I want SpringBoot to be able to provide default values for fields that the user must enter. For example, I have something like this:
*Controller class*
#PostMapping("/test")
public ResponseEntity<> myMethod(#RequestBody #Valid MyContract contract) {}
*MyContract class*
#Valid
DataObject dataObject;
*DataObject class*
#Component
public class DataObject {
private #Value("${field1.default}") String field1Default;
private String field1
public String getField1() {
return (field1 == null ? field1Default : field1);
}
}
The DataObject class needs to be created on a per request basis. There are also other places in the code where it needs to be created on demand. So I imagine it needs to be a Prototype object. But I can't figure out how to get Spring to created it properly when it creates it for the request.
Update
I have read more about #RequstBody, e.g., https://www.javadevjournal.com/spring/spring-request-response-body/ and Should spring #RequestBody class be singleton or prototype?, which explains that the object is not a Component, but a simple POJO that gets the values from the Json request. So it seems that there is no way to inject #Values from the Spring application.properties file. Is there any other way around this? Or another suggested implementation?
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I have two different serializers for String fields. I want to use either of them conditionally based on an annotation present on the calling Controller method. I'm looking at different ways of doing this via Jackson (eg. annotationIntrospector, JsonView etc). However, I do not see anywhere I can use method annotation during serialization. I can probably check if I can follow something similar to how Jackson implements JsonViews but haven't got to a solution yet.
Here is the use case.
// Dto
public class MyDto {
#Masked //Mask the fields with an option to avoid masking based controller method annotation.
private final String stringField;
// getters, setters.
}
// controller.
// default behavior is to serialize masked.
#ResponseBody
public MyDto getMaskedDto() {
// return dto with masked value.
return this.someService.getDto();
}
// Controller
#IgnoreMasking // Do not mask the dto if method is annotated with #IgnoreMasking.
#ResponseBody
public MyDto getDtoSkipMasking() {
// return dto without masking String field value.
return this.someService.getDto();
}
You could extend Jackon's StdSerializer and override the serialize method.
So something like this:
Create a new CustomSerializer class extending StdSerializer
Override the serialize method
In the overridden method, check for the existence of the object being serialised for the existence of your custom annotation (ie IgnoreMasking). You can do this via reflection
Do your processing
Register your custom serializer into Jackson's ObjectMapper configuration as a new SimpleModule
I am working on a Spring MVC application and I have the following problem.
I have this RegistrazioneInfo class that contains some information inserted into a form by the user:
public class RegistrazioneInfo {
#NotNull
#Size(min=16, max=16)
private String codiceFiscale;
String gRecaptchaResponse;
public String getCodiceFiscale() {
return codiceFiscale;
}
public void setCodiceFiscale(String codiceFiscale) {
this.codiceFiscale = codiceFiscale;
}
public String getgRecaptchaResponse() {
return gRecaptchaResponse;
}
public void setgRecaptchaResponse(String gRecaptchaResponse) {
this.gRecaptchaResponse = gRecaptchaResponse;
}
}
Then I have this controller class:
#Controller
public class RegistrazioneController extends BaseController {
private RegistrazioneInfo registrazioneInfo;
...............................................
...............................................
...............................................
}
that contains some methods handling request towards some resources.
Ok, my problem is that I want to use an instance of the previous RegistrazioneInfo class as session attribute by the use of the #SessionAttributes Spring annotation as shown here: http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/3.2.x/spring-framework-reference/html/mvc.html#mvc-ann-sessionattrib
My problem is, in the previous example do something like this:
#SessionAttributes("pet")
public class EditPetForm {
// ...
}
So what exactly is pet? I think that it is something like an id that identify the object that have to be used as a session attribute or something like this. How can I say to put an instance of my RegistrazioneInfo as session attribute?
#SessionAttributes is declared in a Controller Class (#Controller), so on the class level.
Pet is an Bean Object that persist in HttpSession
From the documentation:
This will typically list the names of model attributes which should be transparently stored in the session or some conversational storage, serving as form-backing beans. Declared at the type level, applying to the model attributes that the annotated handler class operates on.
(emphasis is mine)
Also note that, as indicated in the documentation, you should not use that for "non temporary" elements.
I have a REST API built with Spring Boot / Spring MVC, using the implicit JSON serialization via Jackson.
Now, just before the implicit serialization, I would like to "inject" some UI texts from message resources into the objects that Jackson converts into JSON. Is there some neat, simple way to do this?
As a much simplified example, below I'd like to set Section title to a user-visible value, based purely based on its SectionType.
(Sure, I could hardcode the UI texts in SectionType, but I'd rather keep them separate, in resource files, because it's cleaner, and they might be localised at some point. And I can't autowire MessageSource in the entities / model objects which are not Spring-managed.)
#Entity
public class Entry {
// persistent fields omitted
#JsonProperty
public List<Sections> getSections() {
// Sections created on-the-fly, based on persistent data
}
}
public class Section {
public SectionType type;
public String title; // user-readable text whose value only depends on type
}
public enum SectionType {
MAIN,
FOO,
BAR;
public String getUiTextKey() {
return String.format("section.%s", name());
}
}
Somewhere in a #RestController:
#RequestMapping(value = "/entry/{id}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public Entry entry(#PathVariable("id") Long id) {
return service.findEntry(id);
}
UI texts that I'd like to keep separate from code (messages_en.properties):
section.MAIN=Main Section
section.FOO=Proper UI text for the FOO section
section.BAR=This might get localised one day, you know
And what I'd like to do in a Spring-managed service/bean somewhere (using Messages, a very simple helper wrapping a MessageSource):
section.title = messages.get(section.type.getUiTextKey())
Note that if I call entry.getSections() and set the title for each, it will not affect the JSON output, since the Sections are generated on the fly in getSections().
