[resolved] Configuration externalization (properties file)?

[seb.wytt]

Hello,

I was wondering if it was possible to externalize (use of variables) values in jboss-esb.xml through properties files?

For example, Instead of defining my JMS provider as follow:

<jms-provider connection-factory="ConnectionFactory"
   jndi-URL="tcp://localhost:61616"
   jndi-context-factory="org.apache.activemq.jndi.ActiveMQInitialContextFactory" name="jms-prov">

...

I would like to as it implemented something like that:

<jms-provider connection-factory="ConnectionFactory"
    jndi-URL="${jms-prov.jndi-url}"
    jndi-context-factory="${jms-prov.jndi-context-factory}" name="jms-prov">

...

With "jms-prov.jndi-url" and "jms-prov.jndi-context-factory" being properties defined in an external .properties file to be specified in jboss-esb.xml for example. I would like this way to be abble to put any of the jboss-esb.xml configuration I like in such an external properties file.

- Is something like that possible?

- If so, can you tell me how to set this up?

Thank you very much,

Regards,

Seb!

[mageshbk]

Yes it is possible via System properties, does it not work for you when using -D property in the command line? You can specify these properties in your own properties file using the System Properties Service.

[seb.wytt]

Hello,

Thank you for your help.

I tried to modify my "jboss-service.xml" file to add the following section:

But I got the following errors while starting my server:

14:55:07,062 DEBUG [ProfileServiceBootstrap] Failed to build ManagedDeployment for: AbstractKernelDeployment@46a658{name=file:/D:/Programs/JBoss/jboss-soa-p.5.0.0/jboss-as/server/default/conf/bootstrap/logging.xml installed=true beanFactories=[AbstractBeanMetaData@52f73e{name=LogBridgeHandler bean=org.jboss.logbridge.LogBridgeHandler properties= constructor=null autowireCandidate=true}]}
org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: Error deploying: file:/D:/Programs/JBoss/jboss-soa-p.5.0.0/jboss-as/server/default/conf/bootstrap/logging.xml
    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException.rethrowAsDeploymentException(DeploymentException.java:49)
    at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.deployer.kernel.BeanMetaDataFactoryVisitor.deploy(BeanMetaDataFactoryVisitor.java:136)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.initBootstrapMDs(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:426)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.start(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:242)
    at org.jboss.bootstrap.AbstractServerImpl.start(AbstractServerImpl.java:461)
    at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:221)
    at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:556)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: ClassLoader has not been set
    at org.jboss.deployers.structure.spi.helpers.AbstractDeploymentUnit.getClassLoader(AbstractDeploymentUnit.java:154)
    at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.deployer.kernel.BeanMetaDataFactoryVisitor.addBeanComponent(BeanMetaDataFactoryVisitor.java:60)
    at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.deployer.kernel.BeanMetaDataFactoryVisitor.deploy(BeanMetaDataFactoryVisitor.java:126)
    ... 6 more

[...]

