http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/polygene-website/blob/ba3a0fac/content/java/develop/core-api.html
----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/content/java/develop/core-api.html
b/content/java/develop/core-api.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..180eef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/java/develop/core-api.html
@@ -0,0 +1,936 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd";><html
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Core API</title><link
rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/style.css" /><meta name="generator"
content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1" /><link rel="home" href="index.html"
title="" /><link rel="up" href="core.html" title="Core" /><link rel="prev"
href="core.html" title="Core" /><link rel="next"
href="core-bootstrap-assembly.html" title="Core Bootstrap" />
+
+
+<!-- favicon -->
+
+<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://polygene.apache.org/favicon.ico";
type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon" />
+<link rel="icon" href="http://polygene.apache.org/favicon.ico";
type="image/x-icon" />
+
+<!-- style -->
+
+<link href="css/shCore.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
+<link href="css/shCoreEclipse.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
+<link href="css/shThemeEclipse.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
+<link href="css/polygene.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
+
+<!-- Syntax Highlighter -->
+
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/shCore.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/shBrushJava.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/shBrushScala.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/shBrushJScript.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/shBrushBash.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/shBrushPlain.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/shBrushXml.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/shBrushGroovy.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/shBrushPython.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/shBrushRuby.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/shBrushCSharp.js"></script>
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+ SyntaxHighlighter.defaults['tab-size'] = 4;
+ SyntaxHighlighter.defaults['gutter'] = false;
+ SyntaxHighlighter.defaults['toolbar'] = false;
+ SyntaxHighlighter.all()
+</script>
+
+<!-- JQuery -->
+
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.6.4.min.js"></script>
+
+<!-- Image Scaler -->
+
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/imagescaler.js"></script>
+
+<!-- Table Styler -->
+
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/tablestyler.js"></script>
+
+<!-- Apache Polygene WebSite Progressive Enhancement -->
+
+<link href="css/progressive-enhancement.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
/>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.scrollTo-1.4.2.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/progressive-enhancement.js"></script>
+
+<!-- Analytics -->
+ <script type="text/javascript">
+ var _gaq = _gaq || [];
+ _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-62007352-1']);
+ _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
+
+ (function() {
+ var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript';
ga.async = true;
+ ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' :
'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
+ var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
+ })();
+ </script>
+
+ </head><body><div xmlns="" xmlns:exsl="http://exslt.org/common";
class="logo"><a href="index.html"><img src="images/logo-standard.png"
/></a></div><div xmlns="" xmlns:exsl="http://exslt.org/common";
class="top-nav"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
class="toc"><dl><dt><span class="section"><a
href="index.html#home">Polygeneâ¢</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a
href="intro.html">Introduction</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a
href="tutorials.html">Tutorials</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a
href="javadocs.html">Javadoc</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a
href="samples.html">Samples</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><span
xmlns="" href="core.html">Core</span></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a
href="libraries.html">Libraries</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a
href="extensions.html">Extensions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a
href="tools.html">Tools</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a
href="glossary.ht
ml">Glossary </a></span></dt></dl></div></div><div xmlns=""
xmlns:exsl="http://exslt.org/common"; class="sub-nav"><div
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; class="toc"><dl><dt><span
class="section"><a
href="core.html#_overview_3">Overview</a></span></dt><dt><span
class="section"><span xmlns="" href="core-api.html">Core
API</span></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a
href="core-bootstrap-assembly.html">Core Bootstrap</a></span></dt><dt><span
class="section"><a href="core-testsupport.html">Core Test
Support</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="core-spi.html">Core
Extension SPI</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a
href="core-runtime.html">Core Runtime</a></span></dt></dl></div></div><div
class="section" title="Core API"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3
class="title"><a id="core-api"></a>Core API</h3></div></div></div><p
class="remark"><em><span class="comment"></span></em></p><p
class="devstatus-code-stable">code</p><p class="devstatus-docs-good">docs</p><p
c
lass="devstatus-tests-good">tests</p><p>The Polygene⢠Core API is the
primary interface for client application code during the main execution phase,
i.e. after the
+application has been activated.</p><div class="section"
title="Composition"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a
id="core-api-composition"></a>Composition</h4></div></div></div><p>Composition
is at the heart of COP, and refers to two different levels of
constructs;</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li
class="listitem">
+the ability to assemble (compose) objects from smaller pieces, called
Fragments.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+the construction of applications by assembling Composites into Modules and
Modules into Layers.
+</li></ol></div><p>In Polygene, we use the term Assembly for the second case
of composition. See separate chapter.</p><p>Composition will allow library
authors a new level of flexibility in how functionality is provided to client
code. More
+on that later.</p><div class="section" title="Fragments"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_fragments"></a>Fragments</h5></div></div></div><p>There are 4 types of
Fragments in Polygene;</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul
class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem">
+<a class="xref" href="core-api.html#core-api-mixin" title="Mixin">Mixin</a> -
The state carrying part of a Composite.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+<a class="xref" href="core-api.html#core-api-constraint"
title="Constraint">Constraint</a> - Rules for in and out arguments, typically
used for validation.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+<a class="xref" href="core-api.html#core-api-concern"
title="Concern">Concern</a> - Interceptor of method calls. General purpose use,
often for cross-cutting behaviors.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+<a class="xref" href="core-api.html#core-api-sideeffect"
title="SideEffect">SideEffect</a> - Executed after the method call has been
completed, and unable to influence the
+ outcome of the method call.
+</li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="Composites"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_composites"></a>Composites</h5></div></div></div><p>There are 4 Composite
meta types. Each of these have very different characteristics and it is
important to understand
+these, so the right meta type is used for the right purpose.</p><div
class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem">
+Entity - Classic meaning. Has an Identity. Is persistable and can be
referenced by the Identity. Can act as
+ Aggregate. Entity supports Lifecycle interface. Equals is defined by the
Identity.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Value - Values are persistable when used in a Property from an Entity. Values
are immutable, and equals is
+ defined by the values of its fields.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Service - Service is injectable to other composites and java objects. They are
not persistable, but if
+ referenced from an Entity or Value, a new reference to the Service will
be injected when the Entity/Value is
+ deserialized. Services are singletons. There are <span
class="emphasis"><em>hosted</em></span> and <span
class="emphasis"><em>imported</em></span> Services. The <span
class="emphasis"><em>hosted</em></span> Service has
+ Configuration and its life cycle controlled by the Polygene⢠runtime,
whereas the <span class="emphasis"><em>imported</em></span> Services are
external
+ references.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Transient - Short-lived composites that are not persistable.
Equals/hashCode/toString are forwarded to the
+ Mixin Type declaring those methods explicitly.
+</li></ul></div><p>In versions of Polygene⢠prior to 2.0 (then Qi4j),
composite types had to extend one of these 4 meta types, but in 2.0 and later,
the
+meta type interface is added dynamically during <a class="xref"
href="core-bootstrap-assembly.html" title="Core Bootstrap">Assembly</a>.
+We can therefor get rid of a lot of additional types, and use Polygene-free
interfaces directly;</p><pre class="programlisting brush: java">@Mixins( {
BalanceCheckMixin.class } )
+public interface BankAccount
+{
+ Money checkBalance();
+ [...snip...]
+
+}
+</pre><p>and declare it with;</p><pre class="programlisting brush:
java">public void assemble( ModuleAssembly module )
+{
+ module.entities( BankAccount.class );
+}
+</pre></div></div><div class="section" title="Structure"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a
id="core-api-structure"></a>Structure</h4></div></div></div><p>Polygeneâ¢
promotes a conventional view of application structure, that computer science
has been using for decades.</p><p>The definition is as follows;</p><div
class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem">
+One Application per Polygene⢠runtime instance.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+One or more Layers per Application.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Zero, one or more Modules per Layer.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Zero, one or more Assemblies per Module.
