SpringBoot get InputStream and OutputStream from websocket - spring-boot

we want to integrate third party library(Eclipse XText LSP) into our SpringBoot webapp.
This library works "interactively" with the user (like chat). XText API requires input and output stream to work. We want to use WebSocket to let users interact with this library smoothly (send/retrieve json messages).
We have a problem with SpringBoot because SpringBoot support for WebSocket doesn't expose input/output streams. We wrote custom TextWebSocketHandler (subclass) but none of it's methods provide access to in/out streams.
We also tried with HandshakeInterceptor (to obtain in/out streams after handshake ) but with no success.
Can we use SpringBoot WebSocket API in this scenario or should we use some lower level (Servlet?) API ?
Regards Daniel

I am not sure if this will fit your architecture or not, but I have achieved this by using Spring Boot's STOMP support and wiring it into a custom org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc.RemoteEndpoint, rather than using a lower level API.
The approach was inspired by reading through the code provided in org.eclipse.lsp4j.launch.LSPLauncher.
JSON handler
Marhalling and unmarshalling the JSON needs to be done with the API provided with the xtext language server, rather than Jackson (which would be used by the Spring STOMP integration)
Map<String, JsonRpcMethod> supportedMethods = new LinkedHashMap<String, JsonRpcMethod>();
supportedMethods.putAll(ServiceEndpoints.getSupportedMethods(LanguageClient.class));
supportedMethods.putAll(languageServer.supportedMethods());
jsonHandler = new MessageJsonHandler(supportedMethods);
jsonHandler.setMethodProvider(remoteEndpoint);
Response / notifications
Responses and notifications are sent by a message consumer which is passed to the remoteEndpoint when constructed. The message must be marshalled by the jsonHandler so as to prevent Jackson doing it.
remoteEndpoint = new RemoteEndpoint(new MessageConsumer() {
#Override
public void consume(Message message) {
simpMessagingTemplate.convertAndSendToUser('user', '/lang/message',
jsonHandler.serialize(message));
}
}, ServiceEndpoints.toEndpoint(languageServer));
Requests
Requests can be received by using a #MessageMapping method that takes the whole #Payload as a String to avoid Jackson unmarshalling it. You can then unmarshall yourself and pass the message to the remoteEndpoint.
#MessageMapping("/lang/message")
public void incoming(#Payload String message) {
remoteEndpoint.consume(jsonHandler.parseMessage(message));
}
There may be a better way to do this, and I'll watch this question with interest, but this is an approach that I have found to work.

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Classcastexception for CloudEventMessageConverter to AbstractMessageConverter

when using spring cloud stream latest version with cloud events spring sdk
Facing classcastexception in below scenario.
Message has contentType = application/*+avro.
SmartcompositeMessageConverter contains converter list like below -
CloudEventMessageConverter
AvroSchemaRegisteryClientMessageConverter
and some ootb converters.
While converting to message from producer..
SmartcompositeMessageConverter has this line of code for wildcard contentType
((AbstractMessageConverter) converter).getSupportedMimeTypes()
But CloudEventMessageConverter is not an instance of AbstractMessageConverter, hence it throws an exception.
Please guide what should be overridden in this case.
If I create a new CloudEventMessageConverter which extends AbstractMessageConverter, I cann't add headers as only method allowed to override is convertFromInternal which returns just the payload.

