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Problem with using java.nio in Oracle 19c Java Stored Procedures

I'm trying to connect to my localhost kafka server from java function saved into Oracle database 19.3.
The problem is that i cannot reach the server. In database trace files i see that kafka library is using java.nio package to connect to server. Any connection attempt is ending with "Connection refused". I admit also that I can send data to topics from command line tool.
To check if my requests from database are incoming to localhost server at port 9092 i have run Hercules TCP Server and setup it to listen on this port. Then when i'm using my java function it nothing happens.
I write some "test" functions to make only simple connection to my local server, to see if there is some network problem.
The function where i use java.net package is working and i can see that i receive connection requests from database, but the function where i use java.nio package is returning always "Connection refused"
I have granted java.net.SocketPermission to my database user:
exec dbms_java.grant_permission( 'KAFKA', 'SYS:java.net.SocketPermission', '*', 'connect,resolve' );
commit;
Are there needed some special permissions to use java.nio package into oracle database java functions or maybe i'm doing something wrong?
Here are my java "test" functions code:
CREATE OR REPLACE AND RESOLVE JAVA SOURCE NAMED "testTCP" AS
import java.net.Socket;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.nio.channels.SocketChannel;
public class testTCP {
public static String conn_nio(){
String response;
try {
InetSocketAddress hostAddress = new InetSocketAddress("localhost", 9092);
SocketChannel client = SocketChannel.open(hostAddress);
client.close();
response = "OK";
}
catch(Exception e){
response = "Message: " + e.getMessage() + " Cause: " + e.getCause();
}
return response;
}
public static String conn_net() {
String response;
try
{
Socket socket = new Socket( "localhost", 9092 );
socket.close();
response = "OK";
}
catch( Exception e )
{
response = "Message: " + e.getMessage() + " Cause: " + e.getCause();
}
return response;
}
}

Cannot reproduce. I pointed it to port 8080 of a local HTTP server which I started with
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080
and both connection methods are ok:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test_net RETURN VARCHAR2 AS
LANGUAGE JAVA NAME 'testTCP.conn_net() return java.lang.String';
/
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION test_nio RETURN VARCHAR2 AS
LANGUAGE JAVA NAME 'testTCP.conn_nio() return java.lang.String';
/
SELECT test_net FROM DUAL;
OK
SELECT test_nio FROM DUAL;
OK

RMI and JMX Socket Factories

I'm trying to start an embedded JMX server in my java app. I want to use the same port for the RMI Registry and for the actual RMI traffic (or JMX traffic if you like). Apparently this is possible since the RMI Registry is merely a Remote Object itself.
The added difficulty is that I need to use Socket Factories because I need to bind to a specific NIC.
I start off by:
int registryPort = 3012;
int jmxPort = 3012; // use the same port
and here's my server socket factory. Pretty straight-forward stuff:
public class MyRMIServerSocketFactory implements RMIServerSocketFactory {
private final InetAddress inetAddress;
public MyRMIServerSocketFactory(InetAddress inetAddress) {
this.inetAddress = inetAddress;
}
#Override
public ServerSocket createServerSocket(int port) throws IOException {
return new ServerSocket(port, 0, inetAddress);
}
#Override
public int hashCode() {
int hash = 5;
hash = 97 * hash + (this.inetAddress != null ? this.inetAddress.hashCode() : 0);
return hash;
}
#Override
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
if (obj == null) {
return false;
}
if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
return false;
}
final FlexibleRMIServerSocketFactory other = (FlexibleRMIServerSocketFactory) obj;
if (this.inetAddress != other.inetAddress && (this.inetAddress == null || !this.inetAddress.equals(other.inetAddress))) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
}
(the equals() and hashCode() are auto-generated by my IDE, don't get stuck on them)
I create the RMI Registry like this:
serverSocketFactory = new MyRMIServerSocketFactory(inetAddressBind);
LocateRegistry.createRegistry(
registryPort,
RMISocketFactory.getDefaultSocketFactory(), // client socket factory
serverSocketFactory // server socket factory
);
and then on to creating the JMXConnectorServer:
JMXServiceURL url = new JMXServiceURL(
"service:jmx:rmi://localhost:" + jmxPort +
"/jndi/rmi://:" + registryPort + "/jmxrmi");
Map env = new HashMap();
env.put(RMIConnectorServer.RMI_SERVER_SOCKET_FACTORY_ATTRIBUTE, serverSocketFactory);
connector = JMXConnectorServerFactory.newJMXConnectorServer(
url,
env,
ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer());
connector.start();
This results in a bind error on the connector.start() saying that the address is already in use.
If I skip using Socket Factories altogether:
LocateRegistry.createRegistry(registryPort);
and
JMXServiceURL url = new JMXServiceURL(
"service:jmx:rmi://localhost:" + jmxPort +
"/jndi/rmi://:" + registryPort + "/jmxrmi");
connector = JMXConnectorServerFactory.newJMXConnectorServer(
url,
null,
ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer());
connector.start();
it works as expected, i.e. only a single port will be opened and no errors.
Question: How to make the 'single-listening-port-scenario' work with Socket Factories ?
UPDATE - FINAL SOLUTION
It works if you create the Registry with a null client socket factory, i.e.
LocateRegistry.createRegistry(
registryPort,
null, // client socket factory (let it default to whatever RMI lib wants)
serverSocketFactory // server socket factory
);
I also had to set the java.rmi.server.hostname System Property which I guess will often be the case in a scenario like mine.

