While HandlerMethod instances are cached for lookup purposes, a new
ServletInvocableHandlerMethod instance has to be created prior to each
invocation since handlers may have non-singleton scope semantics.
This change reduces the overhead of creating per request instances
by using a logger with a fixed name rather than relying on getClass()
and also by copying introspected method parameters from the cached
HandlerMethod instance.
Issue: SPR-9747, SPR-9748
This change fixes a cyclical package dependency.
The change also improves the implementation of
WebAsyncManager.hasConcurrentResult() following the resolution of
Apache issue id=53632 and the release of Apache Tomcat 7.0.30 that
contains the fix.
This commit avoids eager creation of Environment instances, favoring
delegation of already existing Environment objects where possible. For
example, FrameworkServlet creates an ApplicationContext; both require
a StandardServletEnvironment instance, and prior to this change, two
instances were created where one would suffice - indeed these two
instances may reasonably be expected to be the same. Now, the
FrameworkServlet defers creation of its Environment, allowing users to
supply a custom instance via its #setEnvironment method (e.g. within a
WebApplicationInitializer); the FrameworkServlet then takes care to
delegate that instance to the ApplicationContext created
in #createWebApplicationContext.
This behavior produces more consistent behavior with regard to
delegation of the environment, saves unnecessary cycles by avoiding
needless instantiation and calls to methods like
StandardServletEnvironment#initPropertySources and leads to better
logging output, as the user sees only one Environment created and
initialized when working with the FrameworkServlet/DispatcherServlet.
This commit also mirrors these changes across the corresponding
Portlet* classes.
Issue: SPR-9763
The AbstractDispatcherServletInitializer now provides support for
the registration of filters to be mapped to the DispatcherServlet.
It also sets the asyncSupported flag by default on the
DispatcherServlet and all registered filters.
Issue: SPR-9696
A new @MatrixVariable annotation allows injecting matrix variables
into @RequestMapping methods. The matrix variables may appear in any
path segment and should be wrapped in a URI template for request
mapping purposes to ensure request matching is not affected by the
order or the presence/absence of such variables. The @MatrixVariable
annotation has an optional "pathVar" attribute that can be used to
refer to the URI template where a matrix variable is located.
Previously, ";" (semicolon) delimited content was removed from the
path used for request mapping purposes. To preserve backwards
compatibility that continues to be the case (except for the MVC
namespace and Java config) and may be changed by setting the
"removeSemicolonContent" property of RequestMappingHandlerMapping to
"false". Applications using the MVC namespace and Java config do not
need to do anything further to extract and use matrix variables.
Issue: SPR-5499, SPR-7818
Rename ExceptionHandlerSupport to ResponseEntityExceptionHandler and
emphasize the contrast to DefaultHandlerExceptionResovler -- i.e.
one returns a ResponseEntity and relies on message converters while
the other returns a ModelAndView and relies on view resolution.
Issue: SPR-9290
This change makes it possible to declare an @RequestBody argument with
a generic type (e.g. List<Foo>). If a GenericHttpMessageConverter
implementation supports the method argument, then the request will be
converted to the apropiate target type.
The new GenericHttpMessageConverter is implemented by the
MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter and also by a new
Jaxb2CollectionHttpMessageConverter that can read read a generic
Collection where the generic type is a JAXB type annotated with
@XmlRootElement or @XmlType.
Issue: SPR-9570
The target parameters for a FlashMap must be decoded to be able to
match them to the parameters of incoming requests given that the
HttpServletRequest returns decoded request parameters.
SPR-9657
An @RequestBody or an @RequestPart argument can now be followed by an
Errors/BindingResult argument making it possible to handle validation
errors (as a result of an @Valid annotation) locally within the
@RequestMapping method.
Issue: SPR-7114
The new class is functionally equivalent to the
DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver (i.e. it translates Spring MVC
exceptions to various status codes) but uses an @ExceptionHandler
returning a ResponseEntity<Object>, which means it can be customized to
write error content to the body of the response.
Issue: SPR-9290
The MVC Java config method to implement is
WebMvcConfigurer.configureAsyncSupport(AsyncSupportConfigurer)
The MVC namespace element is:
<mvc:annotation-driven>
<mvc:async-support default-timeout="2500" task-executor="myExecutor" />
</mvc:annotation-driven>
Issue: SPR-9694
Methods returning DeferredResult can now specify a timeout value
through constructor arg while methods returning a Callable can wrap it
in an AsyncTask that also accepts a timeout and a specific task
executor.
