The Web Framework Dream Team
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The document discusses a reference architecture created by a "web framework dream team" for a healthcare IT project. The architecture uses Spring WebFlow to model use cases as reusable components, Facelets for presentation, and JSF to handle requests, allowing use cases to be packaged as JAR files. This allows for improved reusability, portability, and an agile development process. The team delivered reusable use case components and learned that Spring WebFlow and Facelets were well-suited for modeling and building reusable HTML-centric web applications.
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The Web Framework Dream Team
- 1. The web framework dream team Johan Eltes [email_address] www.callistaenterprise.se
- 2. Agenda Customer Case Background Requirements The reference architecture The frameworks and their contributions Lessons learned The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB
- 3. Strategic drivers behind reference architecture The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB … National IT strategi for healthcare Regional strategi Regional projects IT architecture Portal framework
- 4. IT Architecture for VGRegion Healthcare Core Healthcare interop infrastructure Legacy EPR 1 Legacy EPR 2 Internal log Internal log … Internal Workflow Internal Workflow Gradual adoption of legacy healthcare systems Unified Information View (portal) EPR My Tasks SOAPlatform Alarming and logging Portal framework People Directory Internal roles database LabProcess Internal roles database Adapters Adapters Workflow Engine YP Legacy Lab System Internal log Internal Workflow Internal roles database Adapters Taxonomy services New business process support (composite apps), utilizing service enabled back-ends Native Services
- 5. Layered View Back-end enterprise resources Canonical (Enterprise) Services Composite Applications Business Model Workflow Presentation Composite Services Local development. Put together a development framework! SOA Platform COTS and semi-COTS
- 6. Requirement: “Use-Case-as-service” The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB Usecase Process Service Data Service Business Value
- 7. Requirement: Portability The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB Container portability (Java EE) Portability across Web app and Portlet Web-app Portlet
- 8. Requirement: Web designer friendly templating technology The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB NetWeaver Design in DreamWeaver Development in XML editor
- 9. Requirement: Support Verva web design requirements Graceful degradation Always functional Usability proportional to browser capabilities Example JavaScript disabled The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2007, Callista Enterprise AB
- 10. Requirements: Agile Development environment No IDE / Developer set-up lock-in Portable builds IDE settings / projects generated from build files (“build file is master”) Reasonable hardware requirements Run well in VMWare on mid-range laptop Broad, practical availability of tooling Consultant-friendly Fast code-test-debug cycle Do not require deploy in WebSphere Portal for developer testing “ Remove” inherent web programming issues / cost drivers The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB
- 11. Major Challenge: Re-use at Use-Case-level The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB Usecase Process Service Data Service Business Value
- 12. How will Use-cases become components? The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB Demo
- 13. Use-cases as Components The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB Semantically equivalent to calling modal dialog in Swing! Composite Application «webcomp» :Edit Address Entry «webcomp» :NewCategory «webcomp» :AddressList 1: editAddressEntry(long) :entryId of new Entry 1.1: addNewCategory() :CategoryId 1.2: addNewCategory() :CategoryId
- 14. Web realization versus Rich Client Think ”Modal sub dialogs” Each dialog is tied to back-end logic The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB Use-case logic Back-end services
- 15. Re-use in another composite application The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB
- 16. Adding portability… WEB-INF artifacts are not portable - nor composable We can’t depend on JSPs A use-case web component will have to be a jar files that works on WEB-INF/lib whether portlet or webapp (formulera om) The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB Portlet WebApp «webcomp» :Edit Address Entry
- 17. “ Remove” inherent web programming issues The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB public class Game extends Element { private static Random randomNumbers = new Random(); public void processElement() { Template template = getHtmlTemplate("game"); int answer = 0, guesses = 0, guess = -1; answer = randomNumbers.nextInt(101); while (guess != answer) { print(template); pause(); template.clear(); guess = getParameterInt("guess", -1); if (guess < 0 || guess > 100) { template.setBlock("warning", "invalid"); continue; } guesses++; if (answer < guess) template.setBlock("msg", "lower"); else if (answer > guess) template.setBlock("msg", "higher"); } ContinuationContext.getActiveContext().removeContextTree(); template = getHtmlTemplate("success"); template.setValue("answer", answer); template.setValue("guesses", guesses); print(template); } } 0. Get a random number between 0 and 100 1. Show the guess-form 2. Repeat until successful guess: 2.1. The user enters a value and submits the form 2.2. Validate the guess. I error (not between 0 and 100), continue at 2. 2.3. Unless successful guess, show whether the guess was under or above the answer. 2.4. Display guess-form. 3.0 Show congratulations screen with number of guesses.
