Why @PetiteInject cannot inject service in DecoraManager?

Question

I have a DecoraManager implementation : AppDecoraManager, and want to inject a service e.g.: FooService as:

@PetiteInject
FooService fooService;

When resolveDecorator() is called I want to use fooService to determine some parameters, but it has null value.

What could be the reason for this, and how could I resolve it?

Answer 1

DecoraManager is created by the servlet container, in DecoraServletFilter.

At the moment, there is no integration with existing Petite IOC, so you have to do the following:

• First, you need to have a public static reference to PetiteContainer. Store it during the creation of container, for example.
• Override createDecoraManager() in your implementation
• Use PetiteContainer.wire(this) in your implementation of DecoraManager.

That is the only way to do so, so far.

The alternative would be this:

• Register DecoraManager as @PetiteBean.
• Again, get the static reference to PetiteContainer
• In createDecoraManager use PetiteContainer.get() to get the instance.

In the first example, DecoraManager gets just wired; in the second example, it gets stored in Petite container, too.