spring form validation in object - spring

Say my command looks like this
public class MyForm {
#Max(99)
private int mode;
private MyObj myObj;
and my MyObj is
public class MyObj {
private String myStr;
private int myInt;
and my controller looks like this
#Controller
public class MyController {
#RequestMapping(value = "/Anything.htm")
public String AnythingMethod(#Valid MyForm myForm, .....
and my JSP looks like this
<form:input path="mode"/>
<form:input path="myObj.myStr"/>
how can I inject validation such as #NotNull #MAx #Min for myStr and myInt? how can I specify their error messages in messages.properties? Please help.

Unsure if the codes posted in your question are complete, you might be missing a few annotations. Also, since you mentioned in your comment that validations on some of the other fields work, I'm going to assume that you have all the dependencies sorted out.
So try this:
In your MyForm class:
public class MyForm {
#Max(99, message="{myform.mode.max}")
private int mode;
#Valid // add #valid annotation
private MyObj myObj;
In your MyObj class:
public class MyObj {
#NotBlank(message="{myobj.mystr.notnull}")
private String myStr;
#Max(/* some value */, message="{myobj.mystr.max}")
#Min(/* some value */, message="{myobj.mystr.min}")
private int myInt;
In your MyController class:
#Controller
public class MyController {
#RequestMapping(value = "/Anything.htm") /* add #ModelAttribute annotation */
public String AnythingMethod(#Valid #ModelAttribute('myForm') MyForm myForm, .....)
As for specifying the error messages in a .properties file, put them all into a ValidationMessages.properties file, and add this file to the root of your classpath. (For e.g., /WEB-INF/classes, resources folder etc.).
Hope this helps.

Related

Should the shared variable inside the service that is in the mvc controller be volatile?

Inside the MVC controller , I have a service that I access to get data:
#Controller
#AllArgsConstructor
public class DataController {
private SharedDataService sharedDataHolder;
#RequestMapping(value = "/testPoint", method = GET)
public String getData(#PathVariable String point, Model model){
Data data = sharedDataHolder.getData();
...
}
}
and SharedDataService :
#Service
public class SharedDataService {
private Data data;
public Data getData(){
if(isHourAgo()){
this.refreshData();
}
return data;
...
}
}
And actually the question is, should I make the data variable of the SharedDataService class volatile so that there is no conflict inside the controller?
Data :
public class Data {
private String title;
private Map<String,Double> characteristics;
}

how to construct #service in Springboots using a payload variable

I'm quite new in spring boots so I hope this is not a silly question
I have a #Service that needs to initiate a class attribute, this attribute needs a information that comes from the RestPayload in the Controller. I'm not finding the most recommend way to do that.
#RestController
public class UserController {
#Autowired
private UserService userService;
#RequestMapping("/searchUser")
public List<UserWrapper> searchUser(#RequestBody UserWrapper userWrapper) {
List<UserWrapper> returnUserWrapper = userService.findByName(userWrapper);
return returnUserWrapper;
}
}
And the service layer, I would like to be something like:
#Service
public class UserService {
private LdapTemplate ldapTemplate;
public static final String BASE_DN = "xxxxxxx";
#Value( value = "${sample.ldap.url}" )
private String ldapUrl;
#Value( value = "${sample.ldap.base}" )
private String ldapBase;
public UserService() {
}
public UserService(String dn, String password) {
LdapContextSource ctxSrc = new LdapContextSource();
System.out.println(this.ldapUrl);
ctxSrc.setUrl(ldapUrl);
ctxSrc.setBase(ldapBase);
ctxSrc.setUserDn(dn);
ctxSrc.setPassword(password);
ctxSrc.afterPropertiesSet(); // this method should be called.\
this.ldapTemplate = new LdapTemplate(ctxSrc);
}
The String dn and String password will come in the REST Payload but the other properties comes from a properties file.
Hope someone can guide me with best practices
for ldap authentication you should have a look on spring-security:
https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/site/docs/current/reference/html5/#ldap
on the other hand you can access almost any request parameter by just injecting it via a annotation like in these examples:
https://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/web.html#mvc-ann-requestheader

#value not able to read from application.properties in springboot

I am trying to read value from properties file using #value as follows.
#Value("${abc}")
private String abc;
public List<Record> fetchRecords(String label, String predicate) {
System.out.println(abc);
}
but value of abc is coming as null. Whereas when I try to print the same using #PostConstruct, I am getting the expected value.
#PostConstruct
public void postconstruct() {
System.out.println(abc);
}
Any lead why I am not able to get the value in fetchRecords() method?
For reference, here goes the code
#Component
public class AuditRecord {
private String subject;
private String predicate;
private String oldObject;
private String newObject;
private String readOnlyAuthInfo;
#Value("${registry.system.base}")
private String registrySystemContext;
public void record(DatabaseProvider provider) throws AuditFailedException {
System.out.println("---registrySystemContext value showing null here---"+registrySystemContext);
...
}
#PostConstruct
public void postconstruct() {
System.out.println("---registrySystemContext value showing here as expected---"+registrySystemContext);
}
}
The way I am calling is as follows:
#Component
public class RegistryDaoImpl implements RegistryDao {
...
private void addOrUpdateVertexAndEdge(Vertex v, Vertex dbVertex, GraphTraversalSource dbGraph, String methodOrigin){
...
AuditRecord record = new AuditRecord();
record
.subject(dbVertex.label())
.predicate(e.label())
.oldObject(null)
.newObject(existingV.label())
.record(databaseProvider);
}
}
P.S. registry.system.base is in application.yml.
You need to autowire AuditRecord and not use new directly. Only that way you will have your class in Spring's context.
We don't know your exact usage of the class but you might be interested in Spring's FactoryBean.

