Spring #Cacheable with filter - spring

Every entity class has user.id value, I have filters on all services which filters data by principal.id and entity user.id on database level, simply adds where clause. I started to using #Cacheable spring option. But filters not works with spring-cache. How can I filter data from cache ?
#Override
#Cacheable(value = "countries")
public List<Country> getAll() {
return countryDao.findAll();
}
Different user has access to values other users if values are in cache.

From documentation
"As the name implies, #Cacheable is used to demarcate methods that are cacheable - that is, methods for whom the result is stored into the cache so on subsequent invocations (with the same arguments), the value in the cache is returned without having to actually execute the method."
In your case you don't have arguments therefore every time getAll is invoked it will return the cached version.
If your countryDao.findAll() inject the userid at database level, you have an issue as the first user calling countryDao.findAll() will cause his result to be cached, therefore other users will get the same result of the first user.
In general, if I understood how you designed the service, it is common that you don't inject the user at db level but pass it at service level so that this is decoupled from the current session (for example a web request).
However if you want to keep like that, it could still work by doing:
#Cacheable(value = "countries", key="#user.id")
public List<Country> getAll(User user) {
return countryDao.findAll();
}
All you have to do is pass the user to the method even if you don't use it explicitly (but the caching will).

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Spring Data Rest - Set request timeout

I have a Visit entity which refers to a Patient entity by ManyToOne relationship. The repository for Visit is:
#RepositoryRestResource(collectionResourceRel = "visits", path = "visits", excerptProjection=VisitProjection.class)
public interface VisitRepository extends PagingAndSortingRepository<Visit, Long> {
#RestResource(path="all")
List<Visit> findByPatientIdContaining(#Param("keyword") String keyword);
}
When searching visits by patient ID with /visits/search/all?keyword=1 which may return millions of records, the query is forever pending and never ends. In the console there are dozens of hibernate sqls printed every second. How can I set the request timeout from server side?
I have tried:
And Transactional annotation with timeout attribute to repository method: (works a little but still takes long to timeout)
#RestResource(path="all")
#Transactional(timeout=2)
List<Visit> findByPatientIdContaining(#Param("keyword") String keyword);
add some timeout properties to application.properties: (just doesn't work at all):
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.c3p0.timeout=2
spring.jpa.properties.javax.persistence.query.timeout=2
spring.mvc.async.request-timeout=2
server.connection-timeout=2
rest.connection.connection-request-timeout=2
rest.connection.connect-timeout=2
rest.connection.read-timeout=2
server.servlet.session.timeout=2
spring.session.timeout=2
spring.jdbc.template.query-timeout=2
spring.transaction.default-timeout=2
spring.jpa.properties.javax.persistence.query.timeout=2
javax.persistence.query.timeout=2
server.tomcat.connection-timeout=5
Okay, no one using your API is going to want millions of records in one hit so use the provided paging functionality to make the result set more manageable:
https://docs.spring.io/spring-data/rest/docs/3.1.6.RELEASE/reference/html/#paging-and-sorting
#RestResource(path="all")
Page<Visit> findByPatientIdContaining(#Param("keyword") String keyword, Pageable p);
Clients can specify the records they want the records returned by adding the params:
?page=1&size=5