+</li></ul></div><p>The principle of this Structure is to assist the programmer
to create well modularized applications, that are easily
+extended and maintained. Polygene⢠will restrict access between Modules, so
that code can only reach Composites and Objects
+in Modules (including itself) of the same or lower Layers.</p><p>Each Layer
has to be declared which lower Layer(s) it uses, and it is not allowed that a
lower Layer uses a higher
+Layer, i.e. cyclic references.</p></div><div class="section"
title="Application"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a
id="core-api-application"></a>Application</h4></div></div></div><p>Every
Polygene⢠runtime has <span class="emphasis"><em>one and only one</em></span>
Application in it. It is possible to run multiple Polygene⢠runtimes in the
same
+JVM, and it is even possible to embed a Polygene⢠runtime within a
Polygene⢠Application, but there can only be one Application
+in a Polygene⢠runtime.</p><p>An Application is then broken into layers and
modules are placed within those layers. Composites are placed within
+modules. This forms the Application Structure and is enforced by the
Polygene⢠runtime.</p></div><div class="section" title="Layer"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a
id="core-api-layer"></a>Layer</h4></div></div></div><p>A Polygeneâ¢
Application must consist of at least one layer. More layers are common, often
dividing the application along the
+common architectural diagrams used on whiteboards, perhaps with a UI layer at
the top, followed by a service or application
+layer, then with a domain layer and finally some persistence layer at the
bottom.</p><p>Polygene⢠enforces this layering by requiring the <a
class="xref" href="core-bootstrap-assembly.html" title="Core
Bootstrap">Assembly</a> to declare which layer uses which other layer. And
+<a class="xref" href="core-api.html#core-api-visibility"
title="Visibility">Visibility</a> rules define that layers below can not locate
composites in layers above. Also, defining that
+"Layer1 uses Layer2" and "Layer2 uses Layer3" does NOT imply that Layer1 has
<a class="xref" href="core-api.html#core-api-visibility"
title="Visibility">Visibility</a> to Layer3. If that
+is wanted, then it must be declared explicitly.</p></div><div class="section"
title="Module"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a
id="core-api-module"></a>Module</h4></div></div></div><p>Modules are logical
compartments to assist developers in creating and maintaining well modularized
code. A Module only
+belongs to a single Layer, but many Modules can exist in the same Layer.
Composite access is limited to;</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul
class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem">
+Composites within the same Module, with Visibility set to Visibility.module
(default).
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Composites from Modules in the same Layer, with Visibility set to
Visibility.layer
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Composites from Modules in Layers below, with Visibility set to
Visibility.application
+</li></ul></div><p>Modules contains a lot of the Polygene⢠infrastructure,
which are the enforcers of these wise modularization principles.</p><p>It is
not possible to modify the Modules, their resolution nor binding in any way
after the application starts.</p></div><div class="section"
title="Visibility"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a
id="core-api-visibility"></a>Visibility</h4></div></div></div></div><div
class="section" title="ValueComposite"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4
class="title"><a
id="core-api-value"></a>ValueComposite</h4></div></div></div><p>Usage of value
objects is one of the most ignored and best return-on-investment the programmer
can do. Values are
+immutable and can be compared by value instead of memory reference.
Concurrency is suddenly not an issue, since either
+the value exists or it doesnât, no need for synchronization. Values are
typically very easy to test and very robust to
+refactoring.</p><p>Polygene⢠defines values as a primary meta type through
the ValueComposite, as we think the benefits of values are great.
+The ValueComposite is very light-weight compared to the EntityComposite, and
its value can still be persisted as part
+of an EntityComposite via a Property.</p><p>The characteristics of a
ValueComposite compared to other Composite meta types are;</p><div
class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem">
+It is Immutable.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Its equals/hashCode works on both the descriptor and the values of the
ValueComposite.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Can be used as Property types.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Can be serialized and deserialized.
+</li></ul></div><div class="section" title="Value Serialization"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_value_serialization"></a>Value
Serialization</h5></div></div></div><p>Value objects can be serialized and
deserialized using the ValueSerialization API which is a Service API implemented
+by SPI and extensions.</p><div class="tip" title="Tip" style="margin-left:
0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Tip</h3><p><code
class="literal">ValueSerialization extends ValueSerializer,
ValueDeserializer</code>. See the <a class="xref" href="javadocs.html"
title="Javadoc"> JavaDocs</a> for interfaces detail.</p></div><p>The
ValueSerialization mechanism apply to the following object types :</p><div
class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem">
+ValueComposite,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+EntityReference,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Iterable,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Map,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Plain Value.
+</li></ul></div><p>Nested Plain Values, EntityReferences, Iterables, Maps,
ValueComposites are supported.
+EntityComposites and EntityReferences are serialized as their identity
string.</p><p>Plain Values can be one of :</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul
class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem">
+String,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Character or char,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Boolean or boolean,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Integer or int,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Long or long,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Short or short,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Byte or byte,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Float or float,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Double or double,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+BigInteger,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+BigDecimal,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Date,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+DateTime (JodaTime),
+</li><li class="listitem">
+LocalDateTime (JodaTime),
+</li><li class="listitem">
+LocalDate (JodaTime).
+</li></ul></div><div class="tip" title="Tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in;
margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Tip</h3><p>Serialization behaviour can
be tuned with options.
+Every <code class="literal">ValueSerializer</code> methods can take a <code
class="literal">ValueSerializer.Options</code> object that contains flags to
change how some
+values are serialized. See the <a class="xref" href="javadocs.html"
title="Javadoc"> JavaDocs</a> for more details.</p></div><p>Values of unknown
types and all arrays are considered as <code
class="literal">java.io.Serializable</code> and by so are (de)serialized to
(from)
+base64 encoded bytes using pure Java serialization. If it happens that the
value is not Serializable or the input to
+deserialize is invalid, a <code
class="literal">ValueSerializationException</code> is thrown.</p><p>Methods of
<code class="literal">ValueSerializer</code> allow to specify if the serialized
state should contain extra type information about the
+serialized value. Having type information in the serialized payload allows to
keep actual ValueComposite types and by so
+circumvent <code class="literal">AmbiguousTypeException</code> when
deserializing.</p><p>Core Runtime provides a default ValueSerialization system
based on the
+<a class="ulink" href="https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-java";
target="_top">org.json</a> Java library producing and consuming
JSON.</p><p>Letâs see how it works in practice.</p><pre class="programlisting
brush: java">public interface SomeValue // (1)
+{
+
+ Property<String> foo();
+}
+
+@Override
+public void assemble( ModuleAssembly module )
+ throws AssemblyException
+{
+ module.values( SomeValue.class ); // (2)
+ [...snip...]
+
+}
+ [...snip...]
+
+public void defaultValueSerialization()
+{
+ SomeValue someValue = someNewValueInstance(); // (3)
+ String json = someValue.toString(); // (4)
+ SomeValue someNewValue = valueBuilderFactory.newValueFromSerializedState(
SomeValue.class, json ); // (5)
+ [...snip...]
+
+}
+
+</pre><p>Reading this first example step by step we ;</p><div
class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem">
+declare a ValueComposite,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+assemble it,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+create a new Value instance,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+use the <code class="literal">ValueComposite#toString()</code> method to get a
JSON representation of the Value,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+and finally, use the <code
class="literal">Module#newValueFromSerializedState()</code> method to create a
new Value instance from the JSON
+ state.
