I have created a small application using the spring boot framework. I have created a Rest Controler class.
and deploy it on tomcat, but I am getting 404 error i.e
The origin server did not find a current representation for the target resource or is not willing to disclose that one exists.
#RestController
#RequestMapping("students")
public class StudentController {
#Autowired
StudentRepository repository;
#GetMapping
public List<Student> getAllStudents() {
return (List<Student>) repository.findAll();
}
#PostMapping
public String createStudent() {
return "created";
}
#PutMapping
public String updateStudent() {
return "updated";
}
#DeleteMapping
public String deleteStudent() {
return "deleted";
}
}
You are missing slash in annotation, it should look like this
#RestController
#RequestMapping("/students")
public class StudentController {
...
}
Since according to the docs #Component registers beans for the Spring container I'm trying to create a simple example of dependency injection using the following code:
package pl.playground;
//...
#SpringBootApplication
public class PlaygroundApplication {
#Autowired
private static Building building;
public static void main(String[] args) {
building.setBuildingSize(12L);
System.out.println(building.monthlyHeatingCost());
}
}
package pl.playground.facade;
//...
#Component
public class Building {
private HeatingService service;
private Long buildingSize;
#Autowired
public Building(HeatingService service) {
this.service = service;
}
public Double monthlyHeatingCost() {
return service.getMonthlyHeatingCost(buildingSize);
}
// getters & setters...
}
package pl.playground.service;
public interface HeatingService {
Double getMonthlyHeatingCost(Long size);
}
package pl.playground.service;
//...
#Component
public class HeatingServiceImpl implements HeatingService {
private final Double CUBIC_PRICE = 2.3;
public HeatingServiceImpl() {}
#Override
public Double getMonthlyHeatingCost(Long size) {
return size * CUBIC_PRICE;
}
}
It builds and runs, but there is a NullPointerException at building.setBuildingSize(12L);. However the one below works without any issues:
//PlaygroundApplication.java
package pl.playground;
//...
#SpringBootApplication
public class PlaygroundApplication {
public static void main(String[] args) {
AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(Config.class);
Building building = context.getBean(Building.class);
building.setBuildingSize(12L);
System.out.println(building.monthlyHeatingCost());
}
}
package pl.playground.config;
//...
#Configuration
public class Config {
#Bean
public Building building(HeatingService service) {
return new Building(service);
}
#Bean
public HeatingServiceImpl heatingServiceImpl() {
return new HeatingServiceImpl();
}
}
The rest is the same as before.
Why is #Component not creating Beans?
It is working the way I think it should when used inside a #Controller of a web app, does that make a difference? How does exactly #Bean and #Component differ?
What am I failing to understand?
EDIT
Consider the following scenario:
package pl.playground;
//...
#SpringBootApplication
public class ExampleApplication {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(ExampleApplication.class, args);
}
}
package pl.playground.controller;
//...
#Controller
public class Controller {
private Facade facade;
#Autowired
public Controller(Facade facade) {
this.facade = facade;
}
#GetMapping("/")
public String getIndexPage(Model model) {
return "index";
}
}
package pl.playground.facade;
//...
#Component
public class Facade {
private PostsService postService;
private UserService userService;
private TagService tagService;
#Autowired
public Facade(PostsService retrieve, UserService user, TagService tag) {
this.postService = retrieve;
this.userService = user;
this.tagService = tag;
}
//...
}
I don't need #Configuration here for it to work. That's my concern.
The problem with your code is that you are trying to #Autowire on a static field. You simply cannot do that. Look here: Can you use #Autowired with static fields?
It fails to work because the PlaygroundApplication class is not being created and managed by spring. The injection works only inside instances managed by spring. You can treat class annotated with #SpringBootApplication as configuration classes. Spring creates instances of those classes and injection works inside them but only on instance fields.
The second example shows the correct way to access spring beans from main method of the application.
