Need help on Spring Security REST API plugin for grails - java

I just faced the issue while using Spring Security REST API plugin for grails.
When I want to update some object of certain class. I then call the URL with PUT in it and the object which needed to updated.
But suppose I send the different object of different class, It still takes the id from there gets the object of required class and updates it.
Example: I want to update the test object, so I call /com/test with PUT and object of com.Test domain (this works great)
But if I call the same URL /com/test with object of com.Test123 domain, it then takes the id and gets the object of Test domain with the same id and updates it.
I don't need this. If the class doesn't match, it must show the class mismatch error.
Is it some configuration issue?

What is the wire format for your PUT request.
If it is JSON then the server will simply try and re-create your server side object from the JSON data. And so long as the signatures match the object will be unmarshalling without an error.
To get the sort of behavior you are looking for you need to use XML and JAXB. In this case the XML sent across will have enough info to ensure the correct class is created when unmarshalling.

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How to get current controller instance in Play Framework (with Java)

I need update some properties of the current controller instance dynamically, for this reason I need get the controller object related with the current request to check if it is necessary update the values of some of its properties.
I have been searching on internet some similar questions and I found this answer:
Play 2: How to get current controller
However in my case, I do not only need the name of the controller class, but the object instance as well.
On the other hand, I know that is possible to override the following function: GlobalSettings.getControllerInstance but I don't need to manage the creation of controller instances I only need to access to the current instance, besides this function was removed on Play 2.4.

Spring REST representation class

I'm reading the two introductory articles about bulding and consuming Spring Rest web services.
What's weird - they're creating a Greeting representation class in the client app (second link ref) for storing the GET response (the greetingmethod on server side returns a Greeting object). But the Greeting classes on the server and client side are different classes - well, they are two distinct classes with identical names, identical field names and types (client's doesn't have a constructor).
Does it mean I have to similarly rewrite the class from stratch when building the client app? In order to do that, I'd need specs on what are the fields' types of JSON-packed objects passed by server's app. A server serializes the object of class ABCClass to JSON and sends it to client. Even if some field called 'abc' has value 10, it doesn't make it an integer. Next time it might contain a string.
My question is - how much information from server app's devs do I need in order to create a client application? How is it usually done?
It all depends on your deserializer and on your needs. With Jackson for example you might use mixins (wiki ref) and custom deserializers (wiki ref) that build your object with your required field names and your structure.
Its just simplest way to have same field names and structure, but not the only one.
Of course, however, you should know the server reply structure to deserialize it anyway

Swagger API integration for non standard Java technology

We have a system that uses http POST with JSON as an RPC method.
It is an in house solution for internal components communication.
The requests and responses are described each by a Java bean (POJO).
My question is, how can I use swagger annotations to create nice documentation in the swagger standard?
I am not afraid from messing around with existing code, but I was wondering if anyone has some experience with something similar.
The goal is to use Swagger UI to display nice docs and give a playground for users to invoke the Apis.
Based on the comments above, it's impossible to describe this sort of API using Swagger. The Swagger specification is intended to REST-based APIs, where the URLs serve as a unique endpoints to describe an operation, and not the payloads.
By definition, Swagger considers a unique operation to be the combination of a URL and the HTTP method (there are requests to expand the definition to include the mime type as well, for example, but it is not currently available).
There is simply no way to describe a single endpoint that operates multiple requests types, each having its own output.
There may be a solution for what you request in the future, but it is not in the near future, not will it answer your requirements to the fullest.
To be clear - this is not an issue of messing around with code or anything. The specification itself doesn't support it.
There are 2 simple tweaks required to make a swagger file work for any generic hand-built RPC application.
The first tweak is to make the swagger endpoints appear to be unique. This is done by defining each endpoint with a unique name after a hash in the context. This works because your app will not process the url past the '#' and this allows swagger to consider the path to be "unique". In reality though this technique will allow every unique path defined in the swagger file to actually invoke the same endpoint.
paths:
/endpoint#myUniqueCommandA
...
/endpoint#myUniqueCommandB
...
The other tweak is needed to ensure the generated swagger clients will actually call the correct operation inside your RPC app. This is done by implementing a "defaulted single value" enum in each command's request object. The defined enum represents the corresponding attribute / value combo the api needs to pass to get dispatched to the right target action inside your application:
...
definitions:
MyUniqueCommandARequest:
type: object
properties:
rest_call:
type: string
enum:
- myUniqueCommandA
default: myUniqueCommandA
...
MyUniqueCommandBRequest:
type: object
properties:
rest_call:
type: string
enum:
- myUniqueCommandB
default: myUniqueCommandB
...
In the above example, the property "rest_call" is what my underlying system uses to dispatch the request to the right underlying operation.
The request object for myUniqueCommandA has its rest_call attribute defined as enum["myUniqueCommandA"]. The request object for myUniqueCommandB has its rest_call attribute defined as enum["myUniqueCommandB"].
Since these are defined as a single value enums that are also defaulted to that same value, the generated swagger classes that calls these apis will be wired to pass their correct routing value automatically.

How to construct REST dto's?

I am in the process of building a REST api which accepts a set of arguments, processes it and gives a boolean response.
My question is how do I build a dto object. I can create a Java POJO in one of the applications and use it as REST parameter but that creates a dependency on this application.
Is there a better way to pass an object as REST parameter?
note: the reason I am not using path params because my dto object might contain a list of objects as well and I am not sure how to pass that using path param.
You can create a library which contains the DTO class if dependency is your concern.
After all the DTO is dependent on the REST API. If one changes the other must change too.

Clarification while using axis2-wsdl2java-approach

I am trying to use axis2-wsdl2code-maven-plugin for auto generating the server side class files from a wsdl.
I am not sure how to implement the SkeletonInterface to call the business logic. There is an auto-generated Skeleton file which implements the interface, but it has a un-implemented method in it.
The problem is that I am not allowed to modify auto-gen files hence not sure on how to implement the method.
Below are the things that I have tried:
Few issues that I am facing:
i. Tried to rename the interface implementation class and call it through service.xml, but the new impl was not being called. (AuthenticatedServicesValidSkeletonImpl.java)
ii. Tried to extend the Skeleton class, but got null pointer exception while deploying the application and there was nothing much which I could get from the logs.
iii. Tried with cfx plugin for auto-generation of classes as well, but getting similar issues in it.
Please help regarding this.
You need to put your business logic in the un-implemented method in the AuthenticatedServicesValidSkeletonImpl.java. This will provide you a POJO of Request, and at the end, you need to return back a POJO of Response which will then be serialized into the WebService Response. The Request and Response objects are already created by WSDL2java, you just need to use them.

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