+</li></ol></div><p><code class="literal">ValueComposite#toString()</code>
method leverage Value Serialization and by so provide JSON based
representation. The Module
+API allows to create new Value instances from serialized state.</p><p>On top
of that, Application assemblies can register different implementation of
ValueSerialization as Services to
+support more formats, see the <a class="xref" href="extensions.html"
title="Extensions">Extensions</a> section. Note that the default behaviour
described above is overriden if a
+ValueSerialization Service is visible.</p><p>Letâs see how to use the
ValueSerialization Services.</p><pre class="programlisting brush: java">public
interface SomeValue // (1)
+{
+
+ Property<String> foo();
+}
+
+@Override
+public void assemble( ModuleAssembly module )
+ throws AssemblyException
+{
+ module.values( SomeValue.class ); // (2)
+ new OrgJsonValueSerializationAssembler().assemble( module ); // (3)
+ new DefaultUnitOfWorkAssembler().assemble( module );
+}
+ [...snip...]
+
+@Service
+private ValueSerializer valueSerializer; // (4)
+@Service
+private ValueDeserializer valueDeserializer; // (4)
+
+ [...snip...]
+
+public void assembledDefaultServiceSerialization()
+{
+ SomeValue someValue = someNewValueInstance(); // (5)
+ String json = valueSerializer.serialize( someValue ); // (6)
+ SomeValue someNewValue = valueDeserializer.deserialize( module,
SomeValue.class, json ); // (7)
+ [...snip...]
+
+}
+</pre><p>In this second example, we ;</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol
class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem">
+declare a ValueComposite,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+assemble it,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+assemble a ValueSerialization Service backed by the <code
class="literal">org.json</code> package,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+get the <code class="literal">ValueSerializer</code> and <code
class="literal">ValueDeserializer</code> Services injected,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+create a new Value instance,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+use the <code class="literal">ValueSerializer#serialize()</code> method to get
a JSON representation of the Value,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+and finally, use the <code
class="literal">ValueDeserializer#eserialize()</code> method to create a new
Value instance from the JSON state.
+</li></ol></div><p>Many applications need to stream data. The
ValueSerialization API support such use cases using classic streams:</p><pre
class="programlisting brush: java">public void
assembledServiceStreamingSerialization()
+{
+ [...snip...]
+
+ // (1)
+ Iterable<AcmeValue> data = dataSource; // Eg. Entities converted to
Values
+ OutputStream output = targetStream; // Eg. streaming JSON over HTTP
+
+ // (2)
+ valueSerializer.serialize( data, output );
+ [...snip...]
+
+ // (3)
+ InputStream input = sourceStream; // Eg. reading incoming JSON
+
+ // (4)
+ List<AcmeValue> values = valueDeserializer.deserialize( module,
CollectionType.listOf( AcmeValue.class ), input );
+ [...snip...]
+
+}
+</pre><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li
class="listitem">
+get a handle on a source of values and an <code
class="literal">OutputStream</code>,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+serialize data into the <code class="literal">OutputStream</code>,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+get a handle on an <code class="literal">InputStream</code>,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+deserialize data from the <code class="literal">InputStream</code>.
+</li></ol></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Service
Composite"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a
id="core-api-service"></a>Service Composite</h4></div></div></div><p>Any
service added, via the ModuleAssembly.addServices(), ModuleAssembly.services()
and ModuleAssembly.importServices()
+methods, will have the ServiceComposite meta type added to it. In Polygene,
when we speak of <span class="emphasis"><em>Services</em></span> we mean
instances
+of <span class="emphasis"><em>ServiceComposite</em></span>.</p><p>Most
programmers are familiar with the term "Service", and after the failure of
Object Oriented Programmingâs promise
+to encapsulate all the behavior together with the objectâs state,
programmers learned that the only way to deal with
+decoupling and re-use was to make the objects into data containers and deploy
services that acted upon those data
+containers. Very much what functions did on structs back in the C and Pascal
days.</p><p>Polygene⢠will bring a lot of the behavior back to the Composite
itself, but we still need Services for cross-composite
+functionality. The Polygene⢠Service model is fairly simple, yet powerful
and flexible enough to accommodate most
+service-oriented patterns and ability to integrate well with external systems
whether they are in-JVM or remote,
+such as Spring, OSGi, WS-*, Rest and others.</p><p>The characteristics of a
ServiceComposite compared to other Composite meta types are;</p><div
class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem">
+It is one singleton per declaration in bootstrap.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+It has an identity defined in bootstrap.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+It has an Activation life cycle into which Activators hook.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+It has an optional Configuration.
+</li></ul></div><p><span class="emphasis"><em>Services</em></span> in
Polygene⢠are <span class="emphasis"><em>singletons</em></span>, one instance
per definition. That means that there may exist multiple instances
+of the same service type, but they can not be created on the fly in runtime,
but has to be explicitly defined during
+<a class="xref" href="core-bootstrap-assembly.html" title="Core
Bootstrap">Assembly</a>.</p><p>By default, <span
class="emphasis"><em>Services</em></span> are not instantiated until they are
used. This means that the <span
class="emphasis"><em>ServiceComposite</em></span> instance itself
+will not exist until someone calls a method. If a <span
class="emphasis"><em>Service</em></span> needs to be instantiated when the
<span class="emphasis"><em>Module</em></span> is activated, one
+need to declare/call the instantiateOnStartup() method on the <span
class="emphasis"><em>ServiceDescriptor</em></span> during the
bootstrap.</p><div class="section" title="Service Configuration"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_service_configuration"></a>Service
Configuration</h5></div></div></div><p>The configuration for a service is well
supported in Polygene. See the <a class="xref"
href="core-api.html#core-api-service-configuration" title="Service
Configuration">Service Configuration</a> chapter for details.</p></div><div
class="section" title="Service Activation"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5
class="title"><a id="_service_activation"></a>Service
Activation</h5></div></div></div><p>Services are activated (injected and
instantiated) either on application start-up, or upon first use. This is
controlled
+by calling instantiateOnStartup(), this way;</p><pre class="programlisting
brush: java">@Override
+public void assemble( ModuleAssembly module )
+ throws AssemblyException
+{
+ ServiceDeclaration service = module.addServices( MyDemoService.class );
+ service.instantiateOnStartup();
+</pre><p>If this method is not called during assembly, the activation will
occur on first service usage.</p><p>Passivation occurs when a <a class="xref"
href="core-api.html#core-api-module" title="Module">Module</a> is deactivated,
typically because the whole application is shutting down.
+Passivation occurs in the reverse order of the activation, to ensure that
dependent services are still available for a
+passivating service.</p><p>Activators can be assembled with Services to manage
their activation.
+The easiest way is to implement the ServiceActivation interface directly in
the ServiceComposite;</p><pre class="programlisting brush: java">@Mixins(
MyActivationMixin.class )
+public static interface MyActivationDemoService
+ extends ServiceComposite, ServiceActivation
+{
+}
+
+public static class MyActivationMixin
+ implements ServiceActivation
+{
+ @Override
+ public void activateService()
+ throws Exception
+ {
+ // Activation code
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void passivateService()
+ throws Exception
+ {
+ // Passivation code
+ }
+}
+</pre><p>The activation code can also be moved outside the composite by using
the ServiceActivatorAdapter;</p><pre class="programlisting brush:
java">@Activators( MyActivator.class )
+public static interface MyOtherActivationDemoService
+ extends ServiceComposite
+{
+}
+
+public static class MyActivator
+ extends ServiceActivatorAdapter<MyOtherActivationDemoService>
+{
+ @Override
+ public void afterActivation(
ServiceReference<MyOtherActivationDemoService> activated )
+ throws Exception
+ {
+ // Activation code
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void beforePassivation(
ServiceReference<MyOtherActivationDemoService> passivating )
+ throws Exception
+ {
+ // Passivation code
+ }
+}
+</pre><p>Activators can be registered on Service assembly too, this
way;</p><pre class="programlisting brush: java">@Override
+public void assemble( ModuleAssembly module )
+{
+ module.services( MyDemoService.class ).withActivators( MyActivator.class );
+}
+</pre><p>Activators assembled with the service will get their <code
class="literal">beforeActivation</code> and <code
class="literal">afterActivation</code> methods called around the
+ServiceComposite activation and their <code
class="literal">beforePassivation</code> and <code
class="literal">afterPassivation</code> around the ServiceComposite
+passivation.