Issue: SPR-9399
DeferredResult now has a setErrorResult method that can be set to an
Exception or an error object, error view, etc.
The new isSetOrExpired() method can be used to check pro-actively if
the DeferredResult is still usable or not.
The setDeferredResultHandler method is now public so tests may use it.
Issue: SPR-9690, SPR-9689
Classes with this annotation can contain @ExceptionHandler,
@InitBinder, and @ModelAttribute methods that apply to all controllers.
The new annotation is also a component annotation allowing
implementations to be discovered through component scanning.
Issue: SPR-9112
As a result of the refactoring, the AsyncContext dispatch mechanism is
used much more centrally. Effectively every asynchronously processed
request involves one initial (container) thread, a second thread to
produce the handler return value asynchronously, and a third thread
as a result of a dispatch back to the container to resume processing
of the asynchronous resuilt.
Other updates include the addition of a MockAsyncContext and support
of related request method in the test packages of spring-web and
spring-webmvc. Also an upgrade of a Jetty test dependency required
to make tests pass.
Issue: SPR-9433
Currently the getNamedDispatcher(String) method of MockServletContext
always returns null. This poses a problem in certain testing scenarios
since one would always expect at least a default Servlet to be present.
This is specifically important for web application tests that involve
the DefaultServletHttpRequestHandler which attempts to forward to the
default Servlet after retrieving it by name. Furthermore, there is no
way to register a named RequestDispatcher with the MockServletContext.
This commit addresses these issues by introducing the following in
MockServletContext.
- a new defaultServletName property for configuring the name of the
default Servlet, which defaults to "default"
- named RequestDispatchers can be registered and unregistered
- a MockRequestDispatcher is registered for the "default" Servlet
automatically in the constructor
- when the defaultServletName property is set to a new value the
the current default RequestDispatcher is unregistered and replaced
with a MockRequestDispatcher for the new defaultServletName
Issue: SPR-9587
Usually this request attribute is set for all sub-classes of
AbstractUrlHandlerMapping and therefore whenever
AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter is used. However, having a
default value to fall back on in AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter
is still appropriate in general and also considering the Javadoc
of HandlerMapping.INTROSPECT_TYPE_LEVEL_MAPPING.
Issue: SPR-9629
The MVC Java config and the MVC namespace now support options to
configure content negotiation. By default both support checking path
extensions first and the "Accept" header second. For path extensions
.json, .xml, .atom, and .rss are recognized out of the box if the
Jackson, JAXB2, or Rome libraries are available. The ServletContext
and the Java Activation Framework may be used as fallback options
for path extension lookups.
Issue: SPR-8420
After this change each call stack level pushes and pops an async
Callable to ensure the AsyncExecutionChain is in sync with the
call stack. Before this change, a controller returning a "forward:"
prefixed string caused the AsyncExecutionChain to contain a
extra Callables that did not match the actual call stack.
Issue: SPR-9611
Previously DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver did not handle BindException
but after this change it does. A BindException is raised when an
@ModelAttribute annotated argument is not followed by a BindingResult
argument. Hence this is unlikely to affect browser rendering.
For programmatic clients however this change ensures an unhandled
BindException is at least turned into a 400 error.
Issue: SPR-9310
The Atom/RSS message converters are now registered ahead of the
Jackson and the JAXB2 message converters by default. Since the Atom
and RSS converters convert to and from very specific object types
Feed and Channel respectively, that shouldn't introduce any regressions
and will work more intuitively when the requested media type is "*/*".
Issue: SPR-9054
Before this change @ExceptionHandler methods could be located in and
apply locally within a controller. The change makes it possible to have
such methods applicable globally regardless of the controller that
raised the exception.
The easiest way to do that is to add them to a class annotated with
`@ExceptionResolver`, a new annotation that is also an `@Component`
annotation (and therefore works with component scanning). It is also
possible to register classes containing `@ExceptionHandler` methods
directly with the ExceptionHandlerExceptionResolver.
When multiple `@ExceptionResolver` classes are detected, or registered
directly, the order in which they're used depends on the the `@Order`
annotation (if present) or on the value of the order field (if the
Ordered interface is implemented).
Issue: SPR-9112
Before this change the HandlerExecitionChain logged errors each time a
an AsyncHandlerInterceptor returned a null async Callable, a condition
which is acceptable.
