When Atomikos is configured via Spring, a jta.properties or transactions.properties file is not needed. Nonetheless, Atomikos starts up with the follow messages printed to stderr:
No properties path set - looking for transactions.properties in classpath...
transactions.properties not found - looking for jta.properties in classpath...
Failed to open transactions properties file - using default values
It makes it look like the Spring configuration didn't take -- although apparently everything is fine. Does anyone know how to get rid of this so I don't end up getting asked about it 1.000 times?
Is there a way to redirect stderr from a particular component or jar?
You need to set the system property com.atomikos.icatch.hide_init_file_path to any value. Do this on the java command line. In maven you do this by passing a command line arg to surefire as follows:
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<argLine>-Dcom.atomikos.icatch.hide_init_file_path=true</argLine>
</configuration>
</plugin>
Update: From within a Spring configuration file, you can set the property like this:
<bean id="atomikosSystemProps" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.MethodInvokingFactoryBean">
<property name="targetObject">
<!-- System.getProperties() -->
<bean class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.MethodInvokingFactoryBean">
<property name="targetClass" value="java.lang.System" />
<property name="targetMethod" value="getProperties" />
</bean>
</property>
<property name="targetMethod" value="putAll" />
<property name="arguments">
<!-- The new Properties -->
<util:properties>
<prop key="com.atomikos.icatch.hide_init_file_path">true</prop>
</util:properties>
</property>
</bean>
Just remember to make your Atomikos beans "depend-on" this bean so the order of instantiation is correct.