How to configure Dynacache CacheProvider? - caching

I'm trying to implement a Dynacache CacheProvider and having problems. Here is what I've done:
I've got my Dynacache CacheProvider implementation jar under D:\IBM\WebSphere85\AppServer\lib
I have com.ibm.ws.cache.CacheConfig.cacheProviderName configured as JVM custom property with the correct CacheProvider implementation class.
Created cacheinstance.properties located under D:\IBM\WebSphere85\AppServer\properties with the relevant settings including the com.ibm.ws.cache.CacheConfig.cacheProviderName right class name value.
I have the cacheinstance.properties also part of the Dynacache CacheProvider implementation jar.
I have the Object cache Instance configured to have a new dyna cache. This also have the com.ibm.ws.cache.CacheConfig.cacheProviderName as a custom system property.
My application using the following to access the cache:
code:
Properties props = new Properties();
props.put("com.ibm.ws.cache.CacheConfig.cacheProviderName","com.myCacheProvider");
map = (DistributedObjectCache)DistributedObjectCacheFactory.getMap("mycache",props);
I'm getting the following when the application trying to access DynaCache:
[9/18/12 10:10:52:917 EDT] 00000050 ServerCache E DYNA1066E: Unable to initialize the cache provider "com.myCacheProvider". The Dynamic cache will be used to create the cache instance "default" instead of the configured cache provider.
[9/18/12 10:10:52:919 EDT] 00000050 ServerCache E ENGLISH ONLY MESSAGE: cacheProvider is null. Check for the cache provider libraries
[9/18/12 10:10:52:920 EDT] 00000050 ServerCache I DYNA1001I: WebSphere Dynamic Cache instance named default initialized successfully.
I'm using WAS 8.5.
Any ideas what is going on and how to debug this?

Guy,
I would turn on Dyna cache trace to see why this error occurs
Trace String:
com.ibm.ws.cache.=all:com.ibm.ws.drs.=all
This should give us clues on what is happening and depending on what we see from the trace would provide us info on what to do next.
HTH

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Accessing JNDI Datasource using Container Managed Authentication Alias in Websphere (Spring + Ibatis/Mybatis)

I am using WebSphere 8.5.5.18.
As of now I'm using Component-Managed Authentication Alias for my DataSource. But I want to use Container-Managed instead. When I just change the Security settings in Data Sources → Security settings I am getting error in logs. It is unable to fetch records.
Exception Stacktrace:
Check the SQL Statement (preparation failed).
--- Cause: java.sql.SQLException: [jcc][t4][10205][11234][3.72.54] Null userid is not supported. ERRORCODE=-4461, SQLSTATE=42815 DSRA0010E: SQL State = 42815, Error Code = -4,461
at org.springframework.jdbc.support.SQLStateSQLExceptionTranslator.doTranslate(SQLStateSQLExceptionTranslator.java:97)
at org.springframework.jdbc.support.AbstractFallbackSQLExceptionTranslator.translate(AbstractFallbackSQLExceptionTranslator.java:72)
at org.springframework.jdbc.support.AbstractFallbackSQLExceptionTranslator.translate(AbstractFallbackSQLExceptionTranslator.java:80)
at org.springframework.jdbc.support.AbstractFallbackSQLExceptionTranslator.translate(AbstractFallbackSQLExceptionTranslator.java:80)
at org.springframework.orm.ibatis.SqlMapClientTemplate.execute(SqlMapClientTemplate.java:212)
at org.springframework.orm.ibatis.SqlMapClientTemplate.queryForObject(SqlMapClientTemplate.java:271)
Basically the database is not being accessed properly when settings are changed from Component-Managed Authentication to Container-Managed Authentication alias.
When I run with Component-Managed Authentication, its working fine.
Does changing security setting to Container Managed Authentication alias, require some other/additional setting/changes? Or do I need to change my underlying Spring ibatis code to make it work?
Any help on configuring/implementing Container-Managed Authentication Alias in websphere would be appreciated.
Container-managed authentication applies when your code (or any third party code that executes upon its behalf) looks up the data source with a resource reference that specifies the resource authentication as container or leaves resource authentication unspecified, in which case it defaults to container.
Component-managed authentication applies when your code (or any third party code that executes upon its behalf) looks up the data source without a resource reference, or uses a resource reference that specifies the resource authentication as application.
Here are some examples of resource references that use container authentication:
// resource injection can be used on a web component (servlet) or ejb component
#Resource(name = "java:comp/env/jdbc/ds1ref", lookup = "jdbc/ds1", authenticationType = Resource.AuthenticationType.CONTAINER)
DataSource ds1;
#Resource(name = "java:comp/env/jdbc/ds2ref", lookup = "jdbc/ds2")
DataSource ds2;
...
// code that looks up one of the above resource references
DataSource ds = InitialContext.doLookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/ds1ref");
Here is an example of a resource reference defined within a web.xml deployment descriptor:
<resource-ref>
<res-ref-name>java:comp/env/jdbc/ds3ref</res-ref-name>
<res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
<res-auth>Container</res-auth>
<lookup-name>jdbc/ds3</lookup-name>
</resource-ref>
If third party code, such as Spring, is looking up a data source on your behalf and you would like it to use container authentication, you will need to define a resource reference with container managed authentication, such as shown above in the examples, and supply its resource reference name to the third party software in place of however you are doing so currently. If you are unsure where this is done, it might help to search for occurrences of the configured JNDI name of the WebSphere data source within the application.

