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How to automatically inject implementation based on Generics

I have a Service class defined like this,
#RequiredArgsConstructor
class SomeService<T extends AbstractResponse> {
private final ValidationService<T> validationService;
....
}
And I have two kinds of AbstractResponse, ResponseA and ResponseB and have a validation service defined for both of them.
#Service("aValidationService");
class AValidationService<ResponseA> implements ValidationService<ResponseA> {
....
}
and
#Service("ValidationService");
class BValidationService<ResponseB> implements ValidationService<ResponseB> {
....
}
Right now spring is throwing an error because it's not able to deduce the implementation of ValidationService to use in SomeService as there are two implementations of it. How do I make spring deduce the correct implementation based on the type of AbstractResponse?

Hope that I understood your requirements.
You can not automatically inject, when you have (2) of the same kind. In this case ValidationService.
You could inject #ValidationServiceA, or #ValidationServiceB, or a List<ValidationServiceI> and then return the one you want based on a <T> type you care about:
The solution below highlights that.
The method getGenericParameter() is used to return the <T> parameter. This is to avoid the use of Reflection.
The method methodWhichDeterminesWhichServiceToUseBasedOnResponseType to used to determine which ValidationService to use based on the input that you require.
You can find the complete solution below, including a verification Test.
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
#Service
public class ValidationServiceA implements ValidationServiceI<ResponseA>{
#Override public Class<ResponseA> getGenericParameter() {
return ResponseA.class;
}
public void print(){
System.out.println("Service A");
}
}
#Service
public class ValidationServiceB implements ValidationServiceI<ResponseB>{
#Override public Class<ResponseB> getGenericParameter() {
return ResponseB.class;
}
public void print(){
System.out.println("Service B");
}
}
public interface ValidationServiceI<T>{
Class<T> getGenericParameter();
void print();
}
#Service
public class ServiceWhichCallsOthers {
#Autowired
private List<ValidationServiceI> validationServices;
public <T> ValidationServiceI<T> methodWhichDeterminesWhichServiceToUseBasedOnResponseType(T responseType){
Optional<ValidationServiceI> validationServiceSupportingResponse = validationServices.stream().filter(validationServiceI -> validationServiceI.getGenericParameter().equals(responseType)).findFirst();
return validationServiceSupportingResponse.get();
}
public void callValidationServiceA(){
methodWhichDeterminesWhichServiceToUseBasedOnResponseType(ResponseA.class).print();
}
public void callValidationServiceB(){
methodWhichDeterminesWhichServiceToUseBasedOnResponseType(ResponseB.class).print();
}
}
#SpringBootTest
public class ServiceWhichCallsOthersIT {
#Autowired
private ServiceWhichCallsOthers serviceWhichCallsOthers;
#Test
public void validateBasedOnResponseType(){
Assertions.assertEquals(ValidationServiceA.class, serviceWhichCallsOthers.methodWhichDeterminesWhichServiceToUseBasedOnResponseType(ResponseA.class).getClass());
Assertions.assertEquals(ValidationServiceB.class, serviceWhichCallsOthers.methodWhichDeterminesWhichServiceToUseBasedOnResponseType(ResponseB.class).getClass());
serviceWhichCallsOthers.callValidationServiceA();
serviceWhichCallsOthers.callValidationServiceB();
}
}

Inject list of beans implementing same interface

Supposing I have following interface
public interface Handler {
void handle(Object o);
}
and implementations
public class PrintHandler implements Handler {
void handle(Object o) {
System.out.println(o);
}
}
public class YetAnotherHandler implements Handler {
void handle(Object o) {
// do some stuff
}
}
I want to inject all Handler subclasses into some class
public class Foo {
private List<Handler> handlers;
}
How can I achieve this using Quarkus?

All the implementation needs to be marked for #ApplicationScoped like:
#ApplicationScoped
public class PrintHandler implements Handler {
public String handle() {
return "PrintHandler";
}
}
In the class where you want to inject all the implementations, use
#Inject
Instance<Handler> handlers;
This Instance is imported from javax.enterprise.inject.Instance;
This handlers variable will have all the implementations of Handler interface.
javax.enterprise.inject.Instance also implements the Iterable so you can iterate to it and call the required methods.
#Inject
Instance<Handler> handlers;
#GET
#Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
public List<String> handle() {
List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
handlers.forEach(handler -> list.add(handler.handle()));
return list;
}

Spring choose bean implementation at runtime

I'm using Spring Beans with annotations and I need to choose different implementation at runtime.
#Service
public class MyService {
public void test(){...}
}
For example for windows's platform I need MyServiceWin extending MyService, for linux platform I need MyServiceLnx extending MyService.
For now I know only one horrible solution:
#Service
public class MyService {
private MyService impl;
#PostInit
public void init(){
if(windows) impl=new MyServiceWin();
else impl=new MyServiceLnx();
}
public void test(){
impl.test();
}
}
Please consider that I'm using annotation only and not XML config.

