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This commit reviews the How-to part of the Spring boot doc, fixing mostly typos. See gh-521
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@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ the `spring-boot-actuator` there is also an `autoconfig` endpoint that renders t
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in JSON. Use that to debug the application and see what features have been added (and
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which not) by Spring Boot at runtime.
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Many more questions can be answered by looking at the source code and Javadocs. Some
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Many more questions can be answered by looking at the source code and the javadoc. Some
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rules of thumb:
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* Look for classes called `*AutoConfiguration` and read their sources, in particular the
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@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ than one way to register additional ones:
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methods on `SpringApplication` before you run it.
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* Declaratively per application by setting `context.initializer.classes` or
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`context.listener.classes`.
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* Declarative for all applications by adding a `META-INF/spring.factories` and packaging
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* Declaratively for all applications by adding a `META-INF/spring.factories` and packaging
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a jar file that the applications all use as a library.
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The `SpringApplication` sends some special `ApplicationEvents` to the listeners (even
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@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ You can also provide System properties (or environment variables) to change the
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* `spring.config.name` (`SPRING_CONFIG_NAME`), defaults to `application` as the root of
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the file name.
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* `spring.config.location` (`SPRING_CONFIG_LOCATION`) is file to load (e.g. a classpath
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* `spring.config.location` (`SPRING_CONFIG_LOCATION`) is the file to load (e.g. a classpath
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resource or a URL). A separate `Environment` property source is set up for this document
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and it can be overridden by system properties, environment variables or the
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command line.
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@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ properties in a hierarchical format. E.g.
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----
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Create a file called `application.yml` and stick it in the root of your classpath, and
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also add `snakeyaml` to your classpath (Maven co-ordinates `org.yaml:snakeyaml`, already
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also add `snakeyaml` to your dependencies (Maven coordinates `org.yaml:snakeyaml`, already
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included if you use the `spring-boot-starter`). A YAML file is parsed to a Java
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`Map<String,Object>` (like a JSON object), and Spring Boot flattens the maps so that it
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`Map<String,Object>` (like a JSON object), and Spring Boot flattens the map so that it
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is 1-level deep and has period-separated keys, a lot like people are used to with
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`Properties` files in Java.
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@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ about YAML.
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=== Set the active Spring profiles
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The Spring `Environment` has an API for this, but normally you would set a System profile
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(`spring.profiles.active`) or an OS environment variable (`SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE`). E.g.
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launch your application with a `-D...` argument (remember to put it before the main class
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launch your application with a `-D` argument (remember to put it before the main class
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or jar archive):
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[indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes,attributes"]
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@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ You can access the port the server is running on from log output or from the
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`EmbeddedWebApplicationContext` via its `EmbeddedServletContainer`. The best way to get
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that and be sure that it has initialized is to add a `@Bean` of type
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`ApplicationListener<EmbeddedServletContainerInitializedEvent>` and pull the container
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out of the event wehen it is published.
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out of the event when it is published.
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A really useful thing to do in is to autowire the
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`EmbeddedWebApplicationContext` into a test case and use it to
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@ -451,8 +451,8 @@ that sets up the connector to be secure:
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=== Use Jetty instead of Tomcat
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The Spring Boot starters (`spring-boot-starter-web` in particular) use Tomcat as an
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embedded container by default. You need to exclude those dependencies and include the
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Jetty ones instead. Spring Boot provides Tomcat and Jetty dependencies bundled together
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as separate startes to help make this process as easy as possible.
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Jetty one instead. Spring Boot provides Tomcat and Jetty dependencies bundled together
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as separate starters to help make this process as easy as possible.
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Example in Maven:
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@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ source code for more details.
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[[howto-customize-the-responsebody-rendering]]
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=== Customize the @ResponseBody rendering
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Spring uses `HttpMessageConverters` to render `@ResponseBody` (or responses from
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`@RestControllers`). You can contribute additional converters by simply adding beans of
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`@RestController`). You can contribute additional converters by simply adding beans of
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that type in a Spring Boot context. If a bean you add is of a type that would have been
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included by default anyway (like `MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter` for JSON
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conversions) then it will replace the default value. A convenience bean is provided of
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@ -669,8 +669,8 @@ configuration in your hands.
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[[howto-customize-view-resolvers]]
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=== Customize ViewResolvers
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A `ViewResolver` is a core components of Spring MVC, translating view names in
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`@Controllers` to actual `View` implementations. Note that `ViewResolvers` are mainly
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A `ViewResolver` is a core component of Spring MVC, translating view names in
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`@Controller` to actual `View` implementations. Note that `ViewResolvers` are mainly
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used in UI applications, rather than REST-style services (a `View` is not used to render
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a `@ResponseBody`). There are many implementations of `ViewResolver` to choose from, and
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Spring on its own is not opinionated about which ones you should use. Spring Boot, on the
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@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ Spring Boot has no mandatory logging dependence, except for the `commons-logging
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which there are many implementations to choose from. To use http://logback.qos.ch[Logback]
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you need to include it, and some bindings for `commons-logging` on the classpath. The
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simplest way to do that is through the starter poms which all depend on
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`spring-boot-start-logging`. For a web application you only need
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`spring-boot-starter-logging`. For a web application you only need
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`spring-boot-starter-web` since it depends transitively on the logging starter.
