# Infinispan Spring Boot Starter

The Infinispan starter provides a set of managed transitive dependencies that include everything your Spring Boot project needs to seamlessly interact with Infinispan.

| The Infinispan Spring Boot starter gives you a convenient way to get started with Spring Boot but is optional. To use Infinispan with Spring Boot you can simply add the dependencies you want.

## 1. Setting Up Your Project

Add dependencies for the Infinispan Spring Boot Starter to your project.

### 1.1. Enforcing Infinispan Versions

This starter uses a high-level API to ensure compatibility between major versions of Infinispan. However you can enforce a specific version of Infinispan with the `infinispan-bom` module.

Add `infinispan-bom` to your `pom.xml` file before the starter dependencies, as follows:

    <properties>
      <version.infinispan>12.1.0.CR2</version.infinispan>
    </properties>

    <dependencyManagement>
        <dependencies>
           <dependency>
               <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
               <artifactId>infinispan-bom</artifactId>
               <version>${version.infinispan}</version>
               <type>pom</type>
               <scope>import</scope>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
               <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
               <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
               <version>${version.spring.boot}</version>
               <type>pom</type>
               <scope>import</scope>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
               <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
               <artifactId>infinispan-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
           </dependency>
        </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>

| The Infinispan Spring Boot starter uses different Spring Boot versions to other projects such as Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes. If you want to use a specific Spring Boot version for compatibility with other projects, you must add the correct dependency to your project.

### 1.2. Adding Dependencies for Usage Modes

Infinispan provides different dependencies for each usage mode. Add one of the following to your `pom.xml` file:

Embedded Mode

    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
      <artifactId>infinispan-spring-boot-starter-embedded</artifactId>
    </dependency>

Remote Client/Server Mode

    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
      <artifactId>infinispan-spring-boot-starter-remote</artifactId>
    </dependency>

## 2. Running in Embedded Mode

Embed the Infinispan library in your project for in-memory data storage.

### 2.1. Adding the EmbeddedCacheManager Bean

1. Add `infinispan-spring-boot-starter-embedded` to your project’s classpath to enable Embedded mode.

   This starter operates in Remote Client/Server mode with `infinispan-spring-boot-starter-remote` on the classpath by default.

2. Use the Spring `@Autowired` annotation to include an `EmbeddedCacheManager` bean in your Java configuration classes, as in the following example:

       private final EmbeddedCacheManager cacheManager;

       @Autowired
       public YourClassName(EmbeddedCacheManager cacheManager) {
           this.cacheManager = cacheManager;
       }

   You are now ready to use Infinispan in Embedded Mode. Here is a simple example:

       cacheManager.getCache("testCache").put("testKey", "testValue");
       System.out.println("Received value from cache: " + cacheManager.getCache("testCache").get("testKey"));

### 2.2. Cache Manager Configuration Beans

You can customize the cache manager with the following configuration beans:

- `InfinispanGlobalConfigurer`

- `InfinispanCacheConfigurer`

- `Configuration`

- `InfinispanConfigurationCustomizer`

- `InfinispanGlobalConfigurationCustomizer`

  | You can create one `InfinispanGlobalConfigurer` bean only. However you can create multiple configurations with the other beans.

InfinispanCacheConfigurer Bean

    @Bean
    public InfinispanCacheConfigurer cacheConfigurer() {
            return manager -> {
                    final Configuration ispnConfig = new ConfigurationBuilder()
                            .clustering()
                            .cacheMode(CacheMode.LOCAL)
                            .build();

                    manager.defineConfiguration("local-sync-config", ispnConfig);
            };
    }

Configuration Bean

Link the bean name to the cache that it configures, as follows:

    @Bean(name = "small-cache")
    public org.infinispan.configuration.cache.Configuration smallCache() {
        return new ConfigurationBuilder()
            .read(baseCache)
            .memory().size(1000L)
            .memory().evictionType(EvictionType.COUNT)
            .build();
    }

