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h1. A sample using Vaadin with Hibernate JPA and Spring on Z2
This sample is similar to [[Sample-spring-hibernate]] but differs (or rather extends) in that it show cases
the use of the "Vaadin":http://www.vaadin.com user interface toolkit in conjunction with Spring implemented annotation based
dependency injection over Z2 modularity.
As Spring is used throughout - in all modules - this is another practical application of [[How to Spring]].
Moreover this sample illustrates modularization of Vaadin user interfaces with Z2 using extension points as described in [[Vaadin add-on]].
This sample is stored in "z2-samples.vaadin-spring-hibernate":http://redmine.z2-environment.net/projects/z2-samples/repository/z2-samples-vaadin-spring-hibernate.
h2. Prerequisites
You need to run Java DB as network server on localhost. This is explained next.
The application will create a database "z2-samples"
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h2. Run it
Like all samples, also this sample can be run as in [[How to run a sample]]. If you have the database, the fastest way to verify whether it runs is:
<pre><code class="ruby">
mkdir install
cd install
git clone -b master http://git.z2-environment.net/z2-base.core
git clone -b master http://git.z2-environment.net/z2-samples.vaadin-spring-hibernate
# on Linux / Mac OS:
cd z2-base.core/run/bin
./gui.sh
# on Windows:
cd z2-base.core\run\bin
gui.bat
</code></pre>
When running, go to http://localhost:8080/vaadin-spring-hibernate. You should see this:
!vaadin-spring-hibernate.png!
h2. Details
As in the other samples we have a re-use domain module. That is a recurring theme for many good reasons. In this case, the domain module "com.zfabrik.samples.vaadin-spring-hibernate.domain":http://redmine.z2-environment.net/projects/z2-samples/repository/z2-samples-vaadin-spring-hibernate/revisions/master/show/com.zfabrik.samples.vaadin-spring-hibernate.domain is essentially like the similarly named module of [[Sample-spring-hibernate]]. The only difference is some more data access methods in the "ThingyRepository":http://redmine.z2-environment.net/projects/z2-samples/repository/z2-samples-vaadin-spring-hibernate/revisions/master/entry/com.zfabrik.samples.vaadin-spring-hibernate.domain/java/src.api/com/zfabrik/samples/vaadin_spring_hibernate/thingies/ThingyRepository.java.
The Vaadin Web application is defined in the module "com.zfabrik.samples.vaadin-spring-hibernate.web":http://redmine.z2-environment.net/projects/z2-samples/repository/z2-samples-vaadin-spring-hibernate/revisions/master/show/com.zfabrik.samples.vaadin-spring-hibernate.web. It has the usual Spring application context in "web/WebContent/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml":http://redmine.z2-environment.net/projects/z2-samples/repository/z2-samples-vaadin-spring-hibernate/revisions/master/entry/com.zfabrik.samples.vaadin-spring-hibernate.web/web/WebContent/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml that imports the thingy repository:
<pre><code class="xml">
<!-- import external components -->
<bean id="thingyRepository" class="com.zfabrik.springframework.ComponentFactoryBean">
<property name="componentName" value="com.zfabrik.samples.vaadin-spring-hibernate.domain/repository" />
<property name="className" value="com.zfabrik.samples.vaadin_spring_hibernate.thingies.ThingyRepository" />
</bean>
</code></pre>
One particularity of using Vaadin in a modular environment is that Vaadin loads it's application class using the class loader that loaded the Vaadin classes (rather than the current thread's context class loader - as would be advised normally). When the Web application module is separated from the Vaadin module this can obviously not work too well (see also "Enhancement #9809":http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/9809). To fix that you can tell Vaadin to use a custom class loader implementation (that - again - is loaded with the Vaadin class loader). That's why we declare the Vaadin servlet in "web/WebContent/WEB-INF/web.xml":http://redmine.z2-environment.net/projects/z2-samples/repository/z2-samples-vaadin-spring-hibernate/revisions/master/entry/com.zfabrik.samples.vaadin-spring-hibernate.web/web/WebContent/WEB-INF/web.xml list this:
