get configured bean from applicationContext

[koszta5]

Hi i have configured bean:

<bean class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource" destroy-method="close" id="dataSource">
        <property name="driverClassName" value="${database.driverClassName}"/>
        <property name="url" value="${database.url}"/>
        <property name="username" value="${database.username}"/>
        <property name="password" value="${database.password}"/>
        <property name="validationQuery" value="SELECT 1 FROM DUAL"/>
        <property name="testOnBorrow" value="true"/>
    </bean>

and I want to get it in my java code. I could create a new jdbc connection but that wouldnt be efficient so I want to use my bean but I just cant get it...

I am using this in my controller:

String AppContextPath=projectDeployPath+"/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/applicationContext.xml";
			ApplicationContext context=new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("/"+AppContextPath);
			BasicDataSource ds=context.getBean("dataSource", BasicDataSource.class);
	
			
			
			
			HashMap<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();
		    map.put("REPORTNAME", "Cool report");

			  JasperPrint  jasperPrint = JasperFillManager.fillReport(JR, map,ds.getConnection());

The problem is it dies like this:
I

OException parsing XML document from class path resource [/Users/kosta/Documents/workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/xkosteln/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/applicationContext.xml]; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource 
[/Users/kosta/Documents/workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.wst.server.core/tmp0/wtpwebapps/xkosteln/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/spring/applicationContext.xml] cannot be opened because it does not exist

Well I m just having a hard time accessing the applicationContext.xml file. The funny thing is that I even had to add a "/" in front of my path passed to the constructor otherwise it wouldnt have even a start. So is there any way for me to get the actual info from the applicationContext.xml file?

thanks

[Marten Deinum]

Don't do that, unless you want to run out of resources. If you need the bean then simply inject it instead of messing around with the context...

[zenith.fox]

The error message is straightforward.
The file is not in that location.
maybe you need to escape some characters such as "."

by the way, why do not use "@Autowired" to get the bean?

[zenith.fox]

or maybe the path is too long, sometimes this is a problem.

[tiger.spring]

As suggested by Marten don't use the datasource this way. Instead inject the datasource into your Controller or handler as follows:

<bean id="reportHandler" class="com.sample.reports.JasperReportHandler">
	<property name="ds">
		<ref bean="dataSource" />
	</property>
</bean>

[koszta5]

As suggested by Marten don't use the datasource this way. Instead inject the datasource into your Controller or handler as follows:

<bean id="reportHandler" class="com.sample.reports.JasperReportHandler">
	<property name="ds">
		<ref bean="dataSource" />
	</property>
</bean>

Sorry for the noob question (just learning this amazing goodness called spring) how do I retrieve this bean after that in my java code? I need to set it as an argument for fillReport function...

[tiger.spring]

public class JasperReportHandler {

	private DataSource ds;
	
	public void setDs(DataSource ds) {
		this.ds = ds;
	}
	
	//now pass the "ds" in your code where it is needed
}

[koszta5]

Holy crap this is AMAZINGLY EASY!

I love spring! It makes my Java life!

[koszta5]

This is a part of my class creating the report:

private DataSource injectedBeanDataSource;

public DataSource getInjectedBeanDataSource() {
return injectedBeanDataSource;
}

public void setInjectedBeanDataSource(DataSource injectedBeanDataSource) {
this.injectedBeanDataSource = injectedBeanDataSource;
System.out.println("setting bean");

}
public void createReport (){

this.getInjectedBeanDataSource().getConnection();
}

=> every single time when or IF i use the injectedBeanDataSource property in my code it dies without any error it just dies (like this:- there is no exception message there is just the line where I used the property
I know that the bean gets set ok (It wrote a debug msg to terminal)

cz.edu.mub.pef.ja.xkosteln.ireport.NarozeninyRepor t.createReport(NarozeninyReport.java:54)
cz.edu.mub.pef.ja.xkosteln.controller.JasperReport Controller.createreport(JasperReportController.jav a:30)
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Native MethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(De legatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.support.Ha ndlerMethodInvoker.invokeHandlerMethod(HandlerMeth odInvoker.java:176)
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.Ann otationMethodHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(An notationMethodHandlerAdapter.java:426)
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.Ann otationMethodHandlerAdapter.handle(AnnotationMetho dHandlerAdapter.java:414)
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet. doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:790)
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet. doService(DispatcherServlet.java:719)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.p rocessRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:644)

I set the bean exactly as described in webmvc-config.xml ... What am I missing? Is there any annotation that I need to use? I dont think so. I am absolutely sure the bean gets set, I have no idea why it dies then tho...

any help is MUCH appreciated!!!