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>12.0.2.Final</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=