1. Implement a custom Condition
public class LinuxCondition implements Condition {
#Override
public boolean matches(ConditionContext context, AnnotatedTypeMetadata metadata) {
return context.getEnvironment().getProperty("os.name").contains("Linux"); }
}
Same for Windows.
2. Use #Conditional in your Configuration class
#Configuration
public class MyConfiguration {
#Bean
#Conditional(LinuxCondition.class)
public MyService getMyLinuxService() {
return new LinuxService();
}
#Bean
#Conditional(WindowsCondition.class)
public MyService getMyWindowsService() {
return new WindowsService();
}
}
3. Use #Autowired as usual
#Service
public class SomeOtherServiceUsingMyService {
#Autowired
private MyService impl;
// ...
}

Let's create beautiful config.
Imagine that we have Animal interface and we have Dog and Cat implementation. We want to write write:
#Autowired
Animal animal;
but which implementation should we return?
So what is solution? There are many ways to solve problem. I will write how to use #Qualifier and Custom Conditions together.
So First off all let's create our custom annotation:
#Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
#Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.TYPE})
public #interface AnimalType {
String value() default "";
}
and config:
#Configuration
#EnableAutoConfiguration
#ComponentScan
public class AnimalFactoryConfig {
#Bean(name = "AnimalBean")
#AnimalType("Dog")
#Conditional(AnimalCondition.class)
public Animal getDog() {
return new Dog();
}
#Bean(name = "AnimalBean")
#AnimalType("Cat")
#Conditional(AnimalCondition.class)
public Animal getCat() {
return new Cat();
}
}
Note our bean name is AnimalBean. why do we need this bean? because when we inject Animal interface we will write just #Qualifier("AnimalBean")
Also we crated custom annotation to pass the value to our custom Condition.
Now our conditions look like this (imagine that "Dog" name comes from config file or JVM parameter or...)
public class AnimalCondition implements Condition {
#Override
public boolean matches(ConditionContext conditionContext, AnnotatedTypeMetadata annotatedTypeMetadata) {
if (annotatedTypeMetadata.isAnnotated(AnimalType.class.getCanonicalName())){
return annotatedTypeMetadata.getAnnotationAttributes(AnimalType.class.getCanonicalName())
.entrySet().stream().anyMatch(f -> f.getValue().equals("Dog"));
}
return false;
}
}
and finally injection:
#Qualifier("AnimalBean")
#Autowired
Animal animal;

You can move the bean injection into the configuration, as:
#Configuration
public class AppConfig {
#Bean
public MyService getMyService() {
if(windows) return new MyServiceWin();
else return new MyServiceLnx();
}
}
Alternatively, you may use profiles windows and linux, then annotate your service implementations with the #Profile annotation, like #Profile("linux") or #Profile("windows"), and provide one of this profiles for your application.

Autowire all your implementations into a factory with #Qualifier annotations, then return the service class you need from the factory.
public class MyService {
private void doStuff();
}
My Windows Service:
#Service("myWindowsService")
public class MyWindowsService implements MyService {
#Override
private void doStuff() {
//Windows specific stuff happens here.
}
}
My Mac Service:
#Service("myMacService")
public class MyMacService implements MyService {
#Override
private void doStuff() {
//Mac specific stuff happens here
}
}
My factory:
#Component
public class MyFactory {
#Autowired
#Qualifier("myWindowsService")
private MyService windowsService;
#Autowired
#Qualifier("myMacService")
private MyService macService;
public MyService getService(String serviceNeeded){
//This logic is ugly
if(serviceNeeded == "Windows"){
return windowsService;
} else {
return macService;
}
}
}
If you want to get really tricky you can use an enum to store your implementation class types, and then use the enum value to choose which implementation you want to return.
public enum ServiceStore {
MAC("myMacService", MyMacService.class),
WINDOWS("myWindowsService", MyWindowsService.class);
private String serviceName;
private Class<?> clazz;
private static final Map<Class<?>, ServiceStore> mapOfClassTypes = new HashMap<Class<?>, ServiceStore>();
static {
//This little bit of black magic, basically sets up your
//static map and allows you to get an enum value based on a classtype
ServiceStore[] namesArray = ServiceStore.values();
for(ServiceStore name : namesArray){
mapOfClassTypes.put(name.getClassType, name);
}
}
private ServiceStore(String serviceName, Class<?> clazz){
this.serviceName = serviceName;
this.clazz = clazz;
}
public String getServiceBeanName() {
return serviceName;
}
public static <T> ServiceStore getOrdinalFromValue(Class<?> clazz) {
return mapOfClassTypes.get(clazz);
}
}
Then your factory can tap into the Application context and pull instances into it's own map. When you add a new service class, just add another entry to the enum, and that's all you have to do.
public class ServiceFactory implements ApplicationContextAware {
private final Map<String, MyService> myServices = new Hashmap<String, MyService>();
public MyService getInstance(Class<?> clazz) {
return myServices.get(ServiceStore.getOrdinalFromValue(clazz).getServiceName());
}
public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext) throws BeansException {
myServices.putAll(applicationContext.getBeansofType(MyService.class));
}
}
Now you can just pass the class type you want into the factory, and it will provide you back the instance you need. Very helpful especially if you want to the make the services generic.

