Spring Bootstrap Configuration

Bootstrap.java

package edu.swau.forms.utils;

import edu.swau.forms.dao.RoleDao;
import edu.swau.forms.dao.UserDao;
import edu.swau.forms.model.Role;
import edu.swau.forms.model.User;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
import org.springframework.context.event.ContextRefreshedEvent;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

/**
 *
 */
public class Bootstrap implements ApplicationListener<ContextRefreshedEvent> {

    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Bootstrap.class);
    @Autowired
    private RoleDao roleDao;
    @Autowired
    private UserDao userDao;

    @Override
    @Transactional
    public void onApplicationEvent(ContextRefreshedEvent e) {
        log.info("Validating roles");
        log.debug("Looking for {}", Constants.ROLE_ADMIN);
        Role adminRole = roleDao.get(Constants.ROLE_ADMIN);
        if (adminRole == null) {
            adminRole = new Role(Constants.ROLE_ADMIN, 1);
            roleDao.create(adminRole);
        }

        log.debug("Looking for {}", Constants.ROLE_USER);
        Role userRole = roleDao.get(Constants.ROLE_USER);
        if (userRole == null) {
            userRole = new Role(Constants.ROLE_USER, 10);
            roleDao.create(userRole);
        }

        log.info("Validating users");
        // TODO: Well, you get the idea... right?

        log.info("Forms Application is up");
    }
}

dispatcher-servlet.xml

<bean id="bootstrap" class="edu.swau.forms.utils.Bootstrap" />