Micronaut-Core: How to create dynamic endpoints - kotlin

Question

Simple question. Is it possible to create endpoints without #Endpoint?
I want to create rather dynamic endpoints by a file and depending on the content to its context.
Thanks!
Update about my idea. I would to create something like a plugin system, to make my application more extensible for maintenance and future features.
It is worth to be mentioned I am using Micronaut with Kotlin. Right now I've got fixed defined Endpoints, which matches my command scripts.
My description files will be under /src/main/resources
I've got following example description file how it might look like.
ENDPOINT: GET /myapi/customendpoint/version
COMMAND: """
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# This will be executed via SSH and streamed to stdout for further handling
echo "1.0.0"
"""
# This is a template JSON which will generate a JSON as production on the endpoint
OUTPUT: """
{
"version": "Server version: $RESULT"
}
"""
How I would like to make it work with the application.
import io.micronaut.docs.context.events.SampleEvent
import io.micronaut.context.event.StartupEvent
import io.micronaut.context.event.ShutdownEvent
import io.micronaut.runtime.event.annotation.EventListener
#Singleton
class SampleEventListener {
/*var invocationCounter = 0
#EventListener
internal fun onSampleEvent(event: SampleEvent) {
invocationCounter++
}*/
#EventListener
internal fun onStartupEvent(event: StartupEvent) {
// 1. I read all my description files
// 2. Parse them (for what I created a parser)
// 3. Now the tricky part, how to add those information to Micronaut Runtime
val do = MyDescription() // After I parsed
// Would be awesome if it is that simple! :)
Micronaut.addEndpoint(
do.getEndpoint(), do.getHttpOption(),
MyCustomRequestHandler(do.getCommand()) // Maybe there is a base class for inheritance?
)
}
#EventListener
internal fun onShutdownEvent(event: ShutdownEvent) {
// shutdown logic here
}
}

Answer 1

You can create a custom RouteBuilder that will register your custom endpoints at runtime:
#Singleton
class CustomRouteBuilder extends DefaultRouteBuilder {
#PostConstruct
fun initRoutes() {
val do = MyDescription();
val method = do.getMethod();
val routeUri = do.getEndpoint();
val routeHandle = MethodExecutionHandle<Object, Object>() {
// implement the 'MethodExecutionHandle' in a suitable manner to invoke the 'do.getCommand()'
};
buildRoute(HttpMethod.parse(method), routeUri, routeHandle);
}
}
Note that while this would still feasible, it would be better to consider another extension path as the solution defeats the whole Micronaut philosophy of being an AOT compilation framework.

Answer 2

It was actually pretty easy. The solution for me was to implement a HttpServerFilter.
#Filter("/api/sws/custom/**")
class SwsRouteFilter(
private val swsService: SwsService
): HttpServerFilter {
override fun doFilter(request: HttpRequest<*>?, chain: ServerFilterChain?): Publisher<MutableHttpResponse<*>> {
return Flux.from(Mono.fromCallable {
runBlocking {
swsService.execute(request)
}
}.subscribeOn(Schedulers.boundedElastic()).flux())
}
}
And the service can process with the HttpRequest object:
suspend fun execute(request: HttpRequest<*>?): MutableHttpResponse<Feedback> {
val path = request!!.path.split("/api/sws/custom")[1]
val httpMethod = request.method
val parameters: Map<String, List<String>> = request.parameters.asMap()
// TODO: Handle request body
// and do your stuff ...
}