Configuration for Java EE and the Cloud

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Configuration for Java EE
and the Cloud
Dmitry Kornilov
dmitry.kornilov@oracle.com
@m0mus
September 21, 2016

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Program Agenda
Introduction
Problem Definition
JSR Proposal & Features
Sample Use Case
Q & A
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Introduction
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History & Introduction
• 2003 – Apache Commons Configuration
• 2009 – Spring 3.0
• 2011 – Apache DeltaSpike
• 2013 – Mike Keith on JavaOne
• 2014 – Java EE 8 Survey
• 2014 – Netflix Archaius
• 2015 – Attempt to submit a JSR
• 2015 – Apache Tamaya
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• 2009 – Spring 3.0
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• 2009 – Spring 3.0
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• 2009 – Spring 3.0
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• 2009 – Spring 3.0
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• 2009 – Spring 3.0
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• 2009 – Spring 3.0
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• 2009 – Spring 3.0
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• 2009 – Spring 3.0
• 2013 – Mike Keith at JavaOne
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DZone and Java EE Guardians Survey Results

Problem Definition
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What is Configuration?
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Application server setup?
Runtime parameters?
Deployment descriptors?
Parameters of used frameworks?
Deployment scripts? Used resources?

Problems
• Lack of standard configuration API
• Configuring multiple instances
• Deploying on different environments
• Change configuration without
redeployment
• Configuration of decoupled
microservices
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Problems
redeployment
microservices
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Problems
redeployment
microservices
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Problems
redeployment
microservices
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Problems
redeployment
microservices
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JSR Proposal
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Configuration Definition
• Application centric
• Not modifiable by application
• Consists of key/value pairs
• Keys and values are strings
• Flat structure
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Java EE Configuration
• Unified API
• Externalized configuration
• Support of multiple configuration sources
– Properties, xml and json formats support out of the box
• Layering and overrides
• Optional configuration descriptor
• Dynamic configuration
• Integration with other Java EE frameworks
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Java EE Configuration
• Unified API
• Externalized configuration
• Support of multiple configuration sources
– Properties, xml and json formats support out of the box
• Layering and overrides
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Java EE 8
• Optional configuration descriptor
• Dynamic configuration
• Integration with other Java EE frameworks
Java EE Next

Roadmap
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Submit JSR
Review JSR
Expert Group Formation
Sep
2016
Oct
2016
Nov
2016
Dec
2016
Jan
2017
Feb
2017
Mar
2017
Apr
2017
May
2017
June
2017
July
2017
Aug
2017
Sep
2017
Early Draft
Public Draft
Proposed
Final Draft
Final Release

JSR Features (Java EE 8)
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API
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a=JavaOne
b=9
c=2016
Config config = ConfigProvider.getConfig();
// Returns "JavaOne"
String foo = config.getProperty("a");
// Returns string "9"
String fooBar = config.getProperty("b");
// Returns null
String notExists = config.getProperty("not.exist");
// Returns string "default"
String notExistsDefault = config.getProperty("not.exist","default");
// Returns number 2016
Long fooBarBaz = config.getProperty("c", Long.class);

Converters
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• Type safe access to values
• Built-in converters for:
– Primitive Wrappers
– BigDecimal, BigInteger, URL, URI
– Date, Calendar
– java.time.*
public interface Converter<Target> {
Target convert(String value);
}
public class FooConverter
implements Converter<Foo> {
public Foo convert(String value) {
...
}
}
Config cfg = ConfigProvider.builder()
.withConverters(new FooConverter())
.build();
Foo foo = cfg.getProperty("foo", Foo.class);

Configuration Sources
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• Multiple configuration sources
• Supported configuration sources:
– System properties
– Runtime parameters
– File (Properties, xml, json)
– Resource on a web server
• Pluggable architecture
– Custom sources (like DB)
• Configuration sources are ordered
Java EE
Config
XML JSONprop
DBweb
Application

Layering and Overrides
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Default Configuration Sources
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Java EE Config
• System properties (ordinal=400)
• Environment properties (ordinal=300)
• /META-INF/config.properties (ordinal=100)
• /META-INF/config.xml (ordinal=100)
• /META-INF/config.json (ordinal=100)

