Dropwizard ActiveMQ Bundle

Since Dropwizard ActiveMQ Bundle is written in Java 8, your app must also be compiled with Java 8

Use it when you need to send and receive JSON (jackson) via ActiveMq in your Dropwizard application.

Please have a look at the Example application.

Change History

Version 0.5.2

• Added support for object-messages

Version 0.5.1

• Fixing sporadic issue where "session is closed" when ack'ing received message

Version 0.5.0

• Add support to connect to multiple activeMq brokers
• Upgraded to Dropwizard 1.0.2 and ActiveMQ 5.14.1

Version 0.4.0

• First version released to Maven Central
• Code is identical to version 0.3.13

Version 0.3.13

• Upgraded to Dropwizard 0.9.1 and ActiveMQ 5.13.0

Version 0.3.12

• Added support for receiving ActiveMQMapMessage as java.util.Map

Version 0.3.11

• Added support for connecting to secure brokers
• Upgraded to ActiveMQ client version 5.11.1

Version 0.3.10

• Set correlationID on outgoing messages if sent in same thread as incoming message

Version 0.3.9

• Now using ActiveMQ 5.10 and Dropwizard 0.7.1
• Reduces info-logging

Version 0.3.8.1

• Fixed issue #6 - Improve handling of failing exceptionHandler

Version 0.3.7

• Merged Added raw jms message to exception handler

Version 0.3.6

• Fixed issue #5 - Use less verbose errors when 'The Consumer is closed'

Version 0.3.5

• Improved error handling for receiver + added healthCheck for each receiver
• idleTimeout is now specified in mills
• Added time to live for JMS message sending
• Added more flexible option for creating messages by passing a function

Version 0.3.4 - 20140428

• Removed resource-leakage when sending messages using multiple senders

Version 0.3.3 - 20140428

• Added more pool-config options
• HealthCheck is not using pooled factory anymore to prevent hang

Version 0.3.2 - 20140428

• Added activeMQ-HealthCheck
• Added max-give-up-time for graceful shutdown
• Added more debug logging

Version 0.3.1 - 20140411

• Added ActiveMQSenderFactory and JsonError

Version 0.3 - 20140411

• It is now possible to change between queues and topics by prefixing the destination-name

Version 0.2 - 20140410

• Added custom exception-handler

Version 0.1 - 20140410

• Initial version

Maven

Add it as a dependency:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.kjetland.dropwizard</groupId>
        <artifactId>dropwizard-activemq</artifactId>
        <version> INSERT LATEST VERSION HERE </version>
    </dependency>

Configuration

Your config-class must implement ActiveMQConfigHolder like this:

public class Config extends Configuration implements ActiveMQConfigHolder {

    @JsonProperty
    @NotNull
    @Valid
    private ActiveMQConfig activeMQ;

    public ActiveMQConfig getActiveMQ() {
        return activeMQ;
    }
}

And add the following to your config.yml:

activeMQ:
  brokerUrl: tcp://localhost:61616

(Almost?) All config-options:

activeMQ:
  brokerUrl: failover:(tcp://broker1.com:61616,tcp://broker2.com:61616)?randomize=false
  # brokerUsername: username
  # brokerPassword: password
  # shutdownWaitInSeconds: 20
  # healthCheckMillisecondsToWait: 2000
  # timeToLiveInSeconds: -1     (Default message time-to-live is off. Specify a maximum lifespan here in seconds for all messages.)
  # trustedPackages: (To prevent malicious code from being deserialized. Needed if you want to receive plain object messages, see http://activemq.apache.org/objectmessage.html)
  #   - com.some.package
  #   - java.util

  pool:
    maxConnections: 1
    maximumActiveSessionPerConnection: 3
    blockIfSessionPoolIsFull: false
    idleTimeoutMills: 30000
    # expiryTimeoutMills:
    createConnectionOnStartup: false
    timeBetweenExpirationCheckMillis: 20000

Use it like this

(Please have a look at the Example application)

public class ActiveMQApp extends Application<Config> {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        new ActiveMQApp().run(args);
    }

    private ActiveMQBundle activeMQBundle;

    @Override
    public void initialize(Bootstrap<Config> configBootstrap) {

        // Create the bundle and store reference to it
        this.activeMQBundle = new ActiveMQBundle();
        // Add the bundle
        configBootstrap.addBundle(activeMQBundle);
    }

    @Override
    public void run(Config config, Environment environment) throws Exception {


        // Create a queue sender
        ActiveMQSender sender = activeMQBundle.createSender("test-queue", false);

