Aug 22, 2008

Simple REST(Jax- RS) Example

Defining a REST service is pretty easy, simply ad @Path annotation to a class then define on methods the HTTP method to use (@GET, @POST, ...).

Here we see a bean that uses the Bean-Managed Concurrency option as well as the @Startup annotation which causes the bean to be instantiated by the container when the application starts. Singleton beans with @ConcurrencyManagement(BEAN) are responsible for their own thread-safety. The bean shown is a simple properties "registry" and provides a place where options could be set and retrieved by all beans in the application.

package org.superbiz.rest;

import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.POST;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;

@Path("/greeting")
public class GreetingService {
    @GET
    public String message() {
        return "Hi REST!";
    }

    @POST
    public String lowerCase(final String message) {
        return "Hi REST!".toLowerCase();
    }
}

Testing

Test for the JAXRS service

The test uses the OpenEJB ApplicationComposer to make it trivial.
The idea is first to activate the jaxrs services. This is done using @EnableServices annotation.
Then we create on the fly the application simply returning an object representing the web.xml. Here we simply use it to define the context root but you can use it to define your REST Application too. And to complete the application definition we add @Classes annotation to define the set of classes to use in this app.
Finally to test it we use cxf client API to call the REST service in get() and post() methods.
package org.superbiz.rest;

import org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.client.WebClient;
import org.apache.openejb.jee.SingletonBean;
import org.apache.openejb.junit.ApplicationComposer;
import org.apache.openejb.junit.EnableServices;
import org.apache.openejb.junit.Module;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

import java.io.IOException;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

@EnableServices(value = "jaxrs")
@RunWith(ApplicationComposer.class)
public class GreetingServiceTest {
    @Module
    public SingletonBean app() {
        return (SingletonBean) new SingletonBean(GreetingService.class).localBean();
    }

    @Test
    public void get() throws IOException {
        final String message = WebClient.create("http://localhost:4204").path("/GreetingServiceTest/greeting/").get(String.class);
        assertEquals("Hi REST!", message);
    }

    @Test
    public void post() throws IOException {
        final String message = WebClient.create("http://localhost:4204").path("/GreetingServiceTest/greeting/").post("Hi REST!", String.class);
        assertEquals("hi rest!", message);
    }
}

Running

Running the example is fairly simple. In the "simple-rest" directory run:
$ mvn clean install

Tests run: 2, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 0.004 sec

Results :

Tests run: 2, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0

APIs Used

  • javax.ws.rs.GET
  • javax.ws.rs.POST
  • javax.ws.rs.Path

Apr 12, 2008

Writing a Java Concurrent Program

Steps in writing Java Concurrent Program

Template Program:

Copy the template Java Concurrent Program from $FND_TOP/java/cp/request/Template.java to your directory and start coding according to your requirement. Change file name and class name to your required name as Java Concurrent Program name.
================= Template.java===========================
package oracle.apps.fnd.cp.request;
// Change the package name to the required one.
// import all the other required classes/packages.
import oracle.apps.fnd.util.*;
import oracle.apps.fnd.cp.request.*;
// Change the name of the class from Template to your
// concurrent program class name
public class Template implements JavaConcurrentProgram
{
   /** Optionally provide class constructor without any arguments.
    *  If you provide any arguments to the class constructor then while
    *  running the program will fail.
    */
   public void runProgram(CpContext pCpContext)
   {
        ReqCompletion lRC = pCpContext.getReqCompletion();
        String CompletionText = "";
        /* Code your program logic here.
         * Use getJDBCConnection method to get the connection
* object for any JDBC operations.
         * Use CpContext provided commit,rollback methods to
* commit/rollback data base transactions.
         * Don't forget to release the connection before returning
* from this method.
         */
        /* Call setCompletion method to set the request completion
* status and completion text.
         * Status values are ReqCompletion.NORMAL,ReqCompletion.WARNING,
         * ReqCompletion.ERROR.
         * Use Completion text message of length 240 characters.
* If it is more than 240 then full string will appear in
* log file and truncated 240 characters will be used as
* request completion text.
         */
         lRC.setCompletion(ReqCompletion.NORMAL, CompletionText);
    }
}
==================End of Template.java===========================

program Logic


Implement the runProgram with your Java Concurrent Program business logic. runProgram() gets the CpContext .  CpContext is a subclass of AOL/J AppsContext which provides the request specific member classes LogFile to write to request log file, OutFile to write to request output file and ReqCompletion to set the completion status of the request. 
Program Parameters 
CpContext uses the AOL/J utility Parameter List to pass the parameters to the Java Concurrent Program.
Please refer AOL/J Parameter list to get the Parameter List name, value pairs. You will be referring parameter list name as the parameter name and corresponding value as the parameter value in the Java Concurrent Program. You have to register the parameter names as token name in the register concurrent program form Parameter screen. 

Database Operations 
Use getJDBCConnection method to get the connection object for any JDBC operations within program and release the connection to the AppsContext connection pool. Use CpContext's commit(), rollback() methods to commit or rollback the transactions in the database. These methods will set the program proffered rollback segments after commit or rollback segments for the rest of the database transaction in the Java Concurrent Program. 
Setting request Completion Status 
Call setCompletion() method of the ReqCompletion object which is a member of CpContext before returning from your Java Concurrent Program to set the completion status for the program and optional completion text. 