    @Bean(name = "large-cache")
    public org.infinispan.configuration.cache.Configuration largeCache() {
        return new ConfigurationBuilder()
            .read(baseCache)
            .memory().size(2000L)
            .build();
    }

Customizer Beans

    @Bean
    public InfinispanGlobalConfigurationCustomizer globalCustomizer() {
       return builder -> builder.transport().clusterName(CLUSTER_NAME);
    }

    @Bean
    public InfinispanConfigurationCustomizer configurationCustomizer() {
       return builder -> builder.memory().evictionType(EvictionType.COUNT);
    }

### 2.3. Enabling Spring Cache Support

With both embedded and remote Infinispan provides an implementation of Spring Cache that you can enable.

Procedure

Add the `@EnableCaching` annotation to your application.

If the Infinispan starter detects the:

- `EmbeddedCacheManager` bean, it instantiates a new `SpringEmbeddedCacheManager`.

- `RemoteCacheManager` bean, it instantiates a new `SpringRemoteCacheManager`.

Reference

Spring Cache Reference

## 3. Running in Server Mode

Store and retrieve data from remote Infinispan clusters using Hot Rod, a custom TCP binary wire protocol.

### 3.1. Setting Up the RemoteCacheManager

1. Provide the location for the Infinispan server so the starter can create the `RemoteCacheManager` bean.

   The starter first tries to find the server location in `hotrod-client.properties` and then from `application.properties`.

2. Use the Spring `@Autowired` annotation to include your own custom cache manager class in your application:

       private final RemoteCacheManager cacheManager;

       @Autowired
       public YourClassName(RemoteCacheManager cacheManager) {
           this.cacheManager = cacheManager;
       }

Hot Rod client properties

Specify client configuration in `hotrod-client.properties` on your classpath, for example:

    # List Infinispan or Data Grid servers by IP address or hostname at port 11222.
    infinispan.client.hotrod.server_list=127.0.0.1:6667

For more information, see org.infinispan.client.hotrod.configuration.

Application properties

Configure your project with `application.properties`. See Application Properties for more information.

### 3.2. Configuring Marshalling

Configure Infinispan servers to use Java serialization to marshall objects.

By default Infinispan server uses a ProtoStream serialization library as the default marshaller. However, the ProtoStream marshaller is not supported for Spring integration. For this reason you should use the Java Serialization Marshaller.

- Specify the following properties in your `application.properties`:

      infinispan.remote.marshaller=org.infinispan.commons.marshall.JavaSerializationMarshaller (1)
      infinispan.remote.java-serial-whitelist=your_marshalled_beans_package.* (2)

1 | Use the Java Serialization Marshaller.
2 | Adds your classes to the serialization whitelist so Infinispan marshalls your objects. You can specify a comma-separated list of fully qualified class names or a regular expression to match classes.

### 3.3. Cache Manager Configuration Beans

Customize the cache manager with the following configuration beans:

- `InfinispanRemoteConfigurer`

- `Configuration`

- `InfinispanRemoteCacheCustomizer`

  | You can create one `InfinispanRemoteConfigurer` bean only. However you can create multiple configurations with the other beans.

InfinispanRemoteConfigurer Bean

    @Bean
    public InfinispanRemoteConfigurer infinispanRemoteConfigurer() {
        return () -> new ConfigurationBuilder()
            .addServer()
            .host("127.0.0.1")
            .port(12345)
            .build();
    }

Configuration Bean

    @Bean
    public org.infinispan.client.hotrod.configuration.Configuration customConfiguration() {
        new ConfigurationBuilder()
            .addServer()
            .host("127.0.0.1")
            .port(12345)
            .build();
    }

InfinispanRemoteCacheCustomizer Bean

    @Bean
    public InfinispanRemoteCacheCustomizer customizer() {
        return b -> b.tcpKeepAlive(false);
    }

| Use the `@Ordered` annotation to apply customizers in a specific order.

