Routing Adapter¶

Table of contents

Module list
Configuration for using the routing adapter
- Configure the dispatch handler
- Create a route definition file
Automatically map business actions and URLs
Mapping in JAX-RS Path Annotation

Adapter that performs mapping between request URL and business action using http-request-router (external site) . By using this adapter, mapping of URL and business action can be easily defined when building Web application or RESTful web service.

Module list ¶

<!-- Routing adapter -->
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.nablarch.integration</groupId>
  <artifactId>nablarch-router-adaptor</artifactId>
</dependency>

Tip

Tests are conducted using http-request-router version 0.1.1. When changing the version, test in the project to confirm that there are no problems.

Configuration for using the routing adapter ¶

The procedure for using this adapter is shown below.

Configure the dispatch handler ¶

Configure RoutesMapping as the dispatch handler at the end of the handler queue.

The configuration example shown below.

Point

The component name should be packageMapping .
Configure the package in which the action class is stored in basePackage attribute. (If the action class is stored in multiple packages, configure a common parent package.)
Configure RoutesMapping in the initialization list.

<component name="packageMapping" class="nablarch.integration.router.RoutesMapping">
  <property name="basePackage" value="sample.web.action" />
</component>

<component name="webFrontController" class="nablarch.fw.web.servlet.WebFrontController">
  <property name="handlerQueue">
    <list>
      <!-- Other handlers are omitted -->
      <component-ref name="packageMapping" />
    </list>
  </property>
</component>

<component name="initializer"
    class="nablarch.core.repository.initialization.BasicApplicationInitializer">
  <property name="initializeList">
    <list>
      <!-- Other initialization processes are omitted -->
      <component-ref name="packageMapping"/>
    </list>
  </property>
</component>

Create a route definition file ¶

Creates routes.xml directly under the class path and configures the configurations to map the specified URL and business action.

For the configuration method to the route definition file, see Library README document (external site) .

Automatically map business actions and URLs ¶

Business action and URL can be automatically mapped by using parameters such as :controller and :action in the path attribute of match tag in the route definition file.

Important

This feature is not available when using JBoss or WildFly as the application server. Define the mapping between business action and URL individually using get tag, etc.

Important

Using this function together with individual definition of mapping using get tag, etc. is not recommended. This is because of the difficultly in reading how the business action and URL are mapped from the route definition file when used together.

To enable this function, create routes.properties in the router directory net/unit8/http/router created directly under the class path, and configure the values as follows.

router.controllerDetector=nablarch.integration.router.NablarchControllerDetector

An example of setting and mapping to the route definition file is shown below.

Route definition file

<routes>
  <match path="/action/:controller/:action" />
</routes>

Example of mapping URL to business action

Business action	URL
PersonAction#index	/action/person/index
PersonAction#search	/action/person/search
LoginAction#index	/action/login/index
ProjectUploadAction#index	/action/projectUpload/index

Mapping in JAX-RS Path Annotation ¶

Since version 1.2.0 of this adapter, it is possible to map routing using the javax.ws.rs.Path annotation (hereafter referred to as Path annotation) in JAX-RS.

This section describes how to enable routing with Path annotations for existing RESTful Web Service and details of the various configurations.

Important

This feature is not available on some web application servers where resources under the classpath are managed by the web application server’s unique file system.

For example, in Jboss and Wildfly, the resources under the classpath are managed by a virtual file system called vfs, which makes it impossible to search for classes annotated with Path annotations.

If use such a web application server, use the existing XML-based routing definition.

Changing the dispatch handlers ¶

When using XML mapping definitions, RoutesMapping is used as the dispatcher’s implementation. On the other hand, when using mapping definitions with Path annotations, PathOptionsProviderRoutesMapping needs to be set up as a dispatcher handler.

<!-- Configuration example for enabling routing definitions with Path annotation -->
<component name="packageMapping" class="nablarch.integration.router.PathOptionsProviderRoutesMapping">
  <property name="pathOptionsProvider">
    <component class="nablarch.integration.router.jaxrs.JaxRsPathOptionsProvider">
      <property name="applicationPath" value="${nablarch.webApi.applicationPath}" />
      <property name="basePackage" value="${nablarch.commonProperty.basePackage}" />
    </component>
  </property>

  <property name="methodBinderFactory">
    <component class="nablarch.fw.jaxrs.JaxRsMethodBinderFactory">
      <property name="handlerList">
        <component class="nablarch.integration.jaxrs.jersey.JerseyJaxRsHandlerListFactory"/>
      </property>
    </component>
  </property>
</component>

<!-- Handler queue configuration -->
<component name="webFrontController" class="nablarch.fw.web.servlet.WebFrontController">
  <property name="handlerQueue">
    <list>
      <!-- Omitted -->
      <component-ref name="packageMapping"/>
    </list>
  </property>
</component>

To use routing with Path annotations, configure pathOptionsProvider property of PathOptionsProviderRoutesMapping to be JaxRsPathOptionsProvider .

(See JAX-RS Adapter for information on setting methodBinderFactory property.

In addition, this JaxRsPathOptionsProvider needs to be set to two properties.

applicationPath

Specify a common prefix for the path to be mapped.

