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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Daniel Mikusa <dm...@gopivotal.com> on 2013/10/16 17:36:35 UTC

Tomcat 8 WebSocket Encoders / Decoders Questions

I have a simple WebSocket endpoint defined, it is just echoing the data sent by the client.  Here's the code.

@ServerEndpoint(value="/websocket",
            decoders={ListStringDecoder.class},
            encoders={ListStringEncoder.class})
public static class Server {
        @OnMessage
        public List<String> rx(List<String> in) {
            return in;
        }
}

As you can see by the endpoint annotation, I'm defining an encoder and decoder.  Here's the code for that.

    public static class ListStringEncoder implements Encoder.Text<List<String>> {

        @Override
        public void init(EndpointConfig endpointConfig) {
        }

        @Override
        public void destroy() {
        }

        @Override
        public String encode(List<String> list) throws EncodeException {
            return list.toString();
        }
    }

    public static class ListStringDecoder implements Decoder.Text<List<String>> {

        @Override
        public void init(EndpointConfig endpointConfig) {
        }

        @Override
        public void destroy() {
        }

        @Override
        public List<String> decode(String data) throws DecodeException {
        	List<String> tmp = new ArrayList<String>();
        	for (String str : data.substring(1, data.length() - 1).split(",")) {
        		tmp.add(str);
        	}
        	return tmp;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean willDecode(String s) {
            return s.startsWith("[") && s.endsWith("]");
        }
    }

Now when I run this, I get the following exception as Tomcat starts up.

16-Oct-2013 11:29:40.311 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.apache.tomcat.websocket.pojo.TesterUtil$ServerConfigListener
 java.lang.NullPointerException
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.Util$DecoderMatch.<init>(Util.java:428)
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.pojo.PojoMethodMapping$MessageHandlerInfo.<init>(PojoMethodMapping.java:396)
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.pojo.PojoMethodMapping.<init>(PojoMethodMapping.java:114)
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsServerContainer.addEndpoint(WsServerContainer.java:194)
	at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.pojo.TesterUtil$ServerConfigListener.contextInitialized(TesterUtil.java:45)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4830)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5276)
	at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1390)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)

If I change my encoder & decoder to use "List" rather than "List<String>" everything works fine.

Any thoughts on what's going on here?

Thanks

Dan


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Re: Tomcat 8 WebSocket Encoders / Decoders Questions

Posted by Niki Dokovski <ni...@gmail.com>.
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 12:46 AM, Niki Dokovski <ni...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Daniel Mikusa <dm...@gopivotal.com>wrote:
>
>> I have a simple WebSocket endpoint defined, it is just echoing the data
>> sent by the client.  Here's the code.
>>
>> @ServerEndpoint(value="/websocket",
>>             decoders={ListStringDecoder.class},
>>             encoders={ListStringEncoder.class})
>> public static class Server {
>>         @OnMessage
>>         public List<String> rx(List<String> in) {
>>             return in;
>>         }
>> }
>>
>> As you can see by the endpoint annotation, I'm defining an encoder and
>> decoder.  Here's the code for that.
>>
>>     public static class ListStringEncoder implements
>> Encoder.Text<List<String>> {
>>
>>         @Override
>>         public void init(EndpointConfig endpointConfig) {
>>         }
>>
>>         @Override
>>         public void destroy() {
>>         }
>>
>>         @Override
>>         public String encode(List<String> list) throws EncodeException {
>>             return list.toString();
>>         }
>>     }
>>
>>     public static class ListStringDecoder implements
>> Decoder.Text<List<String>> {
>>
>>         @Override
>>         public void init(EndpointConfig endpointConfig) {
>>         }
>>
>>         @Override
>>         public void destroy() {
>>         }
>>
>>         @Override
>>         public List<String> decode(String data) throws DecodeException {
>>                 List<String> tmp = new ArrayList<String>();
>>                 for (String str : data.substring(1, data.length() -
>> 1).split(",")) {
>>                         tmp.add(str);
>>                 }
>>                 return tmp;
>>         }
>>
>>         @Override
>>         public boolean willDecode(String s) {
>>             return s.startsWith("[") && s.endsWith("]");
>>         }
>>     }
>>
>> Now when I run this, I get the following exception as Tomcat starts up.
>>
>> 16-Oct-2013 11:29:40.311 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1]
>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart Exception sending
>> context initialized event to listener instance of class
>> org.apache.tomcat.websocket.pojo.TesterUtil$ServerConfigListener
>>  java.lang.NullPointerException
>>         at
>> org.apache.tomcat.websocket.Util$DecoderMatch.<init>(Util.java:428)
>>         at
>> org.apache.tomcat.websocket.pojo.PojoMethodMapping$MessageHandlerInfo.<init>(PojoMethodMapping.java:396)
>>         at
>> org.apache.tomcat.websocket.pojo.PojoMethodMapping.<init>(PojoMethodMapping.java:114)
>>         at
>> org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsServerContainer.addEndpoint(WsServerContainer.java:194)
>>         at
>> org.apache.tomcat.websocket.pojo.TesterUtil$ServerConfigListener.contextInitialized(TesterUtil.java:45)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4830)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5276)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1390)
>>         at
>> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1)
>>         at
>> java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
>>         at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166)
>>         at
>> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
>>         at
>> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
>>         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)
>>
>> If I change my encoder & decoder to use "List" rather than "List<String>"
>> everything works fine.
>>
>> Any thoughts on what's going on here?
>>
>
> Hi Dan,
> IMHO current implementation of
> o.a.t.w.Util#getGenericType/getTypeParameter can be improved. More detailed
> inspection of the typed parameter will help. Your sample runs perfectly
> well on WebSocket RI implementation, hence I think this is a bug in Tomcat.
>