Cache key issues with Jcache

I am using JSR107 caching with Springboot. I have following method.
#CacheResult(cacheName = "books.byidAndCat")
public List<Book> getAllBooks(#CacheKey final String bookId, #CacheKey final BookCategory bookCat) {
return <<Make API calls and get actual books>>
}
First time it makes actual API calls, and second time it loads cache without issue. I can see the following part of log.
Computed cache key SimpleKey [cb5bf774-24b4-41e5-b45c-2dd377493445,LT] for operation CacheResultOperation[CacheMethodDetails ...
But the problem is I want to load cache without making even first API call, Simply needs to fill the cache like below.
String cacheKey = SimpleKeyGenerator.generateKey(bookId, bookCategory).toString();
cacheManager.getCache("books.byidAndCat").put(cacheKey, deviceList);
When I am checking, hashcode of cachekeys are same in both cases, But it is making API calls. If the hashcode is same in both cases, why it is making API calls without considering the cache ?
When debugging spring classes identified that, org.springframework.cache.interceptor.SimpleKeyGenerator is used with the cache key generation even #CacheResult is there.
EDIT and enhance the question :
Apart from that if getAllBooks has overloaded methods, and then call this cached method via separate overloaded method, in that case also method caching is not working.
I'm not an expert of JSR107 annotations in the context of Spring. I use the Spring Cache annotations instead.
When using JSR107, the key used is a GeneratedCacheKey. So that's what you should put in your cache. Not the toString() of it. Note that SimpleKeyGenerator isn't returning a GeneratedCacheKey. It returns a SimpleKey which is the key used by Spring when using its own cache annotations instead of JSR-107. For JSR-107, you need a SimpleGeneratedCacheKey.
Then, if you want to preload the cache, just call getAllBooks before needing it.
If you want to preload the cache in some other way, a #javax.cache.annotation.CachePut should do the trick. See its javadoc for an example.
As #Henri suggested, we can use the cacheput. But for that we need methods. With the below we can update the cache very similar to the cacheput,
//overloaded method both id and cat is available.
List<Object> bookIdCatCache = new ArrayList<>();
bookIdCatCache.add(bookId);
bookIdCatCache.add(deviceCat);
Object bookIdCatCacheKey = SimpleKeyGenerator.generateKey(bookIdCatCache.toArray(new Object[bookIdCatCache.size()]));
cacheManager.getCache("books.byidAndCat").put(bookIdCatCacheKey , bookListWithIdAndCat);
//overloaded method only id is there
List<Object> bookIdCache = new ArrayList<>();
String nullKey = null
bookIdCache.add(bookId);
bookIdCache.add(nullKey);
Object bookIdCacheKey = SimpleKeyGenerator.generateKey(bookIdCache.toArray(new Object[bookIdCache.size()]));
cacheManager.getCache("books.byidAndCat").put(bookIdCacheKey , bookListWithId);
//Not correct(My previous implementation)
String cacheKey = SimpleKeyGenerator.generateKey(bookId, bookCategory).toString();
//Correct(This is getting from spring)
Object cacheKey = SimpleKeyGenerator.generateKey(bookIdCatCache.toArray(new Object[bookIdCatCache.size()]));

How to not allow lazy loading from outside the transnational method?

I'm using JPA with Hibernate and Spring. I have an entity (Say Employee) with an attribute (Say of type Position) and this attribute is lazy-loaded.
I believe that when you try to access the position attribute, it will be lazy loaded from the DB and this is done inside the transnational method.
Let's say I didn't access the attribute in that transnational method. So if I tried to access it later, I would get "org.hibernate.LazyInitializationException: could not initialize proxy - no Session" which is normal because the session was closed by that transnational method.
At this point, I need it null (or not initialized) wherever I access it later in different method but this is not the case! The question is how can we make it null after committing and closing the session because it is not accessed while the session is open?
Below is a simple code to illustrate the issue.
// In some Service class
#Override
#Transactional(readOnly = true)
public Employee getEmployeeById(Integer id) throws Exception {
Employee emp = employeeDAO.getEmployeeById(id);
// I didn't access the position attribute here because I don't need it for now
return emp;
}
Later I call the above method (Say from some controller):
Employee emp = employeeService.getEmployeeById(904);
System.out.println(emp.getPosition()); // Here, the LazyInitializationException
//would occur, but I need this to be null or at least to prevent the lazy loading,
//thus, avoiding the exception. How?
I think this might be the answer that you're looking for
Hibernate - Avoiding LazyInitializationException - Detach Object From Proxy and Session
Basically
Use Hibernate to check if that field is initialised with Hibernate. isInitialized(fieldName)in the getter and return null if not initialised.
Inside employeeDAO.getEmployeeByIdmethod, create a new Employee object and set the parameters from the one that return from query, which is more work but prevent you to couple your domain to Hibernate.

