Re: Spring + Restlet + Tomcat
Stephen Mc Namara gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hi Rhett
>
> thanks for replying. I'll take a look at the links you sent later
> today.
>
> In the meantime I've switched back to using the NRE ServerServlet with
> a custom Application that wires in a manager obj to create a Router
> whose config is fed from the applicationContext.xml. The spring config
> uses the SpringFinfer to overload createResource. It all works but I'd
> still like to understand what was wrong with my first approach. If
> anyone has any insights please send them along.
>
> cheers,
>
> -s
I'm using a similar Spring + Restlet 1.1 + Tomcat setup and ran into similar
issue of always getting 404. After some debugging I tracked my problem down to
have "/*" as my servlet mapping which was causing
HttpServletRequest.getServletPath() to return "". Restlet was using that result
to determine what the base path was so ended up using the whole path
"http://localhost:1234/blah/56"; when matching against the routes, so of course
"/blah/{id}" isn't going to match.
Not sure if you were having the same issue, but thought I'd post just incase.
Cheers,
James
Re: Spring + Restlet + Tomcat
Hi Rhett thanks for replying. I'll take a look at the links you sent later today. In the meantime I've switched back to using the NRE ServerServlet with a custom Application that wires in a manager obj to create a Router whose config is fed from the applicationContext.xml. The spring config uses the SpringFinfer to overload createResource. It all works but I'd still like to understand what was wrong with my first approach. If anyone has any insights please send them along. cheers, -s > Hi Stephen, > On Mar 20, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Stephen Mc Namara wrote: >> I'm trying without much success to bootstrap a new project using >> both Spring (2.5) and restlet(1.1-M2). The plan goes something like >> this; >> * Restlet resources on the front end which interact with a service >> layer. The service layer contains some business logic but mostly >> passes off >> calls to a bunch of back end legacy systems. The goal is to expose >> those back >> end systems as a uniform set of RESTful web services. >> * I want to use Spring primarily for IoC, Aspects and JMX ease of >> use. Plus being able to fairly easily add thread pools to my back >> end adapters is appealing; all the usual Spring container arguments. >> * I can't use the Restlet HTTP server and in all likelihood the >> corporate powers will make us deploy on WebSphere for production but >> for now I'm >> trying to deploy Spting+Restlet as a WAR inside Tomcat. >> I've read all I can find on the restlet site, the faq, the wiki >> and this list >> about the various integration options but none are working. It >> seems there were >> some previous integration strategies and some newer options. >> Various googling >> has produced a confusing list of alternate approaches and I have >> to say the >> restlet docs need a major boost. > This is at least partially my fault. I promised documentation for > how to use RestletFrameworkServlet and SpringBeanRouter/Finder, but > have not delivered them yet. >> I'd like to use Spring to inject the service layer into my >> Resources; and in general to use its IoC injection across all the >> beans. Having restlet config (router config, URL mapping etc) >> exposed (and manageable) by >> Spring is nice. > This is how I use it today. >> I'd really appreciate if anyone has a complete end-to-end working >> example of spring+restlet in tomcat with either approach, or if you >> can >> spot a problem with the config shown above. > If you'd like an end-to-end working application of moderate > complexity, you can look at Patient Study Calendar (PSC): > https://svn.bioinformatics.northwestern.edu/studycalendar/trunk/ > It is the open source clinical research app I developed the > aforementioned adapter classes for. It is primarily a Spring-MVC > webapp, with Spring IoC connecting all the layers. The RESTful API > was added after most of the application functionality was in place, > so it is somewhat similar to your situation. > In particular, I think you'll want to look at > https://svn.bioinformatics.northwestern.edu/studycalendar/trunk/src/ma > in/webapp/WEB-INF/restful-api-servlet.xml > which is the spring configuration file for the > RestletFrameworkServlet (using SpringBeanRouter) and > https://svn.bioinformatics.northwestern.edu/studycalendar/trunk/src/ma > in/java/edu/northwestern/bioinformatics/studycalendar/restlets/ > which contains all the Resource implementations. PSC's not as clean > as an example written specifically for demonstration, but hopefully > it can get the point across for now. > Rhett -- I'm trying a new usenet client for Mac, Nemo OS X. You can download it at http://www.malcom-mac.com/nemo
Re: Spring + Restlet + Tomcat
