Add IceBox Greeter Java demo #610
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Pull Request Overview
This PR adds a new IceBox Greeter Java demo to the repository, implementing a complete client-server application using the Ice framework's IceBox service container architecture.
- Implements a complete IceBox service demo with client, service, and server components
- Provides Java implementation of the Greeter interface using Ice/IceBox framework
- Includes proper Gradle build configuration with multi-project structure
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| File | Description |
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| java/IceBox/greeter/slice/Greeter.ice | Defines the Slice interface for the Greeter service |
| java/IceBox/greeter/service/src/main/java/com/example/icebox/greeter/service/GreeterService.java | IceBox service implementation that manages the Greeter adapter |
| java/IceBox/greeter/service/src/main/java/com/example/icebox/greeter/service/Chatbot.java | Concrete implementation of the Greeter interface |
| java/IceBox/greeter/client/src/main/java/com/example/icebox/greeter/client/Client.java | Client application that connects to the Greeter service |
| java/IceBox/greeter/settings.gradle.kts | Root Gradle settings defining the multi-project structure |
| java/IceBox/greeter/service/build.gradle.kts | Build configuration for the service module |
| java/IceBox/greeter/client/build.gradle.kts | Build configuration for the client module |
| java/IceBox/greeter/iceboxserver/build.gradle.kts | Build configuration for the IceBox server launcher |
| java/IceBox/greeter/README.md | Documentation explaining how to build and run the demo |
| java/IceBox/greeter/.gitignore | Git ignore file for Gradle artifacts |
| java/IceBox/greeter/gradlew* | Gradle wrapper scripts and properties |
| import com.zeroc.Ice.Communicator; | ||
| import com.zeroc.Ice.Util; | ||
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| import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture; |
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| class Chatbot implements Greeter { | ||
| // Implements the abstract method 'greet' from the Greeter interface generated by the Slice compiler. | ||
| // This variant is the synchronous implementation. |
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| - client — the client application (uses the Gradle [application plugin]). | ||
| - service — the Greeter service implementation (uses the [java-library plugin]). | ||
| - iceboxserver — the IceBox launcher (uses the Gradle [application plugin]). |
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I am confused, so I guess users would be confused too.
iceboxserver is not something we ship, but an "application plugin" wrapper for the IceBox JAR that we build in this demo?
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This creates a Gradle Application, that uses IceBox Server as is main entry point, and has the service class in its runtime path.
You can also download icebox-xxx.jar from maven, and use java command directly but instructions will be quite more complicated.
We did something similar in 3.7, but I think is even simpler using the Gradle application plug-in. I will try to improve the comments for this.
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Added a note in the README to explain this.
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The IceBox/greeter demo port to Java.