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Dynamically load Spring Beans

I am attempting to dynamically load some functionality based off of the environment my application is running in and was wondering if there is a pattern in spring to support this.
Currently my code looks something like this:
public interface DoThingInterface {
void doThing() {}
}
#Conditional(DoThingCondition.class)
#Component
public class DoThingService implements DoThingInterface {
#Override
public doThing() {
// business logic
}
}
#Conditional(DoNotDoThingCondition.class)
#Component
public class NoopService implement DoThingInterface {
#Override
public doThing() {
// noop
}
}
public AppController {
#Autowire
private DoThingInterface doThingService;
public businessLogicMethod() {
doThingService.doThing();
}
}
I appoligise for typing doThing so many times.
But as it currently stands with this, Spring cannot differentiate between the the NoopService and the DothingService since I am autowiring in an interface that both use. The conditionals that they use are directly opposed so there will only ever be one, but Spring does not know this. I had considered using #Profile() instead of conditional, but both will be used in a lot of environment. Is there a correct way to do this so that spring will load only one of these depending on the environment it is in?
Edit: For clarification this functionality is only available in certain deployment regions which is why I chose to use the conditional annotation as the conditions check profile, region, and properties.
As requested, the Conditions are as follows:
public class DoNotDoTheThingCondition implements Condition {
#Override
public boolean matches(ConditionalContext context) {
return !(region.equals(region) && profile.contains("prod"))
}
}
public class DoThingCondition implements Condition {
#Override
public boolean matches(ConditionalContext context) {
return (region.equals(region) && profile.contains("prod"))
}
}
I have simplified the conditions a bit, but that is the general idea. With the code in the state outlined here, Spring throws the following error: no qualifying bean of type DoThingInterface available: expected single matching bean, but found two: DoThingService, NoopService

The solution I came to was to use the condition and manually create the beans as per the comment by Thomas Kasene. I am still unsure why the original did not work, but the key bit was moving the #Conditional annotations onto the beans inside the config. My biggest problem with this method is that you have to maintain parody between the two conditions. That aside it makes for incredibly easy testing as you do not have to stub the noop service if you add your testing profile to the conditions.
The solution ended up looking like this:
Conditions
public class DoNotDoTheThingCondition implements Condition {
#Override
public boolean matches(ConditionalContext context) {
return !(region.equals(region) && profile.contains("prod"))
}
}
public class DoThingCondition implements Condition {
#Override
public boolean matches(ConditionalContext context) {
return (region.equals(region) && profile.contains("prod"))
}
}
Config
#Configuration
public class DoThingConfiguration {
#Conditional(DoThingCondition.class)
#Bean
public DoThingService doThingService() { return new DoThingService(); }
#Conditional(DoNotDoThingCondition.class)
#Bean
public NoopService noopService() { return new NoopService(); }
}
Services
public interface DoThingInterface {
void doThing() {};
}
public class DoThingService {
public void doThing() { // business logic }
}
public class NoopService {
public void doThing() { //Noop }
}
Controller
public class AppController {
private DoThingInterface doThingService;
public businessLogicMethod() {
doThingService.doThing();
}
}

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();
}
}

How to get Service from another class?

I'm creating telegram bot with Spring-Boot. I have AscractState class:
public abstract class AbstractState {
boolean isInputIndeed = Boolean.FALSE;
public abstract void handleInput(BotContext context);
//another parts
}
And there is extend which is
#Slf4j
public class AgeInputState extends AbstractState {
#Autowired
ClientService clientService;
public AgeInputState(boolean isInputIndeed) {
super(isInputIndeed, State.AGE_INPUT);
}
#Override
public void handleInput(BotContext context) {
context.getClient().setAge(Integer.parseInt(context.getInput()));
clientService.updateUser(context.getClient());
}
}
But i have touble with ClientService. Which annotations on class i need to add for autowiring this fiels?

Since this class has a constructor which only accepts a boolean, I assume you're needing to make lots of them.
Spring won't know you're wanting to load these as spring beans if you call this constructor directly. So creating these through a factory of some sort would be one way to go. Something like:
#Configuration
public class AgeInputStateFactory {
private #Autowired ClientService clientService;
#Bean
#Scope("prototype") // Makes a new one each time...
public AgeInputState create(final boolean isInputIndeed) {
return new AgeInputState(this.clientService, isInputIndeed);
}
}
Along with a newly designed AgeInputState constructor which also takes the ClientService field.
public class AgeInputState extends AbstractState {
private final ClientService clientService;
// Package private constructor so that no one outside
// of this package will call it. This means you can
// (try your best to) limit the construction to the
// factory class.
AgeInputState(final ClientService clientService,
final boolean isInputIndeed) {
super(isInputIndeed, State.AGE_INPUT);
this.clientService = clientService;
}
}
And then all you would do is wherever you need to create these AgeInputState Objects, you would #Autowire the AgeInputStateFactory instance, and call the create method whenever you need one.

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.