Hi Stephen, On Mar 20, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Stephen Mc Namara wrote: I'm trying without much success to bootstrap a new project using both Spring (2.5) and restlet(1.1-M2). The plan goes something like this; * Restlet resources on the front end which interact with a service layer. The service layer contains some business logic but mostly passes off calls to a bunch of back end legacy systems. The goal is to expose those back end systems as a uniform set of RESTful web services. * I want to use Spring primarily for IoC, Aspects and JMX ease of use. Plus being able to fairly easily add thread pools to my back end adapters is appealing; all the usual Spring container arguments. * I can't use the Restlet HTTP server and in all likelihood the corporate powers will make us deploy on WebSphere for production but for now I'm trying to deploy Spting+Restlet as a WAR inside Tomcat. I've read all I can find on the restlet site, the faq, the wiki and this list about the various integration options but none are working. It seems there were some previous integration strategies and some newer options. Various googling has produced a confusing list of alternate approaches and I have to say the restlet docs need a major boost. This is at least partially my fault. I promised documentation for how to use RestletFrameworkServlet and SpringBeanRouter/Finder, but have not delivered them yet. I'd like to use Spring to inject the service layer into my Resources; and in general to use its IoC injection across all the beans. Having restlet config (router config, URL mapping etc) exposed (and manageable) by Spring is nice. This is how I use it today. I'd really appreciate if anyone has a complete end-to-end working example of spring+restlet in tomcat with either approach, or if you can spot a problem with the config shown above. If you'd like an end-to-end working application of moderate complexity, you can look at Patient Study Calendar (PSC): https://svn.bioinformatics.northwestern.edu/studycalendar/trunk/ It is the open source clinical research app I developed the aforementioned adapter classes for. It is primarily a Spring-MVC webapp, with Spring IoC connecting all the layers. The RESTful API was added after most of the application functionality was in place, so it is somewhat similar to your situation. In particular, I think you'll want to look at https://svn.bioinformatics.northwestern.edu/studycalendar/trunk/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/restful-api-servlet.xml which is the spring configuration file for the RestletFrameworkServlet (using SpringBeanRouter) and https://svn.bioinformatics.northwestern.edu/studycalendar/trunk/src/main/java/edu/northwestern/bioinformatics/studycalendar/restlets/ which contains all the Resource implementations. PSC's not as clean as an example written specifically for demonstration, but hopefully it can get the point across for now. Rhett
Spring + Restlet + Tomcat
I'm trying without much success to bootstrap a new project using both Spring (2.5) and restlet(1.1-M2). The plan goes something like this; * Restlet resources on the front end which interact with a service layer. The service layer contains some business logic but mostly passes off calls to a bunch of back end legacy systems. The goal is to expose those back end systems as a uniform set of RESTful web services. * I want to use Spring primarily for IoC, Aspects and JMX ease of use. Plus being able to fairly easily add thread pools to my back end adapters is appealing; all the usual Spring container arguments. * I can't use the Restlet HTTP server and in all likelihood the corporate powers will make us deploy on WebSphere for production but for now I'm trying to deploy Spting+Restlet as a WAR inside Tomcat. I've read all I can find on the restlet site, the faq, the wiki and this list about the various integration options but none are working. It seems there were some previous integration strategies and some newer options. Various googling has produced a confusing list of alternate approaches and I have to say the restlet docs need a major boost. I'd like to use Spring to inject the service layer into my Resources; and in general to use its IoC injection across all the beans. Having restlet config (router config, URL mapping etc) exposed (and manageable) by Spring is nice. I've had little success with "Spring as the main container" as all I get is the NRE logFilter and a 404 from each of the resource URLs. My web.xml looks like this; org.restlet.application application org.restlet.component component org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener springRestletServlet com.noelios.restlet.ext.spring.SpringServerServlet springRestletServlet /* With an applicationContext.xml that has the named beans "component" and "application" as follows; I also tried the other approach namely "Restlet as the main container" but that's got it's own errors trying to get the Restlet Application to load Spring properly and having unwired beans leading to various NPEs. An earlier example did work but my app resources were 'Restlets' not 'Resources' which didn't feel right either. I'd really appreciate if anyone has a complete end-to-end working example of spring+restlet in tomcat with either approach, or if you can spot a problem with the config shown above. TIA, -stephen
