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Package com.sas.services.discovery

@CodeSet("sas.platform") @SASScope("ALL") package com.sas.services.discovery

Discover a service based upon its service capabilities and optionally service attributes. The Discovery Service provides a mechanism to locate platform services.

Discovery Service

Overview

The Discovery service's purpose is to enable one to find a service implementation based upon desired service capabilities and optionally service attributes. A previously discovered service may also be re-discovered using its discovery service ID.

Service capabilities are specified in terms of the Java interface(s) implemented by a service. One may also specify the service instance's class or a superclass, but its recommended that one discovers a service using just its interfaces. Discovery occurs without requiring the client to have any knowledge of the underlying lookup mechanism(s) that are being used. Abstracting the lookup mechanism(s) enables us to minimize client code changes should we later decide to use an alternative service implementation.

• Discovering a Service
  • based only upon its service type(s)
  • based upon its service type(s) and attribute(s)
  • using its service discovery ID
• Model
• How to Implement a Discoverable Service
• Examples

Discovering a Service

Services are discovered based upon their service capabilities which represent the Java classes the service is, extends, or interfaces it implements. Typically one will discover a service based upon its service interface, for example a com.sas.services.information.InformationServiceInterface. Code snippets are provided below to illustrate the three ways one may discover a service.

• Based upon its service capabilities
  • Based only upon service type(s)
  • Based upon service type(s) and attribute(s)
• A previously discovered service can be re-discovered using its service's discovery ID

Find a Service Based Upon Service Type(s)

This example illustrates how one finds a service based solely upon its service capabilities. In this example, we wish to locate a service that implements the com.sas.services.information.InformationServiceInterface.

import com.sas.services.information.InformationServiceInterface; // get default discovery service DiscoveryServiceInterface discoveryService = DiscoveryService.defaultInstance(); // locate a logging service using the discovery service InformationServiceInterface infoServiceIf = (InformationServiceInterface) discoveryService.findService( new ServiceTemplate(new Class[] { InformationServiceInterface.class}));

Find a Service Using its Discovery Service ID

This example illustrates how one initially discovers a service based upon its service capabilities and then later get the same service using its service discovery ID.

import com.sas.services.information.InformationServiceInterface; // get default discovery service DiscoveryServiceInterface discoveryService = DiscoveryService.defaultInstance(); // lookup a logging service using the discovery service InformationServiceInterface loggingService1 = (InformationServiceInterface) discoveryService.findService( new ServiceTemplate(new Class[] {InformationServiceInterface.class})); // determine the service discovery ID which is part of an ancillary service // discovery configuration available from the service's configuration. // // NOTE: ServiceConfigurationInterface.CONFIGURATION_SERVICE_DISCOVERY is // the reserved lookup key used to obtain the service discovery configuration. String serviceDiscoveryId = null; final ServiceConfigurationInterface serviceConfig = infoService1.getServiceConfiguration(); if (serviceConfig != null) { final ServiceConfigurationInterface serviceDiscoveryConfig = serviceConfig.getServiceConfiguration( ServiceConfigurationInterface.CONFIGURATION_SERVICE_DISCOVERY); if ((serviceDiscoveryConfig != null) && (serviceDiscoveryConfig instanceof ServiceDiscoveryConfigurationInterface)) { serviceDiscoveryId = ((ServiceDiscoveryConfigurationInterface) serviceDiscoveryConfig).getDiscoveryId(); } } // now if we wish to get the same service at some later point, // ask the discovery service to find it using its serviceDiscoveryId. InformationServiceInterface infoService2 = (InformationServiceInterface) discoveryService.findServiceUsingId(serviceDiscoveryId);

Find a Service Based Upon Service Capabilities and Attributes

An application may desire to find a service that not only satisfies a particular business interface, but also attributes which may be used to differentiate a service from other services satisfying the same interface. When a service is deployed, attributes are added to its service discovery configuration that enable one to locate it based upon the following considerations:

• accessibility to remote clients
• host on which a service was deployed
• JVM in which a service was deployed
• application's service deployment
• service's component
• name/value attributes which a user may have associated to a service deployment, service deployment group, or service

Refer to the documentation for the ServiceTemplate class for code examples.

