Implementing Read/Write Splitting with Spring's AbstractRoutingDataSource

Read/write splitting decides which database (master or slave) should execute a given SQL. This article chooses the application-level approach using Spring's routing datasource and AOP.

AbstractRoutingDataSource routes to a specific datasource based on a lookup key, maintaining a map of target datasources.

Dependencies (Maven): Spring Boot starter AOP, JDBC, Web, MyBatis Spring Boot starter, MySQL driver, Commons Lang3, test dependencies.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>com.cjs.example</groupId>
    <artifactId>cjs-datasource-demo</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>cjs-datasource-demo</name>
    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>2.0.5.RELEASE</version>
        <relativePath/>
    </parent>
    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
    </properties>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-aop</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jdbc</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.mybatis.spring.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>mybatis-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
            <version>1.3.2</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
            <version>3.8</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

Data source configuration (application.yml) defines a master and two slaves with JDBC URLs, usernames, passwords, and driver class names.

spring:
  datasource:
    master:
      jdbc-url: jdbc:mysql://192.168.102.31:3306/test
      username: root
      password: 123456
      driver-class-name: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
    slave1:
      jdbc-url: jdbc:mysql://192.168.102.56:3306/test
      username: pig   # read‑only account
      password: 123456
      driver-class-name: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
    slave2:
      jdbc-url: jdbc:mysql://192.168.102.36:3306/test
      username: pig   # read‑only account
      password: 123456
      driver-class-name: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

Multiple data source configuration defines beans for each datasource and a routing datasource that maps DBTypeEnum.MASTER , DBTypeEnum.SLAVE1 , DBTypeEnum.SLAVE2 to the corresponding beans.

package com.cjs.example.config;

import com.cjs.example.bean.MyRoutingDataSource;
import com.cjs.example.enums.DBTypeEnum;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
import org.springframework.boot.jdbc.DataSourceBuilder;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;

import javax.sql.DataSource;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

@Configuration
public class DataSourceConfig {

    @Bean
    @ConfigurationProperties("spring.datasource.master")
    public DataSource masterDataSource() {
        return DataSourceBuilder.create().build();
    }

    @Bean
    @ConfigurationProperties("spring.datasource.slave1")
    public DataSource slave1DataSource() {
        return DataSourceBuilder.create().build();
    }

    @Bean
    @ConfigurationProperties("spring.datasource.slave2")
    public DataSource slave2DataSource() {
        return DataSourceBuilder.create().build();
    }

    @Bean
    public DataSource myRoutingDataSource(@Qualifier("masterDataSource") DataSource masterDataSource,
                                          @Qualifier("slave1DataSource") DataSource slave1DataSource,
                                          @Qualifier("slave2DataSource") DataSource slave2DataSource) {
        Map
targetDataSources = new HashMap<>();
        targetDataSources.put(DBTypeEnum.MASTER, masterDataSource);
        targetDataSources.put(DBTypeEnum.SLAVE1, slave1DataSource);
        targetDataSources.put(DBTypeEnum.SLAVE2, slave2DataSource);
        MyRoutingDataSource myRoutingDataSource = new MyRoutingDataSource();
        myRoutingDataSource.setDefaultTargetDataSource(masterDataSource);
        myRoutingDataSource.setTargetDataSources(targetDataSources);
        return myRoutingDataSource;
    }
}

MyBatis configuration sets the routing datasource for SqlSessionFactory and transaction manager.

package com.cjs.example.config;

import org.apache.ibatis.session.SqlSessionFactory;
import org.mybatis.spring.SqlSessionFactoryBean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.core.io.support.PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver;
import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager;
import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;

import javax.annotation.Resource;
import javax.sql.DataSource;

@EnableTransactionManagement
@Configuration
public class MyBatisConfig {

    @Resource(name = "myRoutingDataSource")
    private DataSource myRoutingDataSource;

    @Bean
    public SqlSessionFactory sqlSessionFactory() throws Exception {
        SqlSessionFactoryBean sqlSessionFactoryBean = new SqlSessionFactoryBean();
        sqlSessionFactoryBean.setDataSource(myRoutingDataSource);
        sqlSessionFactoryBean.setMapperLocations(new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver()
                .getResources("classpath:mapper/*.xml"));
        return sqlSessionFactoryBean.getObject();
    }

    @Bean
    public PlatformTransactionManager platformTransactionManager() {
        return new DataSourceTransactionManager(myRoutingDataSource);
    }
}

