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Posted to jcs-users@jakarta.apache.org by Legolas Woodland <le...@gmail.com> on 2007/05/02 09:11:23 UTC
how to implement an object cache in a servlet?
Hi
Thank you for reading my post.
I need an object cache in my web application and i am looking for some
guidelines about implementing it.
What i know is:
1- I can use JSC as an in memory cache manager.
2- I need to use a servlet which will initialize when application start,
it will should include my cache.
Now what i can not understand is:
How i can use JCS in a servlet in a way that all my java classes which
are inside the web application use it?
I read something about singletone and static member objects but i do not
know what should i do.
Can you please provide some helps?
Is it OK to use a servlet as a chache container?
Thanks
Re: how to implement an object cache in a servlet?
Posted by Al Forbes <fo...@googlemail.com>.
I guess we should add this to the FAQ as it comes up fairly often:
See if this helps you:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/jakarta/jcs/trunk/src/java/org/apache/jcs/auxiliary/remote/server/RemoteCacheStartupServlet.java?view=log
Al
On 02/05/07, Legolas Woodland <le...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> Thank you for reading my post.
> I need an object cache in my web application and i am looking for some
> guidelines about implementing it.
>
> What i know is:
> 1- I can use JSC as an in memory cache manager.
> 2- I need to use a servlet which will initialize when application start,
> it will should include my cache.
>
> Now what i can not understand is:
> How i can use JCS in a servlet in a way that all my java classes which
> are inside the web application use it?
> I read something about singletone and static member objects but i do not
> know what should i do.
>
> Can you please provide some helps?
> Is it OK to use a servlet as a chache container?
>
>
> Thanks
>
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Re: how to implement an object cache in a servlet?
Posted by Aleksandar Matijaca <am...@gmail.com>.
Hi Legolas,
I have actually implemented this -- you first create a small servlet that
will auto-load (autoload parameter greater then 0 in your web.xml). This
servlet should in it's init() method instantiate a static copy of JSC.
All your other servlets should then be able to pick up the static version of
the cache.
HOWEVER, in all of this, there is one subtle "gotcha", that has nothing
to do with the cache, but in fact, it has something to do with the way
static variables are treated in a J2EE application. If you are using an
application server that under heavy load will fire off many threads of
itself,
then, one thread will NOT be able to see a static member in another thread,
(websphere will do this on a unix box). However, if you use something
like Tomcat or Jboss or WebLogic, then you will probably be ok.. This
is probably a discussion for another email list though.....
For simple experimentation, I am using the following web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="2.4"
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd">
<servlet>
<description>This is the description of my J2EE component</description>
<display-name>This is the display name of my J2EE
component</display-name>
<servlet-name>StartCacheServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>test.cache.StartCacheServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet>
<description>This is the description of my J2EE component</description>
<display-name>This is the display name of my J2EE
component</display-name>
<servlet-name>SecondServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>test.cache.SecondServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>StartCacheServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/servlet/StartCacheServlet</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>SecondServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/servlet/SecondServlet</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
</web-app>
Then, I am using the following StartCacheServlet
package test.cache;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.apache.jcs.JCS;
public class StartCacheServlet extends HttpServlet {
private static JCS jcsCache;
/**
* Constructor of the object.
*/
public StartCacheServlet() {
super();
}
/**
* Destruction of the servlet. <br>
*/
public void destroy() {
super.destroy(); // Just puts "destroy" string in log
// Put your code here
}
/**
* The doGet method of the servlet. <br>
*
* This method is called when a form has its tag value method equals to
get.
*
* @param request the request send by the client to the server
* @param response the response send by the server to the client
* @throws ServletException if an error occurred
* @throws IOException if an error occurred
*/
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse
response) throws ServletException, IOException {
}
/**
* The doPost method of the servlet. <br>
*
* This method is called when a form has its tag value method equals to
post.
*
* @param request the request send by the client to the server
* @param response the response send by the server to the client
* @throws ServletException if an error occurred
* @throws IOException if an error occurred
*/
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse
response) throws ServletException, IOException {
}
/**
* Initialization of the servlet. <br>
*
* @throws ServletException if an error occure
*/
public void init() throws ServletException {
try {
System.out.println("cache service starting..");
//String out = (String) treeCache.get("/a","hello");
//System.out.println("out of the cache, I am getting - "+out);
// start JCS cache...
jcsCache = JCS.getInstance("SalesCentral");
jcsCache.put( "test1", "WOOOOOOO" );
String tq = (String) jcsCache.get("test1");
System.out.println("JCS CACHE VALUE -- "+tq);
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
SO, the above is the start-up servlet... Below is a separate servlet that I
execute through a
browser,...
package test.cache;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.apache.jcs.JCS;
public class SecondServlet extends HttpServlet {
private static JCS jcsCache;
/**
* Constructor of the object.
*/
public SecondServlet() {
super();
}
/**
* Destruction of the servlet. <br>
*/
public void destroy() {
super.destroy(); // Just puts "destroy" string in log
// Put your code here
}
/**
* The doGet method of the servlet. <br>
*
* This method is called when a form has its tag value method equals to
get.
*
* @param request the request send by the client to the server
* @param response the response send by the server to the client
* @throws ServletException if an error occurred
* @throws IOException if an error occurred
*/
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse
response) throws ServletException, IOException {
doPost(request,response);
}
/**
* The doPost method of the servlet. <br>
*
* This method is called when a form has its tag value method equals to
post.
*
* @param request the request send by the client to the server
* @param response the response send by the server to the client
* @throws ServletException if an error occurred
* @throws IOException if an error occurred
*/
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse
response) throws ServletException, IOException {
System.out.println("cache service starting..");
try {
jcsCache = JCS.getInstance("SalesCentral");
String tq = (String) jcsCache.get("test1");
System.out.println("JCS CACHE FROM SECONDARY SERVLET -- VALUE --
"+tq);
response.setContentType("text/html");
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
out.println("<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML
4.01Transitional//EN\">");
out.println("<HTML>");
out.println(" <HEAD><TITLE>A Servlet</TITLE></HEAD>");
out.println(" <BODY>");
out.print(" The cache content is - ");
out.print(tq);
out.println(", using the POST method");
out.println(" </BODY>");
out.println("</HTML>");
out.flush();
out.close();
} catch(Exception x)
{
System.out.println(x);
}
}
/**
* Initialization of the servlet. <br>
*
* @throws ServletException if an error occure
*/
public void init() throws ServletException {
// Put your code here
}
}
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Again, you can experiment with the above code and web.xml. BEWARE OF THE
GOTCHA
AS I OUTLINED ABOVE..
Good luck, and tell me how you make out..
Cheers, Aleks.
On 5/2/07, Legolas Woodland <le...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
> Thank you for reading my post.
> I need an object cache in my web application and i am looking for some
> guidelines about implementing it.
>
> What i know is:
> 1- I can use JSC as an in memory cache manager.
> 2- I need to use a servlet which will initialize when application start,
> it will should include my cache.
>
> Now what i can not understand is:
> How i can use JCS in a servlet in a way that all my java classes which
> are inside the web application use it?
> I read something about singletone and static member objects but i do not
> know what should i do.
>
> Can you please provide some helps?
> Is it OK to use a servlet as a chache container?
>
>
> Thanks
>