Preparation

We know that the secret of SpringBoot's automatic assembly is in the spring.factories file under the package org. spring framework. boot. autoconfigure, and the principle of embedding Tomcat is a configuration class loaded in this file: org. spring framework. boot. autoconfigure. web. servlet. Servlet Web Server Factory AutoConfiguration.

@Configuration
@AutoConfigureOrder(Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE)
@ConditionalOnClass(ServletRequest.class)
@ConditionalOnWebApplication(type = Type.SERVLET)
@EnableConfigurationProperties(ServerProperties.class)
@Import({ ServletWebServerFactoryAutoConfiguration.BeanPostProcessorsRegistrar.class,
        ServletWebServerFactoryConfiguration.EmbeddedTomcat.class,
        ServletWebServerFactoryConfiguration.EmbeddedJetty.class,
        ServletWebServerFactoryConfiguration.EmbeddedUndertow.class })
public class ServletWebServerFactoryAutoConfiguration {

    @Bean
    public ServletWebServerFactoryCustomizer servletWebServerFactoryCustomizer(
            ServerProperties serverProperties) {
        return new ServletWebServerFactoryCustomizer(serverProperties);
    }

    @Bean
    @ConditionalOnClass(name = "org.apache.catalina.startup.Tomcat")
    public TomcatServletWebServerFactoryCustomizer tomcatServletWebServerFactoryCustomizer(
            ServerProperties serverProperties) {
        return new TomcatServletWebServerFactoryCustomizer(serverProperties);
    }

    /**
     * Registers a {@link WebServerFactoryCustomizerBeanPostProcessor}. Registered via
     * {@link ImportBeanDefinitionRegistrar} for early registration.
     */
    public static class BeanPostProcessorsRegistrar
            implements ImportBeanDefinitionRegistrar, BeanFactoryAware {

        private ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory;

        @Override
        public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException {
            if (beanFactory instanceof ConfigurableListableBeanFactory) {
                this.beanFactory = (ConfigurableListableBeanFactory) beanFactory;
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void registerBeanDefinitions(AnnotationMetadata importingClassMetadata,
                BeanDefinitionRegistry registry) {
            if (this.beanFactory == null) {
                return;
            }
            registerSyntheticBeanIfMissing(registry,
                    "webServerFactoryCustomizerBeanPostProcessor",
                    WebServerFactoryCustomizerBeanPostProcessor.class);
            registerSyntheticBeanIfMissing(registry,
                    "errorPageRegistrarBeanPostProcessor",
                    ErrorPageRegistrarBeanPostProcessor.class);
        }

        private void registerSyntheticBeanIfMissing(BeanDefinitionRegistry registry,
                String name, Class<?> beanClass) {
            if (ObjectUtils.isEmpty(
                    this.beanFactory.getBeanNamesForType(beanClass, true, false))) {
                RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(beanClass);
                beanDefinition.setSynthetic(true);
                registry.registerBeanDefinition(name, beanDefinition);
            }
        }

    }

}

First, look at the notes above.

1. @ The AutoConfigureOrder annotation determines the loading order of the configuration class. The smaller the value in the annotation, the earlier it loads. The value of Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE is Integer.MIN_VALUE, that is to say, the class must be the first to load.
2. @ Conditional OnXXX has been mentioned countless times in previous articles and is no longer elaborated.
3. @ Enable Configuration Properties opens the property value configuration of the ServerProperties class. What this class contains is the configuration of Web services.

@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "server", ignoreUnknownFields = true)
public class ServerProperties {

    private Integer port;

    private InetAddress address;

    @NestedConfigurationProperty
    private final ErrorProperties error = new ErrorProperties();

    private Boolean useForwardHeaders;

    private String serverHeader;

    private int maxHttpHeaderSize = 0; // bytes

    private Duration connectionTimeout;

    @NestedConfigurationProperty
    private Ssl ssl;

    @NestedConfigurationProperty
    private final Compression compression = new Compression();

    @NestedConfigurationProperty
    private final Http2 http2 = new Http2();

    private final Servlet servlet = new Servlet();

    private final Tomcat tomcat = new Tomcat();

    private final Jetty jetty = new Jetty();

    private final Undertow undertow = new Undertow();
}

There's too much code for this class, so it's not posted here. The server.xxx that we usually configure in application.properties is the attribute in this class.

