Capa(cloud application api): To be the high-level api layer for all application runtime.

Define a common set of APIs to make sure that code once and run anywhere!

This is the Capa SDK for Java, including the following features:

Service Invocation(RPC)
Configuration Centor(Configuration)
Publish/Subscribe(Pub/Sub)
State Management(State)
Application Metrics(Metrics)

参考项目:

dapr
layotto

Introduction

使用与具体实现无关的统一的编程API，所以应用程序在编程时不需要依赖任何具体的基础设施和中间件，只需要依赖CAPA的抽象层SDK即可。

在部署到不同的环境时，装载抽象SDK的不同实现到应用程序中，当调用统一的编程API时，底层适配到不同的具体实现。

所以应用程序不管将来要运行在哪里，只需要依赖一套统一的SDK就可以了。

参考资料： dapr/dapr#3261

Why not DAPR

设计**和Dapr等项目是相同的，但是Dapr等项目走的非常靠前，其逻辑依赖于独立部署的dapr-sidecar来实现。

这就要求从最底层的基础设施层进行支持，但很多时候，我们并不能一步到位的切换到sidecar的模式。

故Capa将sidecar中的逻辑移植到SDK中，应用无需依赖sidecar，引入SDK即可。

未来肯定是要发展向Dapr这种模式，但是在过渡期，Capa这种模式将一直存在。

参考资料： dapr/dapr#2817

API Design

API设计和社区保持同步，请参考Dapr/Layotto等开源项目的设计。

目前API定义在: cloud-runtimes 中

SDK层次设计

module划分主要为以下几个部分：

sdk
sdk-component
sdk-spi
sdk-spi-demo/...

应用程序编程时只需要依赖sdk即可，并使用SDK模块中定义的统一编程API。

在运行前，会将具体的SPI实现包引入进去，作为统一编程API的具体实现。

举例：RPC API design

Getting Started

Importing Capa's Java SDK

For a Maven project, add the following to your pom.xml file:

<project>
  ...
  <dependencies>
    ...
     <!-- Capa's core SDK with all features. -->
    <dependency>
      <groupId>group.rxcloud</groupId>
      <artifactId>capa-sdk</artifactId>
      <version>1.0.3.RELEASE</version>
    </dependency>
    ...
  </dependencies>
  ...
</project>

Sample implementation library:

<project>
  ...
  <dependencies>
    ...
     <!-- Capa's core SDK with all features. -->
    <dependency>
      <groupId>group.rxcloud</groupId>
      <artifactId>capa-sdk-spi-demo</artifactId>
      <version>1.0.3.RELEASE</version>
    </dependency>
    ...
  </dependencies>
  ...
</project>

Running the examples

Try the following examples to learn more about Capa's Java SDK:

Reactor API

The Java SDK for Capa is built using Project Reactor. It provides an asynchronous API for Java. When consuming a result is consumed synchronously, as in the examples referenced above, the block() method is used.

The code below does not make any API call, it simply returns the Mono publisher object. Nothing happens until the application subscribes or blocks on the result:

Mono<String> result = capaRpcClient.invokeMethod(SERVICE_APP_ID, "say", "hello", HttpExtension.POST, null, TypeRef.STRING);

To start execution and receive the result object synchronously, use block(). The code below shows how to execute the call and consume an empty response:

Mono<String> result = capaRpcClient.invokeMethod(SERVICE_APP_ID, "say", "hello", HttpExtension.POST, null, TypeRef.STRING);
String response = result.block();

Exception handling

Most exceptions thrown from the SDK are instances of CapaException. CapaException extends from RuntimeException, making it compatible with Project Reactor.

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