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PostHeaderIcon Hot Redeploy EJBs on JOnAS

Case

I ogten have to redeploy my JEE application on JOnAS. Basically, I stopped the server, copied the files (EAR, JAR, etc.), then started up again the server. I was fed up with implementing this method.
How to speed up?

Solution

Below is a proposal of solution, without any pretention (I am not fond of JOnAS…), based on an Ant script running under Maven. The code is commented, in a summary: build the EAR (or JAR, WAR, etc.), then copy it to JOnAS deploy folder, undeploy the beans, check which beans are still deployed, deploy the new version of the beans, check which beans are deployed:

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>1.7</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>copyToJonas</id>
                        <phase>install</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>run</goal>
                        </goals>
                        <configuration>
                            <target>
                                <property name="jonas.root" value="${env.JONAS_ROOT}"/>
                                <property name="jonas.base" value="${env.JONAS_BASE}"/>
                                <echo>Copy files</echo>
                                <copy todir="${jonas.base}/deploy" overwrite="true">
                                    <fileset dir="${build.directory}/">
                                        <include name="*.*ar"/>
                                    </fileset>
                                </copy>
                                <echo>Undeploy beans</echo>
                                <exec executable="${jonas.root}/bin/jonas.bat">
                                    <arg line="admin -r ${jonas.base}/deploy/${artifactId}-${version}.${packaging}"/>
                                </exec>
                                <echo>Currently deployed beans:</echo>
                                <exec executable="${jonas.root}/bin/jonas.bat">
                                    <arg line="admin -j"/>
                                </exec>
                                <echo>Deploy beans:</echo>
                                <exec executable="${jonas.root}/bin/jonas.bat">
                                    <arg line="admin -a ${jonas.base}/deploy/${artifactId}-${version}.${packaging}"/>
                                </exec>
                                <echo>Currently deployed beans:</echo>
                                <exec executable="${jonas.root}/bin/jonas.bat">
                                    <arg line="admin -j"/>
                                </exec>
                            </target>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

At first glance I assume I should swap the phases of copying file and undeploying beans. Anyway, this scripts works for me and allows to redeploy after each mvn clean install 😉

PostHeaderIcon (long tweet) JOnAS / GenIC / Method … of interface … should NOT throw RemoteException

Case

On generating Locals and Remotes of EJBs (let’s say JonathanBean) to be deployed on JOnAS, the GenIC raises:

GenIC.fatalError : GenIC fatal error: Cannot read the Deployment Descriptors from /foo/goo/jonathan-server.jar: Method foo of interface lalou.jonathan.JonathanLocal should NOT throw RemoteException

Within the EJB2, the method foo is declared to be Local and to throw RemoteException

Quickfix

The error is explicit.

A Local EJB cannot throw RemoteException.
Especially, the considered method can be declared with the right XDocLet tag, ie:

* @ejb.interface-method view-type="remote"

but can with neither:

* @ejb.interface-method view-type="both"

nor:

* @ejb.interface-method view-type="local"

As a quickfix, I suggest to surround with a try/catch block a throw a RuntimeException if needed.

PostHeaderIcon (long tweet) JOnAS / no security manager: RMI class loader disabled

On server side:

an EJB2 packaged in a JAR within an EAR, deployed on JOnAS 5.

On client side:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.ow2.jonas_gen.com.clam.indice.api.interfaces.JOnASHelloWorldService150707405Home_Stub (no security manager: RMI class loader disabled)]

Explanation:

This means there is some kind of issue with generated Stubs on client side. Should check whether the Stubs depended on are available in classpath.

PostHeaderIcon Dynamic serviceUrl with Spring’s HttpInvokerProxyFactoryBean

Abstract

How to set dynamically the URL used by a HttpInvokerProxyFactoryBean in a Spring-deployed WAR?

