[Springframework-developer] difference in how interceptors work w/ TransactionProxyFactoryBean and ProxyFactoryBean?

[Tim K. <tim...@gm...>]

I'm running into some rather unusual behavior that I cannot explain - so I=
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thought I'd bring it up here, either I'm doing something wrong, or there (a=
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far more remote possibility) is something wrong w/ Spring.

I previously had an object that was wrapped in a=20
TransactionProxyFactoryBean, and this object also had an Acegi security=20
method interceptor applied to it.=20

In my refactoring of the code to move the transactional concerns to a highe=
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abstraction layer, I changed the object wrapper from=20
TransactionProxyFactoryBean to ProxyFactoryBean. Since I wanted to keep the=
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Acegi method interceptor at this level, I upated the 'postInterceptors'=20
property to 'interceptorNames', and set the name of the Acegi interceptor i=
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there.=20

from this:

<property name=3D"postInterceptors">
<list>
<ref bean=3D"serviceMethodSecurityInterceptor"/>
</list>
</property>

to this:

<property name=3D"interceptorNames">
<list>
<value>serviceMethodSecurityInterceptor</value>
</list>
</property>

Some of the test cases I have broke after this change. I started digging=20
around a bit to find out why, and what I've turned up, to the best I can=20
figure out is that when applying an interceptor via 'interceptorNames', the=
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interceptor gets selectively applied. This is the configuration for the=20
method interceptor. As you can see, we are applying access control on three=
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different methods. 'get', 'getTopicList' and 'getTopicChildren'.=20

<bean id=3D"serviceMethodSecurityInterceptor" class=3D"
net.sf.acegisecurity.intercept.method.aopalliance.MethodSecurityInterceptor
">
<property name=3D"authenticationManager"><ref=20
bean=3D"authenticationManager"/></property>
<property name=3D"accessDecisionManager"><ref=20
bean=3D"decisionManager"/></property>
<property name=3D"afterInvocationManager"><ref=20
bean=3D"afterInvocationManager"/></property>
<property name=3D"objectDefinitionSource">
<value>
com.vivakos.vps.service.Service.get=3DTOPIC_AFTER_ACL_READ
com.vivakos.vps.service.content.TopicService.getTopicList=3DTOPIC_AFTER_ACL=
_READ
com.vivakos.vps.service.content.TopicService.getTopicChildren=3DTOPIC_AFTER=
_ACL_READ
</value>
</property>
</bean>=20

And as far as I can see - when using TransactionProxyFactoryBean, all three=
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methods get applied correctly. i.e. integration tests that test the 'get',=
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'getTopicList' and 'getTopicChildren' all work properly.=20

But when changing to use ProxyFactoryBean, the 'get' method integration tes=
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fails (the interceptor apparently is not called), while 'getTopicList' and=
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'getTopicChildren' work integration test works fine. The only differnence i=
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how the methods that are tested is that 'get' is defined in an higher level=
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interface (Service) instead of (TopicService). The integration test calls=
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topicService.get() ....

I'm hoping that someone can help shine additional light on this difference=
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in behavior with the interceptors, and what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks in advance,

-tim