theserverside: kickstarting jcr

Kickstarting JCR: TheServerSide.com as a Content Application

Michael MarthTechnology EvangelistDay Software AG

David NueschelerCTODay Software AG

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Michael Marth Technology [email protected]

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David Nuescheler Chief Technology [email protected]

David NueschelerJackrabbit Committer / [email protected]

David NueschelerJSR-170 Spec [email protected]







Kickstarting JCRTSS is a Content App

What’s JCR (elevator pitch)

REST meets JCR meets Ajax

Building TSS as a Content Appsilver

What’s JCR?

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What’s JCR?

What’s JCR?

“The API should be a standard, implementation independent, way to access content bi-directionally on a granular level to a content repository.” ?

Best of both worlds.

data base filesystem

content repository

read

write

hier-archiesstreams

locking accesscontrol

integrity structure

tx query

un-structured“full-text” sort

orderversion

ingobser-vation

multi-value

- Reality Check -

Task: Write a JSP snippet that lists “documents” in a “folder”.”

What’s JCR?

What’s JCR?- Reality Check -

Task: Write a JSP snippet that lists “documents” in a “folder”.”

<%childCount = node.getContentCount();for(int i=0;i<childCount;i++) { IContent child = node.getContent(i); Property title = child.getPropertyByName("Title"); %><%= title.getValue() %><br/><%}%>

<%LAPI_DOCUMENTS documents

= new LAPI_DOCUMENTS(session);

LLValue childTable = new LLValue();

documents.ListObjects(volumeID, folderID,

null, null, LAPI_DOCUMENTS.PERM_SEE, chi

ldTable);

Enumeration children = childTable.enumerateValue

s();

while(children.hasMoreElements()) {

LLValue child = (LLValue)e.nextElement()

;

String title = child.toString("Name");

%><%= title %><br/><%

}%>

<%fndocs = new IFnObjSetDualProxy( fnfolder.getContents(idmFolderContent.idmFolderContentDocument));

int numDocs = fndocs.getCount();for (int i = 1; i <= numDocs; i++) {

IFnDocumentDual fndoc = new IFnDocumentDualProxy(fndocs.getItem(new Integer(i)));

IFnPropertiesDual propset = fndoc.getProperties();

IFnPropertyDual idmTitleProp = propset.getItem("Title");

String title = idmTitleProp.getValue();

%><%= title %><br/><% if (comCleanup) { cleaner.release(fndoc); }}%>

<%IDocuments documents =

new IDocumentsProxy(binder.getDocuments());

documents.cache();

int documentCount = documents.getCount();

for (int i = 0; i<documentCount; i++) {

document = new IDocumentProxy(docume

nts.getItemByIndex(i));

String title = document.getTitle()

%><%= title %><br/><%

}%>

<%PageIterator children = page.getPages();while (children.hasNext()) { Page child = children.nextPage(); Container toplevel = child.getContent(); Atom title = toplevel.getAtom("Title"); %><%= title %><br /><%}%>

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<%NodeIterator children = node.getNodes();while (children.hasNext()) { Node child = children.nextNode(); Property title = child.getProperty("Title"); %><%= title %><br /><%}%>

JCR API

- Functional Elevator Pitch -What’s JCR?

level 1

level 2

read, export, query

write, import, accesscontrol

sql locking obser-vation tx versioning

optional

JSR-283 Public Review Ballot

approved

Java Standardization

Java Standardization

Known compliant Repositories

Apache Jackrabbit Oracle XML DBExo

ECMS PlatformMicrosoft

Sharepoint OpenText Livelink

Day CRX IBM FileNet P8 Xythos Repository Alfresco ECM Vignette V7

Interwoven Repository IBM CM EMC Documentum

How many

RDBMS vendors

do you need?+hundreds of TCKsregistered

* *

*

*

* using third party connector

*

Sourcemix Sourcemix

Percussion Rhythmix Lutece

Portal

QuickWCM WCMS

Jahia Framework

Hippo CMS

InfoQ Online CommunityNuxeo ECM

Sakai E-learning

TYPO3 v5.0 WCMGX WebManager

Exo ECMS Platform

Liferay Enterprise Portal

Artifactory Maven Proxy

IBM FileNet WebSiteManagerApache James

medic-2-medic mapofmedicine

Day Communiqué WCMS

Apache Tapestry

Day Communique Collab

QSLabs ComplianceApache

Cocoon

Alfresco ECMSApache Sling

Mindquarry Collaboration

Day Communique DAMmagnolia WCMS

JBoss Portal

Some known JCR Applications

Sun OpenPortal Interface 21

Spring Framework

Fast Enterprise SearchOracle PortalBEA Portal

JCR - Weatherforcast-5°

2008 2009-8°

2010-12°

JCR: Yours truly

REST over JCR

REST -> Roy T. Fielding

released y2k162 pages

v1.0 released 2005

+300 pages

JCR

functionally broad

well designedlong term

strategicheavy duty16 tons

stable & durable

The Problem:

JCR

me

short-sighted...easily confused

developer hat

hacklazy

“i want to build webapps” the o

ther

side

functionally broad

well designedlong term

strategicheavy duty16 tons

stable & durable

The Problem:

The Silver bullet:

JCR

me (david)

developer hat

very simple projection: fits the bill

sling

silver

Apache Sling

microjax jax

JCR backed ReST-Webkit(OSGI, OCM , ...) contains

I2

3

Browser

J2EE WebServer

browser & ujax.jsreading: json & resource GET’swriting: form-POSTs & GETs

Sling Servletstranslating requests to JCR calls

JCR CompliantContent Repository

I

2

3very simple js API to read content, Forms to write content

handles all the heavy lifting, particularly security16 tons

Introducing jax

Taking the URL seriously

.../product.jsp?id=12346

Mistake 1:Addressing the “Script”Mistake 2:.jsp? What the heck?

Mistake 3:Passing in “this”

Repository

Sling URL decomposition.

/cars/audi/s4.details.html

Content Repository Path...selects a particular script

“Data First!”JCR supports “structure first” aswell. (but that’s missing point)

Getting ready...

download and installtest & mount as a drive

hello, world.

drag, drop, donehttp://localhost:7402/apps/firststeps/0_hello.html

<html>

<head><title>u

jax:hello, wor

ld</title>

</head>

<body><h2>hell

o, world</h2>

</body>

</html>

http://localhost:7402/crx/rjax/firststeps/1_write.html











simple write example

write me!http://localhost:7402/apps/firs

tsteps/1_write.html

<html>

<head><title>u

jax: simple wr

ite example</t

itle>

</head><body>

<form action="

/content/first

steps" method=

"POST">



<h2>Title</h2>

<input type="t

ext" name="Tit

le" />



<h2>Descriptio

n</h2>

<textarea rows

="5" name="Des

cription">

</te

xtarea>



<h2>Color</h2>

<select name="

Color">

<option value=

"red">red

<option value=

"green">green

</select>

</form>

</body>

</html>

simple read example

read me!http://localhost:7402/apps/firststeps/2_read.html

<html>

<head><title>u

jax: simple re

ad example</ti

tle>

</head>

<body>

<script src

="/ujax/ujax.j

s"></script

<script>

var node=uj

ax.getContent(

"/content/firs

tsteps");

var div='<d

iv style="back

ground-color:'

+node.Color+'"

>';

document.wr

ite(div);

</script>

<h2><script>

document.write

(node.Title);

</script></h2>

<p><script>

document.write

(node.Descript

ion);

</script></p>

</div>

</body>

</html>








add newhttp://localhost:7402/apps/firststeps/3_addnew.html

add new entry

<html>

<head><title>u

jax: add new e

ntry example</

title>

</head><body>

<form action="

/content/first

steps/entries/

*"

method="PO

ST" >

<h2>Title</h2>

<input type="t

ext" name="Tit

le" />

<h2>Descriptio

n</h2>

<textarea rows

="5" name="Des

cription"></te

xtarea>

<h2>Color</h2>

<select name="

Color">

<option value=

"red">red

<option value=

"green">green

</select>

<p><input type

="submit"></p>

</form>

</body>

</html>







list entries

list entrieshttp://localhost:7402/apps/firststeps/4_list.html

<html>

<head><title>u

jax: list entr

ies example</t

itle>

[...]

<script>

var entries=uj

ax.getContent(

"/content/firs

tsteps/entries

", 2);

</script>

<div>

<script>

for (var a i

n entries) {

var entry=ent

ries[a];

document.

write('<div st

yle="backgroun

d-color:'+entr

y.Color+'">');

document.

write('<h2>'+e

ntry.Title+'</

h3>');

document.

write(entry.De

scription);

if(entry.

Image) {

[...]

}

document.

write('</div>'

);

document.

write('<a href

="4_list.html"

onclick=

”ujax.removeCo

ntent(\'/mydat

a/entries/\'+a

+'\'">

remove</

a>');

}

</script>

<a href="3_add

new.html">add

new</a>

</div>

</body>














resource oriented urlshttp://localhost:7402/content/firststeps.list.html

templates

[...]

<%= currentNod

e.Title %>

[...]

<script>

ujax.wizard();

</script>

[...]

! ! Rjax.wizard();

! </script>
















Essentially:

Re-build “TSS++” as a content app.

Transform “TheServerSide.com” into a jax and JCR backed Content App.

TheServerSide.com as a content Application.

- goals -

»»NO TOOLS!

(well texteditor &

browser ;) )

Buddy coding:

Beer for

Bug.

If you remember only 2 things.visit us: dev.day.comregister for JCR Cup 2008Make you next Application a Content Application

2

I booth &

fireside chat

Thank you for your attention