I have an already existing client module with apache tiles and thymeleaf, what works well. I wanted to convert it to spring-boot and wanted to do it step by step, but I am really stucking with it. I dont want to change to much once, I would love it when someone can tell me, what step I should do first and bring it to run. I already tried to write the servlets in javaConfig, but I am stucking then too. Maybe someone can help me please. If more information is needed, please dont hesitate to ask.
Other question would be, do I need to change from xml to javaconfig? I would prefer the most easy way. But as soon I add spring-starter dependency to pom, application doesnt work anymore.
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POM:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>at.compax.bbsng</groupId>
<artifactId>bbsng-client</artifactId>
<version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<artifactId>bbsng-client-mvc</artifactId>
<name>bbsng-client-mvc</name>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<properties>
<org.apache.tiles-version>2.2.2</org.apache.tiles-version>
<org.thymeleaf-version>2.0.16</org.thymeleaf-version>
<slf4j-version>1.7.5</slf4j-version>
<jackson.version>1.9.10</jackson.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<!-- Apache Tiles -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
<artifactId>tiles-template</artifactId>
<version>${org.apache.tiles-version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
<artifactId>tiles-servlet</artifactId>
<version>${org.apache.tiles-version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- ThyMeLeaf ... -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
<artifactId>thymeleaf</artifactId>
<version>${org.thymeleaf-version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
<artifactId>thymeleaf-spring3</artifactId>
<version>${org.thymeleaf-version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.thymeleaf.extras</groupId>
<artifactId>thymeleaf-extras-tiles2</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Jackson JSON Mapper -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>
<version>${jackson.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Servlet ... -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
<artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
<version>1.2</version>
</dependency>
<!-- COMMONS ... -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.9</version>
<configuration>
<downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
<downloadJavadocs>false</downloadJavadocs>
<additionalBuildcommands>
<buildCommand>
<name>org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springbuilder</name>
</buildCommand>
</additionalBuildcommands>
<additionalProjectnatures>
<projectnature>org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springnature</projectnature>
</additionalProjectnatures>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.3</version>
<configuration>
<packagingExcludes>WEB-INF/web.xml</packagingExcludes>
<warName>${project.name}-${project.version}</warName>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>${java-version}</source>
<target>${java-version}</target>
<encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
<configuration>
<encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.1</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
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rest-servlet-context.xml
<mvc:annotation-driven>
<mvc:async-support default-timeout="120000">
<mvc:callable-interceptors>
<bean class="at.compax.bbsng.client.mvc.TimeoutCallableProcessingInterceptor" />
</mvc:callable-interceptors>
</mvc:async-support>
</mvc:annotation-driven>
<context:component-scan base-package="at.compax.bbsng.client.mvc.rest" />
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application-servlet-context.xml
<!-- **************************************************************** -->
<!-- RESOURCE FOLDERS CONFIGURATION -->
<!-- Dispatcher configuration for serving static resources -->
<!-- **************************************************************** -->
<mvc:resources location="/images/" mapping="/images/**" />
<mvc:resources location="/css/" mapping="/css/**" />
<!-- **************************************************************** -->
<!-- SPRING ANNOTATION PROCESSING -->
<!-- **************************************************************** -->
<mvc:annotation-driven>
<mvc:async-support default-timeout="120000">
<mvc:callable-interceptors>
<bean class="at.compax.bbsng.client.mvc.TimeoutCallableProcessingInterceptor" />
</mvc:callable-interceptors>
</mvc:async-support>
</mvc:annotation-driven>
<context:component-scan base-package="at.compax.bbsng.client.mvc.web" />
<!-- **************************************************************** -->
<!-- MESSAGE EXTERNALIZATION/INTERNATIONALIZATION -->
<!-- Standard Spring MessageSource implementation -->
<!-- **************************************************************** -->
<bean id="messageSource" class="org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource">
<property name="basename" value="Messages" />
</bean>
<!-- **************************************************************** -->
<!-- THYMELEAF-SPECIFIC ARTIFACTS -->
<!-- TemplateResolver <- TemplateEngine <- ViewResolver -->
<!-- **************************************************************** -->
<bean id="templateEngine" class="org.thymeleaf.spring3.SpringTemplateEngine">
<property name="templateResolver" ref="templateResolver" />
<property name="additionalDialects">
<set>
<bean class="org.thymeleaf.extras.tiles2.dialect.TilesDialect"/>
</set>
</property>
</bean>
<!-- Configures the Tiles layout system using a specific thymeleaf-enabled Tiles Configurer -->
<bean id="tilesConfigurer" class="org.thymeleaf.extras.tiles2.spring.web.configurer.ThymeleafTilesConfigurer">
<property name="definitions">
<list>
<value>/WEB-INF/**/views.xml</value>
</list>
</property>
</bean>
<!-- Resolves view names returned by Controllers as names of Tiles definitions -->
<bean id="tilesViewResolver" class="org.thymeleaf.spring3.view.ThymeleafViewResolver">
<property name="viewClass" value="org.thymeleaf.extras.tiles2.spring.web.view.ThymeleafTilesView"/>
<property name="templateEngine" ref="templateEngine"/>
</bean>
<bean id="templateResolver" class="org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.ServletContextTemplateResolver">
<property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/views/" />
<property name="suffix" value=".html" />
<property name="templateMode" value="HTML5" />
</bean>
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SECOND STEP EDIT:
I did few steps so that I can now start my application by running applicationClass from ECLIPSE.