+Member injection and constructor initialization occur during the activation.
The ServiceComposite can be used from the
+<code class="literal">afterActivation</code> to the <code
class="literal">beforePassivation</code> method.</p></div><div class="section"
title="Identity and Tags"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_identity_and_tags"></a>Identity and Tags</h5></div></div></div><p>Services
has an Identity, which drives the <a class="xref"
href="core-api.html#core-api-service-configuration" title="Service
Configuration">Service Configuration</a> system and can be used to lookup a
particular service
+instance. Services can also be arbitrarily tagged, via the ServiceDescriptor.
Example;</p><pre class="programlisting brush: java">@Override
+public void assemble( ModuleAssembly module )
+ throws AssemblyException
+{
+ ServiceDeclaration service = module.addServices( MyDemoService.class );
+ [...snip...]
+
+ service.taggedWith( "Important", "Drain" );
+</pre><p>Tags are useful inside the application code to locate a particular
service instance, in case we have many. For instance;</p><pre
class="programlisting brush: java">@Service
+private List<ServiceReference<MyDemoService>> services;
+
+public MyDemoService locateImportantService()
+{
+ for( ServiceReference<MyDemoService> ref : services )
+ {
+ ServiceTags serviceTags = ref.metaInfo( ServiceTags.class );
+ if( serviceTags.hasTag( "Important" ) )
+ {
+ return ref.get();
+ }
+ }
+ return null;
+}
+</pre></div></div><div class="section" title="Service Configuration"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a
id="core-api-service-configuration"></a>Service
Configuration</h4></div></div></div><p>Configuration in Polygene⢠is for
Polygene⢠<a class="xref" href="core-api.html#core-api-service"
title="Service Composite">ServiceComposite</a> only. The Configuration is
stored in a visible Entity
+Store and is therefor runtime modifiable and not static in properties or XML
files as in most other dependency
+injection frameworks.</p><p>The Configuration system itself will handle all
the details with interfacing with reading and writing the configuration.
+The normal UnitOfWork management is used, but handled internally by the
configuration system.</p><p>In Polygene, Configuration are strongly typed and
refactoring-friendly. Configuration is read from the entity store, but if
+it can not be found, then it will try to bootstrap it from a properties file,
with the same name as the
+ServiceDescriptor.identifiedBy(), which is set during <a class="xref"
href="core-bootstrap-assembly.html" title="Core Bootstrap">Assembly</a> and
defaults to the fully qualified
+classname of the <a class="xref" href="core-api.html#core-api-service"
title="Service Composite">ServiceComposite</a> type.</p><div class="section"
title="Defining a Configuration Type"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5
class="title"><a id="_defining_a_configuration_type"></a>Defining a
Configuration Type</h5></div></div></div><p>The Configuration type is simply
listing the properties that are available. The standard rules on @UseDefaults
and
+@Optional applies.
+Example;</p><pre class="programlisting brush: java">public interface
MailServiceConfiguration extends ConfigurationComposite
+{
+ Property<String> hostName();
+
+ Property<Integer> port();
+}
+</pre></div><div class="section" title="Using a Configuration Type"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_using_a_configuration_type"></a>Using a Configuration
Type</h5></div></div></div><p>It is important to remember that Configuration is
not static values that are set prior to application start-up and
+therefor applications should not cache the values retrieved forever, but
consciously know when the configuration should
+be re-read.</p><p>Configuration is injected via the @This injection scope. One
reasonable strategy is to read the configuration on service
+activation, so by deactivating/reactivating a service, the user have a
well-defined behavior to know how configuration
+changes take effect. Example;</p><pre class="programlisting brush: java">@This
+private Configuration<MailServiceConfiguration> config;
+
+@Override
+public void sendMail( @Email String to, @MinLength( 8 ) String subject, String
body )
+{
+ config.refresh();
+ MailServiceConfiguration conf = config.get();
+ String hostName = conf.hostName().get();
+ int port = conf.port().get();
+ [...snip...]
+
+}
+</pre></div><div class="section" title="Modifying Configuration"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_modifying_configuration"></a>Modifying
Configuration</h5></div></div></div><p>Configuration is modifiable, and after
the modifications have been made, the save() method on the Configuration type
+must be called. Example;</p><pre class="programlisting brush: java"> void
changeExternalMailService( String hostName, int port );
+ [...snip...]
+
+ @Override
+ public void changeExternalMailService( String hostName, int port )
+ {
+ MailServiceConfiguration conf = config.get();
+ conf.hostName().set( hostName );
+ conf.port().set( port );
+ config.save();
+ }
+ [...snip...]
+
+ }
+}
+</pre></div></div><div class="section" title="EntityComposite"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a
id="core-api-entity"></a>EntityComposite</h4></div></div></div><p>Entities are
common in the object oriented programming world, but has never reached the
stardom of Class and Object.
+Instead we have seen many attempts at creating Entities on top of Java, such
as EJB (3 incompatible versions), Java
+Data Objects (JDO, 2 somewhat compatible versions), Java Persistence
Architecture (JPA, 2 somewhat compatible versions),
+Hibernate (4+ somewhat incompatible versions) and many other less known. This
seems to suggest that the topic of
+creating objects that survives over long periods of time is a difficult
one.</p><p>Eric Evans points out in his book that Entities is a very definite
and distinct concept that needs to be handled
+explicitly. Composite Oriented Programming in general, and Polygene⢠in
particular, takes this point very seriously and
+makes Entities a central part of the whole system. And likewise, we are
convinced that it is not possible to develop
+domain-knowledge-rich applications without a conscious and well-defined
strategy on Entities. So, instead of spending
+endless hours trying to get Hibernate mapping to do the right thing, we
introduce a Composite meta type called
+EntityComposite, which all entities must derive from, and by doing so
automatically become persistable, searchable,
+have a lifecycle and support nested undoable modifications.</p><p>The
characteristics of an EntityComposite compared to other Composite meta types
are;</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem">
+It has an Identity.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+It has a LifeCycle.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+It is typically persisted.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+It can only be referenced by an Association or ManyAssociation.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Its CRUD operations are bound by a UnitOfWork.
+</li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="Unit Of Work"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a
id="core-api-unitofwork"></a>Unit Of Work</h4></div></div></div><p>A UnitOfWork
is a bounded group of operations performed, typically on entities, where these
operations are not visible
+to other threads until the UnitOfWork is completed. It is also possible to
discard these operations, as if they were
+never executed.</p><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in;
margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>UnitOfWork has many
similarities with the Transaction concept used with RDBMSes. But since
Polygene⢠introduced several deviations to the common definitions of
Transactions, we chose to use a different term.</p></div><p>There are several
key characteristics of UnitOfWork;</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul
class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem">
+They are limited to a single thread.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+They have an associated use-case.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+They can be paused and resumed.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+They have a notification mechanism (used to trigger Indexing for instance).
+</li><li class="listitem">
+They can be long-running, as they donât tie up underlying transactions or
other expensive resources.
