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Note that // this property does *not* cover RMI-IIOP stub generation. // See IASEJBC.java for more details. private static final String EJB_USE_STATIC_CODEGEN_PROP = "com.sun.ejb.UseStaticCodegen"; private static final String REMOTE30_HOME_JNDI_SUFFIX = "__3_x_Internal_RemoteBusinessHome__"; private static Boolean ejbUseStaticCodegen_ = null; // Initial portion of a corba interoperable naming syntax jndi name. private static final String CORBA_INS_PREFIX = "corbaname:"; // Prefix of portable global JNDI namespace private static final String JAVA_GLOBAL_PREFIX = "java:global/"; // Separator between simple and fully-qualified portable ejb global JNDI names private static final String PORTABLE_JNDI_NAME_SEP = "!"; // Separator between simple and fully-qualified glassfish-specific JNDI names private static final String GLASSFISH_JNDI_NAME_SEP = "#"; /** * Utility methods for serializing EJBs, primary keys and * container-managed fields, all of which may include Remote EJB * references, * Local refs, JNDI Contexts etc which are not Serializable. * This is not used for normal RMI-IIOP serialization. * It has boolean replaceObject control, whether to call replaceObject * or not */ public static final byte[] serializeObject(Object obj, boolean replaceObject) throws IOException { return EjbContainerUtilImpl.getInstance().getJavaEEIOUtils().serializeObject(obj, replaceObject); } public static final byte[] serializeObject(Object obj) throws IOException { return EjbContainerUtilImpl.getInstance().getJavaEEIOUtils().serializeObject(obj, true); } /** * Utility method for deserializing EJBs, primary keys and * container-managed fields, all of which may include Remote * EJB references, * Local refs, JNDI Contexts etc which are not Serializable. */ public static final Object deserializeObject(byte[] data, ClassLoader loader, boolean resolveObject) throws Exception { return EjbContainerUtilImpl.getInstance().getJavaEEIOUtils().deserializeObject(data, resolveObject, loader); } public static final Object deserializeObject(byte[] data, ClassLoader loader) throws Exception { return EjbContainerUtilImpl.getInstance().getJavaEEIOUtils().deserializeObject(data, true, loader); } public static boolean useStaticCodegen() { synchronized (EJBUtils.class) { if( ejbUseStaticCodegen_ == null ) { String ejbStaticCodegenProp = null; if(System.getSecurityManager() == null) { ejbStaticCodegenProp = System.getProperty(EJB_USE_STATIC_CODEGEN_PROP); } else { ejbStaticCodegenProp = (String) java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged (new java.security.PrivilegedAction() { public java.lang.Object run() { return System.getProperty(EJB_USE_STATIC_CODEGEN_PROP); }}); } boolean useStaticCodegen = ( (ejbStaticCodegenProp != null) && ejbStaticCodegenProp.equalsIgnoreCase("true")); ejbUseStaticCodegen_ = useStaticCodegen; _logger.log(Level.FINE, "EJB Static codegen is " + (useStaticCodegen ? "ENABLED" : "DISABLED") + " ejbUseStaticCodegenProp = " + ejbStaticCodegenProp); } } return ejbUseStaticCodegen_.booleanValue(); } private static String getClassPackageName(String intf) { int dot = intf.lastIndexOf('.'); return (dot == -1) ? null : intf.substring(0, dot); } private static String getClassSimpleName(String intf) { int dot = intf.lastIndexOf('.'); return (dot == -1) ? intf : intf.substring(dot+1); } public static String getGeneratedOptionalInterfaceName(String ejbClassName) { String packageName = getClassPackageName(ejbClassName); String simpleName = getClassSimpleName(ejbClassName); String optionalIntfName = "__EJB31_Generated__" + simpleName + "__Intf__"; return (packageName != null) ? packageName + "." + optionalIntfName : optionalIntfName; } public static String getGeneratedSerializableClassName(String beanClass) { String packageName = getClassPackageName(beanClass); String simpleName = getClassSimpleName(beanClass); String generatedSimpleName = "_" + simpleName + "_Serializable"; return (packageName != null) ? packageName + "." + generatedSimpleName : generatedSimpleName; } public static String getGeneratedRemoteIntfName(String businessIntf) { String packageName = getClassPackageName(businessIntf); String simpleName = getClassSimpleName(businessIntf); String generatedSimpleName = "_" + simpleName + "_Remote"; return (packageName != null) ? packageName + "." + generatedSimpleName : generatedSimpleName; } public static String getGeneratedRemoteWrapperName(String businessIntf) { String packageName = getClassPackageName(businessIntf); String