[FIXED] Spring Integration AOP for Logging outbound Http requests

Issue

I was looking at a post from 2014 about using Spring AOP for logging HTTP requests/replies:

Spring integration + logging response time for http adapters(or any endpoint)

To this end, I tried this AOP configuration:

<aop:config >
    <aop:aspect id="myAspect" ref="inboundOutboundHttpLogging">
        <aop:pointcut id="handleRequestMessageMethod"
                      expression="execution(* org.springframework.integration.handler.AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler.handleRequestMessage(*))
                                  and
                                  args(message))" />
        <aop:before method="requestMessageSent" pointcut-ref="handleRequestMessageMethod" arg-names="message"/>
    </aop:aspect>
</aop:config>

Is there perhaps a newer way of using AOP for logging HTTP requests? I want to avoid having to put per-request logging (i.e. outbound-gateway advice on each gateway).

Thanks for any pointers.

Solution

The handleRequestMessage() is essentially an input message to this gateway and output. So, if you don't like implementing an AbstractRequestHandlerAdvice and adding it into each your gateway via their <request-handler-advice-chain>, then consider to use a <wire-tap> for input and output channels of those gateway.

You may implement, though, a BeanPostProcessor.postProcessBeforeInitialization() to add your custom AbstractRequestHandlerAdvice into those HTTP gateways you are interested in.

My point is that <aop:aspect> you are presenting us really might lead to some unexpected behavior, like that final method concern you have edit out from your question...

Answered By - Artem Bilan
Answer Checked By - Marie Seifert (JavaFixing Admin)