Detailed Case

I have to deploy a GWT/GXT application, calling two distant services:
a remote EJB
a service accessed through Spring Remoting

Here is the Spring configuration file I firstly used:

  <util:properties id="jndiProperties" location="classpath:jndi.properties"/>
	<jee:remote-slsb id="myRemoteEJBService" jndi-name="ejb.remote.myRemoteService"
		business-interface="lalou.jonathan.myRemoteEJBService"
		environment-ref="jndiProperties" cache-home="false"
		lookup-home-on-startup="false" refresh-home-on-connect-failure="true" />

	<bean id="mySpringRemoteService"
		class="org.springframework.remoting.httpinvoker.HttpInvokerProxyFactoryBean">
		<property name="serviceInterface"
			value="lalou.jonathan.services.mySpringRemoteService" />
		<property name="serviceUrl" value="${spring.remote.service.url}"/>
	</bean>

Unhappily, even though the remote EJB is retrieved (which proves that the jndi file is available in the classpath and rightly loaded), the Spring Remote service is not. I had to write the URL in hard in the configuration file… This is not very efficient when you work in a large team, with different production and testings environments!

This is the log when myRemoteEJBService bean is loaded:

2010-08-17 16:05:42,937 DEBUG support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Creating shared instance of singleton bean 'myRemoteEJBService'
2010-08-17 16:05:42,937 DEBUG support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Creating instance of bean 'myRemoteEJBService'
2010-08-17 16:05:42,937 DEBUG support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Eagerly caching bean 'myRemoteEJBService' to allow for resolving potential circular references
2010-08-17 16:05:42,937 DEBUG support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Returning cached instance of singleton bean 'jndiProperties'
2010-08-17 16:05:42,937 DEBUG support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Invoking afterPropertiesSet() on bean with name 'myRemoteEJBService'
2010-08-17 16:05:42,937 DEBUG framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy        - Creating JDK dynamic proxy: target source is EmptyTargetSource: no target class, static
2010-08-17 16:05:42,953 DEBUG support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Finished creating instance of bean 'myRemoteEJBService'

That is the log when mySpringRemoteService is loaded:

2010-08-17 16:05:42,968 DEBUG support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Creating shared instance of singleton bean 'mySpringRemoteService'
2010-08-17 16:05:42,968 DEBUG support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Creating instance of bean 'mySpringRemoteService'
2010-08-17 16:05:42,984 DEBUG support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Eagerly caching bean 'mySpringRemoteService' to allow for resolving potential circular references
2010-08-17 16:05:43,234 DEBUG support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Invoking afterPropertiesSet() on bean with name 'mySpringRemoteService'
2010-08-17 16:05:43,250 DEBUG framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy        - Creating JDK dynamic proxy: target source is EmptyTargetSource: no target class, static
2010-08-17 16:05:43,250 DEBUG support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Finished creating instance of bean 'mySpringRemoteService'

You can notice that no mention to jndiProperties appears. Here is the key of the problem: jndiProperties is considered as a bean among others, which cannot be accessed easyly from the HttpInvokerProxyFactoryBean.

Fix

To fix the issue, you have to add an actual property holder in Spring XML configuration file, ie after:

<util:properties id="jndiProperties" location="classpath:jndi.properties"/>

add an instanciation of PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer:

<bean id="propertyConfigurer" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
        <property name="location" value="classpath:jndi.properties"/>
    </bean>

PostHeaderIcon GWT: call a remote EJB with Spring lookup

Abstract

Let’s assume you have followed the article “Basic RPC call with GWT“. Now you would like to call an actual EJB 2 as remote, via a Spring lookup.
Let’s say: you have an EJB MyEntrepriseComponentEJB, which implements an interface MyEntrepriseComponent. This EJB, generates a remote MyEntrepriseComponentRemote.

Entry Point

In myApplication.gwt.xml entry point file, after the line:

<inherits name='com.google.gwt.user.User'/>

add the block:

  <inherits name='com.google.gwt.user.User' />
 <inherits name="com.google.gwt.i18n.I18N" />
 <inherits name="com.google.gwt.http.HTTP" />

Add the line:

<servlet path='/fooService.do'/>

Client

Under the *.gwt.client folder:

Update the service interface. Only the annotation parameter is amended:

@RemoteServiceRelativePath("services/fooService")
public interface FooService extends RemoteService {
 public String getHelloFoo(String fooName);
}

You have nothing to modify in asynchronous call interface (FooServiceAsync).