simpleName = getClassSimpleName(businessIntf); String generatedSimpleName = "_" + simpleName + "_Wrapper"; return (packageName != null) ? packageName + "." + generatedSimpleName : generatedSimpleName; } public static String getGenericEJBHomeClassName() { return "com.sun.ejb.codegen.GenericEJBHome_Generated"; } /** * Actual jndi-name under which Remote ejb factory lives depends on * whether it's a Remote Home view or Remote Business view. This is * necessary since a single session bean can expose both views and * the resulting factory objects are different. These semantics are * not exposed to the developer-view to keep things simpler. The * developer can simply deal with a single physical jndi-name. If the * target bean exposes both a Remote Home view and a Remote Business * view, the developer can still use the single physical jndi-name * to resolve remote ejb-refs, and we will handle the distinction * internally. Of course, this is based on the assumption that the * internal name is generated in a way that will not clash with a * separate top-level physical jndi-name chosen by the developer. * * Note that it's better to delay this final jndi name translation as * much as possible and do it right before the NamingManager lookup, * as opposed to changing the jndi-name within the descriptor objects * themselves. This way, the extra indirection will not be exposed * if the descriptors are written out and they won't complicate any * jndi-name equality logic. * */ public static String getRemoteEjbJndiName(EjbReferenceDescriptor refDesc) { String intf = refDesc.isEJB30ClientView() ? refDesc.getEjbInterface() : refDesc.getHomeClassName(); return getRemoteEjbJndiName(refDesc.isEJB30ClientView(), intf, refDesc.getJndiName()); } public static String getRemote30HomeJndiName(String jndiName) { return jndiName + REMOTE30_HOME_JNDI_SUFFIX; } public static String getRemoteEjbJndiName(boolean businessView, String interfaceName, String jndiName) { String returnValue = jndiName; String portableFullyQualifiedPortion = PORTABLE_JNDI_NAME_SEP + interfaceName; String glassfishFullyQualifiedPortion = GLASSFISH_JNDI_NAME_SEP + interfaceName; if( businessView ) { if( jndiName.startsWith(CORBA_INS_PREFIX) ) { // In the case of a corba interoperable naming string, we // need to lookup the internal remote home. We can't rely // on our SerialContext Reference object (RemoteBusinessObjectFactory) // to do the home lookup because we have to directly access // the CosNaming service. // First, strip off any fully-qualified portion since there's only // one internal generic home object in CosNaming no matter how many // remote business interfaces there are. // Separate <jndi-name> portion from "corbaname:iiop:...#<jndi-name> // We need to do this since we also use "#" in some glassfish-specific // JNDI names int indexOfCorbaNameSep = jndiName.indexOf("#"); String jndiNameMinusCorbaNamePortion = jndiName.substring(indexOfCorbaNameSep + 1); // Make sure any of the resulting jndi names still have corbaname: prefix intact String newJndiName = jndiName; if( jndiNameMinusCorbaNamePortion.startsWith(JAVA_GLOBAL_PREFIX) ){ newJndiName = stripFullyQualifiedJndiName(jndiName, portableFullyQualifiedPortion); } else if( jndiNameMinusCorbaNamePortion.endsWith(glassfishFullyQualifiedPortion ) ){ newJndiName = stripFullyQualifiedJndiName(jndiName, glassfishFullyQualifiedPortion); } returnValue = getRemote30HomeJndiName(newJndiName); } else { // Convert to fully-qualified names if( jndiName.startsWith(JAVA_GLOBAL_PREFIX)) { returnValue = checkFullyQualifiedJndiName(jndiName, portableFullyQualifiedPortion); } else { returnValue = checkFullyQualifiedJndiName(jndiName, glassfishFullyQualifiedPortion); } } } else { // EJB 2.x Remote Home // Only in the portable global case, convert to a fully-qualified name if( jndiName.startsWith(JAVA_GLOBAL_PREFIX)) { returnValue = checkFullyQualifiedJndiName(jndiName, portableFullyQualifiedPortion); } } return returnValue; } private static String checkFullyQualifiedJndiName(String origJndiName, String fullyQualifiedPortion) { String returnValue = origJndiName; if( !origJndiName.endsWith(fullyQualifiedPortion) ) { returnValue = origJndiName + fullyQualifiedPortion; } return returnValue; } private static String stripFullyQualifiedJndiName(String origJndiName, String fullyQualifiedPortion) { String returnValue = origJndiName; if( origJndiName.endsWith(fullyQualifiedPortion) ) { int portionLength = fullyQualifiedPortion.length(); returnValue = origJndiName.substring(0, origJndiName.length() - portionLength ); } return returnValue; } public static Object resolveEjbRefObject(EjbReferenceDescriptor refDesc, Object jndiObj) throws NamingException { Object returnObject = jndiObj; if( refDesc.isLocal() ) { EjbDescriptor target = refDesc.getEjbDescriptor(); BaseContainer container = EjbContainerUtilImpl.getInstance().getContainer(target.getUniqueId()); if( refDesc.isEJB30ClientView() ) { GenericEJBLocalHome genericLocalHome = container.getEJBLocalBusinessHome(refDesc.getEjbInterface()); returnObject = genericLocalHome.create(refDesc.getEjbInterface()); } else { returnObject = container.getEJBLocalHome(); } } else { // For the Remote case, the only time we have to do // something extra with the given jndiObj is if the lookup // is for a Remote 3.0 object and it was made through a // corba interoperable name. In that case, // the jndiObj refers to the internal Remote 3.0 Home so we // still need to create a remote 30 client wrapper object. if ( refDesc.isEJB30ClientView() && !(jndiObj instanceof RemoteBusinessWrapperBase) ) { returnObject = EJBUtils.lookupRemote30BusinessObject (jndiObj, refDesc.getEjbInterface()); } } return returnObject; } public static Object lookupRemote30BusinessObject(Object jndiObj, String businessInterface) throws NamingException { Object returnObject = null; try { ClassLoader loader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader(); Class genericEJBHome = loadGeneratedGenericEJBHomeClass (loader); final Object genericHomeObj = PortableRemoteObject.narrow(jndiObj, genericEJBHome); // The generated remote business interface and the // client wrapper for the business interface are produced // dynamically. The following call must be made before // any EJB 3.0 Remote business interface runtime behavior // is needed in a given JVM. loadGeneratedRemoteBusinessClasses(businessInterface); String generatedRemoteIntfName = EJBUtils. getGeneratedRemoteIntfName(businessInterface); Method createMethod = genericEJBHome.getMethod ("create", String.class); java.rmi.Remote delegate = (java.rmi.Remote) createMethod.invoke(genericHomeObj, generatedRemoteIntfName); returnObject = createRemoteBusinessObject (loader, businessInterface, delegate); // TODO Bring over appclient security exception retry logic CR 6620388 } catch(Exception e) { NamingException ne = new NamingException ("ejb ref resolution error for remote business interface" + businessInterface); ne.initCause(e instanceof InvocationTargetException ? e.getCause() : e); throw ne; } return returnObject; } public static Class loadGeneratedSerializableClass(ClassLoader loader, String className) throws Exception { String generatedSerializableClassName = getGeneratedSerializableClassName(className); Class developerClass = loader.loadClass(className); AsmSerializableBeanGenerator gen = new AsmSerializableBeanGenerator (loader, developerClass, generatedSerializableClassName); Class serializableClass = gen.generateSerializableSubclass(); return serializableClass; } public static void loadGeneratedRemoteBusinessClasses (String businessInterfaceName) throws Exception { ClassLoader appClassLoader = getBusinessIntfClassLoader(businessInterfaceName); loadGeneratedRemoteBusinessClasses(appClassLoader, businessInterfaceName); } public static void loadGeneratedRemoteBusinessClasses (ClassLoader appClassLoader, String businessInterfaceName) throws Exception { String generatedRemoteIntfName = EJBUtils. getGeneratedRemoteIntfName(businessInterfaceName); String wrapperClassName = EJBUtils. getGeneratedRemoteWrapperName(businessInterfaceName); Class generatedRemoteIntf = null; try { generatedRemoteIntf = appClassLoader.loadClass(generatedRemoteIntfName); } catch(Exception e) { } Class generatedRemoteWrapper = null; try { generatedRemoteWrapper = appClassLoader.loadClass(wrapperClassName); } catch(Exception e) { } if( (generatedRemoteIntf != null) && (generatedRemoteWrapper != null) ) { return; } _setClassLoader(appClassLoader); try { if( generatedRemoteIntf == null ) { RemoteGenerator gen = new RemoteGenerator(appClassLoader, businessInterfaceName); Class developerClass = appClassLoader.loadClass(businessInterfaceName); generateAndLoad(gen, generatedRemoteIntfName, appClassLoader, developerClass); } if( generatedRemoteWrapper == null ) { Remote30WrapperGenerator gen = new Remote30WrapperGenerator (appClassLoader, businessInterfaceName, generatedRemoteIntfName); Class developerClass = appClassLoader.loadClass(businessInterfaceName); generateAndLoad(gen, wrapperClassName, appClassLoader, developerClass); } } finally { // Fix for 7075: Make sure no classloader is bound to threadlocal: // avoid possible classloader leak. _setClassLoader(null) ; } } public static Class loadGeneratedGenericEJBHomeClass (ClassLoader appClassLoader) throws Exception { String className = getGenericEJBHomeClassName(); Class generatedGenericEJBHomeClass = null; try { generatedGenericEJBHomeClass = appClassLoader.loadClass(className); } catch(Exception e) { } if( generatedGenericEJBHomeClass == null ) { GenericHomeGenerator gen =new GenericHomeGenerator(appClassLoader); generatedGenericEJBHomeClass =generateAndLoad(gen, className, appClassLoader, EJBUtils.class); } return generatedGenericEJBHomeClass; } public static Class generateSEI(ClassGeneratorFactory cgf, final String seiClassName, final ClassLoader loader, final Class beanClass) { return generateAndLoad(cgf, seiClassName, loader, beanClass); } private static Class generateAndLoad(ClassGeneratorFactory cgf, final String actualClassName, final ClassLoader loader, final Class protectionDomainBase) { cgf.evaluate(); final Properties props = new Properties(); if( _logger.isLoggable(Level.FINE) ) { props.put(DUMP_AFTER_SETUP_VISITOR, "true"); props.put(TRACE_BYTE_CODE_GENERATION, "true"); props.put(USE_ASM_VERIFIER, "true"); try { ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(baos); _sourceCode(ps, props); _logger.fine(baos.toString()); } catch(Exception e) { _logger.log(Level.FINE, "exception generating src", e); } } Class result = null; try { if(System.getSecurityManager() == null) { result = _generate(loader, protectionDomainBase.getProtectionDomain(), props); } else { result = (Class) java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged (new java.security.PrivilegedAction() { public java.lang.Object run() { return _generate(loader, protectionDomainBase.getProtectionDomain(), props); }}); } } catch (RuntimeException runEx) { //We would have got this exception if there were two (or more) // concurrent threads that attempted to define the same class // Lets try to load the class and if we are able to load it // then we can ignore the exception. Else throw the original exception try { result = loader.loadClass(actualClassName); _logger.log(Level.FINE, "[EJBUtils] Got exception ex: " + runEx + " but loaded class: " + result.getName()); } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfEx) { throw runEx; } } return result; } public static RemoteBusinessWrapperBase createRemoteBusinessObject (String businessInterface, java.rmi.Remote delegate) throws Exception { ClassLoader appClassLoader = getBusinessIntfClassLoader(businessInterface); return createRemoteBusinessObject(appClassLoader, businessInterface, delegate); } public static RemoteBusinessWrapperBase createRemoteBusinessObject (ClassLoader loader, String businessInterface, java.rmi.Remote delegate) throws Exception { String wrapperClassName = EJBUtils.getGeneratedRemoteWrapperName (businessInterface); Class clientWrapperClass = loader.loadClass(wrapperClassName); Constructor ctors[] = clientWrapperClass.getConstructors(); Constructor ctor = null; for(Constructor next : ctors) { if (next.getParameterTypes().length > 0 ) { ctor = next; break; } } Object obj = ctor.newInstance(new Object[] { delegate, businessInterface } ); return (RemoteBusinessWrapperBase) obj; } private static ClassLoader getBusinessIntfClassLoader (String businessInterface) throws Exception { ClassLoader contextLoader = null; if(System.getSecurityManager() == null) { ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader(); contextLoader = (cl != null) ? cl : ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(); } else { contextLoader = (ClassLoader) java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged (new java.security.PrivilegedAction() { public java.lang.Object run() { // Return context class loader. If there is none, // which could happen within Appclient container, // return system class loader. ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader(); return (cl != null) ? cl : ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(); }}); } final Class businessInterfaceClass = contextLoader.loadClass(businessInterface); ClassLoader appClassLoader = null; if(System.getSecurityManager() == null) { appClassLoader = businessInterfaceClass.getClassLoader(); } else { appClassLoader = (ClassLoader) java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged (new java.security.PrivilegedAction() { public java.lang.Object run() { return businessInterfaceClass.getClassLoader(); }}); } return appClassLoader; } public static void serializeObjectFields( Object instance, ObjectOutputStream oos) throws IOException { serializeObjectFields(instance, oos, true); } public static void serializeObjectFields( Object instance, ObjectOutputStream oos, boolean usesSuperClass) throws IOException { Class clazz = (usesSuperClass)? instance.getClass().getSuperclass() : instance.getClass(); final ObjectOutputStream objOutStream = oos; // Write out list of fields eligible for serialization in sorted order. for(Field next : getSerializationFields(clazz)) { final Field nextField = next; final Object theInstance = instance; Object value = null; try { if(System.getSecurityManager() == null) { if( !nextField.isAccessible() ) { nextField.setAccessible(true); } value = nextField.get(theInstance); } else { value = java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged( new java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction() { public java.lang.Object run() throws Exception { if( !nextField.isAccessible() ) { nextField.setAccessible(true); } return nextField.get(theInstance); } }); } if( _logger.isLoggable(Level.FINE) ) { _logger.log(Level.FINE, "=====> Serializing field: " + nextField); } objOutStream.writeObject(value); } catch(Throwable t) { if( _logger.isLoggable(Level.FINE) ) { _logger.log(Level.FINE, "=====> failed serializing field: " + nextField + " =====> of class: " + clazz + " =====> using: " + oos.getClass() + " =====> serializing value of type: " + ((value == null)? null : value.getClass().getName()) + " ===> Error: " + t); _logger.log(Level.FINE, "", t); } IOException ioe = new IOException(); Throwable cause = (t instanceof InvocationTargetException) ? ((InvocationTargetException)t).getCause() : t; ioe.initCause( cause ); throw ioe; } } } public static void deserializeObjectFields( Object instance, ObjectInputStream ois) throws IOException { deserializeObjectFields(instance, ois, null, true); } public static void deserializeObjectFields( Object instance, ObjectInputStream ois, Object replaceValue, boolean usesSuperClass) throws IOException { Class clazz = (usesSuperClass)? instance.getClass().getSuperclass() : instance.getClass(); if( _logger.isLoggable(Level.FINE) ) { _logger.log(Level.FINE, "=====> Deserializing class: " + clazz); if (replaceValue != null) _logger.log(Level.FINE, "=====> Replace requested for value: " + replaceValue.getClass()); } // Use helper method to get sorted list of fields eligible // for deserialization. This ensures that we correctly match // serialized state with its corresponding field. for(Field next : getSerializationFields(clazz)) { try { final Field nextField = next; if( _logger.isLoggable(Level.FINE) ) { _logger.log(Level.FINE, "=====> Deserializing field: " + nextField); } // Read value from the stream even if it is to be replaced to adjust the pointers Object value = ois.readObject(); if (replaceValue != null && nextField.getType().isAssignableFrom(replaceValue.getClass())) { if( _logger.isLoggable(Level.FINE) ) { _logger.log(Level.FINE, "=====> Replacing field: " + nextField); } value = replaceValue; } final Object newValue = value; final Object theInstance = instance; if(System.getSecurityManager() == null) { if( !nextField.isAccessible() ) { nextField.setAccessible(true); } nextField.set(theInstance, newValue); } else { java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged( new java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction() { public java.lang.Object run() throws Exception { if( !nextField.isAccessible() ) { nextField.setAccessible(true); } nextField.set(theInstance, newValue); return null; } }); } } catch(Throwable t) { IOException ioe = new IOException(); Throwable cause = (t instanceof InvocationTargetException) ? ((InvocationTargetException)t).getCause() : t; ioe.initCause( cause ); throw ioe; } } } private static Collection<Field> getSerializationFields(Class clazz) { Field[] fields = clazz.getDeclaredFields(); SortedMap<String, Field> sortedMap = new TreeMap<String, Field>(); for(Field next : fields) { int modifiers = next.getModifiers(); if( Modifier.isStatic(modifiers) || Modifier.isTransient(modifiers) ) { continue; } // All fields come from a single class(not from any superclasses), // so sorting on field name is sufficient. We use natural ordering // of field name java.lang.String object. sortedMap.put(next.getName(), next); } return (Collection<Field>) sortedMap.values(); } }