Simply make the #Service annotated classes conditional:
That's all. No need for other explicit #Bean methods.
public enum Implementation {
FOO, BAR
}
#Configuration
public class FooCondition implements Condition {
#Override
public boolean matches(ConditionContext context, AnnotatedTypeMetadata metadata) {
Implementation implementation = Implementation.valueOf(context.getEnvironment().getProperty("implementation"));
return Implementation.FOO == implementation;
}
}
#Configuration
public class BarCondition implements Condition {
#Override
public boolean matches(ConditionContext context, AnnotatedTypeMetadata metadata) {
Implementation implementation = Implementation.valueOf(context.getEnvironment().getProperty("implementation"));
return Implementation.BAR == implementation;
}
}
Here happens the magic.
The condition is right where it belongs: At the implementating classes.
#Conditional(FooCondition.class)
#Service
class MyServiceFooImpl implements MyService {
// ...
}
#Conditional(BarCondition.class)
#Service
class MyServiceBarImpl implements MyService {
// ...
}
You can then use Dependency Injection as usual, e.g. via Lombok's #RequiredArgsConstructor or #Autowired.
#Service
#RequiredArgsConstructor
public class MyApp {
private final MyService myService;
// ...
}
Put this in your application.yml:
implementation: FOO
👍 Only the implementations annotated with the FooCondition will be instantiated. No phantom instantiations. 👍

Just adding my 2 cents to this question. Note that one doesn't have to implement so many java classes as the other answers are showing. One can simply use the #ConditionalOnProperty. Example:
#Service
#ConditionalOnProperty(
value="property.my.service",
havingValue = "foo",
matchIfMissing = true)
class MyServiceFooImpl implements MyService {
// ...
}
#ConditionalOnProperty(
value="property.my.service",
havingValue = "bar")
class MyServiceBarImpl implements MyService {
// ...
}
Put this in your application.yml:
property.my.service: foo

MyService.java:
public interface MyService {
String message();
}
MyServiceConfig.java:
#Configuration
public class MyServiceConfig {
#Value("${service-type}")
MyServiceTypes myServiceType;
#Bean
public MyService getMyService() {
if (myServiceType == MyServiceTypes.One) {
return new MyServiceImp1();
} else {
return new MyServiceImp2();
}
}
}
application.properties:
service-type=one
MyServiceTypes.java
public enum MyServiceTypes {
One,
Two
}
Use in any Bean/Component/Service/etc. like:
#Autowired
MyService myService;
...
String message = myService.message()