Server

Under the *.gwt.server folder, update the implementation for service interface:

Change the super-class, replacing RemoteServiceServlet with GWTSpringController:

public class FooServiceImpl extends GWTSpringController implements FooService {
 public FooServiceImpl() {
 // init
 }
}

Add new field and its getter/setter:

// retrieved via Spring
 private myEntrepriseComponent myEntrepriseComponent;

 public myEntrepriseComponent getMyEntrepriseComponent() {
 return myEntrepriseComponent;
 }

 public void setmyEntrepriseComponent(myEntrepriseComponent _myEntrepriseComponent) {
     myEntrepriseComponent = _myEntrepriseComponent;
 }

Write the actual call to EJB service:

 public String getHelloFoo(String fooName) {
    return myEntrepriseComponent.getMyDataFromDB();
 }
}

web.xml

Fill the web.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE web-app
 PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
 "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">
<web-app>

 <!-- Spring -->
 <context-param>
    <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
    <param-value>/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml</param-value>
 </context-param>
 <listener>
     <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
 </listener>

 <servlet>
    <servlet-name>gwt-controller</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
 </servlet>

 <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>gwt-controller</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/myApplication/services/*</url-pattern>
 </servlet-mapping>

 <!-- Default page to serve -->
 <welcome-file-list>
     <welcome-file>MyApplicationGwt.html</welcome-file>
 </welcome-file-list>

</web-app>

JNDI

Add a jndi.properties file in src/resources folder:

java.naming.provider.url=t3://localhost:12345
java.naming.factory.initial=weblogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory
java.naming.security.principal=yourLogin
java.naming.security.credentials=yourPassword
weblogic.jndi.enableDefaultUser=true

These properties will be used by Spring to lookup the remote EJB. The last option is very important, otherwise you may happen to face issues with EJB if they were deployed under WebLogic.

WEB-INF

In the WEB-INF folder, add an applicationContext.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans>

 <util:properties id="jndiProperties" location="classpath:jndi.properties" />

 <jee:remote-slsb id="myEntrepriseComponentService"
      jndi-name="ejb.jonathan.my-entreprise-component"
      business-interface="lalou.jonathan.myApplication.services.myEntrepriseComponent"
      environment-ref="jndiProperties" cache-home="false"
      lookup-home-on-startup="false" refresh-home-on-connect-failure="true" />

</beans>

Add a gwt-controller-servlet.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
 http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
 http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
 http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd">

 <bean>
    <property name="order" value="0" />
    <property name="mappings">
        <value>
            /fooService=fooServiceImpl
        </value>
     </property>
 </bean>

 <bean id="fooServiceImpl"
 class="lalou.jonathan.myApplication.web.gwt.server.FooServiceImpl">
      <property name="myEntrepriseComponent" ref="myEntrepriseComponentService" />
 </bean>
</beans>

Of course, if your servlet mapping name in web.xml is comoEstasAmigo, then rename gwt-controller-servlet.xml as comoEstasAmigo-servlet.xml 😉

Build and deploy

Now you can compile, package your war and deploy under Tomcat or WebLogic. WebLogic server may raise an error:
java.rmi.AccessException: [EJB:010160]Security Violation: User: '<anonymous>' has insufficient permission to access EJB
This error is related to the rights required to call a method on the EJB. Indeed, two levels of rights are used by WebLogic: firstly to lookup / instanciate the EJB (cf. the property java.naming.security.principal we set sooner), and another to call the method itself. In this second case, WebLogic requires an authentication (think of what you do when you login an web application deployed: your login and rights are kept for all the session) to grant the rights. I wish to handle this subject in a future post.

NB: thanks to David Chau and Didier Girard from SFEIR, Sachin from Mumbai team and PYC from NYC.