+</li></ul></div><p>At the moment, they are exclusively used to manipulate <a
class="xref" href="core-api.html#core-api-entity"
title="EntityComposite">EntityComposite</a> composites. All entity operations
MUST be
+done via UnitOfWork, and in fact it is not possible to get this wrong.</p><div
class="section" title="UnitOfWork Propagation"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_unitofwork_propagation"></a>UnitOfWork
Propagation</h5></div></div></div><p>UnitOfWork is associated with a thread,
and can only be transferred to another thread by a relatively complex operation
+of pausing a UnitOfWork in one thread, then hand over the UnitOfWork to the
other thread and resume it there. Donât do it!</p><p>UnitOfWork is available
from the <span class="emphasis"><em><a class="xref"
href="core-api.html#core-api-module" title="Module">Module</a>, and from the
Module you request either a new UnitOfWork or asking
+for the _current</em></span> one. <span class="emphasis"><em>Current
UnitOfWork</em></span> means the UnitOfWork that was created earlier within the
same thread. So,
+typically most entity manipulation code only request the current UnitOfWork
and the management of creating, completing
+and aborting the UnitOfWork is handled by the transaction boundary, often in
the so called application layer (see
+<a class="xref" href="core-api.html#core-api-layer"
title="Layer">Layer</a>)</p><p>Since it is very common to have all, or nearly
all, methods in the <span class="emphasis"><em>transaction boundary</em></span>
to handle the creation and
+completion, possibly with retry, in the same class, module or even layer,
Polygene⢠provides annotations to easily declare
+UnitOfWork concern: @UnitOfWorkPropagation, @UnitOfWorkDiscardOn and
@UnitOfWorkRetry</p></div></div><div class="section"
title="TransientComposite"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4
class="title"><a
id="core-api-transient"></a>TransientComposite</h4></div></div></div><p>TransientComposite
is a Composite meta type for all other cases. The main characteristics
are;</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem">
+It can not be serialized nor persisted.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+hashcode/equals are not treated specially and will be delegated to fragment(s)
implementing those methods.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+It can not be used as a Property type.
+</li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="Objects"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a
id="core-api-object"></a>Objects</h4></div></div></div><p>There are times when
Apache Polygene needs to interoperate with other systems, which
+does not have interfaces as their abstraction. Polygene has a notion of
+Objects, which are Polygene-managed classes and can still be injected with
+the Polygene runtime model, such as @Structure and @Service.</p><p>The
characteristics of an Object compared to Composite meta types are;</p><div
class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem">
+It is a Class, not an interface.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+It can have injections applied to it after it has been created.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+No Mixins, Concerns or SideEffects.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+No Constraints.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Can not have Property instances managed by the Polygene runtime.
+</li></ul></div><div class="section" title="Serialization"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_serialization"></a>Serialization</h5></div></div></div><p>Objects can be
serialized and deserialized using the ValueSerialization API, if and only
+if they are used as types in Properties in Values or Entities. It depends on
the
+ValueSerialization implementation on how the objects are serialized, and
+what the requirements are to allow for deserialization. In general, the Spring
+POJO setter/getter approach will always work, a default constructor is needed,
and
+to be safe, make it into <code
class="literal">java.io.Serializable</code>.</p></div><div class="section"
title="Usage"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_usage"></a>Usage</h5></div></div></div><p>Objects are instantiated either
by calling <code class="literal">ObjectFactory.newObject( type, ⦠)</code> or
+instantiating it in some other fashion and then call <code
class="literal">ObjectFactory.injectInto(â¦)</code>
+to populate the fields.</p></div></div><div class="section" title="Mixin"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a
id="core-api-mixin"></a>Mixin</h4></div></div></div><p>Mixins are the
state-carrying part of a Composite instance. The other Fragments can not retain
state between method
+invocations as they are shared across Composite instances.</p><div
class="section" title="Mixin Type"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5
class="title"><a id="_mixin_type"></a>Mixin Type</h5></div></div></div><p>The
Mixin Type is the interface that declares the Mixin methods. Each Mixin
implementation (the classes defined in
+the @Mixins annotation of a Composite declaration) implements one or more
methods from one or more Mixin Types.</p><p>Mixin Type can be very simple,
like;</p><pre class="programlisting brush: java">public interface BankAccount
+{
+ Money checkBalance();
+}
+</pre><p>Or contain hundreds of methods, subclassed from dozens of super
interfaces.</p><p>The Mixin Types of a Composite are ;</p><div
class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem">
+all the aggregated interfaces of the Composite Type, minus Composite meta-type
interfaces, and
+</li><li class="listitem">
+all private mixin referenced types.
+</li></ul></div><p>There is not a 1:1 correlation between Mixin Type and Mixin
implementation. One canât even know if there are more or
+less of one over the other. That is because a Mixin implementation can
implement less than one, one, or more than one
+Mixin Type.</p><p>It is also entirely possible that multiple implementation
methods exists for a Mixin Type method. The mixin method
+resolution algorithm will provide a deterministic behavior of which
implementation of a method is chosen. The algorithm
+is as follows;</p><p>For each declared method of all Mixin Types of a
Composite;</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li
class="listitem">
+Iterate all Mixin types declared from left to right in the declaration,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Iterate all Mixin types of super-interfaces from left to right in the <span
class="emphasis"><em>extends</em></span> clause,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Iterate all Mixin types within one interface before succeeding to the next
interface,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Iterate all super-interface Mixin types before proceeding to the
super-interfaces of those,
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Iterate all Typed Mixin implementations of all super-interfaces, before
repeating the algorithm for Generic Mixin
+ implementations,
+</li></ul></div><p>This means that one Mixin implementation can <span
class="emphasis"><em>override</em></span> a single method that a larger mixin
implementation implements
+together with many other methods. So, just because a mixin implements
MixinTypeA.method1() and has an implementation
+of MixinTypeA.method2(), doesnât mean that method2() is mapped to that
mixin. This is very important to remember. The
+Envisage tool is capable of visualizing how Mixin Type methods are mapped to
implementations.</p></div><div class="section" title="Public Mixins"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a id="_public_mixins"></a>Public
Mixins</h5></div></div></div><p>Mixins are the state holders of the composite
instance. Public Mixins are the mixins that are exposed to the outside
+world via the CompositeType interface.</p><p><span class="strong"><strong>Each
method in the CompositeType interface MUST be backed by a mixin
class.</strong></span></p><p>Mixins are declared as annotations on the
composite interface.</p><pre class="programlisting brush: java">@Mixins(
SomethingMixin.class )
+public interface Something
+{}
+</pre><pre class="programlisting brush: java">public class SomethingMixin
+ implements Something
+{
+ // State is allowed.
+
+ public void doSomething()
+ {
+ // do stuff...