SPR-9524
Return an empty map when there are no path variables, rather than
raising an exception. This is consistent with similar resolvers for
extracting headers and request parameters.
Issue: SPR-9289
Following the introduction of ContentNegotiationManager that allows,
among other things, to configure the file extensions to use for content
negotiation, this change adds "smart" suffix pattern match that matches
against the configured file extensions only rather than against any
extension.
Given the request mapping "/jobs/{jobName}" and one configured file
extension ("json"), a request for "/jobs/my.job" will select the
pattern "/jobs/{jobName}" while a request for "/jobs/my.job.json" will
select the pattern "/jobs/{jobName}.json". Previously, both requests
would have resulted in the pattern "/jobs/{jobName}.*".
Issue: SPR-7632, SPR-8474
The HTTP PATCH method is now supported whereever HTTP methods are used.
Annotated controllers can be mapped to RequestMethod.PATCH.
On the client side the RestTemplate execute(..) and exchange(..)
methods can be used with HttpMethod.PATCH. In terms of HTTP client
libraries, Apache HttpComponents HttpClient version 4.2 or later is
required (see HTTPCLIENT-1191). The JDK HttpURLConnection does not
support the HTTP PATCH method.
Issue: SPR-7985
Introduced ContentNeogtiationStrategy for resolving the requested
media types from an incoming request. The available implementations
are based on path extension, request parameter, 'Accept' header,
and a fixed default content type. The logic for these implementations
is based on equivalent options, previously available only in the
ContentNegotiatingViewResolver.
Also in this commit is ContentNegotiationManager, the central class to
use when configuring content negotiation options. It accepts one or
more ContentNeogtiationStrategy instances and delegates to them.
The ContentNeogiationManager can now be used to configure the
following classes:
- RequestMappingHandlerMappingm
- RequestMappingHandlerAdapter
- ExceptionHandlerExceptionResolver
- ContentNegotiatingViewResolver
Issue: SPR-8410, SPR-8417, SPR-8418,SPR-8416, SPR-8419,SPR-7722
Changes introduced in Spring 3.1 for Environment support inadvertently
established a cyclic dependency between the
org.springframework.web.context and
org.springframework.web.context.support packages, specifically through
web.context.ContextLoader's invocation of
web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils#initServletPropertySources.
This commit introduces ConfigurableWebEnvironment to break this cyclic
dependency. All web.context.ConfigurableWebApplicationContext types now
return web.context.ConfigurableWebEnvironment from their #getEnvironment
methods; web.context.support.StandardServletEnvironment now implements
ConfigurableWebEnvironment and makes the call to
web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils#initServletPropertySources
within its implementation of #initPropertySources. This means that
web.context.ContextLoader now invokes
web.context.ConfigurableWebEnvironment#initPropertySources instead of
web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils#initServletPropertySources
and thus the cycle is broken.
Issue: SPR-9439
Prior to this change, AbstractApplicationContext#setParent replaced the
child context's Environment with the parent's Environment if available.
This has the negative effect of potentially changing the type of the
child context's Environment, and in any case causes property sources
added directly against the child environment to be ignored. This
situation could easily occur if a WebApplicationContext child had a
non-web ApplicationContext set as its parent. In this case the parent
Environment type would (likely) be StandardEnvironment, while the child
Environment type would (likely) be StandardServletEnvironment. By
directly inheriting the parent environment, critical property sources
such as ServletContextPropertySource are lost entirely.
This commit introduces the concept of merging an environment through
the new ConfigurableEnvironment#merge method. Instead of replacing the
child's environment with the parent's,
AbstractApplicationContext#setParent now merges property sources as
well as active and default profile names from the parent into the
child. In this way, distinct environment objects are maintained with
specific types and property sources preserved. See #merge Javadoc for
additional details.
Issue: SPR-9444, SPR-9439
As of Spring 3.1 URI variables can be used for data binding purposes in
addition to request parameters (including query string and form params)
In some cases URI variables and request params can overlap (e.g. form
contains a child entity with an entityId as hidden form input while the
URI contains the entityId of the parent entity) and that can lead to
surprises if the application already exists.
This change ensures that request parameters are used first and URI
vars are added only if they don't overlap. Ideally however an
application should not use the same uri variable name as the name of
a request parameter where they don't refer to the same value.
Issue: SPR-9349
Rossen Stoyanchev
Chris Beams
Rob Winch
Arjen Poutsma
Sam Brannen
Juergen Hoeller