This should work: you have a correct-looking equals() method in your ServerSocketFactory, which is the important bit. RMI does call that. However the same doesn't apply currently to your client socket factory. You need to pass null as the client socket factory, not RMISocketFactory.getDefaultSocketFactory(), as that gives you a sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIMasterSocketFactory, which doesn't implement equals() for some reason. Or else your own implementation of RMIClientSocketFactory with a plausible equals() method.
So what is happening here is that RMI is comparing the CSFs first, and they are coming out unequal, so it doesn't even bother comparing the SSFs:
csf1.equals(csf2) && ssf1.equals(ssf2)
so it tries to create a new ServerSocket on the port you specifed, which is the same as the first port, so it fails.
You could add a shortcut at the beginning of equals that returns true if this == that.

You should search for the JMXMP protocol, and for the jmxremote_optional.jar that contains it. This is a more controllable, more efficient protocol for JMX.

How to learn system (Windows) non-proxy hosts in Java

I'm writting a Java (1.7) application to be running on Windows. The application is accessing additional services running on the same host and other ones running in the Internet. The application can be run in two environments where in one, proxy settings must be specified (there is proxy when accessing the Internet); while in the other environment, the proxy settings must not be specified (there is no proxy).
I want the application to be simple and don't want its users bother with specification of the proxy settings on cmd-line (-Dhttp.proxyHost, etc.) - the application should learn the proxy settings from Windows system settings (IE / Tools / Internet Properties / Connections / LAN Settings).
I have written a piece of code that is supposed to learn that settings, see below. The trouble is that this piece of code does not identify localhost, 127.0.0.1 and my-computer-name (where my-computer-name is the name of my computer) as URLs where proxy should be by-passed when being accessed (yes, I do have 'Bypass proxy server for local addresses' checked). As a result, the application tries to access local services through the proxy which is wrong.
So far I've found out that one way to teach JVM not to use proxy for 'local addresses' is to list the strings (localhost, 127.0.0.1, my-computer-name) in Proxy Settings / Exceptions (Do not use proxy server for addresses beginning with). Obviously, this is not a good solution as usually no one is listing these strings there (the first check-box is enough for non-Java applications).
Second (trivial) solution would be just to count with these strings in my piece of code and do not use proxy settings for them even when JVM thinks otherwise. I don't think this is a good solution and if this is the only solution, IMHO, there is a defect in JVM.
I've found many resources in the Internet how to learn System proxy settings. But how to learn the non-proxy settings?
Thanks,
PP
public static final String HTTP_PROXY_HOST_KEY = "http.proxyHost";
public static final String HTTPS_PROXY_HOST_KEY = "https.proxyHost";
public static final String HTTP_PROXY_PORT_KEY = "http.proxyPort";
public static final String HTTPS_PROXY_PORT_KEY = "https.proxyPort";
public static final String NO_PROXY_HOSTS_KEY = "http.nonProxyHosts";
// provide list of urls which are to be accessed by this application and return proxy and non-proxy settings
private Properties getSystemProxyConfiguration(String[] urls) {
log.debug("Getting system proxy");
Properties properties = new Properties();
SortedSet<String> nonProxyHosts = new TreeSet<>();
for (String url : urls) {
URI uri;
try {
uri = new URI(url);
} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
throw new IllegalStateException(e);
}
InetSocketAddress address = getSystemProxy(uri);
if (address != null) {
if (url.toLowerCase().startsWith("https")) {
properties.put(HTTPS_PROXY_HOST_KEY, address.getHostString());
properties.put(HTTPS_PROXY_PORT_KEY, ""+address.getPort());
//todo verify that all previous URLs in this array are using the same proxy
log.debug("HTTPS proxy: " + address.getHostString() + ":" + address.getPort());
} else {
properties.put(HTTP_PROXY_HOST_KEY, address.getHostString());
properties.put(HTTP_PROXY_PORT_KEY, ""+address.getPort());
//todo verify that all previous URLs in this array are using the same proxy
log.debug("HTTP proxy: " + address.getHostString() + ":" + address.getPort());
}
} else { //todo DEFECT -> this does not find the non-proxy hosts (even though specified in IE Internet settings)
nonProxyHosts.add(uri.getHost());
}
}
if (nonProxyHosts.size() > 0) {
String nonProxyHostsString = nonProxyHosts.first();
nonProxyHosts.remove(nonProxyHostsString);
for (String nonProxyHost : nonProxyHosts) {
nonProxyHostsString = nonProxyHostsString + "|" + nonProxyHost;
}
properties.put(NO_PROXY_HOSTS_KEY, nonProxyHostsString);
log.debug("Non HTTP(S) proxy hosts: "+nonProxyHostsString);
} else {
log.debug("No non HTTP(S) proxy hosts set");
}
return properties;
}
private InetSocketAddress getSystemProxy(URI uri) {
List<Proxy> proxyList;
proxyList = ProxySelector.getDefault().select(uri);
if (proxyList != null && proxyList.size() > 0) { //todo DEFECT - this never returns DIRECT proxy for localhost, 127.0.0.1, my-computer-name strings
Proxy proxy = proxyList.get(0);
if (proxyList.size() > 1) {
log.warn("There is more " + proxy.type() + " proxies available. Use "+PROXY_PROPERTIES_FILE_NAME+" to set the right one.");
}
InetSocketAddress address = (InetSocketAddress) proxy.address();
return address;
}
return null;
}

