I don't know if I would override the class loader (did I suggest that
earlier, if so, sorry :( ). I would take a look at overriding the
buildBean methods. Use your custom classloader to build the 'beans'
but do it in a way that tries your classloader first, then falls
through to the super class... For instance, the key lines in xwork's
SpringObjectFactory (which is where the meat of the spring-plugin is
located) looks like this -
if (appContext.containsBean(className)) {
clazz = appContext.getBean(className).getClass();
} else {
clazz = super.getClassInstance(className);
}
The SpringObjectFactory is a bit large-ish because we added some
helpful spring integration (supporting autowiring, etc.), but IMO it
is still the best example for you to get what you want. I don't think
our fisheye instance at opensymphony is working, so the best thing to
do is either check out xwork from svn -
svn co http://svn.opensymphony.com/svn/xwork/trunk
And you'll find SpringObjectFactory.java in there under
trunk/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/spring
Or if you're not into svn, then you can probably just download the
file by hitting the following URL in your browser -
http://svn.opensymphony.com/svn/xwork/trunk/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/spring/SpringObjectFactory.java
-Wes
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 6:25 AM, Andriy Pererva <andronix1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, Wes!
> Thank you for your quick help! I did exactly what you advised me, but
> something still doesn't work. Here are my steps:
> 1) Created CustomObjectFactory which extends StrutsObjectFactory, with
> only one method overriden - setClassLoader(). Inside this method I
> simply pass my custom classloader to super.setClassLoader().
> 2) Inserted in my struts.xml (right after struts-default.xml
> inclusion) next strings:
> <bean type="com.opensymphony.xwork2.ObjectFactory"
> name="customFactory"
> class="efi.base.web.framework.CustomObjectFactory" />
> <constant name="struts.objectFactory" value="customFactory"/>
> After that I tried to debug my CustomObjectFactory in Eclipse, but my
> overriden method setClassLoader() hasn't been invoked during struts
> initialization.
> Currently we are using Struts 2.0.11.
> Please, tell me what I'm doing wrong? What is the most neat way to
> intelligently pass my classloader to Struts?
> Again, thank you in advance for you answer!
>
>
> With best regards,
> Andriy
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Wes Wannemacher<w...@wantii.com> wrote:
>> I would suggest creating your own plugin... If the custom classes are
>> actions, validators, interceptors and type converters then just take a
>> look at the spring plugin for an example. You will want to write your
>> own implementation of the ObjectFactory, the ObjectFactory is in
>> charge of creating the struts2 app's actions, validators,
>> interceptors, type converters and beans.
>>
>> As far as enhancing the functionality of struts.xml processing, I
>> would first suggest you see if you can retrofit your application to
>> work with one of the existing plugins like 'conventions'. I only say
>> this because enhancing the XmlConfigurationProvider is quite a bit
>> more daunting than extending the ObjectFactory. If you really can't
>> adopt an existing plugin for configuration, then create an
>> implementation of ConfigurationProvider and take a look at the
>> StrutsXmlConfigurationProvider and see if you can get the dispatcher
>> to honor your new ConfigurationProvider.
>>
>> -Wes
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Andriy Pererva<andronix1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi, all!
>>> I'm working on a big java web project, which is based on Struts 2
>>> framework. Now we are going to do some refactoring and split the
>>> project up in some parts: core and other auxillary functionality
>>> modules. Core classes located under classpath, but all the auxillary
>>> functionality classes will be moved to database and loaded via our
>>> custom ClassLoader. Among these classes there are some Stuts actions
>>> and part of the struts.xml file with appropriate mapping.
>>> How can I make Struts 2 aware of my custom ClassLoader in order to
>>> load these auxillary action classes from DB. Currently Struts cannot
>>> find and instantinate any of them
>>> Any suggestions would be very appreciated!
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance for any useful answer.
>>>
>>> With best regards,
>>> Andriy.
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>>
>>
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