How to get formatted xml output from jaxb in spring? - spring

I am using Jaxb2Marshaller as a view property for ContentNegotiatingViewResolver. I am able to get the xml repsonse. How do I format (pretty print) it?
<bean
class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ContentNegotiatingViewResolver">
<property name="mediaTypes">
<map>
<entry key="xml" value="application/xml" />
</map>
</property>
<property name="defaultViews">
<list>
<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.xml.MarshallingView">
<constructor-arg>
<bean class="org.springframework.oxm.jaxb.Jaxb2Marshaller">
<property name="classesToBeBound">
<list>
</list>
</property>
</bean>
</constructor-arg>
</bean>
</list>
</property>
</bean>

<bean class="org.springframework.oxm.jaxb.Jaxb2Marshaller">
<property name="classesToBeBound">
<list> .... </list>
</property>
<property name="marshallerProperties">
<map>
<entry>
<key>
<util:constant static-field="javax.xml.bind.Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT" />
</key>
<value type="java.lang.Boolean">true</value>
</entry>
</map>
</property>
</bean>

Try setting this property on your marshaller object:
marshaller.setProperty( Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, Boolean.TRUE )
Here is the full Javadoc for the Marshaller interface. Check out the Field Summary section.

Was looking for this and thought I'd share the code equivalent
#Bean
public Marshaller jaxbMarshaller() {
Map<String, Object> props = new HashMap<String, Object>();
props.put(javax.xml.bind.Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, Boolean.TRUE);
Jaxb2Marshaller m = new Jaxb2Marshaller();
m.setMarshallerProperties(props);
m.setPackagesToScan("com.example.xml");
return m;
}

Ritesh's answer didn't work for me. I had to do the following:
<bean class="org.springframework.oxm.jaxb.Jaxb2Marshaller">
<property name="classesToBeBound">
<list> ... </list>
</property>
<property name="marshallerProperties">
<map>
<entry key="jaxb.formatted.output">
<value type="boolean">true</value>
</entry>
</map>
</property>
</bean>

Another way to achieve the purpose use stringwriter class.
public class geoClientSpringWS extends WebServiceGatewaySupport
{
public GetGeoIPResponse getGeoIPResponse(String inputval) throws JAXBException
{
String endpointuri="http://Kondle-PC:8088/mockGeoIPServiceSoap";
GetGeoIP requestobj= new GetGeoIP();
requestobj.setIPAddress(inputval);
Jaxb2Marshaller marshaller= new Jaxb2Marshaller();
StringWriter textwriter= new StringWriter();
JAXBContext jaxbContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(GetGeoIP.class);
jaxbContext.createMarshaller().marshal(requestobj, textwriter);
String textwriteroutput=textwriter.toString();
System.out.println("response : " + textwriteroutput);
GetGeoIPResponse responseobj=(GetGeoIPResponse) getWebServiceTemplate().marshalSendAndReceive(endpointuri, requestobj);
return responseobj;
}
}

Use jaxb.formatted.output instead of javax.xml.bind.Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT as
Map<String,Object> map = new HashMap<String,Object>();
map.put("jaxb.formatted.output", true);
jaxb2Marshaller.setMarshallerProperties(map);

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Spring static factory with factory-method and parameter