Bug report https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55664


> cheers
> Niki
>
>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>

Re: Tomcat 8 WebSocket Encoders / Decoders Questions

Posted by Niki Dokovski <ni...@gmail.com>.
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Daniel Mikusa <dm...@gopivotal.com>wrote:

> I have a simple WebSocket endpoint defined, it is just echoing the data
> sent by the client.  Here's the code.
>
> @ServerEndpoint(value="/websocket",
>             decoders={ListStringDecoder.class},
>             encoders={ListStringEncoder.class})
> public static class Server {
>         @OnMessage
>         public List<String> rx(List<String> in) {
>             return in;
>         }
> }
>
> As you can see by the endpoint annotation, I'm defining an encoder and
> decoder.  Here's the code for that.
>
>     public static class ListStringEncoder implements
> Encoder.Text<List<String>> {
>
>         @Override
>         public void init(EndpointConfig endpointConfig) {
>         }
>
>         @Override
>         public void destroy() {
>         }
>
>         @Override
>         public String encode(List<String> list) throws EncodeException {
>             return list.toString();
>         }
>     }
>
>     public static class ListStringDecoder implements
> Decoder.Text<List<String>> {
>
>         @Override
>         public void init(EndpointConfig endpointConfig) {
>         }
>
>         @Override
>         public void destroy() {
>         }
>
>         @Override
>         public List<String> decode(String data) throws DecodeException {
>                 List<String> tmp = new ArrayList<String>();
>                 for (String str : data.substring(1, data.length() -
> 1).split(",")) {
>                         tmp.add(str);
>                 }
>                 return tmp;
>         }
>
>         @Override
>         public boolean willDecode(String s) {
>             return s.startsWith("[") && s.endsWith("]");
>         }
>     }
>
> Now when I run this, I get the following exception as Tomcat starts up.
>
> 16-Oct-2013 11:29:40.311 SEVERE [localhost-startStop-1]
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart Exception sending
> context initialized event to listener instance of class
> org.apache.tomcat.websocket.pojo.TesterUtil$ServerConfigListener
>  java.lang.NullPointerException
>         at
> org.apache.tomcat.websocket.Util$DecoderMatch.<init>(Util.java:428)
>         at
> org.apache.tomcat.websocket.pojo.PojoMethodMapping$MessageHandlerInfo.<init>(PojoMethodMapping.java:396)
>         at
> org.apache.tomcat.websocket.pojo.PojoMethodMapping.<init>(PojoMethodMapping.java:114)
>         at
> org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsServerContainer.addEndpoint(WsServerContainer.java:194)
>         at
> org.apache.tomcat.websocket.pojo.TesterUtil$ServerConfigListener.contextInitialized(TesterUtil.java:45)
>         at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4830)
>         at
> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5276)
>         at
> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150)
>         at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1390)
>         at
> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase.java:1)
>         at
> java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
>         at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166)
>         at
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
>         at
> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
>         at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724)
>
> If I change my encoder & decoder to use "List" rather than "List<String>"
> everything works fine.
>
> Any thoughts on what's going on here?
>

Hi Dan,
IMHO current implementation of o.a.t.w.Util#getGenericType/getTypeParameter
can be improved. More detailed inspection of the typed parameter will help.
Your sample runs perfectly well on WebSocket RI implementation, hence I
think this is a bug in Tomcat.

cheers
Niki


>
> Thanks
>
> Dan
>
>
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Re: [OT] Tomcat 8 WebSocket Encoders / Decoders Questions

Posted by Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net>.
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Dan,

On 10/16/13 11:36 AM, Daniel Mikusa wrote:
> If I change my encoder & decoder to use "List" rather than 
> "List<String>" everything works fine.

Stupid Java and it's type-erasures. :(

As much as I really dislike most of the language-level features (which
amount to syntactic sugar in nearly all cases) that went into Java 1.5
and later, this is the one that irritates me the most: the fact that
generics just aren't. Instead, they are (albeit useful) merely
compiler hints for type safety, yet they have no bearing on runtime
behavior. Sun gets a FAIL on this one.

- -chris
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