Spring proxy to choose implementation based on annotation and runtime value

I would like to inject a proxy implementation of an interface to a component and then let spring choose the right implementation based on a runtime property (and the value of an annotation at the implementation class). So my component does not have to care about choosing the right one.
It is kind of like a scope. But i think scopes are only for handling different instances of the same implementation class. Am i wrong with this?
I would like this to run for arbitrary interfaces without creating a service locator or some other construct for every new service.
Here is an example.
Suppose I have an interface defining a service
package test;
public interface IService {
void doSomething();
}
and two implementations:
package test;
import javax.inject.Named;
#Named
#MyAnnotation("service1")
public class Service1 implements IService {
#Override
public void doSomething() {
System.out.println("this");
}
}
...
package test;
import javax.inject.Named;
#Named
#MyAnnotation("service2")
public class Service2 implements IService {
#Override
public void doSomething() {
System.out.println("that");
}
}
Now I would like to inject an IService to another component and let spring choose the correct implementation based on some queryable run time property and the value of MyAnnotation.
Is there a way to do this in a general way in spring?
EDIT:
I have a Context that holds some value. It is a thread local in this case.
package test;
public class MyValueHolder {
private static final ThreadLocal<String> value = new ThreadLocal<>();
public static void set(String newValue) {
value.set(newValue);
}
public static String get() {
return value.get();
}
public static void reset() {
value.remove();
}
}
And I have an component which uses IService
package test;
import javax.inject.Inject;
import javax.inject.Named;
#Named
public class MyComponent {
#Inject
private IService service;
public void myImportantWorkflow(){
MyValueHolder.set("service1");
service.doSomething();
MyValueHolder.set("service2");
service.doSomething();
}
}
The injected service should only be a proxy. Depending on the value set in MyValueHolder the call to doSomething should delegate to service1 or service2. So in this example it should delegate to doSomething on service1 in the first call and to service2 in the second call.
I could write such a delegator implementing the IService interface and use it for this one service. But then i have to repeat this for every other service . I hoped spring could do something like this with proxies almost by itself. Of course i have to provide some method to look beans up based on the value hold in the thread local and register it to spring. But i have no idea if that is even possible without modifying the spring framework. And if it is possible how to accomplish this.

You could use a ProxyFactoryBean to create the proxies and a TargetSource to do the lookup.
For example (not tested)
public class AnnotatedBeanTargetSource implements TargetSource, BeanFactoryAware {
private ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory;
private Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType;
private Class<?> implementedIterface;
private Map<String, Object> beans;
#Override
public Class<?> getTargetClass() {
return this.implementedIterface;
}
#Override
public boolean isStatic() {
return false;
}
#Override
public Object getTarget() throws Exception {
if (this.beans == null) {
this.beans = lookupTargets();
}
return this.beans.get(MyValueHolder.get());
}
protected Map<String, Object> lookupTargets() {
Map<String, Object> resolvedBeans = new HashMap<String, Object>();
String[] candidates = beanFactory.getBeanNamesForAnnotation(annotationType);
for (String beanName : candidates) {
Class<?> type = beanFactory.getType(beanName);
if (this.implementedIterface.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
Annotation ann = AnnotationUtils.getAnnotation(type, annotationType);
resolvedBeans.put((String) AnnotationUtils.getValue(ann), beanFactory.getBean(beanName));
}
}
return resolvedBeans;
}
#Override
public void releaseTarget(Object target) throws Exception {
// nothing to do
}
#Override
public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException {
this.beanFactory = (ConfigurableListableBeanFactory) beanFactory;
}
public Class<? extends Annotation> getAnnotationType() {
return annotationType;
}
public void setAnnotationType(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType) {
this.annotationType = annotationType;
}
public Class<?> getImplementedIterface() {
return implementedIterface;
}
public void setImplementedIterface(Class<?> implementedIterface) {
this.implementedIterface = implementedIterface;
}
}

This is what I would do:
#Named
public class MyComponent {
// introduce a marker interface for Injecting proxies
#InjectDynamic
IService service
...
public void useIService() {
service.doSomething();
...
service.doSomethingElse();
...
service.doFinally();
}
}
Define a BeanPostProcessor that scans for bean with fields annotated with #InjectDynamic, then creates and inject a Proxy implementing the type required by the field.
The Proxy implementation will look in the applicationContext for beans implementing Supplier<T> (Java 8 or guava versions) where <T> is the type of the field annotated with #InjectDynamic.
Then you can define
#Name
public IServiceSupplier implements Supplier<IService> {
#Override
public IService get() {
// here you implement the look-up logic for IService
}
}
In this way the look-up of active the current implementation is decoupled from the Proxy and can be change by target type.

The decorator pattern and #Inject

When using Spring's based XML configuration, it's easy to decorate multiple implementations of the same interface and specify the order. For instance, a logging service wraps a transactional service which wraps the actual service.
How can I achieve the same using the javax.inject annotations?