I have a problem transfering code to Spring applicationContext.xml
The source is:
File inFile = new File ("path/to/file/", "fileName.docx")
WordprocessingMLPackage wordMLPackage = Docx4J.load(inFile);
My not working solution is:
<bean id="inFile" class="java.io.File">
<constructor-arg value="path/to/file/" />
<constructor-arg value="fileName.docx" />
</bean>
<bean id="docx4j" class="org.docx4j.Docx4J" factory-method="load">
<constructor-arg ref="inFile" />
</bean>
<bean id="wordprocessingMLPackage" class="org.docx4j.openpackaging.packages.WordprocessingMLPackage" factory-bean="docx4j" />
What I'm getting out of the bean "wordprocessingMLPackage" is indeed an instance of the Class WordprocessingMLPackage, but it seems empty although the File I'm trying to load isn't (and yes, the path is doublechecked).
When trying
MainDocumentPart mdp = wordprocessingMLPackage.getMainDocumentPart();
List<Object> content = mdp.getContent();
I'm getting a NullPointerException because mdp is null!
Has anyone an idea... or even a solution?
============================================================
I found a solution especially for my problem.
Here is the source of Docx4j.load():
public static WordprocessingMLPackage load(File inFile) throws Docx4JException {
return WordprocessingMLPackage.load(inFile);
}
That means I can create an instance of WordprocessingMLPackage by its static self!
The code which is working:
<bean id="wordprocessingMLPackage" class="org.docx4j.openpackaging.packages.WordprocessingMLPackage" factory-method="load">
<constructor-arg ref="baseDocument" />
</bean>
So I found a lucky "workaround" for the original problem.
Since this question isn't urgent any more, I'm still interested in the correct solution, especially in a solution which allows injecting the WordprocessingMLPackage in other beans.
Thank you!
Here you need to make use of MethodInvokingFactoryBean as detailed below.
<bean id="beanId"
class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.MethodInvokingFactoryBean">
<property name="targetClass" value="org.docx4j.Docx4J" />
<property name="targetMethod" value="load"/>
<property name="arguments">
<list>
<ref bean="inFile" />
</list>
</property>
</bean>
In your code get hold of applicationContext instance and invoke the below LOC
WordprocessingMLPackage ml = (WordprocessingMLPackage) applicationContext.getBean("beanId");
Let know in comments if you face any issues.
As Bond - Java Bond stated this works:
<bean id="inFile" class="java.io.File">
<constructor-arg value="path/to/file/" />
<constructor-arg value="fileName.docx" />
</bean>
<bean id="beanId" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.MethodInvokingFactoryBean">
<property name="targetClass" value="org.docx4j.Docx4J" />
<property name="targetMethod" value="load"/>
<property name="arguments">
<list>
<ref bean="inFile" />
</list>
</property>
</bean>
You can now use the bean as
WordprocessingMLPackage ml = (WordprocessingMLPackage) applicationContext.getBean("beanId");
or you can inject the bean directly as
<bean id="service" class="app.service.Service">
<property name="wordprocessingMLPackage" ref="beanId" />
</bean>
Thank you!!!