Routing key handling includes DBTypeEnum enum, DBContextHolder using ThreadLocal, and MyRoutingDataSource extending AbstractRoutingDataSource to return the current key.

package com.cjs.example.enums;

public enum DBTypeEnum {
    MASTER, SLAVE1, SLAVE2;
}

package com.cjs.example.bean;

import com.cjs.example.enums.DBTypeEnum;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;

public class DBContextHolder {
    private static final ThreadLocal
contextHolder = new ThreadLocal<>();
    private static final AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger(-1);

    public static void set(DBTypeEnum dbType) {
        contextHolder.set(dbType);
    }

    public static DBTypeEnum get() {
        return contextHolder.get();
    }

    public static void master() {
        set(DBTypeEnum.MASTER);
        System.out.println("切换到master");
    }

    public static void slave() {
        int index = counter.getAndIncrement() % 2;
        if (counter.get() > 9999) {
            counter.set(-1);
        }
        if (index == 0) {
            set(DBTypeEnum.SLAVE1);
            System.out.println("切换到slave1");
        } else {
            set(DBTypeEnum.SLAVE2);
            System.out.println("切换到slave2");
        }
    }
}

package com.cjs.example.bean;

import com.cjs.example.enums.DBTypeEnum;
import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.lookup.AbstractRoutingDataSource;
import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;

public class MyRoutingDataSource extends AbstractRoutingDataSource {
    @Nullable
    @Override
    protected Object determineCurrentLookupKey() {
        return DBContextHolder.get();
    }
}

AOP defines pointcuts for read (select, get) and write (insert, update, delete) methods; before advice switches the context to slave or master accordingly.

package com.cjs.example.aop;

import com.cjs.example.bean.DBContextHolder;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Aspect;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Before;
import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Pointcut;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

@Aspect
@Component
public class DataSourceAop {

    @Pointcut("!@annotation(com.cjs.example.annotation.Master) && (execution(* com.cjs.example.service..*.select*(..)) || execution(* com.cjs.example.service..*.get*(..))")
    public void readPointcut() {}

    @Pointcut("@annotation(com.cjs.example.annotation.Master) || execution(* com.cjs.example.service..*.insert*(..)) || execution(* com.cjs.example.service..*.add*(..)) || execution(* com.cjs.example.service..*.update*(..)) || execution(* com.cjs.example.service..*.edit*(..)) || execution(* com.cjs.example.service..*.delete*(..)) || execution(* com.cjs.example.service..*.remove*(..))")
    public void writePointcut() {}

    @Before("readPointcut()")
    public void read() {
        DBContextHolder.slave();
    }

    @Before("writePointcut()")
    public void write() {
        DBContextHolder.master();
    }
}

Master annotation forces use of the master datasource for specific methods.

package com.cjs.example.annotation;

public @interface Master {}

Service example shows typical CRUD methods, with @Master on methods that must read from the master.

package com.cjs.example.service.impl;

import com.cjs.example.annotation.Master;
import com.cjs.example.entity.Member;
import com.cjs.example.entity.MemberExample;
import com.cjs.example.mapper.MemberMapper;
import com.cjs.example.service.MemberService;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

import java.util.List;

@Service
public class MemberServiceImpl implements MemberService {

    @Autowired
    private MemberMapper memberMapper;

    @Transactional
    @Override
    public int insert(Member member) {
        return memberMapper.insert(member);
    }

    @Master
    @Override
    public int save(Member member) {
        return memberMapper.insert(member);
    }

    @Override
    public List
selectAll() {
        return memberMapper.selectByExample(new MemberExample());
    }

    @Master
    @Override
    public String getToken(String appId) {
        // read from master for consistency
        return null;
    }
}

Tests demonstrate write, read, save, and forced‑master read operations.

package com.cjs.example;

import com.cjs.example.entity.Member;
import com.cjs.example.service.MemberService;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;

@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
@SpringBootTest
public class CjsDatasourceDemoApplicationTests {

    @Autowired
    private MemberService memberService;

    @Test
    public void testWrite() {
        Member member = new Member();
        member.setName("zhangsan");
        memberService.insert(member);
    }

    @Test
    public void testRead() {
        for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
            memberService.selectAll();
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testSave() {
        Member member = new Member();
        member.setName("wangwu");
        memberService.save(member);
    }

    @Test
    public void testReadFromMaster() {
        memberService.getToken("1234");
    }
}

The article concludes with a project‑structure diagram and references to several online tutorials.