init.
Env:
Wildfly 8.2.0 Final
JDK 8
Java EE 7
Please note that by 'POJO' i am referring to the classes that serve the other classes i.e other than value objects, entities.
This question was on back of my head for some time. Just wanted to put it out.
Based on CDI and Managed Beans specs and various other books/articles, its pretty clear that CDI injection starts with a 'managed' bean instance. By 'managed' i mean servlet, EJBs etc. which are managed by a container. From there, it injects POJOs (kind of crawl through layers) till every bean gets its dependencies. This all makes very sense to me and i see very little reason why developers ever need to use "new" to create an instance of their dependent POJO's.
One scenario that comes to my mind is when developer would like to have logic similar to
if(something) {
use-heavy-weight-A-instance
} else {
use-heavy-weight-B-instance
}
But, that also can be achieved via #Produces.
Here is one scenario that i verified to be true in wildfly 8.2.0 Final i.e. CDI is not able to inject bean when the JSP has
<%!
#Inject
BeanIntf bean;
%>
But, the alternative to use a servlet works fine.
That said, would like to know if there is any scenario(s) where a developer has to use 'new'. As i understand, by using 'new', developer owns the responsibility of fulfilling dependencies into that bean and all its dependent beans, and their dependent beans etc..
Thanks in advance,
Rakesh
When using CDI or other container you don't use new, because you expect a bunch of service coming from the container.
For CDI these main services are:
Injection of dependent beans (get existing instance or create a new
instance)
Lifecycle callback management (#PostConstruct and
#PreDestroy)
Lifecycle management of your instance (a #RequestScoped bean will make container produce an instance leaving until the end of request)
Applying interceptors and decorators on your instance
Registering and managing observers methods
Registering and managing producers methods
Now, on some rare occasion, you may want to add a part of these services to a class you instantiate yourself (or that another framework like JPA instantiate for you).
BeanManager bm = CDI.current().getBeanManager();
AnnotatedType<MyClass> type = bm.createAnnotatedType(MyClass.class);
InjectionTarget<MyClass> it = bm.getInjectionTargetFactory(type).createInjectionTarget(null);
CreationalContext<MyClass> ctx = bm.createCreationalContext(null);
MyClass pojo = new MyClass();
injectionTarget.inject(instance, ctx); // will try to satisfied injection points
injectionTarget.postConstruct(instance); // will call #PostConstruct
With this code you can instantiate your own MyClass containing injection points (#Inject) and lifecycle callbacks (#PostConstruct) and having these two services honored by the container.
This feature is used by 3rd party frameworks needing a basic integration with CDI.
The Unmanaged class handle this for you, but still prevent you to do the instantiation ;).
I want to inject an EJB3 into a java class which is not an EJB.
these classes are both on the same server and application.
Is that possible ...and if yes ..then how ?
Thanks,
Perhaps you should supply more information about your work environment. The usage of CDI changes the whole specturm. You can inject it when you use CDI, otherwise you can only inject it into other EJB's and servlets (if your application server supports it).
Otherwise you can do a lookup using
Context ctx = new InitialContext();
MyEjb ejb = (MyEjb) ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/myEjb");
You can supply a name in the #EJB annotation you supply together with your #Stateless/#Stateful annotation.
#Stateless
#EJB(name="myEjb", beanInterface=MyEjb.class)
public class myEjbImpl implements MyEjb{
// code goes here
}
You can't inject it, but you can make a lookup for that EJB:
Look here:
http://www.roseindia.net/ejb/ejb-lookup.shtml
During the deploymentprocess of your EJB you may see, the Name of your Bean.
If I create an EJB3 bean (say a stateless session bean) in an application using Spring 2.5 for DI, how should I inject dependencies from Spring into the bean without coupling the bean to Spring?
I don't know if you consider applying an interceptor as coupling but that's to my knowledge the standard approach. From the Chapter 18. Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) integration of the documentation:
18.3.2. EJB 3 injection interceptor
For EJB 3 Session Beans and
Message-Driven Beans, Spring provides
a convenient interceptor that resolves
Spring 2.5's #Autowired annotation
in the EJB component class:
org.springframework.ejb.interceptor.SpringBeanAutowiringInterceptor.
This interceptor can be applied
through an
#Interceptors
annotation in the EJB component class,
or through an interceptor-binding XML
element in the EJB deployment
descriptor.
#Stateless
#Interceptors(SpringBeanAutowiringInterceptor.class)
public class MyFacadeEJB implements MyFacadeLocal {
// automatically injected with a matching Spring bean
#Autowired
private MyComponent myComp;
// for business method, delegate to POJO service impl.
public String myFacadeMethod(...) {
return myComp.myMethod(...);
}
...
}
SpringBeanAutowiringInterceptor by
default obtains target beans from a
ContextSingletonBeanFactoryLocator,
with the context defined in a bean
definition file named
beanRefContext.xml. By default, a
single context definition is expected,
which is obtained by type rather than
by name. However, if you need to
choose between multiple context
definitions, a specific locator key is
required. The locator key (i.e. the
name of the context definition in
beanRefContext.xml) can be
explicitly specified either through
overriding the
getBeanFactoryLocatorKey method in a
custom
SpringBeanAutowiringInterceptor
subclass.
The only other option I'm aware of (extending the EJB 2.x support classes) is much worse from a coupling point of view (and thus doesn't answer your question).
See also
Default Injecting Spring bean to EJB3 SLSB without #Autowired Annotation
I've got a NullPointerException using EJB3 in a J2SE environment (without EJB3 container)
Briefly, I've got a stateless bean implementing an interface.
When I call it in another class like in a main, a NullPointerException is triggered.
Sample:
#stateless
#Local(IMyInterface.class)
public class myBean implements IMyInterface{...}
public class Main{
#EJB
IMyInterface myInterface;
public static void main(String[] args){
Result result = myInterface.myBeanMethod(); // Exception happens here
}
}
I guess I miss some initialization stuff because the EJB is null when I first try to use it...
Thanks for your help,
EJBs can't work without a container. The dependencies (#EJB) are injected if the beans are instantiated by the container. If you are the one instantiating them, it is your responsibility to set the dependencies.
Furthermore, you are trying to use a non-static variable from a a static method - this won't even compile.
While you can use JPA (which is part of EJB 3) "Entity Beans" (actually, POJOs) in a J2SE environment, you can't use Session Beans without a container and you can't benefit from injection of resources using the #Resource or the more specialized #EJB and #WebServiceRef annotations in a non-managed environment, i.e. a container. In other words, only managed components support injection (Servlets, JSF Managed beans, EJB components, etc).
So, in your case, you'll need to:
Deploy your Session Bean in a Java EE container (like JBoss, GlassFish, WebLogic, etc)
Lookup the remote EJB using explicitly its global JNDI name. The code will look like that:
Foo foo = (Foo) new InitialContext().lookup("FooEJB");
A few additional remarks:
With EJB 3.0, the global JNDI name is container dependent so I can't tell you what it will be exactly (EJB 3.1 finally introduced "portable global JNDI names").
You'll need to set up the JNDI environment (which is container dependent) for the lookup either by providing a jndi.properties on the class path or by using the InitialContext(Hashtable) constructor.
You'll need to provide the application server "client library" on the class path of the client (which is obviously specific to each product).
Search for previous questions or open a new one if you need more specific guidance.