Spring 3.2 with MVC, ContentNegotation, REST and PDF Generator

Let's say, I have a REST styled controller mapping
#RequestMapping(value="users", produces = {MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE})
public List<User> listUsers(#ReqestParams Integer offset, #ReqestParams Integer limit, #ReqestParams String query) {
return service.loadUsers(query, offset, limit);
}
Serving JSON (or even XML) is not an issue, this is easy using ContentNegotation and MessageConverters
<bean id="contentNegotiationManager" class="org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManagerFactoryBean">
<property name="favorPathExtension" value="true" />
<property name="favorParameter" value="false" />
<property name="ignoreAcceptHeader" value="false" />
<property name="mediaTypes" >
<value>
html=text/html
json=application/json
xml=application/xml
</value>
</property>
</bean>
Now, I need to add support for PDF. Naturally, I want to use (Spring) MVC + REST as much as possible. Most examples I have found implement this with an explicit definition not using REST style, e.g.
#RequestMapping(value="users", produces = {"application/pdf"})
public ModelAndView listUsersAsPdf(#ReqestParams Integer offset, #ReqestParams Integer limit, #ReqestParams String query) {
List<User> users = listUsers(offset, limit, query); // delegated
return new ModelAndView("pdfView", users);
}
That works, but is not very comfortable because for every alternate output (PDF, Excel, ...) I would add a request mapping.
I have already added application/pdf to the content negotation resolver; unfortunately any request with a suffix .pdf or the Accept-Header application/pdf were be responded with 406.
What is the ideal setup for a REST/MVC style pattern to integrate alternate output like PDF?
You can create a WEB-INF/spring/pdf-beans.xml like below.
<bean id="listofusers" class="YourPDFBasedView"/>
And your controller method will return view name as listofusers.
#RequestMapping(value="users")
public ModelAndView listUsersAsPdf(#ReqestParams Integer offset, #ReqestParams Integer limit, #ReqestParams String query) {
List<User> users = listUsers(offset, limit, query); // delegated
return new ModelAndView("listofusers", users);
}
And you can use contentNegotiationViewResolver in this way:
<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.XmlViewResolver">
<property name="order" value="1"/>
<property name="location" value="WEB-INF/spring/pdf-views.xml"/>
</bean>
<!--
View resolver that delegates to other view resolvers based on the content type
-->
<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ContentNegotiatingViewResolver">
<!-- All configuration is now done by the manager - since Spring V3.2 -->
<property name="contentNegotiationManager" ref="cnManager"/>
</bean>
<!--
Setup a simple strategy:
1. Only path extension is taken into account, Accept headers are ignored.
2. Return HTML by default when not sure.
-->
<bean id="cnManager" class="org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManagerFactoryBean">
<property name="ignoreAcceptHeader" value="true"/>
<property name="defaultContentType" value="text/html" />
</bean>
For JSON: Create a generic JSON view resolver like below and register it as bean in context file.
public class JsonViewResolver implements ViewResolver {
/**
* Get the view to use.
*
* #return Always returns an instance of {#link MappingJacksonJsonView}.
*/
#Override
public View resolveViewName(String viewName, Locale locale) throws Exception {
MappingJacksonJsonView view = new MappingJacksonJsonView();
view.setPrettyPrint(true); // Lay the JSON out to be nicely readable
return view;
}
}
Same for XML:
public class MarshallingXmlViewResolver implements ViewResolver {
private Marshaller marshaller;
#Autowired
public MarshallingXmlViewResolver(Marshaller marshaller) {
this.marshaller = marshaller;
}
/**
* Get the view to use.
*
* #return Always returns an instance of {#link MappingJacksonJsonView}.
*/
#Override
public View resolveViewName(String viewName, Locale locale)
throws Exception {
MarshallingView view = new MarshallingView();
view.setMarshaller(marshaller);
return view;
}
}
and register above xml view resolver in context file like this:
<oxm:jaxb2-marshaller id="marshaller" >
<oxm:class-to-be-bound name="some.package.Account"/>
<oxm:class-to-be-bound name="some.package.Customer"/>
<oxm:class-to-be-bound name="some.package.Transaction"/>
</oxm:jaxb2-marshaller>
<!-- View resolver that returns an XML Marshalling view. -->
<bean class="some.package.MarshallingXmlViewResolver" >
<constructor-arg ref="marshaller"/>
</bean>
You can find more information at this link:
http://spring.io/blog/2013/06/03/content-negotiation-using-views/
Using all view resolver techniques, you can avoid writing duplicate methods in controller, such as one for xml/json, other for excel, other for pdf, another for doc, rss and all.
Knalli, if you replace #ResponseBody with ModelAndView(), you can achieve both the features.
Is there any reason you want to keep #ResponseBody ? I just want to know if I am missing anything, just want to learn.
Other option is to write HttpMessageConverters then:
Some samples are here.
Custom HttpMessageConverter with #ResponseBody to do Json things
http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2013/07/spring-mvc-requestbody-and-responsebody-demystified.html
This is working sample. I have configured contentnegotiationviewresolver for this, and give highest order. After that I have ResourceBundleViewResolver for JSTL and Tiles View, then XmlViewResolver for excelResolver, pdfResolver, rtfResolver. excelResolver, pdfResolver, rtfResolver. XmlViewResolver and ResourceBundleViewResolver works only with MAV only, but MappingJacksonJsonView and MarshallingView takes care for both MAV and #ResponseBody return value.
<bean id="contentNegotiatingResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ContentNegotiatingViewResolver">
<property name="order"
value="#{T(org.springframework.core.Ordered).HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE}" />
<property name="mediaTypes">
<map>
<entry key="json" value="application/json" />
<entry key="xml" value="application/xml" />
<entry key="pdf" value="application/pdf" />
<entry key="xlsx" value="application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet" />
<entry key="doc" value="application/msword" />
</map>
</property>
<property name="defaultViews">
<list>
<!-- JSON View -->
<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.json.MappingJacksonJsonView" />
<!-- XML View -->
<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.xml.MarshallingView">
<constructor-arg>
<bean id="jaxbMarshaller" class="org.springframework.oxm.jaxb.Jaxb2Marshaller">
<property name="classesToBeBound">
<list>
<value>Employee</value>
<value>EmployeeList</value>
</list>
</property>
</bean>
</constructor-arg>
</bean>
</list>
</property>
<property name="ignoreAcceptHeader" value="true" />
</bean>
<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ResourceBundleViewResolver"
id="resourceBundleResolver">
<property name="order" value="#{contentNegotiatingResolver.order+1}" />
</bean>
<bean id="excelResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.XmlViewResolver">
<property name="location">
<value>/WEB-INF/tiles/spring-excel-views.xml</value>
</property>
<property name="order" value="#{resourceBundleResolver.order+1}" />
</bean>
<bean id="pdfResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.XmlViewResolver">
<property name="location">
<value>/WEB-INF/tiles/spring-pdf-views.xml</value>
</property>
<property name="order" value="#{excelResolver.order+1}" />
</bean>
<bean id="rtfResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.XmlViewResolver">
<property name="location">
<value>/WEB-INF/tiles/spring-rtf-views.xml</value>
</property>
<property name="order" value="#{excelResolver.order+1}" />
</bean>
And our XMLViewResolver spring-pdf-views.xml looks like this.
<bean id="employees"
class="EmployeePDFView"/>
And EmployeePDFView will have code for generating pdf and writing pdf byte stream on Response object. This will resolve to rest url that will end with .pdf extension, and when you return MAV with "employees" id.

