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Java Dropwizard initialize ConstraintValidator

Let's say I have a custom ConstraintValidator:
public class FooValidator implements ConstraintValidator<ValidFoo, String> {
#Override
public void initialize(final ValidFoo foo) {
// No-op
}
#Override
public boolean isValid(final String foo, final ConstraintValidatorContext context) {
}
}
I'd like to be able to initialize this class by passing some configuration from the ServiceConfiguration in Dropwizard run or initialize.
Is this possible?

First, it's worth noting that the upcoming Dropwizard 2.0.0 release has built in support for this
For now, the process is a bit involved. You basically want to re-bootstrap the Hibernate validation but with a custom constraint validator factory that would support injection.
It's gonna involve about 4 custom classes, so bear with me. Here goes:
First, we start by registering a custom feature to wrap this functionality, into our Application class:
public void run(MainConfiguration config, Environment environment) throws Exception {
// ...
environment.jersey().register(InjectingValidationFeature.class);
}
Now we define the feature: InjectingValidationFeature - it basically registers our custom implementations within the service container:
public class InjectingValidationFeature implements Feature {
#Override
public boolean configure(FeatureContext context) {
context.register(new AbstractBinder() {
#Override
protected void configure() {
bindFactory(ValidatorFactory.class).to(Validator.class).in(Singleton.class);
bind(InjectingConfiguredValidator.class).to(ConfiguredValidator.class).in(Singleton.class);
bind(InjectingConstraintValidatorFactory.class).to(ConstraintValidatorFactory.class).in(Singleton.class);
}
});
return true;
}
}
Now we define those classes that we are registering above. Let's start with the core piece, the InjectingConstraintValidatorFactory which is what Hibernate Validator will actually use to create the constraint validators. Note that because we are registering them in the container, we can actually start injecting stuff already, here is our custom ConstraintValidatorFactory making use of the service locator to make dependency injection possible:
public class InjectingConstraintValidatorFactory implements ConstraintValidatorFactory {
private final ServiceLocator serviceLocator;
#Inject
public InjectingConstraintValidatorFactory(ServiceLocator serviceLocator) {
this.serviceLocator = serviceLocator;
}
#Override
public <T extends ConstraintValidator<?, ?>> T getInstance(Class<T> key) {
return this.serviceLocator.createAndInitialize(key);
}
#Override
public void releaseInstance(ConstraintValidator<?, ?> instance) {
this.serviceLocator.preDestroy(instance);
}
}
Now our factory for the central javax.validation.Validator interface:
public class ValidatorFactory implements Factory<Validator> {
private final ConstraintValidatorFactory constraintValidatorFactory;
#Inject
public ValidatorFactory(ConstraintValidatorFactory constraintValidatorFactory) {
this.constraintValidatorFactory = constraintValidatorFactory;
}
#Override
public Validator provide() {
return Validation.byDefaultProvider().configure().constraintValidatorFactory(
this.constraintValidatorFactory).buildValidatorFactory()
.getValidator();
}
#Override
public void dispose(Validator instance) {
// Nothing
}
}
And finally, our InjectingConfiguredValidator, notice how it's just using DropwizardConfiguredValidator but with an #Inject which would allow us to receive the validator from our ValidatorFactory above:
public class InjectingConfiguredValidator extends DropwizardConfiguredValidator {
#Inject
public InjectingConfiguredValidator(Validator validator) {
super(validator);
}
}
That's it. With the above, we managed to both register an injection-aware Validator with Jersey and also into our service container so you can also #Inject Validator anywhere and use it however you like.

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 MVC - lookup validators automatically

Suppose I have a sample entity class like this:
public class Address {
...
}
and a corresponding validator:
#Component
public AddressValidator implements Validator {
#Override
public boolean supports(Class<?> entityClass) {
return entityClass.equals(Address.class);
}
#Override
public void validate(Object obj, Errors errors) {
...
}
}
When I use a controller like the following, everything works:
#RestController
#RequestMapping("/addresses")
public class AddressController {
#Autowired
private AddressValidator validator;
#InitBinder
protected void initBinder(WebDataBinder binder) {
binder.setValidator(validator);
}
#RequestMapping(method=POST)
public Long addNewAddress(#Valid #RequestBody Address address) {
...
}
}
However, if I omit the validator registering part (i.e. the following), validation is not performed.
#Autowired
private AddressValidator validator;
#InitBinder
protected void initBinder(WebDataBinder binder) {
binder.setValidator(validator);
}
Having to register validators manually seems pointless. Can I instruct Spring to look up validators automatically (similar to how controllers are looked up)?
It's a Spring Boot based application.

