Is it possible to run Mule 2.2.1 on spring 3? - spring

We have an application that is currently running spring 2.5.6 and mule 2.2.1. We have decided to go ahead and upgrade the app to use spring 3.2 we also upgraded spring security to 3.1. I understand that Mule 2.2.1 uses spring 2.5.6 for configuration and so forth. We were to re-factor our code and build the entire project. However after deploying the application and starting the server, my server started in about 6 seconds instead of the normal 30 seconds and then I noticed that none of my services were not loaded. Unfortunately after days of investigating I cannot find where everything fails, as there are no errors in any of the logs including spring and mule logs. My question is it possible to get these to play together or should I just forget about getting this to work.
I read this post http://lifeinide.blogspot.com/2012/07/spring-3-and-mule-2-initialized-by.html and followed these instruction and still was not able to get it work. Mule says it started up just fine without any errors but I can hit any of my services. Any help? Thanks

Thanks #genjosanzo for the pointer. It helped met dig into this issue better and eventually make it work.
#mtanzania,
We had a similar need like yours - need to make Mule 2.2.1 work with Spring 3.2.x releases. Upgrade to Mule 3 involved rewrite of Mule extensions such as exception handling strategies, a RabbitMQ Mule transport etc. Upgrade to Mule 3 was therefore ruled out.
In order to make this work, you need to rewrite/update 3 java files from your module:
groupId:org.mule.modules
artifactId:mule-module-spring-config
version:2.2.1
with implementations from :
groupId:org.mule.modules
artifactId:mule-module-spring-config
version:3.4.0
To be more specific, you need these classes to be updated/upgraded: MuleBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.java, MuleApplicationContext.java and SpringXmlConfigurationBuilder.java
With these updated versions, you can continue to create the MuleContext like:
SpringXmlConfigurationBuilder springConfigBuilder = new SpringXmlConfigurationBuilder(muleConfigPaths);
MuleContext context = new DefaultMuleContextFactory().createMuleContext(springConfigBuilder)
The modified implementations are here : Mule in Trooper and sample class that uses this is here : Trooper Mule container

Mule uses some internal spring API to parse the mule configuration and creates the correspondent beans.
For this reason the upgrade might work with spring 3.0.x but I'm pretty sure that something got broken with spring 3.1.x (i.e. this code has been introduced to maintain backward compatibility).
How about upgrading mule as well? Most of the 2.2.x syntax is still supported and many new feature has been introduced in newer mule versions.

FWIW, the above answer from #regunathb is right on. Patching in those three classes works. However, it is important to note that the 3.4 version of those classes from mule-module-spring-config will not work as-is. You must get the modified versions of the classes that #regunathb posted on GitHub, otherwise you'll end up with various incompatibilities between 3.4 and 2.2.1.

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Is there a version of postmark java client library which uses jersey 1.x instead of 2.x?

I have a RESTful web service application in java deployed on google app-engine which uses jersey 1.18.6.
I want to use postmark java client to send transactional emails from it.
When I integrated it, i was seeing the following exception:
javax.ws.rs.core.Response$Status$Family.familyOf(I)Ljavax/ws/rs/core/Response$Status$Family
From what I could find, I think this error was because of there were two different (and probably incompatible) version of jersey being used ,1.18.6 for jersey-server, jersey-guice and jersey-bundle and 2.25.1 for jersey-client (by postmark).
Then I tried to make the jersey version 1.18,6 throughout, so in the my main project pom, while including the dependency for postmark, I excluded the jersey-client (by added exclusions header) and separately added jersey-client dependency in my main project .
But then I got the following error:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/ws/rs/core/MultivaluedHashMap
This is I think the class MultivaluedHashMap is present only in jax-rs 2.x versions (which is compatible with jersey 2.x versions)
So my questions are:
Is there a version of postmark java client library which uses jersey 1.x instead of jersey 2.x?
If no then what options do I have other than migrating my main project from jersey 1.x to jersey 2.x. I don't want to do that since we will have to migrate not just the jersey dependencies but I think some other things like guice, shiro etc. which would be time consuming. Also it doesn't really seem optimal to modify multiple existing dependencies just to include one additional module.
There isn't. The very first commit of the project's pom.xml already used Jersey 2.25.1
as Mureinik mentioned above, when we worked on the library, our plan at Postmark was to use newer library versions, since they are better options in long run.
On our Github page Rupert made good suggestions, from which I find separate ClassLoader a good choice. I will play a bit with the library code in next couple of days on compatibility, however we are always in favour of using newer libraries for our codebase.
please check out my latest comment on Github issues page for possible solution for using older Jersey version https://github.com/wildbit/postmark-java/issues/11
It should be pretty easy to port the library to Jersey 1.x by porting only the HttpClient class on your side.