- 18. Reduce semantic gap: Flow of events Continuations Code flow mirrors use-case flow Supporting technologies Code in Java The RIFE framework Code in XML Spring WebFlow The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB
- 19. The resulting reference architecture The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB
- 20. Systemnivå: Komponenthierarki Web Framework Dream Team, Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB : Entitetskomponent Resursskikt Verksamhetsskikt Komponenttjänst Anslutningsskikt : Entitetskomponent 1 Resursskikt Verksamhetsskikt Komponenttjänst Anslutningsskikt Integrationstjänst Webgränssnitt : Entitetskomponent Resursskikt Verksamhetsskikt Komponenttjänst Anslutningsskikt : Processkomponent 1 Resursskikt Verksamhetsskikt Komponenttjänst Anslutningsskikt Integrationstjänst Webgränssnitt
- 21. Logisk nivå (system-nivå): Beroenden vid återanvändning av web-dialog Web Framework Dream Team, Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB : Entitetskomponent Resursskikt Verksamhetsskikt Komponenttjänst Anslutningsskikt : Entitetskomponent 1 Resursskikt Verksamhetsskikt Komponenttjänst Anslutningsskikt Integrationstjänst Webgränssnitt : Entitetskomponent Resursskikt Verksamhetsskikt Komponenttjänst Anslutningsskikt : Processkomponent 1 Resursskikt Verksamhetsskikt Komponenttjänst Anslutningsskikt Integrationstjänst Webgränssnitt
- 22. Design-nivå: Beroenden vid återanvändning av web-komposit The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB Hierakiskt beroende i systemmodellen
- 23. Logisk nivå (system-nivå): Beroenden vid återanvändning av komponenttjänst Web Framework Dream Team, Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB : Entitetskomponent Resursskikt Verksamhetsskikt Komponenttjänst Anslutningsskikt : Entitetskomponent 2 Resursskikt Verksamhetsskikt Komponenttjänst Anslutningsskikt Integrationstjänst Webgränssnitt : Entitetskomponent Resursskikt Verksamhetsskikt Komponenttjänst Anslutningsskikt : Processkomponent 2 Resursskikt Verksamhetsskikt Komponenttjänst Anslutningsskikt Integrationstjänst Webgränssnitt
- 24. Design-nivå: Beroenden vid återanvändning av service-komposit The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB Hierakiskt beroende i systemmodellen
- 25. Dynamic view (runtime perspective) The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB Business Component 1 Business Component 2 Composite Application <webcomp> Address List <webcomp> Add Category <webcomp> Address Entry
- 26. Selected frameworks Core requirements Complete workflow in composable archives (jar files) Empty web-inf (breaking the monolith web app) Continuations (remove semantic gap) Spring WebFlow – Use-case logic Clean separation of workflow logic Powerful, expressive, simple, continuation-based Facelets - Presentation None-intrusive to html Supports jar packaging! Made for JSF (unlike JSP) JSF – Request processing Standard and does support jar-packaging “ Hidden” by Spring WebFlow The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB
- 27. Anatomy of a web use-case component (web composite) The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB Presentation Use-case logic Back-end integration Input / output parameters Context for use-case component instance state «webcomp» :Category
- 28. Anatomy of a web use-case component (web composite) The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB Presentation Use-case logic Back-end integration Input / output parameters Context for use-case component instance state Spring WebFlow: category-flow.xml «webcomp» :Category
- 29. WebFlow – Sample – AddressEntryComposite Open ESB, Slide Copyright 2007, Callista Enterprise AB «action» getNewOrExistingAddressEntity start «view» editAddressEntry «action» save «subflow» enterNewCategory «action» assignNewCategory exit «flow» «flow» «flow» ok «flow» cancel «flow» «flow» cancel add category
- 30. Anatomy of a web use-case component (web composite) The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB Presentation Use-case logic Back-end integration Input / output parameters Context for use-case component instance state Facelets: Category.xhtml «webcomp» :Category
- 31. Facelets– Sample – Category Composite None-intrusive to html Supports jar packaging (loading of views from class-path) Made for JSF (unlike JSP) The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB <h:commandLink action=“viewAddressEntryAction” ..>
- 32. Anatomy of a web use-case component (web composite) The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB Presentation Use-case logic Back-end integration Input / output parameters Context for use-case component instance state Java: CategoryFlowSupport.java Façade per use-case component. Additional model beans when required «webcomp» :Category
- 33. Use-case façade The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB
- 34. But what about JSF? Just for bootstrapping Spring Webflow Generic faces-config in web-app No footprint in web composites The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE faces-config PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JavaServer Faces Config 1.0//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-facesconfig_1_0.dtd"> <faces-config> <application> <navigation-handler> org.springframework.webflow.executor.jsf.FlowNavigationHandler </navigation-handler> <variable-resolver> org.springframework.webflow.executor.jsf.DelegatingFlowVariableResolver </variable-resolver> <view-handler>com.sun.facelets.FaceletViewHandler</view-handler> </application> <lifecycle> <phase-listener> org.springframework.webflow.executor.jsf.FlowPhaseListener </phase-listener> </lifecycle> </faces-config>JSF
- 35. Environments Development Apache Tomcat with Apache Pluto Eclipse 3.3 (Europa) with WTP Deployment WebSphere Application Server 6.1 WebSphere Portal Server 6.0 Build system Maven 2 – manages the component architecture Generates Eclipse dependencies and project files Web Framework Dream Team, Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB
- 36. Lessons learned Webflow Revolution for html centric web applications The foundation for use-case componentization WebFlow validation framework tied into SpringMVC On the agenda for next version… Facelets Momentum depends on Seam Servlet required for loading web resources (images etc) from jar files (web composites) Intuitive Portability Native JSF implementations are not fully portable. We ended up bundling MyFaces rather than deploying to WebSphere JSF implementation (Sun RI) The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB
- 37. Summary Re-usable Use-case Components Delivered! The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB Usecase Process Service Data Service Business Value … by the dream team: Spring WebFlow, Facelets, JSF, a reference architecture and some glue
- 38. Time (?) for Questions! The web framework dream team , Slide Copyright 2008, Callista Enterprise AB