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For example, using Maven:
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@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ For example, using Maven:
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Spring Boot has a `LoggingSystem` abstraction that attempts to select a system depending
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on the contents of the classpath. If Logback is available it is the first choice. So if
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on the content of the classpath. If Logback is available it is the first choice. So if
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you put a `logback.xml` in the root of your classpath it will be picked up from there.
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Spring Boot provides a default base configuration that you can include if you just want
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to set levels, e.g.
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@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ These are:
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* `${PID}` the current process ID.
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* `${LOG_FILE}` if `logging.file` was set in Boot's external configuration.
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* `${LOG_PATH` if `logging.path` was set (representing a directory for
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* `${LOG_PATH}` if `logging.path` was set (representing a directory for
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log files to live in).
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Spring Boot also provides some nice ANSI colour terminal output on a console (but not in
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@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ If Groovy is on the classpath you should be able to configure Logback with
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Spring Boot supports http://logging.apache.org/log4j[Log4j] for logging
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configuration, but it has to be on the classpath. If you are using the starter poms for
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assembling dependencies that means you have to exclude logback and then include log4j
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back. If you aren't using the starter poms then you need to provide `commons-logging`
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instead. If you aren't using the starter poms then you need to provide `commons-logging`
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(at least) in addition to Log4j.
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The simplest path to using Log4j is probably through the starter poms, even though it
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@ -788,6 +788,10 @@ requires some jiggling with excludes, e.g. in Maven:
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<dependency>
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<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
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<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
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</dependency>
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<dependency>
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<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
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<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
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<exclusions>
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<exclusion>
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<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
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@ -801,7 +805,7 @@ requires some jiggling with excludes, e.g. in Maven:
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</dependency>
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----
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NOTE: The use of the log4j starter to gather together the dependencies for common logging
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NOTE: The use of the log4j starter gathers together the dependencies for common logging
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requirements (e.g. including having Tomcat use `java.util.logging` but configure the
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output using Log4j). See the Actuator Log4j Sample for more detail and to see it in
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action.
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@ -831,8 +835,8 @@ are included in the same package (or a sub-package) of your `@EnableAutoConfigur
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class.
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For many applications all you will need is to put the right Spring Data dependencies on
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your classpath (there is a `spring-boot-starter-data-jpa` for JPA and for Mongodb you
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only need to add `spring-datamongodb`), create some repository interfaces to handle your
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your classpath (there is a `spring-boot-starter-data-jpa` for JPA and a
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`spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb` for Mongodb), create some repository interfaces to handle your
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`@Entity` objects. Examples are in the {github-code}/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-jpa[JPA sample]
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or the {github-code}/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-mongodb[Mongodb sample].
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@ -864,8 +868,8 @@ annotation, e.g.
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[[howto-configure-jpa-properties]]
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=== Configure JPA properties
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Spring JPA already provides some vendor-independent configuration options (e.g. for SQL
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logging) and Spring Boot exposes those, and a few more for hibernate as external
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Spring Data JPA already provides some vendor-independent configuration options (e.g.
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for SQL logging) and Spring Boot exposes those, and a few more for hibernate as external
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configuration properties. The most common options to set are:
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@ -905,7 +909,7 @@ for the default settings.
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[[howto-database-initialization]]
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== Database initialization
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An SQL database can be initialized in different ways depending on what your stack is. Or
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of course you can do it manually as long as the database is in a server.
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of course you can do it manually as long as the database is a separate process.
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@ -929,11 +933,11 @@ value for you based on whether it thinks your database is embedded (default `cre
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or not (default `none`). An embedded database is detected by looking at the `Connection`
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type: `hsqldb`, `h2` and `derby` are embedded, the rest are not. Be careful when switching
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from in-memory to a ``real'' database that you don't make assumptions about the existence of
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the tables and data in the new platform. You either have to set `ddl-auto` expicitly, or
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the tables and data in the new platform. You either have to set `ddl-auto` explicitly, or
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use one of the other mechanisms to initialize the database.
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In addition, a file named `import.sql` in the root of the classpath will be executed on
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startup. This can be useful for demos and for testing if you are carefuil, but probably
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startup. This can be useful for demos and for testing if you are careful, but probably
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not something you want to be on the classpath in production. It is a Hibernate feature
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(nothing to do with Spring).
