Balconies, Patios, Terraces, and Bridges. Architectural approaches for moving legacy Java applications to OSGi - Tim Bond

Bridges, Foundations, and Duplexes:Architectural Approaches to OSGiadoptionTim BondPrincipal Security ArchitectSoftware AG21 Sept 2011 OSGi Alliance Marketing © 2008-2010 . 1 PageCOPYRIGHT © 2008-2011 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved All Rights Reserved

Company profile• Founded in 1969• ADABAS / Natural / Tamino• Acquired webMethods in 2007• Acquired IDS Scheer in 2009• Achieved 1B Euro in 2010• Acquired Terracotta in 2011 Page 3 OSGi Alliance Community Event 2011© 2008-2011. All Rights Reserved

So why a common platform?

…many issues

Why a common platform?Platform evolved over time and via acquisitions 6 runtime servers + more embedded runtimes 5 different startup scripts 3 SOAP stacks 5 logging components 4 web containers hundreds of third party libraries etc.

Big picture• Process Engine webMethods history here Assets Assets Asset Task Engine Management Governance Rules Engine Assets webMethods Broker EntireX Broker CentraSite Mediator Assets Assets Assets AnalyticsIntegration Server My webMethods Optimize ApplinX Server Cognos webMethods

Why a common platform (& OSGi!) Common startup scripts  Common Configuration  Deployment  Shared services  Shared components  Build system  Flexible architecture 

Integration Server .NET Adapter Tomcat PKG PKG PKG Technical Services Business Services Process Models PKG PKG PKG Rule Engine Task Services Process Engine Admin Services PKG PKG PKG PKG Package Manager Auditing Security Service Validation Transactions Threading Caching Infrastructure Statistics Logging Server Core SOAP XML Protocol & EDI Flat File HTTP/S JMS Transport FTP/S SMTP/POP3 ESB Integration Server

Architecture approaches• Balcony (application package)• Duplex (side-by-side)• Bridge (fun with classloaders)

BalconyRun OSGi as application package Image credit foto3116: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29385617@N00/2297575310/in/photostream/

Scheduler “Balcony” UserManager Adapter RT Etc. Etc.JVM IS launcher WmRoot IS server core WmPublic Logging svc Config agent Package manager Deployment agent Service registry Service layer Servlet WmOSGI OSGi framework

Problems with balconyQuick winGood for developmentbut . . . .Does not help create a platformDoes not solve library complexity

Rebuild foundation?

Logging svc Config agent Deployment agent Servlet Proxy bundle Scheduler UserManager ART Etc. Etc. WmRoot WmPublicJVM Package manager IS server core OSGi framework Equinox launcher Service registry WS library Security

Foundation• Worked (mostly)• But . . . • How to move forward? • Significant packaging changes • Difficult to patch due to “fat jar” issue (more on that later)

Logging svc Config agent Deployment agent Servlet Service layer DuplexJVM / service Scheduler equinox OSGi + custom hooks UserManager ART Etc. Etc. WmRoot IS server core WmPublic Package manager IS proxy bundle / classloader bridge Service registry

Service bridge in practice Adapter OSGi local call Adapter (XML+topic) Source Event Server Event Adapter JMS JMS Dis- Input Trigger Trigger Service patcher Source SQL SQL Client Group Adapter Query Query JMSConnection JMSDestination Alias Sink Sink jms.send Adapter Call jms.send Adapter via InvokeManager (XML) RelationalBroker Integration Server OSGI Bundles

Issues / Challenges / Struggles• “Common lib”• Import-Dynamic:* and Buddy classloading• Fat JARs• Build systems• Preserving legacy behaviour

Common lib• Multiple products install and share single directory of third party and internal jar files• Who uses what?• What version is it?• Can I update it?• While running?• Need repository!

The fat jar• Legacy code “solution”• Wrap everything up, export all packages• There’s even an eclipse plugin . . .• Masks modularity issues

Class and resource loadingLegacy libraries (internal and external) aren’t designed with modularity in mind. Require code changesSolutions:Pass around ClassLoader or use TCCLBuddy-ClassloaderDynamicImport-Package: *Boot delegation

Build / dependency systems• Ant (6.000 line build files)• Many factions solutions • PDE/Eclipse • maven • ivy • bnd + bndtools• With different views on Compile vs Test vs Runtime• Moving to “build-by-convention” approach with artifactory/jenkins/gradle/bnd

Tooling• jaranalyzer (kirkk.com)• Lattix• Structure 101• OpenGrok (source code search)

Jaranalyzer custom output

Package level deps with Lattix

Source code search

Thank you . . .

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