Gateway handler alias not documented [INT-2997]

[spring-operator]

Karen Christenson opened INT-2997 and commented

The handler alias has been added to int-ws:outbound-gateway, but it isn't documented in the Javadoc or the Reference Manual.

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Issue Links:

• Add Bean Name Alias for Beans with Generated Names [INT-2417] #6401 Add Bean Name Alias for Beans with Generated Names

[spring-operator]

Gary Russell commented

Gunnar; it's not just web services; see #6401 - it's all endpoints generated by the AbstractConsumerEndpointParser.

I am not sure of the best place to document it; for the most part, users only need to get a reference to the handler in test cases (perhaps to inject a mock or reconfigure it somehow).

We probably need a new "Testing" chapter - it could point to the testing samples, and perhaps the Testing chapter in Spring Integration In Action.

Also, maybe a chapter on bean names - for example explaining all the beans automatically generated (errorChannel, taskScheduler etc).

Another case is on the inbound side, if we give an adapter an ID, but no channel, the channel gets the ID and the adapter gets <ID>.adapter.

[spring-operator]

Artem Bilan commented

FYI it's not only for testing. It is usefull for Control Bus:
https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-integration/blob/master/spring-integration-groovy/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/groovy/GroovyControlBusDelayerManagementTest.groovy

[spring-operator]

Gary Russell commented

PR: #975