Integration Test a Reactive Spring Cloud Stream

TLDR; How do you test a Reactive Function composition using the Test Binder?
I have a Spring Cloud Stream that uses Reactive Functions and I don't know how to test it. I don't see any official docs on how to do an Integration Test from input source to output destination binder.
In my specific case, I am connecting a Spring Integration flow using a Reactive Supplier and the IntegrationReactiveUtils.messageChannelToFlux() pattern. This works in a development environment - I can pull messages from RabbitMQ using the Spring Integration Flow and they enter the SCSt.
My SCSt has several function chained together, each one is reactive. They are composed like func1|func2|func3. I verified this works with a dev Rabbit (source) and Kafka (Destination).
I can't seem to figure out how to test this, and there doesn't seem to be any official documentation on testing a complete reactive stream. Right now I have code that roughly looks like this:
#Autowired
MessageChannel inputChannel;
#Autowired
private OutputDestination output;
#Test
void myTest() {
//omitted prep of var 'messageToSend'
this.inputChannel.send(messageToSend);
var outputMessage = output.receive(5000);
Assertions.assertNotNull(outputMessage.getPayload());
}
The error I receive is that output.receive(5000) returns null. I suspect a threading issue because I am not subscribing to the Flux and waiting for completion.
I have run a debugger in the Flux functions and see the message going all the way to the end with no errors or weirdness.
I figured this out actually. I had to specify the binder name. I had a test property spring.cloud.stream.bindings.processingStream set, which I thought made 2 new bindings (processingStream-in-0 and processingStream-out-0).
It turns out I had to set the binding name in the test code like output.receive(5000, "processingStream"), without the -out-0 suffix. I can now receive messages from the stream.

How to set ContentType in qpid JMS

Hello this question is related to this and I'd like to know if there is any way to set ContentType header in qpid in JMS context. We are using JmsConnectionFactory and spring's JMS library.
I was trying to find some way using extension but can't find the way or if that's even possible.
final org.apache.qpid.jms.JmsConnectionFactory jmsConnectionFactory = new org.apache.qpid.jms.JmsConnectionFactory();
jmsConnectionFactory.setExtension("headers", (connection, uri) -> {
if (connection instanceof JmsConnection) {
}
});
There is no exposed means of setting the content-type on the messages sent from the Qpid JMS client. The client itself uses this field as part of the JMS mapping to AMQP to distinguish certain message types that it sends and to determine at receive time what certain messages should be presented as.
It is technically possible to use reflection to reach in and so the value but the APIs you have to use from the JmsMessageFacade class are not public and could change with any release so choosing to do so comes with significant risk.

How to inject Feign Client with out using Spring Boot and call a REST Endpoint

I have two Java processes - which get spawned from the same Jar using different run configurations
Process A - Client UI component , Developed Using Spring bean xml based approach. No Spring Boot is there.
Process B - A new Springboot Based component , hosts REST End points.
Now from Process A , on various button click how can I call the REST end points on Process B using Feign Client.
Note - Since Process A is Spring XML based , right at the moment we can not convert that to Spring boot. Hence #EnableFeignClients can not be used to initialise the Feign Clients
So Two questions
1) If the above is possible how to do it ?
2) Till Process A is moved to Spring boot - is Feign still an easier option than spring REST template ?
Feign is a Java to HTTP client binder inspired by Retrofit, JAXRS-2.0, and WebSockets and you can easily use feign without spring boot. And Yes, feign still better option to use because Feign Simplify the HTTP API Clients using declarative way as Spring REST does.
1) Define http methods and endpoints in interface.
#Headers({"Content-Type: application/json"})
public interface NotificationClient {
#RequestLine("POST")
String notify(URI uri, #HeaderMap Map<String, Object> headers, NotificationBody body);
}
2) Create Feign client using Feign.builder() method.
Feign.builder()
.encoder(new JacksonEncoder())
.decoder(customDecoder())
.target(Target.EmptyTarget.create(NotificationClient.class));
There are various decoders available in feign to simplify your tasks.
You are able to just initialise Feign in any code (without spring) just like in the readme example:
public static void main(String... args) {
GitHub github = Feign.builder()
.decoder(new GsonDecoder())
.target(GitHub.class, "https://api.github.com");
...
}
Please take a look at the getting started guide: feign on github