Upgrading to Spring 4

I have a spring 3 app deployed in openshift jboss eap6, and I want to upgrade to ver 4. I also want to upgrade to Java8. Has anyone here been successful in doing so? What are the things that must be considered? How can I make the transition easier? I'm so afraid of Jar hell.
Upgrading von Spring 3.0 to 4.0 could need some changes (depending on what you have done and used). I recommend to do it in small steps, so you can check that everything still works more often, so: uprade to 3.1 first, then 3.2, and then 4.0. After that upgrade to Java 8.
The Spring Reference contain some hints in the what is new section and this Wiki: Migrating from earlier versions of the Spring Framework
Attention: if you upgrade Spring Security too, then I strongly recommend to read its upgrade hints in its Migration documentation!
Solution to your Question
Don't worry Spring 4 is 100% compatible with Java 8
For Jars you need to use the Bill of Materials of Spring 4 Jars which can be obtained in this Link. Use only these jars which will take care of your dependencies issues.
Typically replace all these JAR files in your WEB Applications and try to build and deploy your application. You got your JAR upgrade if it runs without any issues. Most probably 100% it will run without any issues.
Then Depending your scenarios you can apply your spring-framework components.

Spring loaded 1.2.5 + Spring Boot 1.3.2. can't seem to get it to work

I came across a video on youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTrNkhVnJBU ) where it demos Spring Loaded.
I'm trying to duplicate the same behavior but am still unsuccessful so far.
What I'm using:
Spring Tool Suite 3.7.2
Spring Boot 1.3.2-RELEASE
Spring loaded 1.2.5-RELEASE
Maven version 3.1.0
JDK 1.8.0_71
I tried the same thing as the guy does in the video (except for the versions being more up to date of course) but it doesn't work.
I also tried the "maven plugin" way as described in the spring docs here -> https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/howto-hotswapping.html#howto-reload-springloaded-maven
But that also did not work.
I tried changing the versions of spring loaded to 1.2.0 (docs use that version) but that didn't do anything either.
I ran the app in STS itself, and also tried mvn spring-boot:run from command line, but both simply don't get the desired result.
When using mvn spring-boot:run I see that it is attaching the agent:
[INFO] Attaching agents: [C:\Users\ron.m2\repository\org\springframework\springloaded\1.2.5.RELEASE\springloaded-1.2.5.RELEASE.jar]
But changing RequestMappings or method signatures do not get picked up by spring loaded and thus the change is not reflected.
I'm a little out of ideas why I can't get this to work and any help would be greatly appreciated.
Spring loaded does not yet support spring 4.2. See https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-loaded/issues/139
So you either stick with DevTools which definitely speeds up the development process (although not as fast as spring-loaded), use JRebel (which supports the latest spring version) or downgrade to spring 4.1.
As an alternative you could also try the automatic restart feature of Spring Boot Devtools: https://spring.io/blog/2015/06/17/devtools-in-spring-boot-1-3. It restarts just the app and it is much quicker than restarting the whole JVM. You are loosing application state though, but it might be an alternative.

How long will Spring 3.x continue to be supported?

