Add IceGrid/icebox Java demo #625
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Pull Request Overview
This PR adds a new Java demo for IceGrid/icebox, which demonstrates how to deploy an IceBox server using IceGrid. The demo showcases a distributed application with a Greeter service running in an IceBox container managed by IceGrid.
Key changes:
- Creates a complete IceGrid/icebox demo with client, service, and server components
- Implements a Greeter service that provides personalized greetings through Ice RPC
- Provides IceGrid deployment configuration and setup documentation
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java/IceGrid/icebox/slice/Greeter.ice |
Slice interface definition for the Greeter service |
java/IceGrid/icebox/service/src/main/java/com/example/icegrid/icebox/service/GreeterService.java |
IceBox service implementation that hosts the Greeter |
java/IceGrid/icebox/service/src/main/java/com/example/icegrid/icebox/service/Chatbot.java |
Chatbot servant implementing the Greeter interface |
java/IceGrid/icebox/client/src/main/java/com/example/icegrid/icebox/client/Client.java |
Client application that connects to the Greeter service |
java/IceGrid/icebox/greeter-hall.xml |
IceGrid application deployment descriptor |
java/IceGrid/icebox/README.md |
Documentation for building and running the demo |
| Various build files | Gradle build configuration and wrapper scripts |
| Various config files | IceGrid registry, node, and admin configuration |
.../IceGrid/icebox/service/src/main/java/com/example/icegrid/icebox/service/GreeterService.java
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bernardnormier
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| - **client** — the client application (uses the Gradle [application plugin]). | ||
| - **service** — the Greeter service implementation (uses the [java-library plugin]). | ||
| - **iceboxserver** — a launcher for the IceBox server (uses the Gradle [application plugin]). |
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Why do we need this iceboxserver? The IceGrid XML config doesn't use it.
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We have this project for the distribution it creates, from the deployment:
<option>--class-path</option>
<option>iceboxserver/build/install/iceboxserver/lib/*</option>
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