Yes, it is the same, except application object itself is replaced by a
module.


On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 12:33 PM, madhuka udantha <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi, Ruchira
>
> 'app.server()' is similar for existing  'application.serve()' in jaggery ,
> isn't it regard functionality?
>
> Here[1] is sample for application.serve().
>
> [1]
> https://github.com/Madhuka/MadhukaBlogRepo/tree/master/SampleApps/JaggeryApps/service/
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Ruchira Wageesha <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> We have started the integration of JSR-223 i.e. javax.script API with
>> Jaggery. Sorry for the lengthy mail, but this is just to share the status
>> and get your all kinds of feedbacks. A Jaggery fork and a distribution with
>> the following improvements can be found at [1] and [2] respectively. In
>> case you want to try this out before sharing your feedbacks, you can
>> download a Jaggery distribution with all the above implementations at [2].
>> It consists of 5 demo apps. (At the moment, this has been tested only on
>> linux/mac and you will have to run this either on JDK 7 or 8. As JDK 6
>> supports only an older version of ECMAScript, this pack will not work. But
>> in order to get the support even on JDK 6, we will have to pack the JSR-223
>> rhino implementation with a rhino 1.7 version, following a similar way
>> described at [7])
>>
>> With the integration with JSR-223, we had to and thought to do a few
>> changes and improvements to Jaggery which will be detailed below. BUT,
>> please note that, every existing Jaggery application will work as it is,
>> independent of those improvements. i.e. With a version field in
>> jaggery.conf, we internally decide, whether to go with the newer version.
>>
>> *Key Decisions*
>>
>>    1. JSR-223 support
>>       - With this, Jaggery will use Nashorn from JDK8 onwards and will
>>       fallback to JDK's embeded Rhino version with JDK7 or below.
>>    2. Saying good bye for hostobjects
>>    - Hostobjects are a concept of Rhino and it was needed to follow
>>       certain conventions when you write your hostobjects. With JSR-223, we
>>       cannot have it anymore. But, instead of that, you can refactor only the
>>       hostobject *.java class into *.js file which contains the Java code and
>>       plug it.
>>       3. Dropping E4X support
>>    - E4X was an extension to ECMAScripts and usage of E4X is being
>>       deprecated in many places. Also, AFAIK, there is no support for E4X in
>>       nashorn. This will be replaced by a Axiom/DOM like modules. i.e. 
>> without
>>       altering the spec.
>>       4. Except the bare minimal, everything else is separated into
>>    commonjs modules
>>    - This will give much more flexibility and extendability for Jaggery.
>>       i.e. In order to extend Jaggery, developers don't need to be Java
>>       developers anymore
>>       5. Introduction of app.server() method
>>    - In the current version, routing mechanism has been implemented by
>>       Jaggery core and there is no way to intercept that. This makes it 
>> harder to
>>       write cooler modules for Jaggery, such as express, connect for node. 
>> Using
>>       app.server(), Jaggery core delegates request serving to a single 
>> callback.
>>       But, via that callback, users can call their own routing modules and do
>>       whatever they want. You can even implement the current *.jag model, on 
>> top
>>       of app.server()[refer demo3]. Also, we have written an express like 
>> routing
>>       framework which can be used to define REST APIs very easily through
>>       Jaggery. This will be a good alternative for JAX-RS developers too.
>>       6. Servlet 3.0 Async support
>>    - Another key feature is utilizing Async servlet support. So,
>>       concurrency will not be restricted by the available thread count 
>> anymore.
>>       7. CommonJS module system
>>       - At the moment, Jaggery has its own module system. Instead of
>>       that, we though of going ahead with commonjs module specification. With
>>       this, commonjs compliant modules will be able to use within Jaggery. 
>> i.e.
>>       Any node module which doesn't depend on node core APIs, can be used in
>>       Jaggery as well, without doing any change.
>>       8. Module versioning and nested module support
>>       - Another improvement is, adding module versioning support for
>>       Jaggery modules. i.e. x app(or module) can use y1 version of y module,
>>       while another z app(or module) can use y2 without conflicting each 
>> other.
>>       For this too, we are also using package.json as per the commonjs
>>       specification
>>       9. Support for deploying directly on top of tomcat
>>       - With the above Jaggery core minimisations, a Jaggery app can be
>>       even deployed on top of tomcat, subjecting to a WEB-INF directory which
>>       contains jaggery core jars and web.xml
>>       10. Improved command line tool
>>       - clamshell-cli based command line tool with history support etc.