You can use #Named together with #Inject to specify which bean to inject.
A simple example with an injected service:
public class ServiceTest {
#Inject
#Named("transactionDecorator")
private Service service;
}
And the corresponding transaction decorator class:
#org.springframework.stereotype.Service("transactionDecorator")
public class ServiceDecoratorTransactionSupport extends ServiceDecorator {
#Inject
#Named("serviceBean")
public ServiceDecoratorTransactionSupport(Service service) {
super(service);
}
}
This exposes your configuration into your code, so I would recommend doing the decorating logic in a #Configuration class and annotate for example the logging service with #Primary. With this approach your test class can look something like this:
public class ServiceTest {
#Inject
private Service service;
And the configuration class:
#Configuration
public class DecoratorConfig {
#Bean
#Primary
public ServiceDecorator serviceDecoratorSecurity() {
return new ServiceDecoratorSecuritySupport(
serviceDecoratorTransactionSupport());
}
#Bean
public ServiceDecorator serviceDecoratorTransactionSupport() {
return new ServiceDecoratorTransactionSupport(serviceBean());
}
#Bean
public Service serviceBean() {
return new ServiceImpl(serviceRepositoryEverythingOkayStub());
}
#Bean
public ServiceRepository serviceRepositoryEverythingOkayStub() {
return new ServiceRepositoryEverythingOkStub();
}
}
My second example doesn't expose any details about which implementation that will be returned, but it depends on several Spring specific classes.
You can also combine the two solutions. For example use Spring's #Primary annotation on a decorator and let Spring inject this decorator into the instance of the given type.
#Service
#Primary
public class ServiceDecoratorSecuritySupport extends ServiceDecorator {
}

This is the sort of thing you typically use AOP for, rather than writing and wrapping implementations manually (not that you can't do that).
For AOP with Guice, you'd want to create a transactional MethodInterceptor and a logging MethodInterceptor, then use bindInterceptor(Matcher, Matcher, MethodInterceptor) to set which types and methods should be intercepted. The first Matcher matches types to intercept, the second matches methods to intercept. Either can be Matchers.any(), match a specific annotation on a type or method (#Transactional, say) or whatever you want. Matching methods are then intercepted and handled automatically. Decorator pattern with a lot less boilerplate, basically.
To do it manually, one way would be:
class ServiceModule extends PrivateModule {
#Override protected void configure() {
bind(Service.class).annotatedWith(Real.class).to(RealService.class);
}
#Provides #Exposed
protected Service provideService(#Real Service service) {
return new LoggingService(new TransactionalService(service));
}
}

#Target(PARAMETER)
#Retention(RUNTIME)
#BindingAnnotation
public #interface Decorate {
Class<?> value();
}
/* see com.google.inject.name.NamedImpl for rest of
the methods DecorateImpl must implement */
public class DecorateImpl implements Decorate, Serializable {
private final Class<?> value;
private DecorateImpl(Class<?> val) {
value = val;
}
public static Decorate get(Class<?> clazz) {
return new DecorateImpl(clazz);
}
public Class<?> value() {
return value;
}
...
...
}
Here is how to use it:
public interface ApService {
String foo(String s);
}
public class ApImpl implements ApService {
private final String name;
#Inject
public ApImpl(#Named("ApImpl.name") String name) {
this.name = name;
}
#Override
public String foo(String s) {
return name + ":" + s;
}
}
First decorator:
public class ApDecorator implements ApService {
private final ApService dcrtd;
private final String name;
#Inject
public ApDecorator(#Decorate(ApDecorator.class) ApService dcrtd,
#Named("ApDecorator.name") String name) {
this.dcrtd = dcrtd;
this.name = name;
}
public String foo(String s) {
return name + ":" + s + ":"+dcrtd.foo(s);
}
}
Second decorator:
public class D2 implements ApService {
private final ApService dcrt;
#Inject
public D2(#Decorate(D2.class) ApService dcrt) {
this.dcrt = dcrt;
}
#Override
public String foo(String s) {
return "D2:" + s + ":" + dcrt.foo(s);
}
}
public class DecoratingTest {
#Test
public void test_decorating_provider() throws Exception {
Injector inj = Guice.createInjector(new DecoratingModule());
ApService mi = inj.getInstance(ApService.class);
assertTrue(mi.foo("z").matches("D2:z:D:z:I:z"));
}
}
The Module:
class DecoratingModule extends AbstractModule {
#Override
protected void configure() {
bindConstant().annotatedWith(Names.named("ApImpl.name")).to("I");
bindConstant().annotatedWith(Names.named("ApDecorator.name")).to("D");
bind(ApService.class).
annotatedWith(DecorateImpl.get(ApDecorator.class)).
to(AnImpl.class);
bind(ApService.class).
annotatedWith(DecorateImpl.get(D2.class)).
to(ApDecorator.class);
bind(ApService.class).to(D2.class);
}
}
If bindings configuration looks ugly, you can create Builder/DSL that looks nice.
The drawback is that (comparing with manual chain building) you can not chain the same module twice (i.e. D2->D2->D1->Impl) and the boilerplate in the constructor params.