javax.persistence.EntityNotFoundException: deleted entity passed to persist

I am using spring + JPA as orm framework. My project layer structure is like web --> Service --> Domain DAO --> genericDAO.
In genericDAO I am injecting EntityManager using #PersistenceContext.
genericDAO.delete(Object o) {
o = entityManager.merge(o);
entityManager.remove(o);
}
genericDAO.saveOrUpdate(Object o) {
entityManager.merge(o);
entityManager.flush();
}
In one method in service layer, I have following operations.
// delete order item if already exists.
Order order = getOrderFromSession();
if (CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(orderItems)) {
Iterator<OrderItem> iterator = orderItems.iterator();
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
OrderItem orderItem = iterator.next();
iterator.remove();
orderDAO.deleteOrderItem(orderItem); // Which internall calls genericDAO.delete()
}
}
//orderDAO.saveOrder(order) // line Y
//Now create fresh order items submitted by jsp form.
for (ProductVO productVO : productList) {
if (productVO.getQuantity() > 0) {
orderItem = new OrderItem();
Product product = productDAO.getProductByCode(productVO.getCode()); // line X
orderItem.populateOrderItemByProduct(product, productVO.getQuantity(), order);
order.addOrderItem(orderItem);
}
}
Line X retrieve product entity using hql. But when line X is executed, I get below error.
javax.persistence.EntityNotFoundException: deleted entity passed to persist: [core.entity.OrderItem#].
I do not understand if order item is already marked as deleted in entity manager, why it tries to persist.
When I uncomment line Y, which internally flush the entity manager, it works fine. I do not understand why it requires entity manager to be flushed before executing line X
Here is a quote from hibernate documentation
Transactional persistent instances (i.e. objects loaded, saved,
created or queried by the Session) can be manipulated by the
application, and any changes to persistent state will be persisted
when the Session is flushed. There is no need to call a particular method (like update(), which has
a different purpose) to make your modifications persistent. The most
straightforward way to update the state of an object is to load() it
and then manipulate it directly while the Session is open.
Sometimes this programming model is
inefficient, as it requires in the same session both an SQL SELECT to
load an object and an SQL UPDATE to persist its updated state.
Hibernate offers an alternate approach by using detached instances.
But I'll try to explain simplier. Your method getOrderFromSession() is transactional and hibernate objects have session open inside it, but when object order is returned to you, it has been detached from session and hibernate doesn't know what you are doing with it, until you persist him again. So for deleted items hibernate will find out when you save that object, until then object in hibernate have same state as it was in a moment when getOrderFromSession() has return it.
Here you have detailed explanation
UPDATE:
When you delete object in hibernate, object in java becomes transient. It still exist in java and after delete you can use it.
Session.delete() will remove an object's state from the database. Your
application, however, can still hold a reference to a deleted object.
It is best to think of delete() as making a persistent instance,
transient.

#Cacheable : how to pass a new attribute that can be used in my own KeyGenerator?

I need your expertise :)
I'm working on a application where method calls on a service need to be authenticated.
That means I want each method call to be cached with a key containing the username (to avoid for an unauthorized user to retrieve information cached by an authorized one).
With a personnalized KeyGenerator, all works fine.
Example of my key : username:USERNAME.appVersion:VERSION.METHOD.PARAM1.etc
But at some location, I got methods that retrieve a national content : this one will be the same for each user. And I want to avoid a cache key for each user asking for this content.
Example : appVersion:VERSION.METHOD.PARAM1.etc
So when I'm positioning my #Cacheable annotations, is there any way to set a new parameter in it ? The Key Generator will be able to catch it and know if he had to prefix the cache key name with user information or not.
Thanks for your help :)
Take care
I don't really understand what you're saying by "set a new parameter in it". That parameter should come from somewhere right?
KeyGenerator gives you access to the Method, the actual instance and the method arguments. You may want to have a specific KeyGenerator for this particular cache operation which is something that will be available as from Spring 4.1 but in the mean time you can implement a composite that invokes the right KeyGenerator instance based on the method or, for instance, an annotation you have created to flag it.
Thank you snicoll, that was crystal clear and you really helped me a lot :)
Waiting for Spring 4.1, my team and I decided to use a custom #SharedCache annotation.
Here is some code samples to help if someone is in the same situation.
Given an existing custom GenericKeyGenerator (he's building a custom cache key for each cached method invocation)
We have a new custom AuthenticatedGenericKeyGenerator : he's inherited from GenericKeyGenerator and simply prefixing the cache key with user information
The application is now using AuthenticatedGenericKeyGenerator by default :
<cache:annotation-driven key-generator="keyGenerator"/>
<bean id="keyGenerator" class="your.package.AuthenticatedGenericKeyGenerator" />
AuthenticatedGenericKeyGenerator.java in details :
public class AuthenticatedGenericKeyGenerator extends GenericKeyGenerator {
public AuthenticatedGenericKeyGenerator() {
super(...);
}
#Override
public Object generate(final Object target, final Method method, final Object... params) {
String cacheKey = super.generate(target, method, params).toString();
if(!method.isAnnotationPresent(SharedCache.class)) {
cacheKey = "user:" + some user information + "." + cacheKey;
}
return cacheKey;
}
}
Our custom #SharedCache annotation :
#Target(ElementType.METHOD)
#Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
#Inherited
#Documented
public #interface SharedCache {
}
Now we just have to annotate #Cacheable methods with an extra #SharedCache if we want the cache key to be shared and not be unique (with an user id for example).

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