14:55:07,182 DEBUG [ProfileServiceBootstrap] Failed to build ManagedDeployment for: AbstractKernelDeployment@95a253{name=file:/D:/Programs/JBoss/jboss-soa-p.5.0.0/jboss-as/server/default/conf/bootstrap/vfs.xml installed=true beanFactories=[AbstractBeanMetaData@1d41116{name=VFSCache bean=null properties=[realCache, permanentRoots] constructor=AbstractConstructorMetaData@8e4805{parameters=[null] factoryClass=org.jboss.virtual.spi.cache.VFSCacheFactory factoryMethod=getInstance} autowireCandidate=true start=AbstractLifecycleMetaData@11a4bd4{ whenRequired=ControllerState@1adfbe3{Start} parameters= }}, AbstractBeanMetaData@1742c56{name=VfsNamesExceptionHandler bean=org.jboss.virtual.plugins.context.helpers.NamesExceptionHandler properties= constructor=AbstractConstructorMetaData@adf91{parameters=[java.lang.String]} autowireCandidate=true}]}
org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: Error deploying: file:/D:/Programs/JBoss/jboss-soa-p.5.0.0/jboss-as/server/default/conf/bootstrap/vfs.xml
    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException.rethrowAsDeploymentException(DeploymentException.java:49)
    at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.deployer.kernel.BeanMetaDataFactoryVisitor.deploy(BeanMetaDataFactoryVisitor.java:136)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.initBootstrapMDs(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:426)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.start(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:242)
    at org.jboss.bootstrap.AbstractServerImpl.start(AbstractServerImpl.java:461)
    at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:221)
    at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:556)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: ClassLoader has not been set
    at org.jboss.deployers.structure.spi.helpers.AbstractDeploymentUnit.getClassLoader(AbstractDeploymentUnit.java:154)
    at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.deployer.kernel.BeanMetaDataFactoryVisitor.addBeanComponent(BeanMetaDataFactoryVisitor.java:60)
    at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.deployer.kernel.BeanMetaDataFactoryVisitor.deploy(BeanMetaDataFactoryVisitor.java:126)
    ... 6 more

[...]

14:55:08,314 DEBUG [SARDeployer] Parsing: jboss-service.xml
14:55:08,354 DEBUG [SARDeployer] Error during deploy: vfsfile:/D:/Programs/JBoss/jboss-soa-p.5.0.0/jboss-as/server/default/conf/jboss-service.xml
org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: Error creating managed object for vfsfile:/D:/Programs/JBoss/jboss-soa-p.5.0.0/jboss-as/server/default/conf/jboss-service.xml
    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException.rethrowAsDeploymentException(DeploymentException.java:49)
    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.createMetaData(AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.java:362)
    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.createMetaData(AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.java:322)
    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.createMetaData(AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.java:294)
    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.deploy(AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.java:234)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:171)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doDeploy(DeployersImpl.java:1440)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1158)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:1099)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1633)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:935)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1083)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:985)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:823)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:553)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.process(DeployersImpl.java:782)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:702)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.MainDeployerAdapter.process(MainDeployerAdapter.java:117)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.ProfileDeployAction.install(ProfileDeployAction.java:70)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.AbstractProfileAction.install(AbstractProfileAction.java:53)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.AbstractProfileService.install(AbstractProfileService.java:403)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1633)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:935)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1083)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:985)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:775)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:540)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.AbstractProfileService.registerProfile(AbstractProfileService.java:308)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.start(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:256)
    at org.jboss.bootstrap.AbstractServerImpl.start(AbstractServerImpl.java:461)
    at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:221)
    at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:556)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in prolog.
    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser.parse(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
    at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.spi.deployer.JAXPDeployer.doParse(JAXPDeployer.java:212)
    at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.spi.deployer.JAXPDeployer.parse(JAXPDeployer.java:186)
    at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.spi.deployer.AbstractVFSParsingDeployer.parseAndInit(AbstractVFSParsingDeployer.java:256)
    at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.spi.deployer.AbstractVFSParsingDeployer.parse(AbstractVFSParsingDeployer.java:239)
    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.createMetaData(AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.java:355)
    ... 33 more
14:55:08,364 ERROR [AbstractKernelController] Error installing to Parse: name=vfsfile:/D:/Programs/JBoss/jboss-soa-p.5.0.0/jboss-as/server/default/conf/jboss-service.xml state=Not Installed mode=Manual requiredState=Parse
org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException: Error creating managed object for vfsfile:/D:/Programs/JBoss/jboss-soa-p.5.0.0/jboss-as/server/default/conf/jboss-service.xml
    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.DeploymentException.rethrowAsDeploymentException(DeploymentException.java:49)
    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.createMetaData(AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.java:362)
    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.createMetaData(AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.java:322)
    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.createMetaData(AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.java:294)
    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.deploy(AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.java:234)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployerWrapper.deploy(DeployerWrapper.java:171)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doDeploy(DeployersImpl.java:1440)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.doInstallParentFirst(DeployersImpl.java:1158)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.install(DeployersImpl.java:1099)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1633)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:935)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1083)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:985)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:823)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.change(AbstractController.java:553)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.deployers.DeployersImpl.process(DeployersImpl.java:782)
    at org.jboss.deployers.plugins.main.MainDeployerImpl.process(MainDeployerImpl.java:702)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.MainDeployerAdapter.process(MainDeployerAdapter.java:117)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.ProfileDeployAction.install(ProfileDeployAction.java:70)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.AbstractProfileAction.install(AbstractProfileAction.java:53)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.AbstractProfileService.install(AbstractProfileService.java:403)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractControllerContext.install(AbstractControllerContext.java:348)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:1633)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.incrementState(AbstractController.java:935)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:1083)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.resolveContexts(AbstractController.java:985)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:775)
    at org.jboss.dependency.plugins.AbstractController.install(AbstractController.java:540)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.repository.AbstractProfileService.registerProfile(AbstractProfileService.java:308)
    at org.jboss.system.server.profileservice.ProfileServiceBootstrap.start(ProfileServiceBootstrap.java:256)
    at org.jboss.bootstrap.AbstractServerImpl.start(AbstractServerImpl.java:461)
    at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:221)
    at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:556)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in prolog.
    at org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser.parse(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
    at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.spi.deployer.JAXPDeployer.doParse(JAXPDeployer.java:212)
    at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.spi.deployer.JAXPDeployer.parse(JAXPDeployer.java:186)
    at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.spi.deployer.AbstractVFSParsingDeployer.parseAndInit(AbstractVFSParsingDeployer.java:256)
    at org.jboss.deployers.vfs.spi.deployer.AbstractVFSParsingDeployer.parse(AbstractVFSParsingDeployer.java:239)
    at org.jboss.deployers.spi.deployer.helpers.AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.createMetaData(AbstractParsingDeployerWithOutput.java:355)
    ... 33 more