Well. I used your original question and is working without any issues. #cezary-butler pointed out in the comments you can autowire into PlaygroundApplication but you can get hold of it easily in the static main method using context.getBean(Building.class)
#SpringBootApplication
public class PlaygroundApplication {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ConfigurableApplicationContext context =
SpringApplication.run(PlaygroundApplication.class);
Building building = context.getBean(Building.class);
building.setBuildingSize(12L);
System.out.println(building.monthlyHeatingCost());
}
}
Here is the sample repo https://github.com/kavi-kanap/stackoverflow-63072236
TLDR;
A Spring context needs to be created before any bean can be injected. In the first scenario, just the fact of having a #SpringBootApplication decorator does not ensure a context in the scope of the class it decorates.
SpringApplication.run(ExampleApplication.class, args); instantiates a context (and e.g. a web server among other things)
var context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(Config.class); instantiates a scoped context
Thus the first example had null inside of Building as there was no context with the bean to inject.
I'm using SpringBoot 2.2.6 and I want to know if is it possibile to Inject a DTO inside my Controller. It is a DTO with info coming from various entities..
For example I have a service that build this DTO:
#Service
public class SomeService() {
public ThisDTO getThisDTO() {
Entity entity = repository.findBySome();
return transformToDto(entity);
}
}
Now suppose I have a Controller like this:
#RestController
#RequestMapping(value = "/api/v1/Test")
public void TestController {
}
I would like to use ThisDTO in all method of above Controller but I don't want to do something like:
#RestController
#RequestMapping(value = "/api/v1/Test")
public void TestController {
#Autowired
SomeService someService;
#GetMapping
public void method1() {
ThisDTO thisDTO = someService.getThisDTO();
}
#GetMapping
public void method2() {
ThisDTO thisDTO = someService.getThisDTO();
}
...
...
}
but I would like to know if there's a way to do something like:
#RestController
#RequestMapping(value = "/api/v1/Test")
public void TestController {
#Inject // or something else
ThisDTO thisDto;
...
...
}
Thank you all!
In normal Spring, when we want to autowire an interface, we define it's implementation in Spring context file.
What about Spring boot?
how can we achieve this?
currently we only autowire classes that are not interfaces.
Another part of this question is about using a class in a Junit class inside a Spring boot project.
If we want to use a CalendarUtil for example, if we autowire CalendarUtil, it will throw a null pointer exception. What can we do in this case? I just initialized using "new" for now...
Use #Qualifier annotation is used to differentiate beans of the same interface
Take look at Spring Boot documentation
Also, to inject all beans of the same interface, just autowire List of interface
(The same way in Spring / Spring Boot / SpringBootTest)
Example below:
#SpringBootApplication
public class DemoApplication {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(DemoApplication.class, args);
}
public interface MyService {
void doWork();
}
#Service
#Qualifier("firstService")
public static class FirstServiceImpl implements MyService {
#Override
public void doWork() {
System.out.println("firstService work");
}
}
#Service
#Qualifier("secondService")
public static class SecondServiceImpl implements MyService {
#Override
public void doWork() {
System.out.println("secondService work");
}
}
#Component
public static class FirstManager {
private final MyService myService;
#Autowired // inject FirstServiceImpl
public FirstManager(#Qualifier("firstService") MyService myService) {
this.myService = myService;
}
#PostConstruct
public void startWork() {
System.out.println("firstManager start work");
myService.doWork();
}
}
#Component
public static class SecondManager {
private final List<MyService> myServices;
#Autowired // inject MyService all implementations
public SecondManager(List<MyService> myServices) {
this.myServices = myServices;
}
#PostConstruct
public void startWork() {
System.out.println("secondManager start work");
myServices.forEach(MyService::doWork);
}
}
}
For the second part of your question, take look at this useful answers first / second
You can also make it work by giving it the name of the implementation.
Eg:
#Autowired
MyService firstService;
#Autowired
MyService secondService;
Assume that you have a GreetingService
public interface GreetingService {
void doGreetings();
}
And you have 2 implementations HelloService
#Service
#Slf4j
public class HelloService implements GreetingService{
#Override
public void doGreetings() {
log.info("Hello world!");
}
}
and HiService
#Slf4j
#Service
public class HiService implements GreetingService{
#Override
public void doGreetings() {
log.info("Hi world!");
}
}
Then you have another interface, which is BusinessService to call some business
public interface BusinessService {
void doGreetings();
}
There are some ways to do that
#1. Use #Autowired
#Component
public class BusinessServiceImpl implements BusinessService{
#Autowired
private GreetingService hiService; // Spring automatically maps the name for you, if you don't want to change it.
