diff --git a/samples/hello-world/.springBeans b/samples/hello-world/.springBeans
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-
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- 1
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diff --git a/samples/hello-world/build.gradle b/samples/hello-world/build.gradle
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-description = 'Spring Data for Pivotal GemFire Samples - Hello World'
-
-apply plugin: 'base'
-apply plugin: 'idea'
-apply plugin: 'java'
-apply plugin: 'eclipse'
-apply plugin: 'application'
-
-[compileJava, compileTestJava]*.options*.compilerArgs = ["-Xlint:-serial"]
-
-repositories {
- // Public Spring artefacts
- maven { url "http://repo.springsource.org/libs-snapshot" }
- mavenLocal()
-}
-
-dependencies {
- compile "org.springframework.data:spring-data-gemfire:$version"
- compile "javax.inject:javax.inject:1"
- compile "javax.annotation:jsr250-api:1.0"
-
- runtime "log4j:log4j:$log4jVersion"
- runtime "org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:$slf4jVersion"
-
- testCompile "junit:junit:$junitVersion"
- testCompile "org.springframework:spring-test:$springVersion"
-}
-
-
-run {
- main = "org.springframework.data.gemfire.samples.helloworld.Main"
- classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
- standardInput = System.in
- systemProperties['java.net.preferIPv4Stack'] = 'true'
-}
-
-defaultTasks 'run'
diff --git a/samples/hello-world/readme.txt b/samples/hello-world/readme.txt
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-======================
-== Hello World Demo ==
-======================
-
-1. MOTIVATION
-
-As the name implies, this is a simple demo that illustrates the configuration
-and interaction with the GemFire through the Spring container.
-
-The demo starts and configures the GemFire grid and open up a basic shell for
-executing commands against the grid.
-Multiple nodes can be started which will share and exchange information transparently.
-
-2. BUILD AND DEPLOYMENT
-
-This directory contains the source files.
-For building, JDK 1.5+ are required
-
-To build the sample, use the following command:
-
-*nix/BSD OS:
-# ../../gradlew -q
-
-Windows OS:
-# ..\..\gradlew -q
-
-If you have Gradle installed and available in your classpath, you can simply type:
-# gradle -q
diff --git a/samples/hello-world/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/samples/helloworld/CacheLogger.java b/samples/hello-world/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/samples/helloworld/CacheLogger.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2010 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.data.gemfire.samples.helloworld;
-
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-
-import org.apache.geode.cache.EntryEvent;
-import org.apache.geode.cache.util.CacheListenerAdapter;
-
-/**
- * Listener that logs entry operations to the configured logger.
- *
- * @author Costin Leau
- */
-public class CacheLogger extends CacheListenerAdapter {
-
- private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(CacheLogger.class);
-
- @Override
- public void afterCreate(EntryEvent event) {
- log.info("Added " + messageLog(event) + " to the cache");
- }
-
- @Override
- public void afterDestroy(EntryEvent event) {
- log.info("Removed " + messageLog(event) + " from the cache");
- }
-
- @Override
- public void afterUpdate(EntryEvent event) {
- log.info("Updated " + messageLog(event) + " in the cache");
- }
-
- private String messageLog(EntryEvent event) {
- Object key = event.getKey();
- Object value = event.getNewValue();
-
- if (event.getOperation().isUpdate()) {
- return "[" + key + "] from [" + event.getOldValue() + "] to [" + event.getNewValue() + "]";
- }
- return "[" + key + "=" + value + "]";
- }
-}
diff --git a/samples/hello-world/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/samples/helloworld/CommandProcessor.java b/samples/hello-world/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/samples/helloworld/CommandProcessor.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2010 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.data.gemfire.samples.helloworld;
-
-import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.util.Scanner;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.Map.Entry;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-
-import javax.annotation.Resource;
-
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-import org.springframework.data.gemfire.GemfireCallback;
-import org.springframework.data.gemfire.GemfireTemplate;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
-
-import org.apache.geode.GemFireCheckedException;
-import org.apache.geode.GemFireException;
-import org.apache.geode.cache.Region;
-
-/**
- * Entity processing and interpreting shell commands.