How to connect to a Cloud Foundry MySQL database connection in Java?

create mysql as service on Cloud Foundry and tunnel to mysql database
this provides me connection string to mysql database i pass that information to my app.
it works from my machine but when i deployed that app on Cloud Foundry server then it gives an error in connection
this is my connection code, tell me what needs to change to be deployed on Cloud Foundry
public class DB {
private static Connection connection = null;
public static Connection getConnection() {
String url = "jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:10100/db8dad2d02e114ef6bc9d24e68367e33e";
try {
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url,"uC0ag3NRJCT8c","p1nyZ38zadwfa");
System.out.println("Connect success fully");
return connection;
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Error");
System.out.println(e);
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
}

jayesh's answer is technically correct, but basically, the best way to deal with retrieving those information when inside a java app (assuming non-spring) is to use the cloudfoundry-runtime library: https://github.com/cloudfoundry/vcap-java/tree/master/cloudfoundry-runtime The README has examples of usage.
For completness, if using Spring, then things are even easier and chances are you don't even need to do anything special

Problem is here:
jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:10100
In this you're connecting to 127.0.0.1, it is a localhost, try giving the actual IP of your cloud server. Then it should work fine.

try {
String vcap_services = System.getenv("VCAP_SERVICES");
String hostname = "";
String dbname = "";
String user = "";
String password = "";
String port = "";
//for cloud config
if (vcap_services != null && vcap_services.length() > 0) {
JsonRootNode root = new JdomParser().parse(vcap_services);
JsonNode mysqlNode = root.getNode("mysql-5.1");
JsonNode credentials = mysqlNode.getNode(0).getNode(
"credentials");
dbname = credentials.getStringValue("name");
hostname = credentials.getStringValue("hostname");
user = credentials.getStringValue("user");
password = credentials.getStringValue("password");
port = credentials.getNumberValue("port");
String dbUrl = "jdbc:mysql://" + hostname + ":" + port + "/"
+ dbname;
System.out.println(dbUrl);
System.out.println(user + "password " + password);
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(dbUrl, user, password);
return connection;
} else {
//for local configuration
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
String url = jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:10100/db8dad2d02e114ef6bc9d24e68367e33e
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "user name",
"password");
return connection;
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}

You're using information from vmc tunnel to try to connect. This is not going to work on the Cloud. You need to do what jayesh shows, and read the connection credentials from the Cloud Foundry environment instead. Eric's answer is even more complete :-)

I have the same problem. You must notice that "10100" is a port fortwarding to the mysql remote service.
you could use this just locally.Deploying your program locally with your database connection pointing to the forwarding port (101100).
But this won't work when you push your war to the Cloud Foundry Instance-
One solution is to use Spring based cloud beans. In my case i don't wan't to use this approach so i'm trying another solution...
I don't know if with the credentials (user, password, tc) created for the remote connection you could stablish a connection once you pushed your war to Cloud Foundry changing the forwarding port and using the default mysql port (3360)
In my case i don't want to use Spring Cloud Beans because the production application won't be deployed into a cloud storage.

Get Application Server name or ip and port in Java

We would like to identify and display the server and port that a Java application is running on that is behind a proxy web server. This means that getServerName() and getServerPort() return the server name of the proxy and its port (80).
We have two application server instances running on a single physical box and therefore have two active ports per box i.e. 9080, 9081. What I'd like to have is <Application Server Name>:<Application Server Port> displayed.
Any ideas? I'm a complete Java noob, sorry if this is a basic question.

The server hostname is part of the request, as it depends on what URL the client used to reach your host. The value you get in this way is defined on the client and does not have to be what you expect.
If you are interested in the local hostname, you can try:
String hostname = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName();

You can use ServletRequest#getLocalXXX() methods for this.
ServletRequest#getLocalName() returns local hostname.
ServletRequest#getLocalAddr() returns local IP.
ServletRequest#getLocalPort() returns local port.

Crunchify provides a nice example for this.
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
public class CrunchifyGetIPHostname {
public static void main(String[] args) {
InetAddress ip;
String hostname;
try {
ip = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
hostname = ip.getHostName();
System.out.println("Your current IP address : " + ip);
System.out.println("Your current Hostname : " + hostname);
} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}