#Autowired
private GreetingService helloService;
#Override
public void doGreetings() {
hiService.doGreetings();
helloService.doGreetings();
}
}
In case you need to change your implementation bean name, refer to other answers, by setting the name to your bean, for example #Service("myCustomName") and applying #Qualifier("myCustomName")
#2. You can also use constructor injection
#Component
public class BusinessServiceImpl implements BusinessService {
private final GreetingService hiService;
private final GreetingService helloService;
public BusinessServiceImpl(GreetingService hiService, GreetingService helloService) {
this.hiService = hiService;
this.helloService = helloService;
}
#Override
public void doGreetings() {
hiService.doGreetings();
helloService.doGreetings();
}
}
This can be
public BusinessServiceImpl(#Qualifier("hiService") GreetingService hiService, #Qualifier("helloService") GreetingService helloService)
But I am using Spring Boot 2.6.5 and
public BusinessServiceImpl(GreetingService hiService, GreetingService helloService)
is working fine, since Spring automatically get the names for us.
#3. You can also use Map for this
#Component
#RequiredArgsConstructor
public class BusinessServiceImpl implements BusinessService {
private final Map<String, GreetingService> servicesMap; // Spring automatically get the bean name as key
#Override
public void doGreetings() {
servicesMap.get("hiService").doGreetings();
servicesMap.get("helloService").doGreetings();
}
}
List also works fine if you run all the services. But there is a case that you want to get some specific implementation, you need to define a name for it or something like that. My reference is here
For this one, I use #RequiredArgsConstructor from Lombok.
As mentioned in the comments, by using the #Qualifier annotation, you can distinguish different implementations as described in the docs.
For testing, you can use also do the same. For example:
#RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
#SpringBootTest
public class MyClassTests {
#Autowired
private MyClass testClass;
#MockBean
#Qualifier("default")
private MyImplementation defaultImpl;
#Test
public void givenMultipleImpl_whenAutowiring_thenReturnDefaultImpl() {
// your test here....
}
}
There are 2 approaches when we have autowiring of an interface with multiple implementations:
Spring #Primary annotation
In short it tells to our Spring application whenever we try to autowire our interface to use that specific implementation which is marked with the #Primary annotation. It is like a default autowiring setting. It can be used only once per cluster of implementations of an interface. → #Primary Docs
Spring #Qualifier annotation
This Spring annotation is giving us more control to select the exact implementation wherever we define a reference to our interface choosing among its options. → #Qualifier Docs
For more details follow the links to their documentation.
public interface SomeInterfaces {
void send(String message);
String getType();
}
kafka-service
#Component
public class SomeInterfacesKafkaImpl implements SomeInterfaces {
private final String type = "kafka";
#Override
public void send(String message) {
System.out.println(message + "through Kafka");
}
#Override
public String getType() {
return this.type;
}
}
redis-service
#Component
public class SomeInterfacesRedisImpl implements SomeInterfaces {
private final String type = "redis";
#Override
public void send(String message) {
System.out.println(message + "through Redis");
}
#Override
public String getType() {
return this.type;
}
}
master
#Component
public class SomeInterfacesMaster {
private final Set<SomeInterfaces> someInterfaces;
public SomeInterfacesMaster(Set<SomeInterfaces> someInterfaces) {
this.someInterfaces = someInterfaces;
}
public void sendMaster(String type){
Optional<SomeInterfaces> service =
someInterfaces
.stream()
.filter(service ->
service.getType().equals(type)
)
.findFirst();
SomeInterfaces someService =
service
.orElseThrow(() -> new RuntimeException("There is not such way for sending messages."));
someService .send(" Hello. It is a letter to ....");
}
}
test
#SpringBootTest
public class MultiImplementation {
}
#TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class SomeInterfacesMasterTest extends MultiImplementation {
#Autowired
private SomeInterfacesMaster someInterfacesMaster;
#Test
void sendMaster() {
someInterfacesMaster.sendMaster("kafka");
}
}
Thus, according to the Open/Closed principle, we only need to add an implementation without breaking existing code.
