baeldung-articlesBAEL-553 Intro to Spring Remoting with HTTP Invokers (#1034)

* First test with log4j rolling appenders

* small fix

* Log4j rolling appender

* First set up with rolling file on log4j 2

* Added logback code.

* log4j2 more detailed example

* log4j2 more detailed example

* Improved names and examples

* Fixed configurations

* improved configs

* formatted

* Final fix

* fixed formatting

* Formatting fix

* Fix sample apps to avoid try / catch

* Fix request to replace files

* Fix end lines

* Log4j2 logger is shot down at the end.

* Initial commit, the server starts launched from maven

* made room for client and server projects

* made room for client and server projects

* base example works

* poms restructured

* packages restructured

* packages restructured

* Some renaming and a proper formatting string

* Small renamings

* Small renamings

* Fixed invoked URL in client through fixing bean name

* java.time.* instead of java.util.Date

* java.time.* instead of java.util.Date

* Removed log on file, kepts log on console

* Updated Spring and Logback version to latest release.

* Exception removed from run()

* Code simplification.
- Interfaces and objects simplified.
- Spring Boot instead of plain Spring
- No need for Tomcat plug in anymore.

* Small updates to poms.

* Unused classes removed.

* Unused classes removed.

spring-remoting/remoting-http/client/pom.xml

@@ -9,22 +9,22 @@
         <artifactId>spring-remoting-http</artifactId>
         <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
-
     <artifactId>spring-remoting-http-client</artifactId>
-    <description>Shows how to invoke a remote service using Spring Remoting.</description>
-
+    <description>Shows how to invoke a remote service using Spring Remoting HTTP.</description>
     <dependencies>
-        <!-- spring -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-
-        <!-- companion modules -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
 </project>

spring-remoting/remoting-http/client/src/main/java/com/baeldug/client/CabBookingClient.java

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldug.client;
-
-import com.baeldung.api.*;
-
-public class CabBookingClient {
-
-    private CabBookingService cabService;
-
-    public CabBookingClient(CabBookingService cabService) {
-        this.cabService = cabService;
-    }
-
-    public void run() throws BookingException {
-
-        Address pickUp = new Address("13 Seagate Blvd, Key Largo, FL 33037", "US");
-        Address dropDown = new Address("91831 Overseas Hwy, Tavernier, FL 33070", "US");
-        System.out.println( cabService.bookPickUp(pickUp, dropDown, 3) );
-
-    }
-
-}

spring-remoting/remoting-http/client/src/main/java/com/baeldug/client/Client.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.baeldug.client;
+
+import com.baeldung.api.BookingException;
+import com.baeldung.api.CabBookingService;
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.remoting.httpinvoker.HttpInvokerProxyFactoryBean;
+
+import static java.lang.System.out;
+
+@Configuration
+public class Client {
+
+    @Bean
+    public HttpInvokerProxyFactoryBean invoker() {
+        HttpInvokerProxyFactoryBean invoker = new HttpInvokerProxyFactoryBean();
+        invoker.setServiceUrl("http://localhost:8080/booking");
+        invoker.setServiceInterface(CabBookingService.class);
+        return invoker;
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws BookingException {
+        CabBookingService service = SpringApplication.run(Client.class, args).getBean(CabBookingService.class);
+        out.println(service.bookRide("13 Seagate Blvd, Key Largo, FL 33037"));
+    }
+
+}

spring-remoting/remoting-http/client/src/main/java/com/baeldug/client/Main.java

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldug.client;
-
-import com.baeldung.api.CabBookingService;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.remoting.httpinvoker.HttpInvokerProxyFactoryBean;
-
-@Configuration
-public class Main {
-
-    @Bean
-    public HttpInvokerProxyFactoryBean invoker() {
-        HttpInvokerProxyFactoryBean invoker = new HttpInvokerProxyFactoryBean();
-        invoker.setServiceUrl("http://localhost:9090/spring-remoting-http-server/booking");
-        invoker.setServiceInterface(CabBookingService.class);
-        return invoker;
-    }
-
-    @Bean
-    public CabBookingClient client(CabBookingService service){
-        return new CabBookingClient(service);
-    }
-
-    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-        AnnotationConfigApplicationContext rootContext =
-                new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
-        rootContext.scan(Main.class.getPackage().getName());
-        rootContext.refresh();
-        CabBookingClient bean = rootContext.getBean(CabBookingClient.class);
-        bean.run();
-    }
-
-}