configure BasicDataSource as bean in web.xml - spring

Question

I'm trying to configure org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource as bean in web.xml under a tomcat project using tomcat 6. (it's red5 with tomcat, we can ignore that the main server is actually red5 because i actually run jsp files under port 5080 and don't connect to the red5 directly using RTMP protocol)
my web.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<web-app
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/ j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd"
version="2.4">
<display-name>gamesisland-login-red5</display-name>
<context-param>
<param-name>webAppRootKey</param-name>
<param-value>/[myapp]</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.red5.logging.ContextLoggingListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<filter>
<filter-name>LoggerContextFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.red5.logging.LoggerContextFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>LoggerContextFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>rtmpt</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.red5.server.net.rtmpt.RTMPTServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>rtmpt</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/fcs/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>rtmpt</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/open/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>rtmpt</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/close/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>rtmpt</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/send/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>rtmpt</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/idle/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>Forbidden</web-resource-name>
<url-pattern>/streams/*</url-pattern>
</web-resource-collection>
<auth-constraint/>
</security-constraint>
<bean id="placeholderConfig" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
<property name="location" value="/WEB-INF/red5-web.properties" />
</bean>
<bean id="idDataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close">
<property name="driverClassName"><value>${db.driver}</value></property>
<property name="url"><value>${db.url}</value></property>
<property name="username"><value>${db.username}</value></property>
<property name="password"><value>${db.password}</value></property>
<property name="poolPreparedStatements"><value>true</value></property>
<property name="maxActive"><value>10</value></property>
<property name="maxIdle"><value>10</value></property>
</bean>
</web-app>
my red5-web.properties:
webapp.contextPath=/myapp
webapp.virtualHosts=*
db.driver=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
db.url=jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:3306/dbname
db.username=user
db.password=pass
does tomcat automatically searches for WEB-INF/web.xml for configuration?
why don't I get any relevant errors to the creation of idDataSource ?
I really don't have any clue how to pinpoint or debug the problem.
any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
thank you!
kfir

Answer 1

I don't know nothing about Red5, but it seems like you trying to put Spring beans directly inside web.xml, which is wrong. You are suppose to create a separate Spring configuration file that will be picked up by Springs' ContextLoaderListener. First, add this to your web.xml:
<listener>
<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>
Than create applicationContext.xml file under /WEB-INF:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd">
<bean id="placeholderConfig" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
<property name="location" value="/WEB-INF/red5-web.properties" />
</bean>
<bean id="idDataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close">
<property name="driverClassName"><value>${db.driver}</value></property>
<property name="url"><value>${db.url}</value></property>
<property name="username"><value>${db.username}</value></property>
<property name="password"><value>${db.password}</value></property>
<property name="poolPreparedStatements"><value>true</value></property>
<property name="maxActive"><value>10</value></property>
<property name="maxIdle"><value>10</value></property>
</bean>
</beans>
Of course all the <bean/> declarations should go away from web.xml.
Second thought: looking at this document it seems like Red5 uses a file named red5-web.xml, please go through this documentation carefully.