Riena Getting started

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Getting Started

Getting started contains documentation about how to use the various aspects of Riena.

Setup for writing apps based on Riena (starting with M2)

Use these steps to build your setup to use Riena.

• Download the Target zip http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/riena/Riena_Platform_1.0.0.M2-incubator.zip
• Unzip to an empty directory i.e. c:/projekte/riena-platform
• this directory now contains every plugin that is necessary for Riena (including Equinox and the SDK)
• this directory includes source code for Riena and Equinox
• Startup your Eclipse IDE (3.3 or higher) with a black workspace
• Choose under Window -> Preferences -> Plug-in Development -> Target Platform
• Choose there in the field location the eclipse directory under your platform dir (zip above) i.e. c:/projekte/riena-platform/eclipse
• Press OK

• You are basically set.

Try the communication ping pong example

• File -> Import -> Plug-in Development -> Plug-ins and Fragments -> Next
• Select "Projects with source folders" unter Import As (since its more fun with source code) -> Next
• Select in the Plug-ins Listbox the 4 plugins *.communication.sample.pingpong.* and click Add and then Finish
• You can switch in the Run Dialog and Select (under OSGi Framework)
  • Riena Sample PingPoing Server (start that one)
  • Riena Sample PingPong Client (start that one)
  • DONT FORGET to press the Add required Bundles button for both of them before you start them
• The server starts at port 8080, make sure that port is not taken
• On success you client will print a message on the console:

PingPong::Client:: [Pong] says = Thx. I got the ping!

• Switch the to server console should show a message like:

PingPong::Server:: [Ping] says = I ping you and you pong me

Try the unittests

• Import the project org.eclipse.riena.tests from the Target Platform (same as above)
• There are classes like AllTests on various level that you can run as Junit Plugin Tests.
• You can also run individual Tests a JUnit Plugin Tests
• Classes ending with *ITest require a server. Thats the Riena App Sample Server (explained in the next step)

Install the Riena Sample App Server

• Stop any previously started client or server
• Import the project org.eclipse.riena.sample.app.server and org.eclipse.riena.sample.app.common from the Target Platform
• Start Riena App Server from the Run Dialog (dont forget to press the button "add required bundles"
• Also this server starts on 8080, make sure that port is not taken.
• That should bring up a relativly simple app server with just the customer search web service
• Stop the server again
• Bring up the Run Dialog again, select Riena App Server and select the bundle org.eclipse.riena.security.services and org.eclipse.riena.security.simpleservices) both found in the target platform
• press "add required bundles"
• Run the server again.
• Now you can see in the console a lot more web services (security related)
• Now you can also run the *ITests from the tests bundle (above) i.e. SessionServiceITest

Remote Services

Remote Services in Riena are based on OSGi Services. So this Getting Started shows how standard OSGi Services can be first published as webservice endpoints and then second how they can be consumed by a client.

Getting Started with Remote Service

Security

Security in Riena is JAAS based. That means you have Subject, Principal(s), LoginModule and Permissions. Just the standard Java objects from the JAAS packages. Riena adds the distribution aspect to it, so that a login on the client gets processed on the server. It also deals with make the current Subject (a container for Principals) avaiblable on client and in the server thread where remote service calls are processed.

Getting Started using Security (JAAS) based in Riena

ObjectTransaction

Object Transaction are a base technology to track changes in large object nets and minimize only changed properties between client and server after the initial load of the object net.

Injecting Services and Extensions

Services and Extensions are the building blocks of Eclipse RCP applications. Riena´s lightweight and programmatic approach of injecting services and extensions eases component development and testing.

Getting Started with Injecting Services and Extensions