Register executable

Register your Java Concurrent Program class name as execution_file_name and package name in execution_file_path in register concurrent executables form

Register Concurrent Program

Register you Java Concurrent Program as concurrent program in the register concurrent program form. Register all the parameters that you want to pass to the program in the parameter screen of this form. Register the Parameter List names referred in the program as the token names in the parameter screen.

Test Program from OS Prompt

You can test your Java Concurrent Program from OS prompt by using the following syntax: 

jre -Ddbcfile= 
            [ -Drequest.logfile=
            [ -Drequest.requestid=
            [ -Drequest.outfile=
            [ -Drequest.userid=  ] 
            [ -Drequest.respapplid=
            [ -Drequest.respid=
            [ -Drequest.secgrpid=
            [ -Drequest.enabletrace=
            oracle.apps.fnd.cp.request.Run  
            [

     Example: 
     jre -Ddbcfile=/d2/fnd/secure/appsnode_appdb.dbc 
          -Dreqeust.requestid=23453 -Drequest.logfile=./myreq.log 
           oracle.apps.fnd.cp.request.Run oracle.apps.wip.program.MyProg 
           "TOKEN1=value1:TOKEN2=value2"
If you don't specify the 'request.logfile' with -D option then the all the log file information will be printed to the standard output. Specify the 'request.requestid' to rerun already completed request. You can specify the all the application user specific context values with -D to get the specific user context to the program when run from the OS prompt. Pass all the parameters if any by using the AOL/J Parameter list syntax.

Sample Program

package oracle.apps.fnd.cp.request;
import java.io.*;
import java.sql.*;
import oracle.apps.fnd.util.*;
public class AvailableProg implements JavaConcurrentProgram
{
   String applName;
   public AvailableProg()
   {
        // if no parameter value is specified for
// APPLNAME then use FND as default value
        applName = "FND";
   }
   public void runProgram(CpContext pCpContext)
   {
        // get the JDBC connection object
        Connection mJConn = pCpContext.getJDBCConnection();
        // get parameter list object from CpContext
        ParameterList lPara = pCpContext.getParameterList();
        // get ReqCompletion object from CpContext
        ReqCompletion lRC = pCpContext.getReqCompletion();
        String lQuery =
                " select substr(user_concurrent_program_name,1,70) , " +
                " decode(enabled_flag,'Y','Enabled','N','Disabled') " +
                " from fnd_concurrent_programs_vl cp, fnd_application_vl a " +
                " where cp.application_id        = a.application_id " +
                " and a.application_short_name = ? " +
                " order by 1 " ;
        // check for the APPLNAME parameter token name and if it there get
        // value and use it as the application short name in the query
        while (lPara.hasMoreElements())
        {
                NameValueType aNVT = lPara.nextParameter();
                if ( aNVT.getName().equals("APPLNAME") )
                        applName = aNVT.getValue();
        }
        try
        {
           PreparedStatement lStmt = mJConn.prepareStatement(lQuery);
           lStmt.setString(1, applName );
           ResultSet lRs = lStmt.executeQuery();
           // get OutFile object from CpContext
           OutFile lOF = pCpContext.getOutFile();
           // get LogFile object from CpContext
           LogFile lLF = pCpContext.getLogFile();
           lLF.writeln("Generating Programs for Application : "  + applName,
                      LogFile.STATEMENT);
           lOF.writeln(
           "                Available Concurrent Programs for Application " +
                         applName );
           lOF.writeln(
           "Concurrent Program Name                             Enabled");
          lOF.writeln(
           "----------------------------------------------" );
         while( lRs.next() )
           {
                lOF.writeln(lRs.getString(1) + "   " + lRs.getString(2) );
           }
           lLF.writeln("Generated Programs for Application : " + applName,
                     LogFile.STATEMENT);
           lStmt.close();
           lRC.setCompletion(ReqCompletion.NORMAL, "Request Completed Normal");
        }
        catch (SQLException e)
        {
              lRC.setCompletion(ReqCompletion.ERROR, e.toString());
        }
        finally
        {
pCpContext.releaseJDBCConnection();
    }
    }
}
NOTE: If you're creating a BC4J Application Module in a concurrent program and are passing CpContext object to it, you should NOT call releaseJDBCConnection() on CpContext while it is still in use by the BC4J AM. You should clean up after the AM properly by calling am.remove().

Mar 13, 2008

Garbage collection in JVM

Java program to perform garbage collection

This program performs garbage collection. Free memory in java virtual machine is printed and then garbage collection is done using gc method of RunTime class, freeMemory method returns amount of free memory in jvm, getRunTime method is used to get reference of current RunTime object.

Java programming source code

import java.util.*;
 
class GarbageCollection
{
   public static void main(String s[]) throws Exception
   {
      Runtime rs =  Runtime.getRuntime();
      System.out.println("Free memory in JVM before Garbage Collection = "+rs.freeMemory());
      rs.gc();
      System.out.println("Free memory in JVM after Garbage Collection = "+rs.freeMemory());
   }
}
Output of program:
garbage collection
Obviously the amount of available after garbage collection will be different on your computer. Numbers are not important, what is important is that amount of memory available is more than before. You can use this code in your program or projects which uses large amount of memory or where frequently new objects are created but are required for a short span of time.