#Component
public class SomeInterfacesRabbitImpl implements SomeInterfaces {
private final String type = "rabbit";
#Override
public void send(String message) {
System.out.println(message + "through Rabbit");
}
#Override
public String getType() {
return this.type;
}
}
test-v2
#TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
class SomeInterfacesMasterTestV2 extends MultiImplementation {
#Autowired
private SomeInterfacesMaster someInterfacesMaster;
#Test
void sendMasterV2() {
someInterfacesMaster.sendMaster("rabbit");
}
}
If we have multiple implementations of the same interface, Spring needs to know which one it should be autowired into a class. Here is a simple example of validator for mobile number and email address of Employee:-
Employee Class:
public class Employee {
private String mobileNumber;
private String emailAddress;
...
/** Getters & Setters omitted **/
}
Interface EmployeeValidator:
public interface EmployeeValidator {
public Employee validate(Employee employee);
}
First implementation class for Mobile Number Validator:
#Component(value="EmployeeMobileValidator")
public class EmployeeMobileValidator implements EmployeeValidator {
#Override
public Employee validate(Employee employee) {
//Mobile number Validation logic goes here.
}
}
Second implementation class for Email address Validator:
#Component(value="EmployeeEmailValidator")
public class EmployeeEmailValidator implements EmployeeValidator {
#Override
public Employee validate(Employee employee) {
//Email address validation logic goes here.
}
}
We can now autowired these above validators individually into a class.
Employee Service Interface:
public interface EmployeeService {
public void handleEmployee(Employee employee);
}
Employee Service Implementation Class
#Service
public class EmployeeServiceImpl implements EmployeeService {
/** Autowire validators individually **/
#Autowired
#Qualifier("EmployeeMobileValidator") // Autowired using qualifier for mobile validator
private EmployeeValidator mobileValidator;
#Autowired
#Qualifier("EmployeeEmailValidator") // Autowired using qualifier for email valodator
private EmployeeValidator emailValidator;
#Override
public void handleEmployee(Employee employee) {
/**You can use just one instance if you need**/
employee = mobileValidator.validate(employee);
}
}
Sorry: Google Traductor (english basic)
Interface implemented by aspect:
public interface MinReader {
void interceptThoughts();
}
MinReader class that implements the interface, which contains the "Aspect"
#Aspect
public class Magician implements MinReader {
#Pointcut("within(paquetea.paqueteb.*)")
public void thinking() {
}
#Override
#Before("thinking()")
public void interceptThoughts() {
// Codigo
}
}
This is a part of my JavaConfig:
#Configuration
#EnableAspectJAutoProxy
public class SpringIdolConfig {
#Bean
public MinReader magician() {
return new Magician();
}
// Otros bean
}
the problem is that the "interceptThoughts" method is never invoked.
My "solution" is to change the return type of method "magician" in my JavaConfig:
"MinReader" -> "Magician"
#Bean
public Magician magician() {
return new Magician();
}
Why is that?
Is there any way to use "MinReader" instead of "Magician"?
UPDATE: these are the other beans:
package paquetea.paqueteb;
public interface Thinker {
void thinkOfSomething(String thoughts);
}
package paquetea.paqueteb;
public class Volunteer implements Thinker {
#Override
public void thinkOfSomething(String thoughts) {
//code
}
}
This is my full javaconfig:
#Configuration
#EnableAspectJAutoProxy
public class SpringIdolConfig {
#Bean
public MinReader magician() {
return new Magician();
}
#Bean
public Thinker volunteer() {
return new Volunteer();
}
}
I'm guessing a bit, but I think one of your problems is that you've got the pointcut expression wrong. If I've read the examples in here right, you should use:
#Pointcut("within(paquetea.paqueteb..*)")
Note the ..*, and not the .* that you had. I find that when I get pointcuts wrong, they can be very difficult to debug, as their normal way of failing is to just silently not attach to anything. (My preferred technique is to attach to methods annotated with a custom annotation; that makes it easy to control what's happening and easy to debug.)