Spring Framework

Microbule is designed to be automatically loaded into your Spring ApplicationContext. All of Microbule’s components are assigned JSR-330 (javax.inject) annotations. First, you’ll need to add Microbule to the classpath.

Dependencies

If you are using Maven, simply add the following dependencies to your pom.xml file:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.microbule</groupId>
  <artifactId>microbule-all</artifactId>
  <version>${microbule.version}</version>
<dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.microbule</groupId>
  <artifactId>microbule-spring-container</artifactId>
  <version>${microbule.version}</version>
<dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.microbule</groupId>
  <artifactId>microbule-spring-config</artifactId>
  <version>${microbule.version}</version>
<dependency>

Let’s examine these dependencies:

• microbule-all: the Microbule framework with all of the standard plugins.
• microbule-spring-container: the Spring-based MicrobuleContainer implementation, which adapts Microbule to Spring.
• microbule-spring-config: the Spring-based ConfigurationProvider, which allows Microbule to be configured using Spring’s PropertySource abstraction.

Once you have these dependencies defined, you can easily load Microbule into your ApplicationContext.

Loading Microbule

Since Microbule uses JSR-330, it can be automatically detected using Spring’s component scan feature. For example, if you are using Spring’s Java-based configuration:

@Configuration
@ComponentScan(basePackages = {"org.microbule","com.myco.myproj"})
@PropertySource("classpath:application.properties")
public class MyApplicationConfiguration {

}

JAX-RS Service Discovery

Once Microbule starts, it will automatically create a CXF server for any @Path-annotated bean in the current ApplicationContext.