- *
- * @author Costin Leau
- */
-@Component
-public class CommandProcessor {
-
- private static final Pattern COM = Pattern.compile("query|exit|help|size|clear|keys|values|map|containsKey|containsValue|get|remove|put");
-
- private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(CommandProcessor.class);
-
- private static String help = initHelp();
- private static String EMPTY = "";
-
- boolean threadActive;
- private Thread thread;
-
- @Resource
- private GemfireTemplate template;
-
- void start() {
- if (thread == null) {
- threadActive = true;
- thread = new Thread(new Task(), "cmd-processor");
- thread.start();
- }
- }
-
- void stop() throws Exception {
- threadActive = false;
- thread.join(3 * 100);
- }
-
- void awaitCommands() throws Exception {
- thread.join();
- }
-
- private class Task implements Runnable {
-
- public void run() {
- System.out.println("Hello World!");
- System.out.println("Want to interact with the world ? ...");
- System.out.println(help);
- System.out.print("-> ");
- System.out.flush();
-
- BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
-
- try {
- while (threadActive) {
- if (br.ready()) {
- try {
- System.out.println(process(br.readLine()));
- } catch (Exception ex) {
- System.out.println("Error executing last command " + ex.getMessage());
- ex.printStackTrace();
- }
-
- System.out.print("-> ");
- System.out.flush();
- }
- }
- } catch (IOException ioe) {
- // just ignore any exceptions
- log.error("Caught exception while processing commands ", ioe);
- }
- }
- }
-
- private static String initHelp() {
- try {
- InputStream stream = CommandProcessor.class.getResourceAsStream("help.txt");
- byte[] buffer = new byte[stream.available() > 0 ? stream.available() : 300];
-
- BufferedInputStream bf = new BufferedInputStream(stream);
- bf.read(buffer);
- return new String(buffer);
- } catch (IOException io) {
- throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot read help file");
- }
- }
-
- String process(final String line) {
- final Scanner sc = new Scanner(line);
-
- return template.execute(new GemfireCallback() {
-
- public String doInGemfire(Region reg) throws GemFireCheckedException, GemFireException {
- Region region = reg;
-
- if (!sc.hasNext(COM)) {
- return "Invalid command - type 'help' for supported operations";
- }
- String command = sc.next();
- String arg1 = (sc.hasNext() ? sc.next() : null);
- String arg2 = (sc.hasNext() ? sc.next() : null);
-
- // query shortcut
- if ("query".equalsIgnoreCase(command)) {
- String query = line.trim().substring(command.length());
- return region.query(query).toString();
- }
-
- // parse commands w/o arguments
- if ("exit".equalsIgnoreCase(command)) {
- threadActive = false;
- return "Node exiting...";
- }
- if ("help".equalsIgnoreCase(command)) {
- return help;
- }
- if ("size".equalsIgnoreCase(command)) {
- return EMPTY + region.size();
- }
- if ("clear".equalsIgnoreCase(command)) {
- region.clear();
- return "Clearing grid..";
- }
- if ("keys".equalsIgnoreCase(command)) {
- return region.keySet().toString();
- }
- if ("values".equalsIgnoreCase(command)) {
- return region.values().toString();
- }
-
- if ("map".equalsIgnoreCase(command)) {
- Set> entrySet = region.entrySet();
- if (entrySet.size() == 0)
- return "[]";
-
- StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
- for (Entry entry : entrySet) {
- sb.append("[");
- sb.append(entry.getKey());
- sb.append("=");
- sb.append(entry.getValue());
- sb.append("] ");
- }
- return sb.toString();
- }
-
- // commands w/ 1 arg
- if ("containsKey".equalsIgnoreCase(command)) {
- return EMPTY + region.containsKey(arg1);
- }
- if ("containsValue".equalsIgnoreCase(command)) {
- return EMPTY + region.containsValue(arg1);
- }
- if ("get".equalsIgnoreCase(command)) {
- return region.get(arg1);
- }
- if ("remove".equalsIgnoreCase(command)) {
- return region.remove(arg1);
- }
-
- // commands w/ 2 args
-
- if ("put".equalsIgnoreCase(command)) {
- return region.put(arg1, arg2);
- }
-
- sc.close();
- return "unknown command - run 'help' for available commands";
- }
- });
- }
-}
diff --git a/samples/hello-world/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/samples/helloworld/HelloWorld.java b/samples/hello-world/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/samples/helloworld/HelloWorld.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2010 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.data.gemfire.samples.helloworld;
-
-import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
-import javax.annotation.PreDestroy;
-import javax.annotation.Resource;
-
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
-
-import org.apache.geode.cache.Region;
-
-/**
- * Main bean for interacting with the cache from the console.