Make #ConfigurationProperties properties partially mandatory

Given the following simple (not nested) configuration properties class:
#ConfigurationProperties("env")
public class MyServiceProperties {
private String anyProperty;
private Boolean anyOther;
...
}
How can I make sure that anyProperty is mandatory, i.e. env.any-property must be set to startup the application? Is there any difference for nested configuration property classes?
You can perform all kind of validations.
#Validated
#ConfigurationProperties("env")
public class MyServiceProperties {
#NotNull
#Min(5)
private String anyProperty;
// this is for nested objects
#Valid
#NotNull
private FooNested fooNested;
public static class FooNested{
#NotNull
private String someVal;
}
}
You could also perform manual validation in setter
#Validated
#ConfigurationProperties("env")
public class MyServiceProperties {
private String anyProperty;
public void setAnyProperty(String anyProp){
// just an example
if(anyProp.lenght < 6){
throw new RuntimeException();
}
this.anyProperty = anyProp;
}
}

How to send Java collections containing subclasses to spring controller

I'm trying to send collections to my spring MVC controller:
#RequestMapping("/postUsers.do")
public #ResponseBody ResponseDTO postUsers(#ModelAttribute("mapperList") MapperList mapperList) {
//prints {"users":null}
System.out.println(new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(mapperList));
return new ResponseDTO();
}
this is the code posting my users :
public ResponseDTO postUsers(ArrayList<User> users) {
ResponseDTO serverResponse = null;
URL url = new URL(urlString);
HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
connection.setDoOutput(true);
connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-8");
connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
// prints {"users":[{"property1":"x","property1":y}]}
System.out.println(objectMapper.writeValueAsString(new MapperList(users)));
objectMapper.writeValue(connection.getOutputStream(), objectMapper.writeValueAsString(new MapperList(users)));
//blabla ...
}
and this is the object containing my list :
public class MapperList implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 8561295813487706798L;
private ArrayList<User> users;
public MapperList() {}
public MapperList(ArrayList<User> users) {
this.setUsers(users);
}
public ArrayList<User> getUsers() {
return users;
}
public void setUsers(ArrayList<User> users) {
this.users = users;
}
}
and this is the users type to post:
public abstract class User implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -1811485256250922102L;
private String property1;
private String property2;
public User() {}
public User(String prop1, String prop2) {
// set properties
}
// getters and setters
}
the problem is, when I output the value of the users's array before to post it to the controller, I got the following json value :
{"users":[{"property1":"x","property1":y}]}
but in the controller, when I print what I get from the request body, I only get :
{"users":null}
I also tryed with the annotation #RequestBody instead of #ModelAttribute("mapperList") and a JSONException is displayed :
*A JSONObject text must begin with '{' at 1 [character 2 line 1]\r\n*
My array list of users contains only one user that should be displayed. I don't understand why this doesn't work...
Thanks for any help !
You can chnage your MapperList class definition as public class MapperList extends ArrayList<User>{ ..} you dont need to define any instance variable like private ArrayList users inside MapperList class. Use #Requestbody annotation. You will be able to use MapperList as a ArrayList
Try to use:
public class MapperList{
private List<User> users;
//setter and getter
//toString
}
public class User{
private String property1;
private String property2;
//getter + setter
}
json:
{"users":[{"property1":"x", "property2":"y"}]}
in controller use #RequestBody. In that case Jackson will map your json to ArrayList of users.
#ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.OK)
#RequestMapping("/postUsers.do")
public #ResponseBody ResponseDTO postUsers(#RequestBody MapperList users) {
System.out.println(users);
return null;
}
no need to get objectMapper in that case. Don't forget to set content-type in request header to application/json. It required by Spring to handle #RequestBody processing.
If not working try to change MapperList:
List<User> users = new ArrayList<User>();
On the server side keep the #RequestBody annotation:
public #ResponseBody ResponseDTO postUsers(#RequestBody MapperList mapperList)
...
But this line causes problems:
objectMapper.writeValue(
connection.getOutputStream(),
objectMapper.writeValueAsString(new MapperList(users))
);
First it converts the object to JSON and then again uses objectMapper to JSON-encode the string into output stream. Try the following instead:
connection.getOutputStream().write(
objectMapper.writeValueAsString(new MapperList(users))
.getBytes("UTF-8")
);
or directly output to stream:
objectMapper.writeValue(
connection.getOutputStream(),
new MapperList(users))
);
Zbynek gave me part of the answer. Indeed
objectMapper.writeValue(
connection.getOutputStream(),
objectMapper.writeValueAsString(new MapperList(users))
);
doesn't work properly in my case
But moreover, my User class was an abstract class, with many type of User as subclasses. so the #RequestBody annotation couldn't work without specified the object type in the Json.
I used the following annotations on User class to make it working :
#JsonTypeInfo(use = JsonTypeInfo.Id.NAME, include = JsonTypeInfo.As.PROPERTY, property = "type")
#JsonSubTypes({
#JsonSubTypes.Type(value = SubClassA.class, name = "a"),
#JsonSubTypes.Type(value = SubClassB.class, name = "b")
})
Thanks a lot for all your answers.

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