Using JMX to View Registered Services

One may inspect the services that are registered with the Discovery Service as well as their configured service templates using a JMX console if one has enabled JMX for SAS Foundation Services.

The following snapshot shows the services that are registered with the Discovery Service when viewed with the jManage JMX console.

The following snapshot shows a service template configuration for an Information Service when viewed with the jManage JMX console. One may discover this service using the service interface(s) and optionally attribute(s) defined in this template.

Model

The Discovery service employs a "Chain of Command" design pattern to find a service based upon a requested service template. This design pattern is explained in the table below.

Intent	"Avoid coupling the sender of a request to its receiver by giving more than one object a chance to handle the request. Chain the receiving objects and pass the request along the chain until an object handles it." Chain of Command design pattern - Gamma, Helm, Johnson, Vlissides, 1994, p. 223
Motivation	Decouple senders and receivers The object that made the request has no explicit knowledge of who will handle it. (Implicit Receiver) Give multiple objects a chance to handle the request In order to forward the event or message along the chain, each element or class in the chain must share a common interface for:
Applicability	More than one object may handle a request, handler isn't known a priori, the handler should be ascertained automatically, it is desired to issue the request to one of several objects without specifying the receiver explicitly, and the set of objects that can handle a request should be specified dynamically In order to forward the event or message along the chain, each element or class in the chain must share a common interface for:
Participants	FindServiceInterface defines a handler interface used to request a service. A handler implmentation attempts to fulfill this request. It may also optionally implement the successor link to which it will delegate the request. If the handler can fulfill the request, then it does so. If the handler cannot fulfill the request, then it passes the request on to it's successor if a successor exists.

How to Implement a Discoverable Service

Service implementations may be exposed via the Discovery Service if the following considerations are observed:

• Implement a Service
  1. Your service must implement one of the following two interfaces:
     • com.sas.services.ServiceInterface
     • com.sas.services.RemoteServiceInterface
     RemoteServiceInterface is the base service interface. Its methods declare that they throw RemoteException which is a requirement for remote interfaces. This interface must be used for a service implementation that is intended for use in a distributed environment. ServiceInterface extends RemoteServiceInterface. This interface is identical to its super interface except that its methods do not throw RemoteExceptions. Use this interface if your service will only be used in a local JVM (i.e. no remote interfaces). The best way to satisfy this interface requirement is to have your service implementation extend either com.sas.services.AbstractService or com.sas.services.AbstractRemoteService (local and distributed versions respectively).
  2. Implement one or more Java interfaces that specify the methods that your service will support (i.e. the the "InformationService" implements "InformationServiceInterface"). These interfaces will define the capabilities of your service that you wish to expose to your consumer.
  3. If your service is to be used in a distributed deployment, it must serializable. Explicitly specify a serialVersionUID, so that you will have control over whether or not your service is backward compatible with previous versions.

     Note: Each serializable class should have an attribute that specifies its serial version UID. For example, use long serialVersionUID = 2153634929598531287L; for an interface or public static final long serialVersionUID = -1428994704601244397L; for a class.

     To generate a serial version UID, compile your .java file and then use the serialver.exe located in the JRE\bin directory to generate an ID.

     For example,
     

      C:\classes>set classpath=%classpath%anyJarFilesYourStuffUses.jar;
      C:\classes>serialver -show
      A "Serial Version Inspector" dialog will appear.
      Enter a qualified class name in the
      "Full Class Name" text field and then activate the "Show" button.
      Cut/paste the "Serial Version" into your code.
      

