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Benjamin Debeerst updated FELIX-4455:
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    Description: 
Consider the following component definition: 
{code}
@Component
@Instantiate
public class ComponentWithoutDefaultConstructor
{
    private Object internal = new Object();

    @Property
    private String property;

    /* Constructor for unit tests */
    public ComponentWithoutDefaultConstructor(String property)
    {
        System.out.println("Non-default constructor call!");
        this.property = property;
    }

    @Validate
    public void activate()
    {
        System.out.println("ComponentWithoutDefaultConstructor: activating!");
        System.out.println(this.internal);
    }

}
{code}

As per definition, I would expect every instance of this class to have a 
non-null member {{internal}} at class creation. This is all fine for my unit 
tests in a non-OSGi environment.

However, having this processes by iPOJO and putting this in an OSGi container, 
the component outputs 
{code}
ComponentWithoutDefaultConstructor: activating!
null
{code}
The existing non-default constructor is not called, while it seems that a 
separate constructor has been created that does non instantiate the member 
variable.

If I extend the code by an empty default constructor, that one is called and 
all works perfectly fine.

I have no idea how iPOJO creates the object instance anyways, as it should not 
be possible to create such an invalid object instance. I don't know much about 
the reflection APIs or byte code manipulation though.

I have put [a sample maven project on 
GitHub|https://github.com/BenjaminDebeerst/ipojo-component-constructor-sample], 
which can be built and droppped into a fresh Karaf container + iPOJO, which 
shows the problem.

If there is no constructor iPOJO can use, I would expect iPOJO to either A) 
throw a warning/error (and build or runtime) and fail to instantiate the 
component or B) synthesize the default constructor properly, including the 
implicit instantiation of member variables.

I encountered this problem both with iPOJO 1.10.1 and 1.11.1

  was:
Consider the following component definition: 
{code}
@Component
@Instantiate
public class ComponentWithoutDefaultConstructor
{
    private Object internal = new Object();

    @Property
    private String property;

    /* Constructor for unit tests */
    public ComponentWithoutDefaultConstructor(String property)
    {
        System.out.println("Non-default constructor call!");
        this.property = property;
    }

    @Validate
    public void activate()
    {
        System.out.println("ComponentWithoutDefaultConstructor: activating!");
        System.out.println(this.internal);
    }

}
{code}

As per definition, I would expect every instance of this class to have a 
non-null member {{internal}} at class creation. This is all fine for my unit 
tests in a non-OSGi environment.

However, having this processes by iPOJO and putting this in an OSGi container, 
the component outputs 
{code}
ComponentWithoutDefaultConstructor: activating!
null
{code}
The existing non-default constructor is not called, while it seems that a 
separate constructor has been created that does non instantiate the member 
variable.

If I extend the code by an empty default constructor, that one is called and 
all works perfectly fine.

I have no idea how iPOJO creates the object instance anyways, as it should not 
be possible to create such an invalid object instance. I don't know much about 
the reflection APIs or byte code manipulation though.

I have put [a sample maven project on 
GitHub|https://github.com/BenjaminDebeerst/ipojo-component-constructor-sample], 
which can be built and droppped into a fresh Karaf container + iPOJO, which 
shows the problem.

If there is no constructor iPOJO can use, I would expect iPOJO to either A) 
throw a warning/error (and build or runtime) and fail to instantiate the 
component or B) synthesize the default constructor properly, including the 
implicit instantiation of member variables.


> Missing default constructor creates invalid class instances
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: FELIX-4455
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FELIX-4455
>             Project: Felix
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: iPOJO
>    Affects Versions: ipojo-manipulator-1.10.1, ipojo-manipulator-1.11.1
>            Reporter: Benjamin Debeerst
>
> Consider the following component definition: 
> {code}
> @Component
> @Instantiate
> public class ComponentWithoutDefaultConstructor
> {
>     private Object internal = new Object();
>     @Property
>     private String property;
>     /* Constructor for unit tests */
>     public ComponentWithoutDefaultConstructor(String property)
>     {
>         System.out.println("Non-default constructor call!");
>         this.property = property;
>     }
>     @Validate
>     public void activate()
>     {
>         System.out.println("ComponentWithoutDefaultConstructor: activating!");
>         System.out.println(this.internal);
>     }
> }
> {code}
> As per definition, I would expect every instance of this class to have a 
> non-null member {{internal}} at class creation. This is all fine for my unit 
> tests in a non-OSGi environment.
> However, having this processes by iPOJO and putting this in an OSGi 
> container, the component outputs 
> {code}
> ComponentWithoutDefaultConstructor: activating!
> null
> {code}
> The existing non-default constructor is not called, while it seems that a 
> separate constructor has been created that does non instantiate the member 
> variable.
> If I extend the code by an empty default constructor, that one is called and 
> all works perfectly fine.
> I have no idea how iPOJO creates the object instance anyways, as it should 
> not be possible to create such an invalid object instance. I don't know much 
> about the reflection APIs or byte code manipulation though.
> I have put [a sample maven project on 
> GitHub|https://github.com/BenjaminDebeerst/ipojo-component-constructor-sample],
>  which can be built and droppped into a fresh Karaf container + iPOJO, which 
> shows the problem.
> If there is no constructor iPOJO can use, I would expect iPOJO to either A) 
> throw a warning/error (and build or runtime) and fail to instantiate the 
> component or B) synthesize the default constructor properly, including the 
> implicit instantiation of member variables.
> I encountered this problem both with iPOJO 1.10.1 and 1.11.1



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