        // or like this:
        ActiveMQSender sender2 = activeMQBundle.createSender("queue:test-queue", false);

        // where messages have a 60 second time-to-live:
        ActiveMQSender sender3 = activeMQBundle.createSender("queue:test-queue", false, Optional.of(60));

        // Create a topic-sender
        ActiveMQSender sender4 = activeMQBundle.createSender("topic:test-topic", false);

        // use it
        sender.send( someObject );
        sender.sendJson("{'a':2, 'b':3}");

        // If you require full control of message creation, pass a Java 8 function that takes a javax.jms.Session parameter:
        sender.send((Session session) -> {
            TextMessage message = session.createTextMessage();
            message.setText("{'a':2, 'b':3}");
            message.setJMSCorrelationID(myCorrelationId);
            return message;
        });


        // Create a receiver that consumes json-strings using Java 8
        activeMQBundle.registerReceiver(
                "test-queue", // default is queue. Prefix with 'topic:' or 'queue:' to choose
                (json) -> System.out.println("json: " + json),
                String.class,
                true);


        // Create a receiver that consumes SomeObject via Json using Java 8
        activeMQBundle.registerReceiver(
                            "test-queue-2",
                            (o) -> System.out.println("Value from o: " + o.getValue()),
                            SomeObject.class,
                            true);

        // Create a receiver that consumes SomeObject via Json using Java 7
        activeMQBundle.registerReceiver(
                            "test-queue-3",
                            new ActiveMQReceiver<SomeObject>() {
                                @Override
                                public void receive(SomeObject o) {
                                    System.out.println"Value from o: " + o.getValue());
                                }
                            },
                            SomeObject.class,
                            true);
    }
}

Topics and queue

By default all destination-names refers to queues. If you want to specify topic (or queue), you prefix it with:

• topic:
• queue:

Custom exception-handling

activeMQBundle.registerReceiver(
    config.getInboundJmsQueue(),
    (ManualRequest m) -> myService.processMessage(m),
    ManualRequest.class,
    // Add your custom exception-handler here
    (message, exception) -> {
        System.out.println("Error with this message: " + message);
        exception.printStackTrace();
        return true;
    });

Connecting to secure brokers

Connecting to a secure broker is possible by setting both the username (brokerUsername) and password (brokerPassword) in an application's config file.

Connecting to multiple brokers

The library has a second bundle that enables a dropwizard application to connect to multiple brokers. This bundle will correctly register multiple healthchecks for each queue created, differentiating them using the brokerName given in the config

Usage is the same with the following changes:

(Please have a look at the Multi Broker Example application)

// Create the multi bundle and store reference to it
    this.activeMQBundle = new ActiveMQMultiBundle();
// Add the bundle
    configBootstrap.addBundle(activeMQBundle);


public void run(MultiQConfig config, Environment environment) throws Exception {
        MultiQResource multiQResource = new MultiQResource();
        environment.jersey().register(multiQResource);
        activeMQBundle.getActiveMQBundleMap().entrySet()
            .stream()
            .forEach(activeMQEntry->activateQueue(multiQResource, activeMQEntry));
}

private void activateQueue(MultiQResource multiQResource, Map.Entry<String, ActiveMQBundle> activeMQEntry) {
    String queueName = activeMQEntry.getKey();
    ActiveMQBundle activeMQBundle = activeMQEntry.getValue();

    // Set up the sender for our queue
    multiQResource.addSender(queueName, activeMQBundle.createSender( queueName, false));

    // Set up a receiver that just logs the messages we receive on our queue
    activeMQBundle.registerReceiver(
        queueName,
        (message) -> log.info("\n*****\nWe received a message on: {} from activeMq: \n{}\n*****", queueName, message),
        Message.class,
        true);
}

In a real application you will have to handle which messages are sent / received to which broker based on your requirements. The broker name will be your identification key for the mappings

You should use the MultiQConfig which is a map of ActiveMQConfig configs

activeMQConnections:
  ieQueue:
      brokerUrl: tcp://localhost:61616
  gbQueue:
      brokerUrl: tcp://localhost:61626

Receiving object messages

The bundle also supports receiving plain object messages. The code required for receiving object messages is the same as for json deserialized objects. The magic is happening internally in the library before the message is dispatched to the receiver.

To avoid malicious code from being deserialized, you must configure trusted packages in the bundle configuration, i.e. the packages containing the code you want to receive. More information can be found at http://activemq.apache.org/objectmessage.html . Default behaviour is to reject all packages.

activeMQ:
  ...
  trustedPackages:
    - com.youpackages.*
    - java.util