<pre><code class="xml">
<!-- Vaadin -->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>VaadinServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.ApplicationServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>application</param-name>
<param-value>com.zfabrik.samples.impl.vaadin_spring_hibernate.ApplicationImpl</param-value>
</init-param>
<!-- this because Vaadin doesn't use the thread's context class loader by default -->
<init-param>
<param-name>ClassLoader</param-name>
<param-value>com.zfabrik.vaadin.ContextClassLoader</param-value>
</init-param>*
</servlet>
</code></pre>
The Vaadin application class "ApplicationImpl":http://redmine.z2-environment.net/projects/z2-samples/repository/z2-samples-vaadin-spring-hibernate/revisions/master/entry/com.zfabrik.samples.vaadin-spring-hibernate.web/java/src.impl/com/zfabrik/samples/impl/vaadin_spring_hibernate/ApplicationImpl.java constructs a simple view hierarchy that containes a table view based on a "lazy query container add-on":https://vaadin.com/directory#addon/lazy-query-container data model that is fed from the domain module. To do so the corresponding query implementation (in lazy query container speak) has the repository injected:
<pre><code class="java">
@Configurable
public class ThingiesQuery implements Query {
@Autowired
private ThingyRepository repository;
private Integer size;
private boolean asc;
// ...
}
</code></pre>
Please browse the actual UI code at "com.zfabrik.samples.vaadin-spring-hibernate.web/java/src.impl/com/zfabrik/samples/impl/vaadin_spring_hibernate":http://redmine.z2-environment.net/projects/z2-samples/repository/z2-samples-vaadin-spring-hibernate/revisions/master/show/com.zfabrik.samples.vaadin-spring-hibernate.web/java/src.impl/com/zfabrik/samples/impl/vaadin_spring_hibernate. It pretty much speaks for itself.
One important note on transaction management: In this example, transaction boundaries are enforced by a servlet filter once more. It is implemented in "TransactionFilter":http://redmine.z2-environment.net/projects/z2-samples/repository/z2-samples-vaadin-spring-hibernate/revisions/master/entry/com.zfabrik.samples.vaadin-spring-hibernate.web/java/src.impl/com/zfabrik/samples/impl/vaadin_spring_hibernate/util/TransactionFilter.java and essentially looks like this:
<pre><code class="java">
public class TransactionFilter implements Filter {
@Transactional
@Override
public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException {
chain.doFilter(request, response);
}
}
</code></pre>
In other words, the only thing it really does is to make sure Spring spans a transaction (using the underlying JTA implementation) along the request. It is tempting to implement transaction demarcation in the Vaadin Application class. However, we cannot use the <code>@Transactional</code> annotation as there is no single request spanning method and using the JTA UserTransaction object is unfortunately not sufficient to "remote control" Spring's JTA wrappers. So the easiest work around is to use Spring TX demarcation right away (see also [[how to transaction management]]).
Furthermore this sample illustrates the use of the *ExtensionComponentsUtil* ("javadoc":http://www.z2-environment.net/javadoc/com.zfabrik.vaadin!2Fjava/api/com/zfabrik/vaadin/ExtensionComponentsUtil.html) as described in detail at [[Vaadin_Add-on]]. This utility allows to conveniently modularize the user interface implementation by providing and retrieving Vaadin user interface component implementations across modules.
In the specific case, the module "com.zfabrik.samples.vaadin-spring-hibernate.extension":https://redmine.z2-environment.net/projects/z2-samples/repository/z2-samples-vaadin-spring-hibernate/revisions/master/show/com.zfabrik.samples.vaadin-spring-hibernate.extension provides an extension component "somethingAboutThingies":https://redmine.z2-environment.net/projects/z2-samples/repository/z2-samples-vaadin-spring-hibernate/revisions/master/entry/com.zfabrik.samples.vaadin-spring-hibernate.extension/somethingAboutThingies.properties *somethingAboutThingies* that is added as the button "About these..." to the button toolbar of the main interface.