You can use my example from gist or below. The idea is to have a main CompositeValidator that will be a holder of all your Validator or SmartValidator instances.
It supports hints and can be also integrate with Hibernate Annotation Validator (LocalValidatorFactoryBean). And also it's possible to have more that one validator per specific Model.
CompositeValidator.java
#Component
public class CompositeValidator implements SmartValidator {
#Autowired
private List<Validator> validators = Collections.emptyList();
#PostConstruct
public void init() {
Collections.sort(validators, AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.INSTANCE);
}
#Override
public boolean supports(Class<?> clazz) {
for (Validator validator : validators) {
if (validator.supports(clazz)) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
#Override
public void validate(Object target, Errors errors) {
validate(target, errors, javax.validation.groups.Default.class);
}
#Override
public void validate(Object target, Errors errors, Object... validationHints) {
Class<?> clazz = target.getClass();
for (Validator validator : validators) {
if (validator.supports(clazz)) {
if (validator instanceof SmartValidator) {
((SmartValidator) validator).validate(target, errors, validationHints);
} else {
validator.validate(target, errors);
}
}
}
}
}
SomeController.java
#Controller
#RequestMapping("/my/resources")
public class SomeController {
#RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST)
public Object save(
#Validated(javax.validation.groups.Default.class) // this interface descriptor (class) is used by default
#RequestBody MyResource myResource
) { return null; }
}
Java Config
#Configuration
public class WebConfig {
/** used for Annotation based validation, it can be created by spring automaticaly and you don't do it manualy */
// #Bean
// public Validator jsr303Validator() {
// LocalValidatorFactoryBean validator = new LocalValidatorFactoryBean();
// // validator.setValidationMessageSource(...);
// return validator;
// }
#Bean
public WebMvcConfigurerAdapter webMvcConfigurerAdapter() {
return new WebMvcConfigurerAdapter() {
#Autowired
private CompositeValidator validator;
#Override
public Validator getValidator() {
return validator;
}
}
}
Or XML Config
<!-- used for Annotation based validation, it can be created by spring automaticaly and you don't do it manualy -->
<!--<bean id="jsr303Validator" class="org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean">-->
<!-- <property name="validationMessageSource" ref="messageSource"/>-->
<!--</bean>-->
<mvc:annotation-driven validator="compositeValidator">
//...
</mvc:annotation-driven>

You can configure global Validator.
http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/html/validation.html#validation-mvc
If you are using Java based spring configuration with WebMvcConfigurationSupport, you can override getValidator()
/**
* Override this method to provide a custom {#link Validator}.
*/
protected Validator getValidator() {
return null;
}
You may call setValidator(Validator) on the global WebBindingInitializer. This allows you to configure a Validator instance across all #Controller classes. This can be achieved easily by using the Spring MVC namespace:
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
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.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc.xsd">
<mvc:annotation-driven validator="globalValidator"/>
</beans>

I have not found a build in Spring solution for this, but here is what I do.
I declare my validator beans in the spring java configuration like so:
#Bean
public Validator studentValidator(){
return new StudentValidator();
}
#Bean
public Validator carValidator(){
return new CarValidator();
}
Then I have all controllers extends a base controller like so:
public abstract class BaseController <T> {
public BaseController(List<Validator> validators) {
super();
this.validators = validators;
}
//Register all validators
#InitBinder
protected void initBinder(WebDataBinder binder) {
validators.stream().forEach(v->binder.addValidators(v));
}
}
The concrete class of this controller gets the List injected via dependency injection, like so:
#Controller
public class StudentController extends BaseController<Student>{
#Inject
public StudentController(List<Validator> validators) {
super(validators);
}
}
The base Controller uses the #InitBinder call-back method to register all Validators.
I am surprised that spring doesn't automatically register all objects in class path that implement the Validator interface.

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.