+ }
+}
+</pre><p>In the above sample, the SomethingMixin will be made part of the
Something composite.</p><p>If we have many interfaces defining many methods,
that all must be backed by a mixin implementation, we simply list all
+the mixins required.</p><pre class="programlisting brush: java">@Mixins( {
StartMixin.class, VehicleMixin.class } )
+public interface Car extends Startable, Vehicle
+{}
+</pre><pre class="programlisting brush: java">public interface Startable
+{
+ boolean start();
+ void stop();
+}
+
+</pre><pre class="programlisting brush: java">public interface Vehicle
+{
+ void turn(float angle);
+
+ void accelerate(float acceleration);
+
+ // more methods
+}
+
+</pre><p>In the example above, the VehicleMixin would need to deal with all
methods defined in the Vehicle interface. That
+interface could be very large, and could be totally independent concerns. So,
instead we should use abstract mixins,
+which are ordinary mixins but are lacking some methods. This is simply done by
declaring the class abstract.</p><pre class="programlisting brush:
java">@Mixins( { StartMixin.class, SpeedMixin.class, CrashResultMixin.class } )
+public interface Car extends Startable, Vehicle
+{}
+
+</pre><pre class="programlisting brush: java">public interface Vehicle extends
SpeedLocation, Crashable
+{
+}
+
+</pre><pre class="programlisting brush: java">public interface SpeedLocation
+{
+ void turn(float angle);
+
+ void accelerate(float acceleration);
+}
+</pre><pre class="programlisting brush: java">public abstract class SpeedMixin
+ implements SpeedLocation
+{
+ // state for speed
+
+ public void accelerate( float acceleration )
+ {
+ // logic
+ }
+}
+
+</pre><p>Above the SpeedMixin only implements the accelerate() method, and
Polygene⢠will only map that method to this mixin. The
+other method of the SpeedLocation interface is not satisfied as the example is
written and will generate a runtime
+exception.</p></div><div class="section" title="Private Mixins"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_private_mixins"></a>Private Mixins</h5></div></div></div><p>Public mixins
expose their methods in the composite interface, and this is not always
desirable. Polygene⢠supports
+<span class="emphasis"><em>Private Mixins</em></span>, which are only visible
within the composite itself. That means that other fragments in the composite
+can see/use it, but it is not visible to the clients of the
composite.</p><p>Private Mixins are handled automatically. When Polygeneâ¢
detects a <code class="literal">@This</code> annotation referring to a type
that is not defined
+in the Composite interface, then that is a Private Mixin. The Mixin
implementation class, however, must exist in the
+list of Mixins in the @Mixins annotation. But often, the Private Mixin only
list internal Property methods in the Mixin
+Type, which will be satisfied by the standard PropertyMixin and hence always
available.</p><p>This is particularly useful in Domain Driven Design, where you
only want to expose domain methods, which are defined by
+the context where they are used. But the state of the Mixin should not be
exposed out at all. For instance, if we have
+the Cargo interface like;</p><pre class="programlisting brush: java">@Mixins(
CargoMixin.class )
+public interface Cargo extends EntityComposite
+{
+ String origin();
+
+ String destination();
+
+ void changeDestination( String newDestination );
+
+}
+
+</pre><p>The interface is defined by its context, and not really exposing the
internal state. So in the implementation we
+probably do something like;</p><pre class="programlisting brush: java">public
abstract class CargoMixin
+ implements Cargo
+{
+ @This
+ private CargoState state;
+
+ public String origin()
+ {
+ return state.origin().get();
+ }
+
+ public String destination()
+ {
+ return state.destination().get();
+ }
+
+ public void changeDestination( String newDestination )
+ {
+ state.destination().set( newDestination );
+ }
+}
+
+</pre><pre class="programlisting brush: java">public interface CargoState
+{
+ Property<String> origin();
+ Property<String> destination();
+}
+
+</pre><p>So, in this typical case, we donât need to declare the Mixin for
the CargoState, as it only defines Property methods,
+which are handled by the standard PropertyMixin always present.</p></div><div
class="section" title="Typed Mixin vs Generic Mixin implementations"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_typed_mixin_vs_generic_mixin_implementations"></a>Typed Mixin vs Generic
Mixin implementations</h5></div></div></div><p>Mixins, Concerns and SideEffects
can either be "typed" or "generic". A Typed Mixin implementation implements one
or
+more Mixin Type interfaces, and one or more of the methods of those
interfaces. A Generic Mixin implementation
+implements java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler, and can therefor be matched to
any method of any interface.
+Typically, AppliesTo annotation is used to filter the methods that such
Generic Mixin implementation is mapped against,
+and sometimes Generic Mixin implementations are "last
resort".</p><p>Experience shows that Generic Mixin implementations are rare,
and should only be used in extreme cases. They are
+less frequent than Generic Concern or Generic SideEffect implementations, but
inside the Polygene⢠API are a couple of
+Generic Mixin implementations that are always present to make the life of the
developer easier, such as PropertyMixin,
+AssociationMixin, ManyAssociationMixin, NoopMixin. The first 3 are declared on
the Composite and EntityComposite
+interfaces and automatically included if needed. They also serve as excellent
example of what they can be used for.</p><pre class="programlisting brush:
java">@AppliesTo( { PropertyMixin.PropertyFilter.class } )
+public final class PropertyMixin
+ implements InvocationHandler
+{
+ @State
+ private StateHolder state;
+
+ @Override
+ public Object invoke( Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args )
+ throws Throwable
+ {
+ return state.propertyFor( method );
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Filter Property methods to apply generic Property Mixin.
+ */
+ public static class PropertyFilter
+ implements AppliesToFilter
+ {
+ @Override
+ public boolean appliesTo( Method method, Class<?> mixin,
Class<?> compositeType, Class<?> modifierClass )
+ {
+ return Property.class.isAssignableFrom( method.getReturnType() );
+ }
+ }
+}
+</pre><p>Other examples that we have come across;</p><div
class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem">
+Mapping from Property<type> to POJO style "properties".
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Remote Service delegation.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Scripting delegation, where a script will implement the Mixin Type.
+</li></ul></div><p>which seems to indicate that Generic Mixin implementations
are likely to be used in integration of other technologies.</p><p>Typed Mixin
implementations are much preferred in general business logic, as they will be
first-class citizens of
+the IDE as well, for navigation, find usage, refactoring and many other common
tasks. This is one of the main
+advantages of the Polygene⢠way of doing AOP compared to AspectJ et al,
where "weaving" is something bolted onto an
+applicationâs classes via regular expressions and known naming conventions,
which can change in an instance by a
+developer being unaware of which PointCuts applies to his
code.</p></div></div><div class="section" title="Concern"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a
id="core-api-concern"></a>Concern</h4></div></div></div><p>Concerns are the
equivalent of "around advice" in Aspect Oriented Programming. They are chained
into an invocation
+stack for each Mixin Type method and invoked after the Constraints have been
executed. Since they are sitting "around"
+the Mixin implementation method, they also have a chance to modify the
returned result, and even skip calling the
+underlying Mixin method implementation altogether.</p><p>To create a concern,
you need to create a class that,</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul
class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem">
+implements the Mixin Type (Typed Concerns) or
java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler (Generic Concerns),
+</li><li class="listitem">
+extend ConcernOf (Typed Concerns) or GenericConcern (Generic Concerns) [1]
+</li></ul></div><p>You are allowed to modify both the in-arguments as well as
the returned value, including throw exceptions if that is
+suitable, perhaps for post condition checks.</p><div class="section"
title="Typed Concern"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_typed_concern_2"></a>Typed Concern</h5></div></div></div><p>As mentioned
above, concerns that implements the <span class="emphasis"><em>Mixin
Type</em></span> are called <span class="strong"><strong>Typed
Mixins</strong></span>. They are more common in the
+business domain, and can be used for many important things in the domain
model, such as checking post conditions (i.e.
+ensure that the state in the entire composite is valid), coordinating
services, handling events and much more.</p><p>Typed Concerns doesnât have to
implement all the methods in the Mixin Type. By making the class abstract and
only
+implementing the methods of interest, Polygene⢠runtime will subclass the
concern (otherwise not valid for the JVM), but the
+generated methods will never be invoked.</p></div><div class="section"
title="Generic Concern"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_generic_concern_2"></a>Generic Concern</h5></div></div></div><p>In classic
AOP, all advice are effectively <span class="emphasis"><em>generic</em></span>.
There is no type information in the advice implementation and the
+pointcut can be defined anywhere in the code, and the implementation uses
proxy InvocationHandlers. Polygene⢠supports this
+construct as well, and we call it <span class="strong"><strong>Generic
Concern</strong></span>.</p><p>Generic Concerns will be added to all methods
that the AppliesToFilter evaluates to true. By default, that is all
methods.</p><p>AppliesToFilters is a mechanism to limit, or direct, which
methods that the concern should be added to. You have full
+control over this selection process, via several mechanisms.</p><div
class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem">
+@AppliesTo annotation can be put on the concern, with either;
+</li><li class="listitem">
+an interface for which the methods should be wrapped, or
+</li><li class="listitem">
+an AppliesToFilter implementation that is consulted during building the
invocation stack, or
+</li><li class="listitem">
+an annotation type that must be given on the method.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Concerns are added only to composites that declares the Concern, either in
+</li><li class="listitem">
+the Composite Type, or
+</li><li class="listitem">
+during assembly in the withConcerns() method.