- *
- * @author Costin Leau
- */
-@Component
-public class HelloWorld {
-
- private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(HelloWorld.class);
-
- // inject the region
- @Resource(name = "myWorld")
- private Region region;
-
- @Resource
- private CommandProcessor processor;
-
- @PostConstruct
- void start() {
- log.info("Member " + region.getCache().getDistributedSystem().getDistributedMember().getId()
- + " connecting to region [" + region.getName() + "]");
- processor.start();
- }
-
- @PreDestroy
- void stop() throws Exception {
- log.info("Member " + region.getCache().getDistributedSystem().getDistributedMember().getId()
- + " disconnecting from region [" + region.getName() + "]");
- processor.stop();
- }
-
- public void greetWorld() {
- try {
- processor.awaitCommands();
- } catch (Exception ex) {
- throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot greet world", ex);
- }
- }
-}
diff --git a/samples/hello-world/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/samples/helloworld/Main.java b/samples/hello-world/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/samples/helloworld/Main.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2010 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.data.gemfire.samples.helloworld;
-
-import org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
-
-/**
- * Hello World startup class.
- *
- * Bootstraps the Spring container which in turns starts Pivotal GemFire and the actual application.
- *
- * Accepts as optional parameters location of one (or multiple) application contexts that will
- * be used for configuring the Spring container. See the reference documentation for more
- * {@link http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/spring-framework-reference/html/resources.html information}.
- *
- * Note that in most (if not all) managed environments writing such a class is not needed
- * as Spring already provides the required integration.
- *
- * @see org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
- * @author Costin Leau
- */
-public class Main {
-
- private static final String[] CONFIGS = new String[] { "app-context.xml" };
-
- /**
- * @param args
- */
- public static void main(String[] args) {
- String[] res = (args != null && args.length > 0 ? args : CONFIGS);
- AbstractApplicationContext ctx = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(res);
- // shutdown the context along with the VM
- ctx.registerShutdownHook();
-
- // call greet world to prevent the thread from ending
- HelloWorld bean = ctx.getBean(HelloWorld.class);
- bean.greetWorld();
- }
-}
diff --git a/samples/hello-world/src/main/resources/app-context.xml b/samples/hello-world/src/main/resources/app-context.xml
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-log-level=warning
-name=Spring GemFire World
diff --git a/samples/hello-world/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/samples/helloworld/help.txt b/samples/hello-world/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/samples/helloworld/help.txt
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-Supported commands are:
-
-get - retrieves an entry (by key) from the grid
-put - puts a new entry into the grid
-remove - removes an entry (by key) from the grid
-size - returns the size of the grid
-clear - removes all mapping in the grid
-map - returns the keys and associated values contained by the grid
-keys - returns the keys contained by the grid
-values - returns the values contained by the grid
-containsKey - indicates if the given key is contained by the grid
-containsValue - indicates if the given value is contained by the grid
-
-query - executes a query on the grid
-
-help - this info
-exit - this node exists
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diff --git a/samples/hello-world/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/samples/helloworld/BasicTest.java b/samples/hello-world/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/samples/helloworld/BasicTest.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2010 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.data.gemfire.samples.helloworld;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-
-public class BasicTest {
-
- @Test
- public void testBasic() throws Exception {
- //Main.main(new String[] {});
- }
-}
-
diff --git a/samples/readme.txt b/samples/readme.txt
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-Spring GemFire Samples
-----------------------
-NOTE: Spring Data GemFire Sample code has been moved to https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-gemfire-examples
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-This folder contains various various demo applications and samples for Spring GemFire.
-
-Please see each folder for detailed instructions (readme.txt).
-
-As a general rule, each demo provides an integration tests that bootstraps
-the GemFire platform, installs the demo and its dependencies and interacts with
-the application.
-
-SAMPLES OVERVIEW
-----------------
-
-* hello-world
-A simple demo for configuring and interacting with the GemFire grid.
-
-
-BUILDING AND DEPLOYMENT
------------------------
-
-All demos require JDK 1.5+.
-
-Each module should be run from its top folder using gradle wrapper:
-
-# ../../gradlew
-
-RUNNING UNDER LINUX
--------------------
-
-If you experience network problems under Linux, try passing "-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true" to the command
-(note this is passed automatically when using the provided script).
-See https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SGF-28 for more information.
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