# Spring specific features

# MongockTemplate

As mentioned in ChangeLogs section, when using Spring, you must use MongockTemplate, instead of Spring MongoTemplate. MongockTemplate is just a decorator/wrapper providing exactly the same API than MongoTemplate, but ensuring your changes are correctly synchronised.

You can find the technical reason behind in the Lock section.

@ChangeSet(order = "005", id = "changeWithMongockTemplate", author = "mongock")
public void changeWithMongockTemplate(MongockTemplate mongockTemplate) {
mongockTemplate.save(new MyEntity());
}

# Profiles

Mongock accepts Spring's org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile annotation. If a changeLog or changeSet class is annotated with @Profile, then it is activated for current application profiles.



Mongock will automatically pick the active profiles from the Spring `ApplicationContext` . Then you only need to annotate your changeLogs and changeSets.


Annotating ChangeLogs and ChangeSets with Profile

Example 1: annotated changeSet will be invoked for a dev profile

@Profile("dev")
@ChangeSet(author = "mongock", id = "changeSetForDevOnly", order = "01")
public void changeSetForDevOnly(MongoDatabase db){
// ...
}

Example 2: all change sets in a changeLog will be invoked for a test profile

@ChangeLog(order = "001")
@Profile("test")
public class changeLogForTestOnly{
@ChangeSet(author = "mongock", id = "changeSetForTestOnly", order = "01")
public void changeSetForTestOnly(MongoDatabase db){
// ...
}
}

# ApplicationRunner vs InitializingBean

When using Spring runner, you choose what type of bean you want to build; Spring ApplicationRunner bean or a InitializingBean.

With annotation approach:

ApplicationRunner

mongock:
change-logs-scan-package:
- com.github.cloudyrock.mongock...changelogs.client.initializer
runner-type: applicationrunner

InitializingBean

mongock:
change-logs-scan-package:
- com.github.cloudyrock.mongock...changelogs.client.initializer
runner-type: initializingbean

With traditional builder approach:

ApplicationRunner

MongockSpring5.builder().
.addChangeLogsScanPackage("changelogs.package.path")
//...
.buildApplicationRunner();

InitializingBean

MongockSpring5.builder().
.addChangeLogsScanPackage("com.github.cloudyrock.mongock.integrationtests.spring5.springdata3.changelogs.client.initializer")
//...
.buildInitializingBeanRunner();