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EhCache config with BeanUtils

BeanUtils allows you to set Bean properties.If you have configuration stored in a Map it’s tempting to use BeanUtils to automagically setup EhCache configuration.Sadly this class has mixed types in setters and getter and thus BeanUtils that use Introsp…

BeanUtils allows you to set Bean properties.
If you have configuration stored in a Map it’s tempting to use BeanUtils to automagically setup EhCache configuration.
Sadly this class has mixed types in setters and getter and thus BeanUtils that use Introspector behind won’t get getter and setter pairs properly. It will get only getters and thus inform you that these properties are read only: “Skipping read-only property”.

My fast solution is to use BeanUtils and have a fallback to Reflection.

public static void setProperty(Object obj, String propertyName, Object propertyValue, boolean silently) {
        try {
            PropertyDescriptor desc = PropertyUtils.getPropertyDescriptor(obj, propertyName);
            Method writeMethod = desc.getWriteMethod(); 
                 
            if (writeMethod == null) {
                writeMethod = getAlternativeWriteMethod(obj, propertyName, propertyValue.getClass());
            }
            
            if (writeMethod == null) {
                if (silently) {
                    return;
                }
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can't find writerMethod for " + propertyName);
            }

            if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
                LOG.trace(String.format("Setting %s property of %s", propertyName, obj.getClass().getSimpleName()));
            }
            
            writeMethod.invoke(obj, propertyValue);
        } catch (IllegalAccessException | NoSuchMethodException | InvocationTargetException e) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Error when setting object property.", e);
        }
    }

    private static Method getAlternativeWriteMethod(Object obj, String propertyName, Class paramClass) throws NoSuchMethodException {
        String setterMethod = "set" + propertyName.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + propertyName.substring(1);
        Method m; 
        if ((m = getMethod(obj, paramClass, setterMethod)) != null) {
            return m;
        }
        Class altClass = paramClass.isPrimitive() ? ClassUtils.primitiveToWrapper(paramClass) : ClassUtils.wrapperToPrimitive(paramClass);
        if ((m = getMethod(obj, altClass, setterMethod)) != null) {
            return m;
        }
        
        return null;
    }

    private static Method getMethod(Object obj, Class paramClass, String setterMethod) {

        try {
            return obj.getClass().getMethod(setterMethod, paramClass);
        } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

I will think about PR to Configuration class but it’s complicated as EhCache 2.x is not present on GitHub.

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Phonegap / Cordova and cross domain ssl request problem on android.

In one app I have participated, there was a use case:
  • User fill up a form.
  • User submit the form.
  • System send data via https to server and show a response.
During development there wasn’t any problem, but when we were going to release production version then some unsuspected situation occurred. I prepare the production version accordingly with standard flow for Android environment:
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  • align
  • signing
During conduct tests on that version, every time I try to submit the form, a connection error appear. In that situation, at the first you should check whitelist in cordova settings. Every URL you want to connect to, must be explicit type in: 
res/xml/cordova.xml
If whitelist looks fine, the error is most likely caused by inner implementation of Android System. The Android WebView does not allow by default self-signed SSL certs. When app is debug-signed the SSL error is ignored, but if app is release-signed connection to untrusted services is blocked.



Workaround


You have to remember that secure connection to service with self-signed certificate is risky and unrecommended. But if you know what you are doing there is some workaround of the security problem. Behavior of method 
CordovaWebViewClient.onReceivedSslError
must be changed.


Thus add new class extended CordovaWebViewClient and override ‘onReceivedSslError’. I strongly suggest to implement custom onReceiveSslError as secure as possible. I know that the problem occours when app try connect to example.domain.com and in spite of self signed certificate the domain is trusted, so only for that case the SslError is ignored. 

public class MyWebViewClient extends CordovaWebViewClient {

   private static final String TAG = MyWebViewClient.class.getName();
   private static final String AVAILABLE_SLL_CN 
                               = "example.domain.com";

   public MyWebViewClient(DroidGap ctx) {
       super(ctx);
   }

   @Override
   public void onReceivedSslError(WebView view, 
                                  SslErrorHandler handler, 
                                  android.net.http.SslError error) {

       String errorSourceCName = error.getCertificate().
                                  getIssuedTo().getCName();

       if( AVAILABLE_SLL_CN.equals(errorSourceCName) ) {
           Log.i(TAG, "Detect ssl connection error: " + 
                       error.toString() + 
                       „ so the error is ignored”);

           handler.proceed();
           return;
       }

       super.onReceivedSslError(view, handler, error);
   }
}
Next step is forcing yours app to  use custom implementation of WebViewClient. 

public class Start extends DroidGap
{
   private static final String TAG = Start.class.getName();

   @Override
   public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
   {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       super.setIntegerProperty("splashscreen", R.drawable.splash);
       super.init();

       MyWebViewClient myWebViewClient = new MyWebViewClient(this);
       myWebViewClient.setWebView(this.appView);

       this.appView.setWebViewClient(myWebViewClient);
       
       // yours code

   }
}
That is all ypu have to do if minSdk of yours app is greater or equals 8. In older version of Android there is no class 
android.net.http.SslError
So in class MyCordovaWebViewClient class there are errors because compliator doesn’t see SslError class. Fortunately Android is(was) open source, so it is easy to find source of the class. There is no inpediments to ‘upgrade’ app and just add the file to project. I suggest to keep original packages. Thus after all operations the source tree looks like:

Class SslError placed in source tree. 
 Now the app created in release mode can connect via https to services with self-signed SSl certificates.
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