>>       With this, we expect people to write more command line tools such as 
>> built
>>       tools, package managers etc. using Jaggery
>>
>> *Demo Apps*
>>
>>    1. https://github.com/ruchiraw/jaggery/tree/master/apps/demo1
>>    - this is the bare minimal with app.server()
>>       - can be accessed via http://localhost:9763/demo1
>>       2. https://github.com/ruchiraw/jaggery/tree/master/apps/demo2
>>    - this shows about module versioning and nested modules
>>       - can be accessed via http://localhost:9763/demo2
>>    3. https://github.com/ruchiraw/jaggery/tree/master/apps/demo3
>>       - this shows how you can implement *.jag support on top of
>>       app.serve()
>>       - can be accessed via http://localhost:9763/demo3/index.jag
>>       - you can click on "See Docs" link too
>>       - at the moment, this doesn't support all the APIs of the current
>>       version, but this is a PoC for that.
>>    4. https://github.com/ruchiraw/jaggery/tree/master/apps/demo4
>>       1. this shows the usage of express like routing module developed
>>       by SameeraM[3]
>>       2. can be accessed via http://localhost:9763/demo4/users/1 or
>>       http://localhost:9763/demo4/apps/1
>>    5. https://github.com/ruchiraw/jaggery/tree/master/apps/demo5
>>       - by copying this into the webapps directory of an apache tomcat
>>       server, you can try out how Jaggery can work on tomcat
>>       - this app is exactly like aboute demo4, but this time, it runs on
>>       tomcat.
>>       - can be accessed via http://localhost:8080/demo5/users/1 or
>>       http://localhost:8080/demo5/apps/1
>>
>> When, above demos are run, you will be able to see module resolution log
>> messages at the moment. Hence, if you are doing any kind of load testing
>> etc.,
>>
>>    - If it is Jaggery server, please make "development" as false in
>>    jaggery.conf
>>    - If it is on tomcat, set "jaggery.development" as false in web.xml.
>>
>> This will enable caching for loaded modules, pooling for script engines
>> and async servlets. Further, you can fine tune the performances using the
>> jaggery.conf[4] parameters on Jaggery and web.xml[5] parameters on tomcat.
>> I have done only a small load test to test the server concurrency. Will do
>> a proper benchmarking round after improving further.
>>
>> *Command Line Tool*
>>
>>    - In order to use the cmd tool, you need to first set the environment
>>    variable JAGGERY_HOME pointing to your unzipped Jaggery distribution
>>       - export
>>       
>> JAGGERY_HOME=/Users/ruchira/binaries/jaggery/1.0.0/m0/jaggery-0.9.0-SNAPSHOT
>>    - Then download *.jar at [8]
>>    - Execute the downloaded *.jar using
>>       - java -jar
>>       org.jaggeryjs.cmd-0.9.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar
>>       - You can require the modules
>>       - relative to your working directory. e.g. require('./foo') if it
>>       the module foo is at <cwd>/foo.js or <cwd>/foo/
>>       - If you have a jaggery-modules directory working direcotry as
>>       <cwd>/jaggery-modules, then you can require any module exists there 
>> using
>>       require('foo') etc.
>>
>> Current implementation is just the core to get started and demonstrate
>> what I have mentioned above. We have plans along the line to write
>> a comprehensive Jaggery Package Manager, a maven plugin to execute unit
>> tests etc.
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/ruchiraw/jaggery
>> [2]
>> https://github.com/ruchiraw/sandbox/raw/master/jaggery/1.0.0/m0/jaggery-0.9.0-SNAPSHOT.zip
>> [3] https://github.com/splinter/jaggery-pipe
>> [4]
>> https://github.com/ruchiraw/jaggery/blob/4560a303f809d532ad041125c1a29ecc2eb9df55/apps/tomgery/jaggery.conf
>> [5]
>> https://github.com/ruchiraw/jaggery/blob/master/apps/demo5/WEB-INF/web.xml
>> [6] https://github.com/vladimirvivien/clamshell-cli
>> [7]
>> https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Nashorn/Using+Rhino+JSR-223+engine+with+JDK8
>> [8]
>> https://github.com/ruchiraw/sandbox/raw/master/jaggery/1.0.0/m0/org.jaggeryjs.cmd-0.9.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar
>>
>>
>> --
>>
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>>
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