And then after that a lot of "ClassNotFound" exceptions.

Can you tell me whatis wrong in my configuration?

Can you also tell me once I have set up these properties how I can refer to them in mys jboss-esb.xml file?

Thank you,

Seb!

[seb.wytt]

Hi,

This error was apparently due to my "UltraEdit" editor that must be putting some "unsupported" caracter (or meta-caracter) in the file...

Editing it with note pad worked (after several over server starting issues that I solved).

Resolved!

Thanks,

Seb!

[amigo111]

Please, show  your example.

How you set parameters in jboss-esb.xml. I tryed as ${param} , but it isn't worked for me.

[seb.wytt]

Hi,

1) First you need to add this "mbean" into your "[server]/conf/jboss-service.xml":

<mbean code="org.jboss.varia.property.SystemPropertiesService"

           name="jboss.util:type=Service,name=SystemProperties">  

      <!-- Load properties from each of the given comma seperated URLs -->

      <attribute name="URLList">[PROPERTIES_FILE_PATH]</attribute>  

      <!-- Set properties using the properties file style. -->

      <attribute name="Properties" />

</mbean>

where [PROPERTIES_FILE_PATH] is the path to the properties file in which you define your variables ("./conf/applications.properties" for me)

2) Of course you need to put your properties file at the location you specified in the mbean

3) You use your variable as is in your jboss-esb.xml: "${variable-name}"

4) You have to restart your server.

Hope this helps: cannot tell you more, this is all I did.

Regards,

Seb!

[amigo111]

Thanks for your reply. It works. Althought it's not good variant to set application properties to system properties, but i understood that there is not another way.

But i don't understand one thing. I updated my property file, updated  mbean and looked that one have updated properties. I see it across mbean operation 'showall', but jboss-esb didn't change its properties.

How i can update these properties in my esb application without redeploy? Or need redeploy every time when want to change properties?