Do I have to go all the way to custom deseriazation, or is there a simpler way to hook into the model objects just before they get serialized by Jackson?
Sorry if the question is unclear; I can try to clarify if needed.
As I said in the comment you can write an Aspect around every controller method that returns Section.
I wrote a simple example. You have to modify it with the message source.
Controller:
#RestController
#RequestMapping("/home")
public class HomeController {
#RequestMapping("/index")
public Person index(){
Person person = new Person();
person.setName("evgeni");
return person;
}
}
Aspect
#Aspect
#Component
public class MyAspect {
#Around("execution(public Person com.example..*Controller.*(..))")//you can play with the pointcut here
public Object addSectionMessage(ProceedingJoinPoint pjp) throws Throwable {
Object retVal = pjp.proceed();
Person p = (Person) retVal; // here cast to your class(Section) instead of Person
p.setAge(26);//modify the object as you wish and return it
return p;
}
}
Since the aspect is also a #Component you can #Autowire in it.
I'm working on a spring web application using thymeleaf as a view resolver lately, and when developping my controllers, i faced a new situation :
i'm not really sure about it but can the #Pathvariable passed from the view be an object ? (a compound key of a model to be precise ? )
i used ids before, but most of them were simple int ids, i just want to know if passing an object (which is the primary key of my object) is possible , and not simple int ids ?
And Thank you
You can use Spring PropertyEditor or Spring Converter see Spring Convertor
example
public class CategoryConverter implements Converter<String, Category>{
#Autowired
private CategoryService categoryService;
public Category convert(String id) {
return categoryService.findById(Long.valueOf(id));
}
}
But you may meet some problem when saving object directly to database.
I have many controllers in my Spring MVC web application and there is a param mandatoryParam let's say which has to be present in all the requests to the web application.
Now I want to make that param-value available to all the methods in my web-layer and service-layer. How can I handle this scenario effectively?
Currently I am handling it in this way:
... controllerMethod(#RequestParam String mandatoryParam, ...)
and, then passing this param to service layer by calling it's method
#ControllerAdvice("net.myproject.mypackage")
public class MyControllerAdvice {
#ModelAttribute
public void myMethod(#RequestParam String mandatoryParam) {
// Use your mandatoryParam
}
}
myMethod() will be called for every request to any controller in the net.myproject.mypackage package. (Before Spring 4.0, you could not define a package. #ControllerAdvice applied to all controllers).
See the Spring Reference for more details on #ModelAttribute methods.
Thanks Alexey for leading the way.
His solution is:
Add a #ControllerAdvice triggering for all controllers, or selected ones
This #ControllerAdvice has a #PathVariable (for a "/path/{variable}" URL) or a #RequestParam (for a "?variable=..." in URL) to get the ID from the request (worth mentioning both annotations to avoid blind-"copy/past bug", true story ;-) )
This #ControllerAdvice then populates a model attribute with the data fetched from database (for instance)
The controllers with uses #ModelAttribute as method parameters to retrieve the data from the current request's model
I'd like to add a warning and a more complete example:
Warning: see JavaDoc for ModelAttribute.name() if no name is provided to the #ModelAttribute annotation (better to not clutter the code):
The default model attribute name is inferred from the declared
attribute type (i.e. the method parameter type or method return type),
based on the non-qualified class name:
e.g. "orderAddress" for class "mypackage.OrderAddress",
or "orderAddressList" for "List<mypackage.OrderAddress>".
The complete example:
#ControllerAdvice
public class ParentInjector {
#ModelAttribute
public void injectParent(#PathVariable long parentId, Model model) {
model.addAttribute("parentDTO", new ParentDTO(parentId, "A faked parent"));
}
}
#RestController
#RequestMapping("/api/parents/{parentId:[0-9]+}/childs")
public class ChildResource {
#GetMapping("/{childId:[0-9]+}")
public ChildDTO getOne(#ModelAttribute ParentDTO parent, long childId) {
return new ChildDTO(parent, childId, "A faked child");
}
}
To continue about the warning, requests are declaring the parameter "#ModelAttribute ParentDTO parent": the name of the model attribute is not the variable name ("parent"), nor the original "parentId", but the classname with first letter lowerified: "parentDTO", so we have to be careful to use model.addAttribute("parentDTO"...)
Edit: a simpler, less-error-prone, and more complete example:
#Target(ElementType.TYPE)
#Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
#Documented
#RestController
public #interface ProjectDependantRestController {
/**
* The value may indicate a suggestion for a logical component name,
* to be turned into a Spring bean in case of an autodetected component.
*
* #return the suggested component name, if any
*/
String value() default "";
}
#ControllerAdvice(annotations = ParentDependantRestController.class)
public class ParentInjector {
#ModelAttribute
public ParentDTO injectParent(#PathVariable long parentId) {
return new ParentDTO(parentId, "A faked parent");
}
}
#ParentDependantRestController
#RequestMapping("/api/parents/{parentId:[0-9]+}/childs")
public class ChildResource {
#GetMapping("/{childId:[0-9]+}")
public ChildDTO getOne(#ModelAttribute ParentDTO parent, long childId) {
return new ChildDTO(parent, childId, "A faked child");
}
}