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 <ruch...@wso2.com> 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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Madhuka Udantha
http://madhukaudantha.blogspot.com
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