Bitronix + Spring tests + Different spring profiles

I have several tests which all extends the same root test which define the Spring test application context. One of my test use a different profile so I have annotated the child class with #ActiveProfiles("specialTestProfile"), this profile create a special mock bean which is injected in the context. I want to clear my context before and after executing this test, but I didn't find the correct way to do it. I know that the Spring test framework does some context caching and that in my case I should have two different context and it should not be necessary to reload the context but it is not working because of bitronix which generate this strange error if I don't clean the context:
Caused by: bitronix.tm.resource.ResourceConfigurationException: cannot create JDBC datasource named unittestdb
at bitronix.tm.resource.jdbc.PoolingDataSource.init(PoolingDataSource.java:57)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor404.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeCustomInitMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1608)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1549)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1479)
... 62 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: resource with uniqueName 'unittestdb' has already been registered
at bitronix.tm.resource.ResourceRegistrar.register(ResourceRegistrar.java:55)
at bitronix.tm.resource.jdbc.PoolingDataSource.buildXAPool(PoolingDataSource.java:68)
at bitronix.tm.resource.jdbc.PoolingDataSource.init(PoolingDataSource.java:53)
... 68 more
Even if I reload the context for each test class (by annotating my parent class with #DirtiesContext(classMode = DirtiesContext.ClassMode.AFTER_CLASS), I still get the error above at some point... do you have any idea how to solve this problem?
Without seeing your exact configuration for the PoolingDataSource, I cannot know exactly how to solve your issue.
However, it appears that you can likely solve this issue by creating your PoolingDataSource with a unique name by invoking the setUniqueName() method (in an #Bean method if you're using Java config) or by setting the uniqueName property (if you're using XML config). How you generate the unique name depends on the configuration style you are using.
If you do not set a unique name for each ApplicationContext that creates the PoolingDataSource bean, you will continue to see the exception telling you that a second pool cannot be created with the "unittestdb" name since it already exists. The reason is that the init() method in PoolingDataSource delegates to ManagementRegistrar.register() which registers an MBean under the unique name, and the same MBeanServer is used for all tests within the same JVM process (i.e., for all tests in your suite).
Instead of generating a unique pool name per application context, another option might be to disable the use of JMX by setting the bitronix.tm.disableJmx property to false. Consult the isDisableJmx() and setDisableJmx() methods in bitronix.tm.Configuration for details.