RestClientException Could not extract response spring mvc

i'm trying to connect via the restTemplate to the server side in order to retrieve xml's. But i'm taking an RestClientException and this message:"Could not extract response: no suitable HttpMessageConverter found for response type [frontend.model.Registration] and content type [application/xml]"
In the dispatcher-servlet i write this:
<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ContentNegotiatingViewResolver">
<property name="mediaTypes">
<map>
<entry key="xml" value="application/xml"/>
<entry key="atom" value="application/atom+xml"/>
<entry key="html" value="text/html"/>
</map>
</property>
<property name="viewResolvers">
<list>
<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.BeanNameViewResolver"/>
</list>
</property>
And afterwards i add this:
<bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.xml.SourceHttpMessageConverter"/>
Also the exception appears at this line:3
ResponseEntity<Registration> result = restTemplate.exchange("http://www.../ckp/user/{id}",
HttpMethod.GET, entity, Registration.class, id);
I can't solve the problem days now..i'm thinking to add ViewResoler and MessageConverter by i don't know which resolvers and which converters. Can anyone propose something to try?
Should i add something on disptcher servlet?should i add a library?
My model classes are pojo's contains jaxb annotations.
You need to add the xml message converter bean to the RestTemplate bean definition. This is what I use:
<bean id="restTemplate" class="org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate">
<property name="messageConverters">
<list>
<bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.xml.SourceHttpMessageConverter"/>
<bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.FormHttpMessageConverter"/>
<bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter"/>
</list>
</property>
</bean>
Don't forget to inject the restTemplate bean into your class (via xml or annotation).
EDIT: In your class where you call RestTemplate, add a field like this:
#Inject
private RestTemplate restTemplate;

