[NU-1897] flink-executor and lite-runtime modules: Added compile-time dependency to http-utils

build.sbt

@@ -811,7 +811,16 @@ lazy val flinkExecutor = (project in flink("executor"))
         )
     }.toList,
   )
-  .dependsOn(flinkComponentsUtils, scenarioCompiler, flinkExtensionsApi, flinkTestUtils % Test)
+  .dependsOn(
+    flinkComponentsUtils,
+    flinkExtensionsApi,
+    scenarioCompiler,
+    // Various components uses one of library in stack: sttp -> async-http-client -> netty
+    // Different versions of netty which is on the bottom of this stack causes NoClassDefFoundError.
+    // To overcome this problem and reduce size of model jar bundle, we add http utils as a compile time dependency.
+    httpUtils,
+    flinkTestUtils % Test
+  )
 
 lazy val scenarioCompiler = (project in file("scenario-compiler"))
   .settings(commonSettings)
@@ -1355,7 +1364,15 @@ lazy val liteEngineRuntime = (project in lite("runtime"))
       )
     },
   )
-  .dependsOn(liteComponentsApi, scenarioCompiler, testUtils % Test)
+  .dependsOn(
+    liteComponentsApi,
+    scenarioCompiler,
+    // Various components uses one of library in stack: sttp -> async-http-client -> netty
+    // Different versions of netty which is on the bottom of this stack causes NoClassDefFoundError.
+    // To overcome this problem and reduce size of model jar bundle, we add http utils as a compile time dependency.
+    httpUtils,
+    testUtils % Test
+  )
 
 lazy val liteEngineKafkaIntegrationTest: Project = (project in lite("integration-test"))
   .configs(IntegrationTest)
@@ -1681,6 +1698,9 @@ lazy val processReports = (project in file("designer/processReports"))
   )
   .dependsOn(httpUtils, commonUtils, testUtils % "it,test")
 
+// This dependency is delivered by flink-executor and lite-runtime to ensure the same version of libraries in stack:
+// sttp -> async-http-client -> netty. Different versions of netty in model classpath causes NoClassDefFoundError.
+// Also, thanks to this approach we reduce size of model jar bundle.
 lazy val httpUtils = (project in utils("http-utils"))
   .settings(commonSettings)
   .settings(
@@ -1691,6 +1711,7 @@ lazy val httpUtils = (project in utils("http-utils"))
         "com.softwaremill.sttp.client3" %% "json-common"                      % sttpV,
         "com.softwaremill.sttp.client3" %% "circe"                            % sttpV,
         "com.softwaremill.sttp.client3" %% "async-http-client-backend-future" % sttpV,
+        "io.netty"                       % "netty-transport-native-epoll"     % nettyV,
       )
     }
   )
@@ -1708,19 +1729,18 @@ lazy val openapiComponents = (project in component("openapi"))
   .settings(
     name := "nussknacker-openapi",
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-      "io.swagger.core.v3" % "swagger-integration"          % swaggerIntegrationV excludeAll (
+      "io.swagger.core.v3" % "swagger-integration"  % swaggerIntegrationV excludeAll (
         ExclusionRule(organization = "jakarta.activation"),
         ExclusionRule(organization = "jakarta.validation")
       ),
-      "io.netty"           % "netty-transport-native-epoll" % nettyV,
-      "org.apache.flink"   % "flink-streaming-java"         % flinkV     % Provided,
-      "org.scalatest"     %% "scalatest"                    % scalaTestV % "it,test"
+      "org.apache.flink"   % "flink-streaming-java" % flinkV     % Provided,
+      "org.scalatest"     %% "scalatest"            % scalaTestV % "it,test"
     ),
   )
   .dependsOn(
     componentsUtils                % Provided,
     jsonUtils                      % Provided,
-    httpUtils,
+    httpUtils                      % Provided,
     requestResponseComponentsUtils % "it,test",
     flinkComponentsTestkit         % "it,test"
   )

docs/Changelog.md

@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@
 * [#7123](https://github.com/TouK/nussknacker/pull/7123) Fix deployments for scenarios with dict editors after model reload
 * [#7162](https://github.com/TouK/nussknacker/pull/7162) Component API enhancement: ability to access information about
   expression parts used in SpEL template
-* [#7257](https://github.com/TouK/nussknacker/pull/7257) components-api module: Replaced wide dependency to `async-http-client-backend-future`
-  by the narrowest possible dependency to sttp's core
+* async-http-client and Netty dependency cleanups
+  * [#7257](https://github.com/TouK/nussknacker/pull/7257) `components-api` module: Replaced wide dependency to `async-http-client-backend-future`
+    by the narrowest possible dependency to sttp's core
+  * [#7259](https://github.com/TouK/nussknacker/pull/7259) `flink-executor` and `lite-runtime` modules: Added compile-time
+    dependency to `http-utils` (which depends on `async-http-client-backend-future` and indirectly on Netty) 
 
 ## 1.18
 

docs/MigrationGuide.md

@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ To see the biggest differences please consult the [changelog](Changelog.md).
 * [#7116](https://github.com/TouK/nussknacker/pull/7116) Improve missing Flink Kafka Source / Sink TypeInformation
   * We lost support for old ConsumerRecord constructor supported by Flink 1.14 / 1.15 
   * If you used Kafka source/sink components in your scenarios then state of these scenarios won't be restored
-* [#7257](https://github.com/TouK/nussknacker/pull/7257) `components-api` doesn't depend on `async-http-client-backend-future`.
-  Instead, it depends on sttp's core. If your component rely on this, you should explicitly add dependency to `async-http-client-backend-future`.
+* [#7257](https://github.com/TouK/nussknacker/pull/7257) [#7259](https://github.com/TouK/nussknacker/pull/7259) `components-api` module 
+  doesn't depend on `async-http-client-backend-future`, `http-utils` module is delivered by `flink-executor` and `lite-runtime` modules.
+  If your component had compile-time dependency to `http-utils`, it should be replaced by provided scope
+  If your component relied on the fact that `components-api` depends on `async-http-client-backend-future`, 
+  `async-http-client-backend-future` should be added as a provided dependency
 
 ## In version 1.18.0