+</li></ul></div><p>This means that we can make the following three samples of
concerns. First the generic concern that is added to the methods
+of the JDBC Connection class;</p><pre class="programlisting brush:
java">@AppliesTo( java.sql.Connection.class )
+public class CacheConcern extends GenericConcern
+ implements InvocationHandler
+{
+</pre><p>We can also use an AppliesToFilter to define which methods should be
wrapped with the concern, like this;</p><pre class="programlisting brush:
java">@AppliesTo( BusinessAppliesToFilter.class )
+public class BusinessConcern extends GenericConcern
+ implements InvocationHandler
+{
+ [...snip...]
+
+public class BusinessAppliesToFilter
+ implements AppliesToFilter
+{
+
+ @Override
+ public boolean appliesTo( Method method, Class<?> mixin,
Class<?> compositeType, Class<?> fragmentClass
+ )
+ {
+ return true; // Some criteria for when a method is wrapped with the
concern.
+ }
+}
+</pre><p>And finally an example of how to use annotations to mark indvidual
methods for being wrapped by the concern.</p><pre class="programlisting brush:
java">@AppliesTo( Audited.class )
+public class AuditConcern extends GenericConcern
+ implements InvocationHandler
+{
+ [...snip...]
+
+ @Override
+ public Object invoke( Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args )
+ throws Throwable
+ {
+ return null;
+ }
+}
+
+ [...snip...]
+
+@Retention( RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME )
+@Target( { ElementType.METHOD } )
+@Documented
+@InjectionScope
+public @interface Audited
+{
+}
+</pre><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right:
0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>Even if a method fulfills the requirement
for the concern, if the concern is not declared for the Composite then the
concern will NOT be applied.</p></div></div><div class="section"
title="Invocation Order"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_invocation_order"></a>Invocation Order</h5></div></div></div><p>The
concerns are invoked AFTER all <a class="xref"
href="core-api.html#core-api-constraint" title="Constraint">Constraint</a> have
been checked. The concerns are executed before the
+<a class="xref" href="core-api.html#core-api-sideeffect"
title="SideEffect">SideEffect</a> are executed in the return path.</p><p>The
order of execution is defined by the declaration order, interface hierarchy,
whether the concern is generic or typed
+and if they are declared in the interface or declared in the <a class="xref"
href="core-bootstrap-assembly.html" title="Core
Bootstrap">Assembly</a>.</p><p>From the perspective of incoming call, i.e.
after the <core-api-constraint>> have been checked, the following rules
+are in place;</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li
class="listitem">
+Typed concerns are invoked AFTER Generic concerns.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Concern declared to the LEFT are executed BEFORE concerns to the RIGHT.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Concerns in subclasses are executed BEFORE concerns in super-interfaces.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Concerns in super-interfaces are executed breadth BEFORE depth.
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Concerns in different super-interfaces at the same "level" are executed with
the concerns declared in super-interfaces left of other super-interfaces first.
(TODO: Strange explanation)
+</li><li class="listitem">
+Concerns declared in interfaces are executed AFTER concerns declared in <a
class="xref" href="core-bootstrap-assembly.html" title="Core
Bootstrap">Assembly</a>.
+</li></ul></div></div></div><div class="section" title="Constraint"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a
id="core-api-constraint"></a>Constraint</h4></div></div></div></div><div
class="section" title="SideEffect"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4
class="title"><a
id="core-api-sideeffect"></a>SideEffect</h4></div></div></div></div><div
class="section" title="DecoratorMixin"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4
class="title"><a
id="core-api-decoratormixin"></a>DecoratorMixin</h4></div></div></div><p>A
little known feature is the DecoratorMixin, which allows any object to become a
Mixin. This is useful when for instance
+the initialization of the object to act as a Mixin is complex, or maybe an
instance is shared across many Composites.
+This functionality is only relevant in Transients, and therefor not available
in other Composite meta types.</p><p>This is done by declaring the
DecoratorMixin on the interface, and add the object to be used via the use()
method on
+the TransientBuilder.</p><p>The DecoratorMixin will optimize the invocation
for generic mixins, to avoid additional cost of reflection. But otherwise
+the DecoratorMixin is fairly simple</p><div class="section"
title="Example"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_example"></a>Example</h5></div></div></div><p>Letâs say that we have a
model, FooModel, whose implementation is simply a POJO. Several different views
shares this
+the same model instance, so any changes to the model will notify the
views.</p><p>We start with the FooModel interface;</p><pre
class="programlisting brush: java">public interface FooModel
+{
+ String getBar();
+ void setBar(String value);
+ [...snip...]
+
+}
+</pre><p>and its implementation is not really relevant for this
discussion.</p><p>Each of the views looks like this;</p><pre
class="programlisting brush: java">@Mixins(View1.Mixin.class)
+public interface View1
+{
+ String bar();
+
+ public class Mixin
+ implements View1
+ {
+ @This
+ FooModel model;
+
+ @Override
+ public String bar()
+ {
+ return model.getBar();
+ }
+ }
+}
+</pre><p>Note that the mixin is expecting to have the FooModel as being part
of the view. This also simplies the mixin, which
+can for instance add and remove listeners to model updates in lifecycle
methods.</p><p>But we need an implementation of the FooModel that uses the
actual implementation of the FooModel. So we decorate the
+FooModel with the DecoratorMixin.</p><pre class="programlisting brush:
java">@Mixins(DecoratorMixin.class)
+public interface FooModel
+</pre><p>The DecoratorMixin expects that the implementation is found among the
"@Uses" objects, so to create a view we simply
+do;</p><pre class="programlisting brush: java">public View1 createView1(
FooModel model )
+{
+ TransientBuilder<View1> builder =
transientBuilderFactory.newTransientBuilder( View1.class );
+ builder.use( model );
+ return builder.newInstance();
+}
+</pre><p>And there is nothing special in the assembly of this simple
example;</p><pre class="programlisting brush: java">@Override
+public void assemble( ModuleAssembly module )
+ throws AssemblyException
+{
+ module.transients( View1.class );
+ module.transients( View2.class );
+ module.transients( FooModel.class );
+}
+</pre><p>This can now be validated in a small test;</p><pre
class="programlisting brush: java">
+@Test
+public void testDecoration()
+{
+ FooModelImpl model = new FooModelImpl( "Init" );
+ View1 view1 = createView1( model );
+ View2 view2 = createView2( model );
+ assertThat( view1.bar(), equalTo( "Init" ) );
+ assertThat( view2.bar(), equalTo( "Init" ) );
+ model.setBar( "New Value" );
+ assertThat( view1.bar(), equalTo( "New Value" ) );
+ assertThat( view2.bar(), equalTo( "New Value" ) );
+}
+</pre></div></div><div class="section" title="Composite Types Lookup"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a
id="core-api-type-lookup"></a>Composite Types
Lookup</h4></div></div></div><p>Composite Types Lookup can occurs when you
explicitely lookup for a Composite by Type
+(ex. ServiceFinder.findService(..) methods), when you ask for an injection or
when you create a new composite instance.</p><p>All theses type lookup start
from a Module, are lazy, cached and obey the Polygene⢠Visibility rules. Type
Lookup works
+equally accross Composite Types with some subtle differences when it comes to
Services and Entities.</p><div class="section" title="Object, Transient and
Value Types Lookup"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_object_transient_and_value_types_lookup"></a>Object, Transient and Value
Types Lookup</h5></div></div></div><p>When creating or injecting Objects,
Transients or Values the Type Lookup does the following:</p><p>First, if
Object/Transient/Value Models exactly match the given type, the closest one
(Visibility then Assembly order)
+is returned. Multiple <span class="strong"><strong>exact</strong></span>
matches with the same Visibility are <span
class="strong"><strong>forbidden</strong></span> and result in an
+AmbiguousTypeException.</p><p>Second, if Object/Transient/Value Models match a
type assignable to the given type, the closest one (Visibility then
+Assembly order) is returned. Multiple <span
class="strong"><strong>assignable</strong></span> matches with the same
Visibility are <span class="strong"><strong>forbidden</strong></span> and
result in an
+AmbiguousTypeException.</p></div><div class="section" title="Entity Types
Lookup"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_entity_types_lookup"></a>Entity Types
Lookup</h5></div></div></div><p>Entity Types Lookup is splitted in two use
cases famillies: Creational usecases and Non-Creational usecases.</p><p><span
class="strong"><strong>Creational Entity Types
Lookup</strong></span></p><p>This Type Lookup takes place when creating new
Entity instances from a UnitOfWork and behave exactly like
+Object/Transient/Value Types Lookups.</p><p><span
class="strong"><strong>Non-Creational Entity Types
Lookup</strong></span></p><p>This Type Lookup takes place when fetching
Entities from an EntityStore or writing queries using the Query API. The Type
+Lookup is different here to allow polymorphic use of Entities and
Queries.</p><p>First difference is that this Type Lookup returns an ordered
collection instead of a single match.</p><p>Returned collection contains, in
order, Entity Models that:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul
class="itemizedlist"><li class="listitem">
+exactly match the given type, in Visibility then Assembly order ;
+</li><li class="listitem">
+match a type assignable to the given type, in Visibility then Assembly order.