Defining Configuration Sources
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• Using config.sources runtime parameter
• Using API
• Using config-sources.xml file

Customizing Configuration Sources
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Using config.sources runtime parameter
# Single file source with default ordinal (200)
java –jar my.jar –Dconfig.source=/conf/myconfig.properties
# Web source with default ordinal (200)
java –jar my.jar –Dconfig.source=http://shared/global.xml
# Two sources. Ordinals are 200 and 199
java –jar my.jar –Dconfig.source=http://shared/global.xml,/conf/my.json

Customizing Configuration Sources
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Using API
Config config = ConfigProvider.builder()
.addSource(new EnvSource(), 300)
.addSource(new FileSource("/cfg/config.properties"), 200)
.addSource(new WebSource("http://localhost:8080/config.xml"), 100)
.addSource(new MyCustomSource())
.build();

config-sources.xml
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• File with defined schema using to define configuration sources and their
metadata
• Default location /META-INF/config-sources.xml
• Can be placed outside of the application package
• Define using runtime parameter
• Define using API
java –jar my.jar –Dconfig.sources=http://sharedhost/config-sources.xml
Config c = ConfigProvider.builder()
.withSources("/cfg/config-sources.xml")
.build();

Sample config-sources.xml
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Simple
With ordinals
<config-sources>
<source>http://shared:8080/config.xml</source>
<source>/cfg/myconf.json</source>
</config-sources>
<config-sources>
<source ordinal="500">http://shared:8080/config.xml</source>
<source ordinal="450">/cfg/myconf.json</source>
</config-sources>

Sample config-sources.xml
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Custom
<config-sources>
<source>http://shared:8080/config.xml</source>
<source type="com.oracle.config.CloudConfig">
<user>user</user>
<password>secret</password>
</source>
</config-sources>

JSR Features (Java EE Next)
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Integration With Other Java EE Frameworks
• Read configuration from
Java EE Config
• Store configuration as part of
whole application configuration
• Use standard API
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Java EE
Config
Application
Configuration
Application
JPA
Configuration
JAX-RS
Configuration

Configuration Descriptor
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• File with defined format
• Defines all configurable properties
and metadata
• Optional
• It’s not XML-Schema!
<config-descriptor>
<property name="a"/>
<property name="b" default=”valueB"/>
<property name="c" mutable="false"/>
<property name="d"/>
</config-descriptor>

Immutability
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Mutable Immutable

Dynamic Configuration
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• Polling framework
• Expressions
• Property Resolvers
• Configuration Context

Polling
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// Defining polling using API
.withSource(new FileSource("/cfg/config.xml"), 200, Duration.ofSeconds(30))
.withSource(new WebSource("http://shared/config.xml"), 100, Duration.ofMinutes(1))
.build();

Polling
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// Defining polling using API
.withSource(new FileSource("/cfg/config.xml"), 200, Duration.ofSeconds(30))
.withSource(new WebSource("http://shared/config.xml"), 100, Duration.ofMinutes(1))
.build();
Ordinal Refresh IntervalLocation

Polling
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<config-sources refresh-rate="300000">
<source ordinal="200" refresh-rate="30000">/cfg/config.xml</source>
<source ordinal="100" refresh-rate="60000">http://shared/config.xml</source>
</config-sources>

Polling
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<config-sources refresh-rate="300000">
<source ordinal="200" refresh-rate="30000">/cfg/config.xml</source>
<source ordinal="100" refresh-rate="60000">http://shared/config.xml</source>
</config-sources>
Sources list
refresh interval
(5 min)
Source 1 refresh
interval (30 sec) Source 2 refresh
interval (1 min)

Expressions
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• EL like expressions evaluated at runtime to a property value
• Property substitution
• Conditional configuration sources
foo=${some.other.value}
bar=${foo + 10}
baz=${foo * bar}
<config-sources>
<source>//cfg/config.properties</source>
<source enabled=”${app==‘ios’}”>
//cfg/cust_ios.properties
</source>
</config-sources>

Property Resolvers
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• Flexible mechanism allowing
executing user code in configuration
expressions
• Can be used to inject cloud
resources
rating.service.url=${eureka:rating.url}
cust.db=${cloud:cust.db}
<config-sources>
<resolvers>
<resolver name=”cloud”>
<class>com.example.CloudResolver</class>
<username>user</username>
<password>secret</password>
</resolver>
</resolvers>