1. @ Import introduces four classes, see what they are
2. BeanPostProcessorsRegistrar

public static class BeanPostProcessorsRegistrar
            implements ImportBeanDefinitionRegistrar, BeanFactoryAware {
        @Override
        public void registerBeanDefinitions(AnnotationMetadata importingClassMetadata,
                BeanDefinitionRegistry registry) {
            if (this.beanFactory == null) {
                return;
            }
            registerSyntheticBeanIfMissing(registry,
                    "webServerFactoryCustomizerBeanPostProcessor",
                    WebServerFactoryCustomizerBeanPostProcessor.class);
            registerSyntheticBeanIfMissing(registry,
                    "errorPageRegistrarBeanPostProcessor",
                    ErrorPageRegistrarBeanPostProcessor.class);
        }

        private void registerSyntheticBeanIfMissing(BeanDefinitionRegistry registry,
                String name, Class<?> beanClass) {
            if (ObjectUtils.isEmpty(
                    this.beanFactory.getBeanNamesForType(beanClass, true, false))) {
                RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(beanClass);
                beanDefinition.setSynthetic(true);
                registry.registerBeanDefinition(name, beanDefinition);
            }
        }

    }

This class registers two beans: WebServerFactoryCustomizerBeanPostProcessor and ErrorPageRegistrarBeanPostProcessor. The roles of these beans are described in more detail later.

1. EmbeddedTomcat

@Configuration
    @ConditionalOnClass({ Servlet.class, Tomcat.class, UpgradeProtocol.class })
    @ConditionalOnMissingBean(value = ServletWebServerFactory.class, search = SearchStrategy.CURRENT)
    public static class EmbeddedTomcat {

        @Bean
        public TomcatServletWebServerFactory tomcatServletWebServerFactory() {
            return new TomcatServletWebServerFactory();
        }

    }

This class adds a Tomcat Servlet Web Server Factorybean when a Tomcat related jar package exists

The other two believe everyone knows what's going on.

1. In addition to these classes, two classes, Servlet WebServerFactoryCustomizer and Tomcat Servlet WebServerFactoryCustomizer, are injected.

Now that the preliminary preparations have been completed, let's see how this Tomcat started.

start-up

On Refresh Method of Start Entry in Servlet Web Server Application Context

protected void onRefresh() {
        super.onRefresh();
        try {
            createWebServer();
        }
        catch (Throwable ex) {
            throw new ApplicationContextException("Unable to start web server", ex);
        }
    }

Tomcat's startup is in the createWebServer method

private void createWebServer() {
        WebServer webServer = this.webServer;
        ServletContext servletContext = getServletContext();
        //Both objects were empty on the first visit
        if (webServer == null && servletContext == null) {
            ServletWebServerFactory factory = getWebServerFactory();
            this.webServer = factory.getWebServer(getSelfInitializer());
        }
        else if (servletContext != null) {
            try {
                getSelfInitializer().onStartup(servletContext);
            }
            catch (ServletException ex) {
                throw new ApplicationContextException("Cannot initialize servlet context",
                        ex);
            }
        }
        initPropertySources();
    }

First, take a look at getWebServerFactory

protected ServletWebServerFactory getWebServerFactory() {
        // The beanname obtained here is the Tomcat Servlet Web Server Factory registered above.
        String[] beanNames = getBeanFactory()
                .getBeanNamesForType(ServletWebServerFactory.class);
        if (beanNames.length == 0) {
            throw new ApplicationContextException(
                    "Unable to start ServletWebServerApplicationContext due to missing "
                            + "ServletWebServerFactory bean.");
        }
        if (beanNames.length > 1) {
            throw new ApplicationContextException(
                    "Unable to start ServletWebServerApplicationContext due to multiple "
                            + "ServletWebServerFactory beans : "
                            + StringUtils.arrayToCommaDelimitedString(beanNames));
        }
        return getBeanFactory().getBean(beanNames[0], ServletWebServerFactory.class);
    }

