Ticket #277 (closed Enhancement: fixed)

Opened 13 years ago

Last modified 12 years ago

add an abstract JSON provider

Reported by: dgf Owned by:
Priority: Minor Milestone:
Component: DeepaMehta Standard Distribution Version: 4.0.11
Keywords: Cc:
Complexity: 1 Area: Application Framework / API
Module: deepamehta-webservice

Description

the actual implementation of a provider looks very technical and should be abstracted.

a class like the following would be charming:

package de.deepamehta.plugins.example.provider;

import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;

import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONObject;

import de.deepamehta.plugins.example.AbstractProvider;
import de.deepamehta.plugins.example.Example;

@Provider
public class ExampleProvider extends AbstractProvider<Example> {

    public ExampleProvider() {
        super(Example.class);
    }

    @Override
    protected JSONObject getJsonData(Example example) {
        return example.toJSON();
    }

}

Attachments

AbstractProvider.java (1.8 KB) - added by dgf 13 years ago.
a strate forwoard implementation approach
AbstractJaxrsReader.java (1.3 KB) - added by dgf 13 years ago.
a abstract reader suggestion

Change History

Changed 13 years ago by dgf

a strate forwoard implementation approach

comment:1 Changed 13 years ago by jri

The Webservice module already provides generic JSON providers for writing (JSONEnabledProvider and JSONEnabledCollectionProvider). These are available to all modules automatically. Your domain object just needs to implement de.deepamehta.core.JSONEnabled. This makes it ready to be send over the wire.

comment:2 Changed 13 years ago by dgf

In the example plugin project i want to show a simple implementation of specific provider.

I couldn't find a usage of the JSONEnabled interface, but some similar implementations. All provider that enhance the core classes should swallow an abstraction:

  • AssociationProvider
  • AssociationTypeProvider
  • CommandResultProvider
  • DirectivesProvider
  • StringSetProvider
  • TopicTypeProvider

comment:3 Changed 13 years ago by dgf

i just looked down from web service module, now i found the general usage at DeepaMehtaObject

comment:4 Changed 13 years ago by jri

Yes, the JSONEnabled feature is not yet exploited by all provider implementations. JSONEnabled was introduced later. TopicProvider? as an example is already adapted: it is just a reader. AssociationProvider? on the other hand is not yet adapted: it is still a reader and a writer, in which the writer part is obsolete.

There is no need for proprietary message body writer providers as long as the object implements JSONEnabled. Every object that is about to be send over the wire is supposed to do so.
(A generic reader provider of course is a different story and does not yet exist).

I will cleanup the provider implementations soon.

In fact all the Core objects are JSONEnabled. Derived from the very top of the hierarchies:

de.deepamehta.core.DeepaMehtaObject?
de.deepamehta.core.model.DeepaMehtaObjectModel?

For an external module example which makes use of JSONEnabled see Geomaps.

https://github.com/jri/dm4-geomaps

Its model classes (Geomap, GeomapTopic?) are JSONEnabled. (GeomapTopic? derives JSONEnabled from TopicModel?.) So, Geomaps doesn't need to provide any custom providers to be send over the wire. A Geomap consist of GeomapTopics? and is returned by the getGeomap() service call (= resource method). See GeomapsService? and GeomapsPlugin?.

So, for your example plugin project there should be no need to provide a writer provider. Just implement JSONEnabled.

comment:5 Changed 13 years ago by jri

This diagram of important core classes might be useful:

attachment:dm-core-interfaces.png:ticket:138

Last edited 13 years ago by jri (previous) (diff)

Changed 13 years ago by dgf

a abstract reader suggestion

comment:6 Changed 13 years ago by dgf

The plugin dev guide should not show such internal stuff, it uses the attached reader suggestion now.

comment:7 Changed 13 years ago by jri

Sorry, misunderstanding.
The diagram was not meant for the dev guide, just for your pleasure :)

comment:8 Changed 12 years ago by jri

  • Status changed from new to closed
  • Resolution set to fixed

The Webservice module now offers a generic MessageBodyReader? Provider for JSON reprensented entities (#277).
This means the application developer must no longer implement a custom provider class when she wants to deserialze an arbitrary JSON represented application object contained in the message body. She only must ensure the application object's class has a public constructor that takes a JSONObject as argument.
In other words: in your (REST) resource methods you can use an arbitrary class as the type of the entity parameter as long as the entity is represented in JSON and the class has a public JSON constructor. You are no longer required to implement a provider class.

Furthermore: the webservice's provider classes are generalized by exploting the fact that most DM core application objects implements the JSONEnabled interface. 6 provider classes are stripped from the webservice module (#278).

BREAKING CHANGES

DeepaMehtaUtils?

  • relatedTopicsToJson() deleted

See ticket 277.
See ticket 278.

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