Same query on same database gives different results on OAS 10.1.3

I'm seeing something odd when I run a query in an application deployed in Oracle Application Server 10.1.3, with Oracle10g.
When I run a statement against the database directly (e.g. a standalone app that calls a DAO implemented with hibernate) I see the following:
select
documentco0_.CONTENT_ID as CONTENT1_63_0_,
documentco0_.TSTAMP as TSTAMP63_0_,
documentco0_.CONTENT as CONTENT63_0_
from
MySchema.MyTable documentco0_
where
documentco0_.CONTENT_ID=?
[main] TRACE org.hibernate.type.LongType - binding '1768334' to parameter: 1
[main] TRACE org.hibernate.type.TimestampType - returning '2013-08-05 17:31:32' as column: TSTAMP63_0_
[main] TRACE org.hibernate.type.BinaryType - returning '7f587f608090cac6c9c68081818180b380b380807f5b80c3807f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f40808b8880918091818191807f44809f8080818581818181818180808080808080808182838485868788898a8b7f44803590808281838382848385858484808081fd8182838084918592a1b1c18693d1e187a2f194b201112188a3c2314195d25170a4b3e2f202898a969798999aa5a6a7a8a9aab4b5b6b7b8b9bac3c4c5c6c7c8c9cad3d4d5d6d7d8d9dae3e4e5e6e7e8e9eaf3f4f5f6f7f8f9fa030405060708090a12131415161718191a22232425262728292a32333435363738393a42434445464748494a52535455565758595a6162636465666768696a7172737475767778797a7f5a808881818080bf80fef947bf520c730eff25ada7bd007c7f807a460efd87677f805625220aab7f59' as column: CONTENT63_0_
The same DAO operation when run within the application server however returns the following:
select
documentco0_.CONTENT_ID as CONTENT1_63_0_,
documentco0_.TSTAMP as TSTAMP63_0_,
documentco0_.CONTENT as CONTENT63_0_
from
MySchema.MyTable documentco0_
where
documentco0_.CONTENT_ID=?
2013-08-06 12:49:46,484 TRACE [AJPRequestHandler-RMICallHandler-12] myuser:4 (NullableType.java:133 nullSafeSet()) - binding '1768334' to parameter: 1
2013-08-06 12:49:46,500 TRACE [AJPRequestHandler-RMICallHandler-12] myuser:4 (NullableType.java:172 nullSafeGet()) - returning '2013-08-05 17:31:32' as column: TSTAMP63_0_
2013-08-06 12:49:46,500 TRACE [AJPRequestHandler-RMICallHandler-12] myuser:4 (NullableType.java:172 nullSafeGet()) - returning '80d48081818c808080818080808180808099ff0c809a5c9d809a5c9c80828082808080817f587f608090cac6c9c68081808080804818f7ef8081808080808080808080808080808080808080809a5c9c83408c508081' as column: CONTENT63_0_
You can see that the identifier and timestamp are the same in both cases, but the content blob is different: 360 bytes in the first case and 86 bytes in the second case.
The stand-alone application uses a BasicDataSource, while the application on the server uses a JNDI data source. I have verified that the BasicDataSource contains the same JDBC url that is used in the JNDI data source. Both data sources use the same credentials.
The database operation in the application server has a different trace output, using NullableType::nullSafeGet() to display information instead of org.hibernate.type tracing. I'm not sure if that is relevant.
Is there something obvious that I am overlooking here? I can't see why I am getting different results when running the same query on the same database.
edit: on OAS I have configured a JDBC ConnectionPool, that uses connection factory class oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource, and the JDBC data source is a managed data source pointing to that connection pool.
I'm thinking there may be an issue with different Oracle JDBC drivers? The BasicDataSource for the stand-alone app uses the JDBC driver oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver and the dialect org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle10gDialect. I can't see any place in OAS administration that shows the equivalent values.
Please have a look at this article
Looks like, for some reason, OAS returns only 86 bytes of the BLOB value, unless you specify an Lob handler on your configuration.
You can also have more info on this thread of CodeRanch describing the same issue
Hope this helps!

How to use HSQLDB as a datasource in Websphere Application Server?