• Implement a Service Factory
  1. The com.sas.services.deployment.ServiceLoader will be used to instantiate and initialize your service. The ServiceLoader will invoke the the default constructor of the service factory specified in your service's deployment configuration. Your service factory must implement the com.sas.services.ServiceFactoryInterface which specifies one method:

      RemoteServiceInterface getService(
         final ServiceConfigurationInterface serviceConfiguration)
         throws ServiceException;
      

     A typical implementation will overload the getService() method to accept other types of initialization objects. Note that RemoteServiceInterface is the base service interface, so the service returned by this method may be either a local or distributable service. We have adopted a Java class naming convention of "XxxServiceFactory.java" where "Xxx" is the name of your service. For example, the service factory for "InformationServiceInterface.java" would be "InformationServiceFactory.java"
  2. The ServiceConfigurationInterface will provide your service with an initialization object derived from the service deployment configuration. The initialization object that the ServiceLoader will provide will be of type com.sas.services.ServiceInitializationObject whose getInitializationObject() method will return an object of type String representing the XML fragment containing your service's initialization data.
  3. Most of the current service implementations translate this XML initialization configuration into an initialization object that is ultimately used to initialize their service. This has the advantage of being able to use the same initialization code whether your service is being instantiated by the ServiceLoader which provides XML data or directly using your service initialization object (i.e. "com.sas.services.logging.LoggingServiceInitObject");

Examples

This section presents an example illustrating use of the Discovery Service.

Example: Service Lookup Using Local Discovery Service

This section first presents an example showing how to find a service using a local discovery service previously bootstrapped using the ServiceLoader. Service deployment using the ServiceLoader utility is discussed in the com.sas.services.deployment package's documentation.

import com.sas.services.discovery.DiscoveryService; import com.sas.services.discovery.ServiceNotAvailableException; ... try { // // Discover a service implementation through its service // types, for example an InformationServiceInterface... // final Class[] desiredServiceTypes = new Class[] { com.sas.services.infomration.InformationServiceInterface.class }; // // DiscoveryService.defaultInstance() returns a local implementation // of the DiscoveryServiceInterface. The local discovery service may then // be used to find an object based upon its desired service capabilities. // // A ServiceNotAvailableException is thrown if the Discovery Service // can't find a service that satisfies the requested service capabilities. // final InformationServiceInterface informationService = (InformationServiceInterface) DiscoveryService.defaultInstance().findService( new ServiceTemplate(desiredServiceTypes)); // // Use the discovered Information Service... // } catch (ServiceNotAvailableException e) { // This exception will be thrown if you attempt to discover a // service that is not accessible by the Discovery Service System.out.println(e.getMessage()); }

Example: Distributed Deployment and Service Lookup From Another Process

A sample application has been created to demonstrate use of the Discovery Service.

1. Start a process responsible for deploying a distributable implementation of Foundation Services
2. Start a process that will attempt to locate a remotely accessible Discovery Service, locate a service based upon desired service capabilities, and then use the remotely discovered service.

This sample employs the com.sas.services.deployment.ServiceLoader class. Refer to its main method for specifics.

// // Startup a process that will deploy services belonging to the service // deployment "ID Portal - distributed core services": // // This process may be exited by keying the Enter key in the console window. // // NOTE: // -Dcom.sas.services.logging.configurationURL=<alternate log configuration> // Omit this item to accept the log default. Refer to the Logging Service // API for additional details. // C:\sample>java -Djava.security.policy=C:/sample/policy -Djava.rmi.server.codebase=" file:///c:/jars/sas.svc.core.jar file:///c:/jars/sas.oma.joma.jar file:///c:/jars/sas.oma.joma.rmt.jar file:///c:/jars/sas.core.jar file:///c:/jars/sas.text.jar" -Dlog4j.configuration=file:///C:/sample/log4j.config -Djava.security.auth.policy=C:/sample/auth.policy -Djava.security.auth.login.config=C:/sample/login.config -Dcache.auth.policy=true -Dcom.sas.services.logging.configurationURL=file:C:\sample\LoggingConfig.xml com.sas.services.deployment.ServiceLoader 0 "ID Portal - distributed core services" "file:///C:/sample/sas_service_deployment_export_idportal_2.xml"

