An example of the request-stream interaction model and aggregating streams with Netifi and RSocket.

This example aggregates two different microservices, one that emits random letters, and one that emits random numbers into letter-number pairs.

Netifi is a platform for building cloud-native applications with the power of RSocket.

Netifi provides service discovery, load-balancing, streaming, and back-pressure without deploying a whole host of infrastructure components and without polluting your code with circuit breakers and client-side load-balancing.

This example contains the following projects:

• client - Client application that streams and combines data from the backend services.
• letter-service-idl - Contract that defines the letter-service and letter2-service APIs.
• letter-service - Service that generates random letters.
• letter2-service - Version 2 of the letter-service that adds capital letters.
• number-service-idl - Contract that defines the number-service API.
• number-service - Service that generates random numbers.

This example requires a running instance of the Netifi Broker.

Run the following command to download the Netifi Community Edition Broker as a Docker container:

docker pull netifi/broker:1.6.9

Run the following command to build the example:

./gradlew clean build

Follow the steps below to run the example.

Follow the steps below to run the example that shows aggregating two request-streams:

1. Run the following command to start a local Netifi Broker:

    docker run -p 8001:8001 -p 8101:8101 -p 7001:7001 -p 6001:6001 \
    -e BROKER_SERVER_OPTS="'-Dnetifi.broker.admin.accessKey=8833333111127534' \
    '-Dnetifi.broker.admin.accessToken=Ih+hNsSdxLxAtHceTeEia2MGXSc=' \
    '-Dnetifi.authentication.0.accessKey=8833333111127534' \
    '-Dnetifi.authentication.0.accessToken=Ih+hNsSdxLxAtHceTeEia2MGXSc=' \
    '-Dnetifi.broker.ssl.disabled=true'" \
    netifi/broker:1.6.9
   

2. In a new terminal, run the following command to start the number-service:

    ./gradlew :number-service:run
   

3. In a new terminal, run the following command to start the letter-service:

    ./gradlew :letter-service:run
   

4. In a new terminal, run the following command to start the client and stream from both the letter-service and number-service:

    ./gradlew :client:runLetters
   

   If successful, you will see letters and numbers aggregated together every second similar to the following:

    2019-11-10 14:46:57,494 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] a38
    2019-11-10 14:46:58,496 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] o75
    2019-11-10 14:46:59,501 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] x32
    2019-11-10 14:47:00,504 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] m84
    2019-11-10 14:47:01,508 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] u26
    2019-11-10 14:47:02,515 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] f41
    2019-11-10 14:47:03,519 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] z25
   

Follow the steps below to run the example that shows aggregating request-response interactions where the letter data is load-balanced between letter-service and letter2-service:

1. In a new terminal, run the following command to start the letter2-service:

    ./gradlew :letter2-service:run
   

2. In a new terminal, run the following command to start the client and load-balance between both letter-service instances and the number-service:

    ./gradlew :client:runLetter
   

   If successful, you will see letters and numbers aggregated and note that the letters are both uppercase and lowercase similar to the following:

    2019-11-10 14:51:31,564 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] N51
    2019-11-10 14:51:31,564 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] I84
    2019-11-10 14:51:31,565 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] X27
    2019-11-10 14:51:31,566 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] P97
    2019-11-10 14:51:31,566 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] D67
    2019-11-10 14:51:31,567 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] l1
    2019-11-10 14:51:31,567 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] A16
    2019-11-10 14:51:31,567 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] l32
    2019-11-10 14:51:31,567 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] s19
    2019-11-10 14:51:31,568 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] Y89
    2019-11-10 14:51:31,568 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] O3
    2019-11-10 14:51:31,568 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] K88
    2019-11-10 14:51:31,569 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] o94
    2019-11-10 14:51:31,569 INFO e.c.RunLettersStream [reactor-tcp-nio-4] I17
   

For bugs, questions, and discussions please use the Github Issues.

Copyright 2019 Greg Whitaker

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