I try to set up a local development infrastructure and I want to use HSQLDB as a datasource with my WAS 6.1. I already know that I have to use Apache DBCP to get a connection pooling, but I'm stuck when my application tries to get the first connection.
What I've done
In WAS I created a JDBC provider with the class org.apache.commons.dbcp.cpdsadapter.DriverAdapterCPDS and removed everything from the classpath input field. Then I put commons-dbcp.jar, commons-pool.jar and hsqldb.jar in MYAPPSERVERDIRECTORY/lib/ext.
Then I created a new datasource with that provider. I added the following custom properties:
driver=org.hsqldb.jdbc.JDBCDriver
url=jdbc:hsqldb:file:///C:/mydatabase.db;shutdown=true
user=SA
password=
My Problem
When I run my application and the first connection to the database is made, I get the following exception:
---- Begin backtrace for Nested Throwables
java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driverDSRA0010E: SQL-Status = 08001, Fehlercode = 0
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:592)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:196)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.cpdsadapter.DriverAdapterCPDS.getPooledConnection(DriverAdapterCPDS.java:205)
at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.spi.InternalGenericDataStoreHelper$1.run(InternalGenericDataStoreHelper.java:918)
at com.ibm.ws.security.util.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:118)
at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.spi.InternalGenericDataStoreHelper.getPooledConnection(InternalGenericDataStoreHelper.java:955)
at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.spi.WSRdbDataSource.getPooledConnection(WSRdbDataSource.java:1437)
at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.spi.WSManagedConnectionFactoryImpl.createManagedConnection(WSManagedConnectionFactoryImpl.java:1089)
at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.FreePool.createManagedConnectionWithMCWrapper(FreePool.java:1837)
at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.FreePool.createOrWaitForConnection(FreePool.java:1568)
at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.PoolManager.reserve(PoolManager.java:2338)
at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.ConnectionManager.allocateMCWrapper(ConnectionManager.java:909)
at com.ibm.ejs.j2c.ConnectionManager.allocateConnection(ConnectionManager.java:599)
at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.jdbc.WSJdbcDataSource.getConnection(WSJdbcDataSource.java:439)
at com.ibm.ws.rsadapter.jdbc.WSJdbcDataSource.getConnection(WSJdbcDataSource.java:408)
Any tips on this? I suspect I'm using a wrong class from hsqldb, or maybe my JDBC url is wrong...
In the example given in BDCP docs, the org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver class is used as the driver. The org.hsqldb.jdbc.JDBCDriver is supported only in HSQLDB 2.x, but the other class is supported by all versions of HSQLDB.

Accessing JNDI from within Eclipse OSGI bundle, hosted in WebSphere App Server

I have a problem accessing JNDI resources from within an OSGI bundle, hosted in
WebSphere Application Server (WAS) using a servlet bridge.
It is failing on creating the JNDI initial context. My code is:
Hashtable env = new Hashtable();
env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,
"com.ibm.websphere.naming.WsnInitialContextFactory");
InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext(env);
This fails with:
javax.naming.NoInitialContextException:
Failed to create InitialContext using factory specified in hashtable {java.naming.provider.url=corbaloc:rir:/NameServiceServerRoot, java.naming.factory.initial=com.ibm.websphere.naming.WsnInitialContextFactory, java.naming.factory.url.pkgs=com.ibm.ws.naming:com.ibm.ws.runtime:com.ibm.iscportal.jndi} [Root exception is java.lang.NullPointerException]
When I run the same code directly within a WAR module (not using OSGI), it is successful. I assume therefore the problem is something about accessing JNDI from within OSGI.
I have seen some references to Class Loader problems when accessing JNDI from within OSGI ... not sure if this is my problem, since the above exception does not explicitly relate to class loading, but maybe it is. Anyhow, if this is the problem, I am not sure how to fix it!
Is it in fact possible to access JNDI and JDBC entries set up within WAS, from within my OSGI module?
My application is an Eclipse RAP (Rich Ajax Plugin), packaged into a WAR file using the Eclipse WAR Product Tooling described at:
http://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2010/08/17/equinoxrap-war-deployment-an-end-to-the-pain/
This works successfully so far, apart from the JNDI access.
Many thanks
David
By default the thread context classloader will be used to load the InitialContextFactory. This is probably (but no guarantee) your bundle's classloader. You have a couple of options:
Configure the org.osgi.framework.bootdelegation property. This is probably implicitly set to sun.,com.sun. so you want to change it to be sun.,com.sun.,com.ibm.websphere.naming.* I believe this can be set in the servlet bridge wars WEB-INF/launch.ini
You could also import comibm.websphere.naming which would require you to add to the launch.ini org.osgi.framework.system.packages.extra=com.ibm.websphere.naming
Either should work.
Good luck.

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