Apache OpenWhisk runtimes for java

Changelogs

• Java 8 CHANGELOG.md

Quick Java Action

A Java action is a Java program with a method called main that has the exact signature as follows:

public static com.google.gson.JsonObject main(com.google.gson.JsonObject);

For example, create a Java file called Hello.java with the following content:

import com.google.gson.JsonObject;

public class Hello {
    public static JsonObject main(JsonObject args) {
        String name = "stranger";
        if (args.has("name"))
            name = args.getAsJsonPrimitive("name").getAsString();
        JsonObject response = new JsonObject();
        response.addProperty("greeting", "Hello " + name + "!");
        return response;
    }
}

In order to compile, test and archive Java files, you must have a JDK 8 installed locally.

Then, compile Hello.java into a JAR file hello.jar as follows:

javac Hello.java

jar cvf hello.jar Hello.class

Note: google-gson must exist in your Java CLASSPATH when compiling the Java file.

You need to specify the name of the main class using --main. An eligible main class is one that implements a static main method as described above. If the class is not in the default package, use the Java fully-qualified class name, e.g., --main com.example.MyMain.

If needed you can also customize the method name of your Java action. This can be done by specifying the Java fully-qualified method name of your action, e.q., --main com.example.MyMain#methodName

Create the Java Action

To use as a docker action:

wsk action update helloJava hello.jar --main Hello --docker openwhisk/java8action

This works on any deployment of Apache OpenWhisk

To use on a deployment of OpenWhisk that contains the runtime as a kind:

wsk action update helloJava hello.jar --main Hello --kind java:8

Invoke the Java Action

Action invocation is the same for Java actions as it is for Swift and JavaScript actions:

wsk action invoke --result helloJava --param name World

  {
      "greeting": "Hello World!"
  }

Local development

./gradlew java8:distDocker

This will produce the image whisk/java8action

Build and Push image

docker login
./gradlew java8:distDocker -PdockerImagePrefix=$prefix-user -PdockerRegistry=docker.io

Deploy OpenWhisk using ansible environment that contains the kind java:8 Assuming you have OpenWhisk already deploy localy and OPENWHISK_HOME pointing to root directory of OpenWhisk core repository.

Set ROOTDIR to the root directory of this repository.

Redeploy OpenWhisk

cd $OPENWHISK_HOME/ansible
ANSIBLE_CMD="ansible-playbook -i ${ROOTDIR}/ansible/environments/local"
$ANSIBLE_CMD setup.yml
$ANSIBLE_CMD couchdb.yml
$ANSIBLE_CMD initdb.yml
$ANSIBLE_CMD wipe.yml
$ANSIBLE_CMD openwhisk.yml

Or you can use wskdev and create a soft link to the target ansible environment, for example:

ln -s ${ROOTDIR}/ansible/environments/local ${OPENWHISK_HOME}/ansible/environments/local-java
wskdev fresh -t local-java

Testing

Install dependencies from the root directory on $OPENWHISK_HOME repository

pushd $OPENWHISK_HOME
./gradlew install
podd $OPENWHISK_HOME

Using gradle to run all tests

./gradlew :tests:test

Using gradle to run some tests

./gradlew :tests:test --tests *ActionContainerTests*

Using IntelliJ:

• Import project as gradle project.
• Make sure working directory is root of the project/repo

Using container image to test

To use as docker action push to your own dockerhub account

docker tag whisk/java8action $user_prefix/java8action
docker push $user_prefix/java8action

Then create the action using your the image from dockerhub

wsk action update helloJava hello.jar --main Hello --docker $user_prefix/java8action

The $user_prefix is usually your dockerhub user id.

License

Apache 2.0