I've recently inherited a project that's built on some older technologies, including iBATIS 2.x, and Struts 1.x. Both of those seem to be supported (though #Deprecated) in Spring 3.2.x, and not at all in Spring 4.x:
org.springframework.orm.ibatis, Object Relational Mapping (ORM) Data Access - iBATIS SQL Maps
org.springframework.web.struts, Integrating with other web frameworks - Apache Struts 1.x and 2.x
However, before I start the effort of migrating to Spring 3, I want to know how much longer I can expect to see it supported by the upstream developers. Would I have enough time to keep running Spring 3 while I migrate other parts of my application to newer tools, and then finally migrate over to Spring 4? Or should I focus on upgrading all of these other things before I can get onto Spring?
I hardly understand your problem. iBATIS 2.x and Struts 1.x are both no longer supported. They can work fine, as does Spring 2.x, but if a security problem is discovered, it will not be fixed.
If you contemplate migrating to Spring 3.x, you should also contemplate the migration to MyBatis and Struts 2.x (or Spring MVC ?) unless you have special requirements.
BTW, Spring 3.0 and 3.1 series are no longer supported either, and support for 3.2 should end when 4.2 will reach General Availability status, as Spring Framework generally offers support for current version, and the 2 previous (legacy) ones.
Spring 3.X will be end-of-life as of Dec 31 2016, but there will only be maintenance releases until that time (no feature development will happen).
I just work on project that uses Spring 4 with MyBatis. There is project MyBatis-Spring that integrates these two. Works like charm.
Don't know how to help with second bullet, cause we are using Spring MVC.
Seems that they've just posted a blog post that includes clarification on this topic:
Furthermore, please note that the 3.2.x line - and therefore the
entire 3.x generation - is approaching its end of life in 2015. We are
still committed to basic maintenance for critical issues; however,
don’t expect more than two or three further 3.2.x releases down the
road.
Source: Spring Framework 4.1.4 & 4.0.9 & 3.2.13 released
So, it seems that I'd have at least a few months of 3.x being supported to work on transitioning everything.
For my current project I'm required to use Struts 1.2.4. But I also wanted to utilize Spring 4.1.x.
To compensate for the missing Struts support since Spring 4, I copied the code from the spring-struts 3.2.13 package and created a Spring 4.1.5 compatible spring-struts-forwardport package.
Obviously this is not the most elegant solution, but maybe this can help you solve your problem.
I guess this package will also work with the next Spring 4.1 releases.

Using Jersey-spring with Spring 4.0

According to you what are the risks of using Spring 4 with the jersey-spring3 integration module?
I have tried to use Spring 4.0 with the jersey spring example and the example still works but i'm unable to identify risks linked to this usage.
I have started using Jersey 2.7 and Spring 4.0.x recently in a project. I have setup a context hierarchy to inject beans, so far, I have discovered only one limitiation but that does not seem relate to Spring 4 but rather to the module itself or the HK2 Spring Bridge.
To give more insight about my use. I have a XJC/JAXB-backed which is consumed by a common service, repository and exposed through JAX-WS, and now hopefully through JAX-RS.
The multi-context stuff works now with #Autowiredwith 2.8-SNAPSHOT. I have applied my changes and the 2.8-SNAPSHOT to 2.7. Here is the diff.
Edit (Michael-O; 2014-10-17): Here is a modified Spring module based off 2.11 with multi-context support.
Not an answer to original question, just related information
This may be a little premature, but the new Major 3.0 version of Jersey will be using Spring 4, in the new jersey-spring4 module. The new Major version will be built with Java 8. Though a new Major version will be released, the 2.x line will still be actively developed to keep support for Java 7
I'll update this post once 3.0 has been release.
For anyone interested, you can see this mailing list to see what the Jersey team has to say about the new 3.x line.
Not sure if you came across any issues but I currently face one. It is described in other thread.
Simply, using jersey-spring3 2.12 and spring 4.1.0.RELEASE in one maven project leads to following class incompatibility:
2014-09-14 01:15:44.175:WARN:oejuc.AbstractLifeCycle:main: FAILED org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection#696
db620[org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection#27abb6ca[o.e.j.m.p.JettyWebAppContext#737d100a{/,file:/C
:/Users/Josef/Workspace/TransitCenter/src/main/webapp/,STARTING}{file:/C:/Users/Josef/Workspace/TransitCenter/src/main/w
ebapp/}], org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.DefaultHandler#6968c1d6, org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.RequestLogHandler#7
d986d83]: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.getDependenc
yComparator()Ljava/util/Comparator;
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.getDependencyComparato
r()Ljava/util/Comparator;
at org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigUtils.registerAnnotationConfigProcessors(AnnotationCon
figUtils.java:136)

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