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classpath). In addition Spring Boot will load a file `schema-${platform}.sql` where
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`platform` is the vendor name of the database (`hsqldb`, `h2`, `oracle`, `mysql`,
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`postgresql` etc.). Spring Boot enables the failfast feature of the Spring JDBC
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initializer by default, so if the scripts cause exceptions the application will fail.
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initializer by default, so if the scripts cause exceptions the application will fail
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to start.
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To disable the failfast you can set `spring.datasource.continueOnError=true`. This can be
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useful once an application has matured and been deployed a few times, since the scripts
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[[howto-use-a-higher-level-database-migration-tool]]
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=== Use a higher level datababse migration tool
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=== Use a higher level database migration tool
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Spring Boot works fine with higher level migration tools http://flywaydb.org/[Flyway]
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(SQL-based) and http://www.liquibase.org/[Liquibase] (XML). In general we prefer
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Flyway because it is easier on the eyes, and it isn't very common to need platform
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@ -983,7 +988,7 @@ independence: usually only one or at most couple of platforms is needed.
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[[howto-execute-spring-batch-jobs-on-startup]]
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=== Execute Spring Batch jobs on startup
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Spring Batch autoconfiguration is enabled by adding `@EnableBatchProcessing`
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Spring Batch auto configuration is enabled by adding `@EnableBatchProcessing`
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(from Spring Batch) somewhere in your context.
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By default it executes *all* `Jobs` in the application context on startup (see
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application you can simply `@EnableGlobalMethodSecurity` with your desired settings.
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The default `AuthenticationManager` has a single user (username ``user'' and password
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random, printed at INFO when the application starts up). You can change the password by
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providing a `security.user.password`. This and other useful properties are externalized
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via `SecurityProperties`.
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random, printed at INFO level when the application starts up). You can change the
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password by providing a `security.user.password`. This and other useful properties
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are externalized via {sc-spring-boot-autoconfigure}/security/SecurityProperties{sc-ext}[`SecurityProperties`.
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[[howto-switch-off-spring-boot-security-configuration]]
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[[howto-enable-https]]
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=== Enable HTTPS
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Ensuring that all your main endpoints are only available over HTTPS is an important
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chore for any application. If you are using Tomcat as a servlet container, then the
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chore for any application. If you are using Tomcat as a servlet container, then
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Spring Boot will add Tomcat's own `RemoteIpValve` automatically if it detects some
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environment settings, and you should be able to rely on the `HttpServletRequest` to
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report whether or not it is secure (even downstream of the real SSL termination). The
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report whether it is secure or not (even downstream of the real SSL termination). The
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standard behavior is determined by the presence or absence of certain request headers
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(`x-forwarded-for` and `x-forwarded-proto`), whose names are conventional, so it should
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work with most front end proxies. You switch on the valve by adding some entries to
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work with most front end proxies. You can switch on the valve by adding some entries to
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`application.properties`, e.g.
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[source,properties,indent=0]
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[[howto-reload-java-classes-without-restarting]]
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=== Reload Java classes without restarting the container
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Modern IDEs (Eclipse, IDEA etc.) all support hot swapping of bytecode, so if you make a
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Modern IDEs (Eclipse, IDEA, etc.) all support hot swapping of bytecode, so if you make a
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change that doesn't affect class or method signatures it should reload cleanly with no
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side effects.
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[[howto-build-an-executable-archive-with-ant]]
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=== Build an executable archive with Ant
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To build with Ant you need to grab dependencies and compile and then create a jar or war
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archive as normal. To make it executable:
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To build with Ant you need to grab dependencies, compile and then create a jar or war
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archive as normal. To make it executable:
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. Use the appropriate launcher as a `Main-Class`, e.g. `JarLauncher` for a jar file, and
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specify the other properties it needs as manifest entries, principally a `Start-Class`.
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Servlet 3.0 support on deployment. Add an extension of that to your project and build a
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war file as normal. For more detail, see the
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http://spring.io/guides/gs/convert-jar-to-war[``Converting a jar Project to a war''] guide
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on the spring.io website and the sample below.
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The war file can also be executable if you use the Spring Boot build tools. In that case
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the embedded container classes (to launch Tomcat for instance) have to be added to the
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detects this automatically in the root of the classpath).
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Vanilla usage of Spring `DispatcherServlet` and Spring Security should require no further
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changes. If you have other features in your application, using other servlets or filters,
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for instance then you may need to add some configuration to your `Application` context,
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changes. If you have other features in your application, using other servlets or filters
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for instance, then you may need to add some configuration to your `Application` context,
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replacing those elements from the `web.xml` as follows:
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* A `@Bean` of type `Servlet` or `ServletRegistrationBean` installs that bean in the
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