This means the same value as in javax.ws.rs.ApplicationPath annotation in JAX-RS.

basePackage

Specify the name of the package to be the root in searching for classes with the Path annotation.

PathOptionsProviderRoutesMapping component defined needs to be initialized and added to the list of objects to be initialized.

<component name="initializer"
           class="nablarch.core.repository.initialization.BasicApplicationInitializer">
  <property name="initializeList">
    <list>
      <component-ref name="packageMapping" />
      <!-- Omitted -->
    </list>
  </property>
</component>

The above configuration enables the ability to register the routing by Path annotation.

How to implement the mapping ¶

The following is an example implementation that defines the mapping using the Path annotation.

@Path("/sample")
public class SampleAction {

    @GET
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    public List<Person> findAll() {
        // Omitted
    }

    @POST
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    public int register(JaxRsHttpRequest request) {
        // Omitted
    }
}

By annotating the action class with a Path annotation, we can associate the path set in the value of the Path annotation with the action class.

In addition, can map a HTTP method to methods in the action class by annotating methods in the action class with a corresponding annotation of HTTP method such as javax.ws.rs.GET .

In the above example implementation, the HTTP request will be dispatched as follows

Path	HTTP method	Method of dispatching target
`/sample`	`GET`	`SampleAction#findAll()`
`/sample`	`POST`	`SampleAction#register(JaxRsHttpRequest)`

Tip

The following annotations mapping the HTTP method are provided by default.

javax.ws.rs.DELETE

javax.ws.rs.GET

javax.ws.rs.HEAD

javax.ws.rs.OPTIONS (JAX-RS 1.1 or higher)

javax.ws.rs.PATCH (JAX-RS 2.1 or higher)

javax.ws.rs.POST

javax.ws.rs.PUT

In addition, you can also define a subpath mapping by annotating the method with a Path annotation as follows.

@Path("/sample")
public class TestAction {

    @GET
    @Path("/foo")
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    public Person foo() {
        // Omitted
    }

    @GET
    @Path("/bar")
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    public Person bar() {
        // Omitted
    }
}

In this case, the dispatch of the HTTP request would be as follows.

Path	HTTP method	Method of dispatching target
`/sample/foo`	`GET`	`TestAction#foo()`
`/sample/bar`	`GET`	`TestAction#bar()`

Definition of path parameters ¶

Can also include parameters in the path, as follows

@Path("/sample")
public class TestAction {

    @GET
    @Path("/foo/{param}")
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    public Person foo(JaxRsHttpRequest request) {
        String param = request.getPathParam("param");
        // Omitted
    }

    @GET
    @Path("/bar/{id : \\d+}")
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
    public Person bar(JaxRsHttpRequest request) {
        int id = Integer.parseInt(request.getPathParam("id");
        // Omitted
    }
}

The path parameter should be written in accordance with the JAX-RS specification, not in the http-request-router syntax.

This is because this feature (routing definition with Path annotations) follows the JAX-RS specification.

By describing a part of the path as {parameter name}, can define that part of the path as a parameter.

Can get the value of the path parameter by passing the parameter name defined here to JaxRsHttpRequest#getPathParam(String) .

In addition, can define the format of the path parameter in a regular expression by describing it as {parameter name: regular expression}.

In the example implementation above, set the regular expression to \\d+, so the method will be dispatched only if the path value is a number.

An example of HTTP request dispatch would be as follows.

Path	HTTP method	Method of dispatching target
`/sample/foo/hello`	`GET`	`TestAction#foo(JaxRsHttpRequest)`
`/sample/foo/world`	`GET`	`TestAction#foo(JaxRsHttpRequest)`
`/sample/bar/123`	`GET`	`TestAction#bar(JaxRsHttpRequest)`
`/sample/bar/987`	`GET`	`TestAction#bar(JaxRsHttpRequest)`

See the list of routing definitions ¶

Routing definitions loaded by PathOptionsProviderRoutesMapping are logged at the debug level during initialization.

By default, the routing list is output to the log as follows.

2020-07-20 13:35:53.092 -DEBUG- nablarch.integration.router.PathOptionsProviderRoutesMapping [null] boot_proc = [] proc_sys = [jaxrs] req_id = [null] usr_id = [null] GET /api/bar => com.example.BarAction#findAll
GET /api/bar/fizz => com.example.BarAction#fizz
GET /api/foo => com.example.FooAction#findAll
POST /api/foo => com.example.FooAction#register
DELETE /api/foo/(:id) => com.example.FooAction#delete
GET /api/foo/(:id) => com.example.FooAction#find
POST /api/foo/(:id) => com.example.FooAction#update

If want to change the format of the log, write a class that implements PathOptionsFormatter and configure the PathOptionsFormatter property of PathOptionsProviderRoutesMapping .

<component name="packageMapping" class="nablarch.integration.router.PathOptionsProviderRoutesMapping">
  <property name="methodBinderFactory">
    <!-- Omitted -->
  </property>
  <property name="pathOptionsProvider">
    <!-- Omitted -->
  </property>

  <property name="pathOptionsFormatter">
    <!-- Configure your custom formatting class -->
    <component class="com.example.CustomPathOptionsFormatter" />
  </property>
</component>