</config-sources>

Configuration Context
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• Allows application setting variables which can be used in configuration
expressions
• Example: geographical zone, application type, etc.
<config-sources>
<source>//cfg/config.properties</source>
<source enabled=”${app==‘ios’}”>
</source>
</config-sources>
Config config = ConfigProvider.getConfig();
ConfigContext context = ConfigContext.builder().addProperty("app", "ios").build();
Long prop = config.getPropertyWithContext("prop", context);

Sample Use Case
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Blacklist Service
Financial Records
Service
Public
Registry
DBBlacklist Service
Financial Records
Service
Public
Registry
DB
Client Rating
Confidential – Oracle Internal/Restricted/Highly Restricted 52
Customer
Service
Rating Service
• https://github.com/psplinakis/ClientRating
• Consists of 4 microservices communicating to each other using RESTful API
• Each microservice is developed by different team which define its
configuration and responsible for its deployment
DB

Client Rating
Customer
Service
Rating ServiceDB
GET http://custhost/custservice/web/getCustomers
[
{cust_id: 1, rating: 9},
{cust_id: 2, rating: 5}
]
GET http://ratinghost/ratingservice/getRating/1
rating: 9

Client Rating
cust-db
rating-url
records-count
log-level
blacklist-url
findata-url
log-level
Customer
Service
Rating ServiceDB

Client Rating
<config-descriptor>
<context-property name=”app”/>
<property name=”cust-db” mutable="false"/>
<property name=”rating-url"/>
<property name=”records-count" default=”100"/>
<property name=”log-level" default=”INFO"/>
<config-descriptor>
<property name=”blacklist-url”/>
<property name=”findata-url"/>
Customer
Service
Rating ServiceDB

Client Rating
<config-descriptor>
<context-property name=”app”/>
<property name=”cust-db” mutable="false"/>
<property name=”rating-url"/>
<property name=”records-count" default=”100"/>
<config-descriptor>
<property name=”blacklist-url”/>
<property name=”findata-url"/>
cust-db=mysql://dbhost:3306/cust_db
rating-url=http://ratinghost/ratingservice"
blacklist-url=http://blhost/blservice
findata-url=http://findatahost/ratingservice
log-level=INFO
records-count=30
log-level=WARN
Global configuration (global.properties)
Microservice configuration (cust_svc.properties) Microservice configuration (rating_svc.properties)
Override only for iOS application (cust_ios.properties)

Client Rating
<config-sources>
<source refresh-rate=”6000” enabled=”${app==‘ios’}”>
</source>
<source>
//cfg/cust_svc.properties
</source>
<source refresh-rate=”6000”>
http://globalhost/global.properties
</source>
</config-sources>
<config-sources>
<source>
//cfg/rating_svc.properties
</source>
<source refresh-rate=”6000”>
http://globalhost/global.properties
</source>
</config-sources>
Customer
Service
Rating ServiceDB

Client Rating
global.properties rating_svc.propertiescust_svc.propertiescust_ios.properties
Customer
Service
Rating ServiceDB

Cloud Configuration Service Idea
Customer
Service
Rating Service
DB

Cloud Configuration Service
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• Service in the cloud
• Distributed and high-available
configuration storage
• Pluggable to Java EE Config
• Integration with other cloud services
• REST and web API
• Versioning, history, security
Customer
Service
Rating Service
DB

Next Steps
• Take the survey
– http://glassfish.org/survey
• Send technical comments to
– users@javaee-spec.java.net
• Join the JCP – come to Hackergarden in Java Hub
– https://jcp.org/en/participation/membership_drive
• Join or track the JSRs as they progress
– https://java.net/projects/javaee-spec/pages/Specifications
• Adopt-a-JSR
– https://community.oracle.com/community/java/jcp/adopt-a-jsr
Give us your feedback
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Where to Learn More at JavaOne
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Session Number Session Title Day / Time
CON7977 Java EE Next – HTTP/2 and REST Wednesday 1:00 p.m.
CON6077 The Illusion of Statelessness Wednesday 4:30 p.m.
CON 7981 JSF 2.3 Thursday 11:30 a.m.

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