How to set up datasource with Spring for HikariCP?

Question

Hi I'm trying to use HikariCP with Spring for connection pool. I'm using jdbcTempLate and JdbcdaoSupport.
This is my spring configuration file for datasource:

<bean id="dataSource" class="com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource">
    <property name="dataSourceClassName" value="oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver"/>
    <property name="dataSource.url" value="jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:XE"/>
    <property name="dataSource.user" value="username"/>
    <property name="dataSource.password" value="password"/>
</bean>

But unfortunately the following error message is generating:

Cannot resolve reference to bean 'dataSource' while setting bean property 'dataSource'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'dataSource' defined in ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/dispatcher-servlet.xml]: Instantiation of bean failed; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Could not instantiate bean class [com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource]: No default constructor found; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource.<init>()

Can anyone please tell me how to solve this issue?

Answer 1

you need to write this structure on your bean configuration (this is your datasource):

<bean id="hikariConfig" class="com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig">
    <property name="poolName" value="springHikariCP" />
    <property name="connectionTestQuery" value="SELECT 1" />
    <property name="dataSourceClassName" value="${hibernate.dataSourceClassName}" />
    <property name="maximumPoolSize" value="${hibernate.hikari.maximumPoolSize}" />
    <property name="idleTimeout" value="${hibernate.hikari.idleTimeout}" />

    <property name="dataSourceProperties">
        <props>
            <prop key="url">${dataSource.url}</prop>
            <prop key="user">${dataSource.username}</prop>
            <prop key="password">${dataSource.password}</prop>
        </props>
    </property>
</bean>

<!-- HikariCP configuration -->
<bean id="dataSource" class="com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource" destroy-method="close">
    <constructor-arg ref="hikariConfig" />
</bean>

This is my example and it is working. You just need to put your properties on hibernate.properties and set it before:

<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
    <property name="locations">
        <list>
            <value>classpath:hibernate.properties</value>
        </list>
    </property>
</bean>

Obs.: the versions are
log4j: 1.2.16
springframework: 3.1.4.RELEASE
HikariCP: 1.4.0

Properties file (hibernate.properties):

hibernate.dataSourceClassName=oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource
hibernate.hikari.maximumPoolSize=10
hibernate.hikari.idleTimeout=30000
dataSource.url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:xe
dataSource.username=admin
dataSource.password=