How to send messages with selectors in websocket topic in Spring Boot

CLARIFICATION:
Thanks to #JustinBertram comment I realized that this question does not make sense.
STOMP protocol does not support selectors by itself, you have to use brokers such as ActiveMQ that implement it. STOMP supports headers that can be used by brokers for filtering messages by selectors.
In my case, I'm not using any broker, just frontend with Angular + Stomp + SocksJS and backend with Spring Boot, so I can't use selectors.
The documentation of STOMP protocol does not make this clear to me and I got confused. See these references:
the specification:
Stomp brokers may support the selector header which allows you to
specify an SQL 92 selector on the message headers which acts as a
filter for content based routing.
this article:
The subscribe() method takes an optional headers argument to specify
additional headers when subscribing to a destination:
var headers = {ack: 'client', 'selector': "location = 'Europe'"};
client.subscribe("/queue/test", message_callback, headers);
The client specifies that it will handle the message acknowledgement
and is interested to receive only messages matching the selector
location = 'Europe'.
I'm implementing a backend in Spring Boot. For two-way communications with the frontend I'm using stomp over websockets.
I have followed this Spring Boot + Angular example
It works, but one of my requirements is that the backend has to send messages with selectors so that the frontend subscribes to a topic and only receives the filtered data, to avoid performance issues with real time data.
i.e. { 'selector': "location = 'Europe'" }
For that purpose, I'm trying to make the backend send the messages with selectors, but I can't make it work.
I have followed this article to implement the frontend with selectors and it works correctly, the problem is only the backend.
I tried with #SendTo annotation but it seems it doesn't have any params for that as per the article:
#MessageMapping("/hello")
#SendTo("/topic/greetings")
public Greeting greeting(HelloMessage message) throws Exception {
Thread.sleep(1000);
return new Greeting("Hello, " + HtmlUtils.htmlEscape(message.getName()) + "!");
}
Also I tried with the MessagingTemplate, but I don't know how to set the selector properties in the header:
http://assets.spring.io/wp/WebSocketBlogPost.html
MessageSendingOperations<String> messagingTemplate;
messagingTemplate.convertAndSend(destination, quote);
I really appreciate any help, I have read many articles and docs but I don't find anything talking in particular about this with a solution.
Well, it's possible to use the JMS' selectors with Spring (Boot) Websocket and a STOMP client. I found a native way.
The key thing is that the selector is applied to the org.springframework.messaging.Message instance, and it uses Spring's Spel language to apply the condition (it's not the JMS SQL-like).
So using the default SimpMessagingTemplate, in the backend you can send header variables like this:
this.messagingTemplate.convertAndSend(
"/topic/something", //your destination
payload, //any kind of payload (body)
Map.of("id", 1) //header with key/value
);
In the frontend, to enter a selector that will be evaluated by the org.springframework.messaging.simp.broker.DefaultSubscriptionRegistry.filterSubscriptions, you must declare your Stomp/WebSockets headers as:
{"selector": "headers['nativeHeaders']['id'][0] == '999'"}
Yeah, it's horrible but it works.
As the default Message is GenericMessage, the headers are processed in a new key called "nativeHeaders".
The ['key'],[0] and == are Spring's Spel sintaxes.
Go ahead and filter your messages on the backend, not in the frontend, please!
The latest version of the STOMP specification doesn't include any specific statement about selectors and their syntax because it's really up to the broker implementation as to what is supported here. The specification now just states:
STOMP servers MAY support additional server specific headers to customize the delivery semantics of the subscription. Consult your server's documentation for details.
Brokers like ActiveMQ 5.x and ActiveMQ Artemis support the selector STOMP header and the syntax & behavior of the selector is based on JMS selectors.
Selectors in JMS are for selecting messages on consumption and are configured by the consuming client. You can't set the selector when sending the message.
JMS selectors select messages based on the headers or properties of the message, although some implementations go beyond this and allow selecting based on the content of the message itself. Therefore, if you want to have a selector location = 'Europe' on a consumer then you should set a header on the message when it is sent with the name location and the value of Europe.
The convertAndSend method is overloaded and provides a couple of ways to set a header:
Pass a map of key/value pairs to the convertAndSend method.
Implement a MessagePostProcessor and pass that to the convertAndSend method. Inside your post-processor you can invoke the javax.jms.Message#setStringProperty() method.

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