+</li></ul></div><p>Multiple <span class="strong"><strong>exact</strong></span>
matches with the same Visibility are <span
class="strong"><strong>forbidden</strong></span> and result in an
AmbiguousTypeException.</p><p>Multiple <span
class="strong"><strong>assignable</strong></span> matches are <span
class="strong"><strong>allowed</strong></span> to enable polymorphic fetches
and queries.</p></div><div class="section" title="Service Types Lookup"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_service_types_lookup"></a>Service Types
Lookup</h5></div></div></div><p>Service Types Lookup works as
follow:</p><p>Returned collection contains, in order, ServiceReferences
that:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist"><li
class="listitem">
+exactly match the given type, in Visibility then Assembly order ;
+</li><li class="listitem">
+match a type assignable to the given type, in Visibility then Assembly order.
+</li></ul></div><p>Multiple <span class="strong"><strong>exact</strong></span>
matches with the same Visibility are <span
class="strong"><strong>allowed</strong></span> to enable polymorphic
lookup/injection.</p><p>Multiple <span
class="strong"><strong>assignable</strong></span> matches with the same
Visibility are <span class="strong"><strong>allowed</strong></span> for the
very same reason.</p></div></div><div class="section" title="Metrics API"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a
id="core-api-metrics"></a>Metrics API</h4></div></div></div><p>The Polygeneâ¢
platform defines an advanced Metrics SPI to capture runtime metrics of
Polygeneâs internals as well be used by
+application code (via this API) to provide production metrics for operations
personnel, ensuring healthy state of
+the applications.</p><div class="section" title="MetricsProvider"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_metricsprovider"></a>MetricsProvider</h5></div></div></div><p>There are
quite a lot of different Metrics components available, which are instantiated
via factories. There is one
+factory for each component type, to allow for additional components to be
created in the future without breaking
+compatibility in the existing implementations.</p><p>The MetricsProvider is a
standard Polygene⢠Service and simply acquired via the @Service annotation on
a field or
+constructor argument.</p><pre class="programlisting brush: java">@Service
+private MetricsProvider provider;
+</pre></div><div class="section" title="Gauge"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_gauge"></a>Gauge</h5></div></div></div><p>A Gauge is the simplest form of
Metric. It is a value that the application sets, which is polled upon request.
The
+application need to provide the implementation of the <span
class="emphasis"><em>value()</em></span> method. Gauges are genericized for
type-safe value
+handling.</p><p>A Gauge can represent anything, for instance, thread pool
levels, queue sizes and other resource allocations. It is
+useful to have separate gauges for percentage (%) and absolute numbers of the
same resource. Operations are mainly
+interested in being alerted when threshold are reach as a percentage, as it is
otherwise too many numbers to keep
+track of.</p><p>To create a Gauge, you do something like;</p><pre
class="programlisting brush: java">final BlockingQueue queue = new
LinkedBlockingQueue( 20 );
+ [...snip...]
+
+MetricsGaugeFactory gaugeFactory = provider.createFactory(
MetricsGaugeFactory.class );
+MetricsGauge<Integer> gauge = gaugeFactory.registerGauge( "Sample
Gauge", new MetricsGauge<Integer>()
+{
+ @Override
+ public Integer value()
+ {
+ return queue.size();
+ }
+} );
+</pre></div><div class="section" title="Counter"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_counter"></a>Counter</h5></div></div></div><pre class="programlisting
brush: java">MetricsCounterFactory counterFactory = provider.createFactory(
MetricsCounterFactory.class );
+MetricsCounter counter = counterFactory.createCounter( "Sample Counter" );
+</pre></div><div class="section" title="Histogram"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_histogram"></a>Histogram</h5></div></div></div><pre class="programlisting
brush: java">MetricsHistogramFactory histoFactory = provider.createFactory(
MetricsHistogramFactory.class );
+MetricsHistogram histogram = histoFactory.createHistogram( "Sample Histogram"
);
+</pre></div><div class="section" title="Meter"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_meter"></a>Meter</h5></div></div></div><pre class="programlisting brush:
java">MetricsMeterFactory meterFactory = provider.createFactory(
MetricsMeterFactory.class );
+MetricsMeter meter = meterFactory.createMeter( "Sample Meter" );
+</pre></div><div class="section" title="Timer"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_timer"></a>Timer</h5></div></div></div><p>Timers capture both the length
of some execution as well as rate of calls. They can be used to time method
calls, or
+critical sections, or even HTTP requests duration and similar.</p><pre
class="programlisting brush: java">MetricsTimerFactory timerFactory =
provider.createFactory( MetricsTimerFactory.class );
+MetricsTimer timer = timerFactory.createTimer( "Sample Timer" );
+</pre></div><div class="section" title="HealthCheck"><div
class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a
id="_healthcheck"></a>HealthCheck</h5></div></div></div><pre
class="programlisting brush: java">MetricsHealthCheckFactory healthFactory =
provider.createFactory( MetricsHealthCheckFactory.class );
+MetricsHealthCheck healthCheck = healthFactory.registerHealthCheck(
+ "Sample Healthcheck",
+ new MetricsHealthCheck()
+ {
+ @Override
+ public Result check()
+ throws Exception
+ {
+ ServiceStatus status = pingMyService();
+ return new Result( status.isOk(), status.getErrorMessage(),
status.getException() );
+ }
+ } );
+</pre></div></div></div><div xmlns="" xmlns:exsl="http://exslt.org/common";
class="footer"><p>
+ Copyright © 2015 The Apache Software Foundation, Licensed under the
<a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/"; target="_blank">Apache License,
Version 2.0</a>.
+ <br /><small>
+ Apache Polygene, Polygene, Apache, the Apache feather logo, and
the Apache Polygene project logo are trademarks of The Apache Software
Foundation.<br />
+ All other marks mentioned may be trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective owners.
+ </small></p></div></body></html>
\ No newline at end of file