Spring's Java Based configuration not working for me

I am new to Spring programming and currently struggling with Spring 3.1's Java Based Configuraion" I have created following Configuration class
#Configuration
#ImportResource("classpath:/resources/jdbc.properties")
public class AppConfig {
#Autowired
Environment env;
private #Value("${jdbc.url}")
String url;
private #Value("${jdbc.username}")
String username;
private #Value("${jdbc.password}")
String password;
#Bean
public DataSource dataSource() {
System.out.println("Creating data Source.");
return new DriverManagerDataSource(url, username, password);
}
#Bean
public SessionFactory sessionFactory () throws Exception {
return new AnnotationSessionFactoryBuilder().setDataSource(dataSource()).setPackagesToScan("com.argusoft.loginmodule.domain").buildSessionFactory();
}
}
now when I try to run the project I get following error.
OUTPUT
SEVERE: Exception while loading the app :
java.lang.IllegalStateException: ContainerBase.addChild: start:
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: javax.servlet.ServletException:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
org/springframework/core/env/EnvironmentCapable
stuck into it, Cant solve it..... I am following Spring Source Blog.
please also suggest some good tutorial in which Spring's latest Java based configuration is explained by easy to understand examples...
Thanks in advance,
From the perspective of the exception:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/core/env/EnvironmentCapable
This question is equals to the question: Spring class EnvironmentCapable
So the correct answer might be:
I think that need use version 3.1.0 - in package
org.springframework.core-3.1.0.M2.jar this class presents.
given by user810430 here: original answer.
you can puth configuration like this
inside application context:
<bean id="propertyConfigurer"
class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
<property name="locations">
<list>
<value>/WEB-INF/configuration.properties</value>
</list>
</property>
</bean>
<import resource="db-config.xml" />
and
db-config.xml is:
<bean id="dataSource" class="com.mchange.v2.c3p0.ComboPooledDataSource"
destroy-method="close">
<property name="driverClass">
<value>${jdbc.driver.className}</value>
</property>
<property name="jdbcUrl">
<value>${jdbc.url}</value>
</property>
<property name="user">
<value>${jdbc.username}</value>
</property>
<property name="password">
<value>${jdbc.password}</value>
</property>
</bean>
<bean id="sessionFactory"
class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.annotation.AnnotationSessionFactoryBean" autowire="byName">
<property name="dataSource">
<ref bean="dataSource" />
</property>
<property name="packagesToScan" value="com.huawei.sa.album" />
<property name="hibernateProperties">
<props>
<prop key="hibernate.dialect">${jdbc.hibernate.dialect}</prop>
<prop key="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto">update</prop>
<!-- uncomment this for first time run-->
<prop key="hibernate.show_sql">false</prop>
</props>
</property>
</bean>
<bean id="transactionManager"
class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTransactionManager">
<property name="sessionFactory">
<ref bean="sessionFactory" />
</property>
</bean>
<tx:annotation-driven />
</beans>

Is there a shorter version of how you use MethodInvokingFactoryBean in cfg file?

Currently it is used as shown below...wondering if there is a shorter version (similar to the util namespace)
<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.MethodInvokingFactoryBean">
<property name="targetObject">
<ref bean="transformation" />
</property>
<property name="targetMethod">
<value>addTransformers</value>
</property>
<property name="arguments">
<list>
<ref bean="customTransformers" />
</list>
</property>
</bean>
You can write it a bit shorter by using Spring P-Namespace
You're using very verbose syntax, you can make it shorter just by being more concise:
<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.MethodInvokingFactoryBean">
<property name="targetObject" ref="transformation"/>
<property name="targetMethod" value="addTransformers"/>
<property name="arguments">
<list>
<ref bean="customTransformers" />
</list>
</property>
</bean>
Aside from that, and maybe using the p: syntax mentioned by #Ralph, I'm not aware of a namespace-based shortcut.
Another approach using #Configuration but for setting a System property, you can adapt though:
#Bean
public Properties retrieveSystemProperties(){
return System.getProperties();
}
private Properties systemProperties;
public Properties getSystemProperties() {
return systemProperties;
}
#Resource(name="retrieveSystemProperties")
public void setSystemProperties(Properties systemProperties) {
this.systemProperties = systemProperties;
}
#Bean
public MethodInvokingFactoryBean methodInvokingFactoryBean() {
MethodInvokingFactoryBean methodInvokingFactoryBean = new MethodInvokingFactoryBean();
methodInvokingFactoryBean.setStaticMethod("java.lang.System.setProperties");
systemProperties.setProperty("http.keepAlive", "false");
methodInvokingFactoryBean.setArguments(new Object[]{systemProperties});
return methodInvokingFactoryBean;
}
If you don't have any parameters, you can do this:
<bean id="mybean" factory-instance="otherBean" factory-method="getMyBean"/>

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