### 3.4. Enabling Spring Cache Support

With both embedded and remote Infinispan provides an implementation of Spring Cache that you can enable.

Procedure

Add the `@EnableCaching` annotation to your application.

If the Infinispan starter detects the:

- `EmbeddedCacheManager` bean, it instantiates a new `SpringEmbeddedCacheManager`.

- `RemoteCacheManager` bean, it instantiates a new `SpringRemoteCacheManager`.

Reference

Spring Cache Reference

### 3.5. Exposing Infinispan Statistics

Infinispan supports the Spring Boot Actuator to expose cache statistics as metrics.

To use the Actuator, add the following to your `pom.xml` file:

    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
      <version>${version.spring.boot}</version>
     </dependency>

    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
      <version>${version.spring.boot}</version>
    </dependency>

You must then activate statistics for the appropriate cache instances, either programmatically or declaratively.

Programmatically

    @Bean
    public InfinispanCacheConfigurer cacheConfigurer() {
      return cacheManager -> {
         final org.infinispan.configuration.cache.Configuration config =
               new ConfigurationBuilder()
                     .jmxStatistics().enable()
                     .build();

         cacheManager.defineConfiguration("my-cache", config);
      };
    }

Declaratively

    <local-cache name="mycache" statistics="true"/>

The Spring Boot Actuator registry binds cache instances when your application starts. If you create caches dynamically, you should use the `CacheMetricsRegistrar` bean to bind caches to the Actuator registry, as follows:

    @Autowire
    CacheMetricsRegistrar cacheMetricsRegistrar;

    @Autowire
    CacheManager cacheManager;
    ...

    cacheMetricsRegistrar.bindCacheToRegistry(cacheManager.getCache("my-cache"));

## 4. Using Spring Session

### 4.1. Enabling Spring Session Support

Complete this procedure to use Spring Session in your project.

Infinispan Spring Session support is built on `SpringRemoteCacheManager` and `SpringEmbeddedCacheManager`. This starter produces those beans by default.

Procedure

1. Add this starter to your project.

2. Add Spring Session to the classpath.

3. Add the following annotations to your configuration:

   - `@EnableCaching`

   - `@EnableInfinispanRemoteHttpSession`

   - `@EnableInfinispanEmbeddedHttpSession`

| Infinispan does not provide a default cache. To use Spring Session, you must add a Infinispan cache configuration. See Remotely Creating Infinispan Caches.

## 5. Application Properties

Configure your project with `application.properties` or `application.yaml`.

    # List Infinispan or Data Grid servers by IP address or hostname at port 11222.
    infinispan.remote.server-list=127.0.0.1:11222

    #
    # Embedded Properties - Uncomment properties to use them.
    #

    # Enables embedded capabilities in your application.
    # Values are true (default) or false.
    #infinispan.embedded.enabled =

    # Sets the Spring state machine ID.
    #infinispan.embedded.machineId =

    # Sets the name of the embedded cluster.
    #infinispan.embedded.clusterName =

    # Specifies a XML configuration file that takes priority over the global
    # configuration bean or any configuration customizer.
    #infinispan.embedded.configXml =

    #
    # Server Properties - Uncomment properties to use them.
    #

    # Specifies a custom filename for Hot Rod client properties.
    #infinispan.remote.clientProperties =

    # Enables remote server connections.
    # Values are true (default) or false.
    #infinispan.remote.enabled =

    # Defines a comma-separated list of servers in this format:
    # `host1[:port],host2[:port]`.
    #infinispan.remote.serverList =

    # Sets a timeout value, in milliseconds, for socket connections.
    #infinispan.remote.socketTimeout =

    # Sets a timeout value for initializing connections with servers.
    #infinispan.remote.connectTimeout =

    # Sets the maximum number of attempts to connect to servers.
    #infinispan.remote.maxRetries =

    # Specifies the marshaller to use.
    #infinispan.remote.marshaller =

    # Adds your classes to the serialization whitelist.
    #infinispan.remote.java-serial-whitelist=