// // Startup a process that will bootstrap the local discovery service with // remote discovery service(s) that have been previously deployed and // available via an RMI naming lookup. // // Look for services that are in the "BIP Software Components" SoftwareComponent // hierarchy that are associated with a deployment group named // "Core Platform Services": // // This sample application will first initialize its local discovery service // with remotely available discovery services. Upon completion of this bootstrap // it will then attempt to discover a Logging Service which should be // accessible via the remote discovery service. // // NOTE: // -Dcom.sas.services.logging.configurationURL=<alternate log configuration> // Omit this item to accept the log default. Refer to the Logging Service // API for additional details. // C:\sample>java -Djava.security.policy=C:/sample/policy -Dlog4j2.configurationFile=file:///C:/sample/log4j2.properties -Djava.security.auth.policy=C:/sample/auth.policy -Djava.security.auth.login.config=C:/sample/login.config -Dcache.auth.policy=true -Dcom.sas.services.logging.configurationURL=file:C:\sample\LoggingConfig.xml com.sas.services.deployment.ServiceLoader 1 "ID Portal - distributed core services" "file:///C:/sample/sas_service_deployment_export_idportal_2.xml"

Related Packages

Package	Description
com.sas.services	SAS Foundation Services.

Class	Description
AbstractDiscoveryService	Abstract discovery service.
ActivatableDiscoveryService	Remotely accessible discovery service.
DiscoveryAdminInterface	Interfaces used to manage the addition/removal of services to/from a discovery service and discovery delegates used to locate services.
DiscoveryService	Discovery service used to store registered services and discovery delegates.
DiscoveryServiceConfiguration	Configuration data for initializing or reconfiguring a Discovery service.
DiscoveryServiceFactory	Factory used to manufacture a remotely accessible discovery service.
DiscoveryServiceInterface	Interface describing a discovery service in terms of its capability to act as a mechanism to find services based upon a desired service template and an administration interface that's used to add/remove services to the registry and to add/remove discovery delegates.
FindServiceInterface	Interface describing how to find service(s) via the Discovery service.
HostAttribute	A foundation service discovery attribute which may be used to locate a service which has been deployed on a particular host by using the host's name and/or IP address.
IdAttribute	A foundation service discovery attribute representing an ID and ID type.
IsRemotelyAccessibleAttribute	A foundation service discovery attribute which may be used to locate a service based on whether or not it can be accessed by remote clients.
JVMAttribute	A foundation service discovery attribute which may be used to locate a service which has been instantiated in the local JVM or the same JVM as another previously discovered service.
LocalDiscoveryServiceInterface	Interface describing a local discovery service that provides additional controls related to policy decisions peculiar to a local discovery service.
LookupPolicyAttempts	A service discovery policy that will re-attempt to lookup services for a specified number of attempts.
LookupPolicyInterface	Interface describing service lookup policies that a local discovery service should observe: policy to retry to find services in the event that service(s) were not available at the time a request was submitted.
LookupPolicyTimeout	A service discovery policy that will re-attempt to lookup services until the specified timeout occurs.
MetadataAttribute	A service attribute that denotes membership in a group of software components.
NameValueAttribute	A foundation service discovery attribute which may be used to find a service based upon a name/value.
PassportInterface	Passport interface.
RegistryDiscoveryService	A discovery service which can be used to locate foundation services which have been bound to an RMI registry.
RemoteDiscoveryServiceInterface	Marker interface used to denote a discovery service that is capable of servicing remote clients.
RemoteDiscoveryServiceProxy	Proxy to a discovery service that is capable of servicing remote clients.
ServiceComponentAttribute	A foundation service discovery attribute which represents an foundation service.
ServiceDeploymentAttribute	A foundation service discovery attribute which represents an application's service deployment which may be used to discover a foundation service that belongs to a particular service deployment.
ServiceDiscoveryConfiguration	Service discovery configuration.
ServiceDiscoveryConfigurationInterface	Interface describing a service discovery configuration consisting of an ID used to uniquely identify a service across JVMs and optional service attributes which may be used to qualify a discovery lookup to distinguish among multiple services that satisfy the same service types.
ServiceGroupAttribute	A service attribute that denotes membership in a group of software components.
ServiceNotAvailableException	Service is not available exception.
Services	A type-safe collection of services which implement the RemoteServiceInterface interface.
ServicesCache	Cache used to store foundation services.
ServiceTemplate	A service request template that describes the type(s) of services expressed in terms of Java classes/interfaces representing the business interfaces and optional service attributes.
ServiceTypes	Service capabilities expressed in terms of the Java interface(s) and/or classes.