What I did until now:
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POM: Please keep a view, that I removed thymeleaf-starter from classpath, because I didnt get started it with thymeleaf-starter
...
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- <dependency> -->
<!-- <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> -->
<!-- <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId> -->
<!-- </dependency> -->
<!-- Apache Tiles -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
<artifactId>tiles-template</artifactId>
<version>${org.apache.tiles-version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tiles</groupId>
<artifactId>tiles-servlet</artifactId>
<version>${org.apache.tiles-version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- ThyMeLeaf ... -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.thymeleaf.extras</groupId>
<artifactId>thymeleaf-extras-tiles2-spring4</artifactId>
<version>2.1.1.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
...
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>repackage</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
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WebMvcConfig for configuration ThyMeLeaf
@Configuration
@ComponentScan
public class WebMvcConfig {
@Bean
public ThymeleafTilesConfigurer tilesConfigurer() {
final ThymeleafTilesConfigurer configurer = new ThymeleafTilesConfigurer();
configurer.setDefinitions("/WEB-INF/**/views.xml");
return configurer;
}
@Bean
public ThymeleafViewResolver viewResolver() {
final ThymeleafViewResolver resolver = new ThymeleafViewResolver();
resolver.setViewClass(ThymeleafTilesView.class);
resolver.setTemplateEngine(templateEngine());
resolver.setCharacterEncoding(UTF_8);
return resolver;
}
private SpringTemplateEngine templateEngine() {
final SpringTemplateEngine engine = new SpringTemplateEngine();
engine.setTemplateResolver(templateResolver());
engine.setAdditionalDialects(dialects());
return engine;
}
private ServletContextTemplateResolver templateResolver() {
final ServletContextTemplateResolver resolver = new ServletContextTemplateResolver();
resolver.setPrefix("/WEB-INF/views/");
resolver.setSuffix(".html");
resolver.setTemplateMode("HTML5");
resolver.setCharacterEncoding(UTF_8);
return resolver;
}
private Set<IDialect> dialects() {
final Set<IDialect> set = new HashSet<IDialect>();
set.add(new TilesDialect());
return set;
}
}
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Spring Boot Starter Class ThyMeLeaf Autoconfiguration has been deactivated, cos I didnt get it work with apache tiles
@Configuration
@Import({ ServiceConfig.class, RestMvcConfig.class, WebMvcConfig.class })
@EnableAutoConfiguration(exclude = { ThymeleafAutoConfiguration.class })
public class ApplicationClientMvc implements WebApplicationInitializer {
public static void main(final String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(ApplicationClientMvc.class, args);
}
@Bean
public ServletRegistrationBean applicationDispatcherRegistration(final DispatcherServlet dispatcherServlet) {
final ServletRegistrationBean registration = new ServletRegistrationBean(dispatcherServlet);
registration.setName("applicationServlet");
registration.addUrlMappings("/app/*");
registration.setAsyncSupported(true);
registration.setLoadOnStartup(1);
registration.addInitParameter("contextConfigLocation", "at.compax.bbsng.client.mvc.web.WebMvcConfig");
registration.setOrder(1);
return registration;
}
@Bean
public ServletRegistrationBean restDispatcherRegistration(final DispatcherServlet dispatcherServlet) {
final ServletRegistrationBean registration = new ServletRegistrationBean(dispatcherServlet);
registration.setName("restServlet");
registration.addUrlMappings("/rest/*");
registration.setAsyncSupported(true);
registration.setLoadOnStartup(0);
registration.addInitParameter("contextConfigLocation", "at.compax.bbsng.client.mvc.rest.RestMvcConfig");
registration.setOrder(0);
return registration;
}
@Override
public void onStartup(final ServletContext servletContext) throws ServletException {
final FilterRegistration.Dynamic encodingFilter = servletContext.addFilter("encoding-filter", new CharacterEncodingFilter());
encodingFilter.setInitParameter("encoding", UTF_8);
encodingFilter.setInitParameter("forceEncoding", "true");
encodingFilter.addMappingForUrlPatterns(null, true, "/*");
}
}
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When I start that application via Eclipse by starting Spring-Boot Start class, application works.