Sometimes we may have more than one implementation and/or instance of a service to which we need to route requests. Routing may be controlled by a number of different factors, such as the request type, request arguments, runtime configuration, etc.
An implementation of such routing might look something like this:
[java]
public interface SomeService {
void someMethod();
}
public class RoutingSomeService implements SomeService {
private Map delegates = …
private String activeDelegateId = …
public void someMethod() {
SomeService delegate = delegates.get(activeDelegateId);
if (delegate != null) {
delegate.someMethod();
}
else {
// XXX: throw runtime exception???
}
}
}
[/java]
Posted in Java | Also tagged proxy |
Typically object caching in Java is managed by the container or framework in use. Occasionally however there is a need to manually cache domain-specific objects, whereby a java.util.Map implementation will not suffice.
Using the popular ehcache framework as an example, the following pattern is typically observed:
public class SomeClass {
private final Cache cache = …
[...]
Posted in Java | Also tagged adapter, caching |
In OSGi using a publisher/subscriber design can be somewhat more complicated that traditional Java environments:
public class SomeBundleActivator implements BundleActivator {
private SomeService service = …
private ServiceRegistration registration;
public void start(BundleContext context) {
registration = context.registerService(SomeService.class.getName(), service, null);
}
…
}
public class AnotherBundleActivator implements BundleActivator {
private [...]
Posted in Java | Also tagged osgi, registry, whiteboard |
The Service Locator pattern is a well-established mechanism for accessing local and remote services in a consistent manner:
public interface ServiceLocator {
<T> T findService(String serviceName) throws ServiceNotAvailableException;
}
Using a structured service name interface we can improve uniformity and reduce the potential for typos:
public enum ServiceName {
SomeService("SomeService");
private final String filter;
[...]
Posted in Java | Also tagged osgi, service locator |
Application logging always seems to become one of those code smells, typically regarding duplication of code, or conversely, non-uniform log messages.
There are many different ways to log a message in Java, but variations on the following pattern are common:
public class SomeClass {
private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(SomeClass.class);
…
public [...]
Posted in Java | Also tagged adapter, logging |