The beans registered in the preparation environment are now out. Note that a postprocessor Embedded Servlet Container Customizer bean PostProcessor is registered above, and the postProcessBeforeInitialization method of the postprocessor is executed when the beantomcat Servlet Web Server Factory is acquired.

public Object postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object bean, String beanName)
            throws BeansException {
    if (bean instanceof WebServerFactory) {
        postProcessBeforeInitialization((WebServerFactory) bean);
    }
    return bean;
}
private void postProcessBeforeInitialization(WebServerFactory webServerFactory) {
        LambdaSafe
                .callbacks(WebServerFactoryCustomizer.class, getCustomizers(),
                        webServerFactory)
                .withLogger(WebServerFactoryCustomizerBeanPostProcessor.class)
                .invoke((customizer) -> customizer.customize(webServerFactory));
    }

    private Collection<WebServerFactoryCustomizer<?>> getCustomizers() {
        if (this.customizers == null) {
            // Look up does not include the parent context
            this.customizers = new ArrayList<>(getWebServerFactoryCustomizerBeans());
            this.customizers.sort(AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.INSTANCE);
            this.customizers = Collections.unmodifiableList(this.customizers);
        }
        return this.customizers;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
    private Collection<WebServerFactoryCustomizer<?>> getWebServerFactoryCustomizerBeans() {
        return (Collection) this.beanFactory
                .getBeansOfType(WebServerFactoryCustomizer.class, false, false).values();
    }

The function of this processor is to get all the customizers and then execute the customizer's methods.

Then look down.

This is the time to start Tomcat

public WebServer getWebServer(ServletContextInitializer... initializers) {
        Tomcat tomcat = new Tomcat();
        File baseDir = (this.baseDirectory != null ? this.baseDirectory
                : createTempDir("tomcat"));
        tomcat.setBaseDir(baseDir.getAbsolutePath());
        Connector connector = new Connector(this.protocol);
        tomcat.getService().addConnector(connector);
        customizeConnector(connector);
        tomcat.setConnector(connector);
        tomcat.getHost().setAutoDeploy(false);
        configureEngine(tomcat.getEngine());
        for (Connector additionalConnector : this.additionalTomcatConnectors) {
            tomcat.getService().addConnector(additionalConnector);
        }
        prepareContext(tomcat.getHost(), initializers);
        return getTomcatWebServer(tomcat);
    }
protected TomcatWebServer getTomcatWebServer(Tomcat tomcat) {
        return new TomcatWebServer(tomcat, getPort() >= 0);
    }
public TomcatWebServer(Tomcat tomcat, boolean autoStart) {
        Assert.notNull(tomcat, "Tomcat Server must not be null");
        this.tomcat = tomcat;
        this.autoStart = autoStart;
        initialize();
    }
private void initialize() throws WebServerException {
        TomcatWebServer.logger
                .info("Tomcat initialized with port(s): " + getPortsDescription(false));
        synchronized (this.monitor) {
            try {
                addInstanceIdToEngineName();

                Context context = findContext();
                context.addLifecycleListener((event) -> {
                    if (context.equals(event.getSource())
                            && Lifecycle.START_EVENT.equals(event.getType())) {
                        // Remove service connectors so that protocol binding doesn't
                        // happen when the service is started.
                        removeServiceConnectors();
                    }
                });

                // Start the server to trigger initialization listeners
                this.tomcat.start();

                // We can re-throw failure exception directly in the main thread
                rethrowDeferredStartupExceptions();

                try {
                    ContextBindings.bindClassLoader(context, context.getNamingToken(),
                            getClass().getClassLoader());
                }
                catch (NamingException ex) {
                    // Naming is not enabled. Continue
                }

                // Unlike Jetty, all Tomcat threads are daemon threads. We create a
                // blocking non-daemon to stop immediate shutdown
                startDaemonAwaitThread();
            }
            catch (Exception ex) {
                throw new WebServerException("Unable to start embedded Tomcat", ex);
            }
        }
    }