Spring FAQ

1. How to define a Spring bean using annotation instead of XML?

      Annotate the class with   @Component , and in spring config file, add the package where your spring bean resides to component-scan package like this

   < context:component-scan   b ase-package = "com.test.**.service,com.test.aop.aspect"  > </ context:component-scan >

2. How to enable annotation-driven aspects in Spring?

Add  <  aop:aspectj-autoproxy  />   to spring config file. 

<aop:aspectj-autoproxy/> will create an  AnnotationAwareAspectJAutoProxyCreator in the Spring context and will automatically proxy beans whose methods match the pointcuts defined with @Pointcut annotations in @Aspect-annotated beans.

3. How to specify that an advice is executed outside the transaction of the join point?

Specify the orders of the aspect and transaction. For aspect, annotation  org.springframework.core.annotation.Order  can be used. For transaction, order can be specified in spring config file. A greater value represents a lower priority.

      < tx:annotation-driven  transaction-manager = "transactionManager"   proxy-target-class = "true"  order = "100" />

@Order (1)

@Aspect

@Component

public  class  TestAspect

{

         @AfterReturning (pointcut =  "execution(* com.test.service.GuestTypeSsidModificationService.handleGuestTypeModification(..))" )
         public  void  rescanAndUpdatePpskGuests(JoinPoint joinPoint)
       {
              System.  out .println( "Outside join point transaction."  );
       }

}

4. How to specify the which advice take precedence while two advices advise the same method?

Again, use  org.springframework.core.annotation.Order  and give them different values.

5. Are spring managed beans all singleton?

Not necessarily.

Various bean scopes can be specified with  org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope .

singleton

Scopes a single bean definition to a single object instance per Spring IoC container.

prototype

Scopes a single bean definition to any number of object instances.

request

Scopes a single bean definition to the lifecycle of a single HTTP request; that is each and every HTTP request will have its own instance of a bean created off the back of a single bean definition. Only valid in the context of a web-aware Spring ApplicationContext.

session

Scopes a single bean definition to the lifecycle of a HTTP Session. Only valid in the context of a web-aware Spring ApplicationContext.

global session

Scopes a single bean definition to the lifecycle of a global HTTP Session. Typically only valid when used in a portlet context. Only valid in the context of a web-aware Spring ApplicationContext.

For instance, annotate a class with  @Scope  ( "prototype" ), and each time bean of this type fetched is a new instance.

@Component

@Scope ( "prototype"  )

public  class  JobStateCreateThread  implements  Callable<GuestTypeUpdJobState>

{

     ... ...

}

ApplicationContext applicationContext = ApplicationContextProvider.getApplicationContext();

JobStateCreateThread jobStateCreateThread = applicationContext.getBean(JobStateCreateThread.  class ); //a new instance

6. How to get Spring context in a static way?

  Define util class like 

import  org.springframework.beans.BeansException;

import  org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;

import  org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;

public   class  ApplicationContextProvider  implements  ApplicationContextAware

{

         private  ApplicationContextProvider()

       {

       }

         private   static  ApplicationContext   applicationContext    =  null  ;

         public   static  ApplicationContext getApplicationContext()

       {

                return   applicationContext  ;

       }

         @Override

         public   void  setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext)  throws  BeansException

       {

               ApplicationContextProvider.  applicationContext  = applicationContext;

       }

}

And declare bean in spring config file

< bean  id =  "applicationContextProvider"

                class =  "com.test.core.common.ApplicationContextProvider"  lazy-init = "false"  ></ bean >

7. How to use batch operations of spring jdbc template?

     1. Bean extends  org.springframework.jdbc.core.support.JdbcDaoSupport

@Service

public

class  GuestBatchUpdateServiceImpl  extends  JdbcDaoSupport  implements  GuestBatchUpdateService

{

     ... ...

}

     2. Bean provides a constructor to set datasource

         @Autowired

         public  GuestBatchUpdateServiceImpl(DataSource dataSource)

       {

              setDataSource( dataSource);

       }

     3. Define datasource in spring config file applicationContext.xml

      < bean  id =  "dataSource"  class  = "com.mchange.v2.c3p0.ComboPooledDataSource"

         destroy-method = "close"  >

         < property  name =  "driverClass"  value  = "${jdbc.driver}"  />

         < property  name =  "jdbcUrl"  value  = "${jdbc.url}"  />

         < property  name =  "user"  value  = "${jdbc.username}"  />

         < property  name =  "password"  value  = "${jdbc.password}"  />

         < property  name =  "minPoolSize"  value  = "${c3p0.minPoolSize}"  />

         < property  name =  "maxPoolSize"  value  = "${c3p0.maxPoolSize}"  />

         < property  name =  "initialPoolSize"  value  = "${c3p0.initialPoolSize}"  />

         < property  name =  "maxIdleTime"  value  = "${c3p0.maxIdleTime}"  />

         < property  name =  "acquireIncrement"  value  = "${c3p0.acquireIncrement}"  />

         < property  name =  "idleConnectionTestPeriod"  value = "${c3p0.idleConnectionTestPeriod}"  />

         < property  name =  "acquireRetryAttempts"  value  = "${c3p0.acquireRetryAttempts}"  />

         < property  name =  "checkoutTimeout"  value  = "${c3p0.checkoutTimeout}"  />

</ bean >

           @Override

        public  void  updatePpskGuests(List<IdmGuest> guestList, String newSsid,  int  newUserProfileId)

       {

                int  guestNum = guestList.size();

              String[] sqls =  new  String[guestNum];

                for  ( int  i = 0; i < guestNum; i++)

              {

                     IdmGuest guest = guestList.get(i);

                     sqls[i] =  "UPDATE idm_guest SET ssid='"  + newSsid +  " '  WHERE id="  + guest.getId();

              }

               getJdbcTemplate().batchUpdate(sqls);

       }