Support Vert.x compiling Scala examples for you

[galderz]

Vert.x Java examples can be compiled and run on the fly. The Scala modules should have a similar option that allows Scala examples to be compiled on the fly and run. This would provide parity with Vert.x Java examples.

It's unclear whether this is already supported in ScalaVerticleFactory, so the first thing to do here would be to verify whether this already works. This class already has hooks with the Scala interpreter, so it'd be good to come up with an example/test that verifies this works as expected. For example, take one of the examples and see if you can run it with similar instructions to these:

vertx run MyApp.scala

If the code in the Scala verticle is not sufficient, one of the options to achieve this is to hook an SBT based Scala compiler, just like IntelliJ IDEA currently does.

[galderz]

@raniejade accepted to take this on

[galderz]

An interesting subtask here would be to able to detect changes in source code and reload Vert.x application, which would require coordinating with similar efforts within SBT plugin

[raniejade]

Currently the code for loading *.scala file is commented out and there is a few things that needs to be considered.

1. As you know you can run *.scala files as scripts, should we support this?
2. One scala file can contain multiple classes, I think someone mentioned this in the recent IRC meeting. One way to fix this is to use the filename of the class as the class to load (this what the current code is doing). Are there any other way to do this?
3. As for automatically detect changes and reload the vertx application, I don't think it is needed here. I can't find any hooks in the vertx platform that would allow me to do this. There is already support for redeploying modules, besides the purpose of this is for quick prototyping and not ideal means of deployment.

[raniejade]

@galderz You might be interested in my comment :)

[pidster]

Let's restore the commented out section as per the discussion with @edgarchan in another issue, keep it simple with just one verticle per source file for now. If it works as expected let's just get it done and move on...

[raniejade]

Roger that @pidster :)

[raniejade]

Currently I'm having issue with compiler not able to see the classpath. Will read on it, so probably that is the reason in what was commented out in the first place.

[raniejade]

Okay, the problem is the scala interpreter is not able to scala-.jar libraries and as well as the class files for mod-lang-scala. Scala interpreter can use the java classpath, however the classpath does not contain the necessary jar files (scala-.jar, etc). As was able to make it work however I needed to hard code the paths to the jars needed.

EDIT:

I think I have an idea how to fix these, I'll let you know when it all works well :)

[raniejade]

@galderz and @pidster finally made it work however you can only deploy 1 instance. Deploying more than 1 causes some cyclic something shit. Pushing my branch soon, maybe you could help me? :)

[swilliams-pivotal]

sure.

On 13 August 2013 15:24, Ranie Jade Ramiso [email protected] wrote:

@galderz https://github.com/galderz and @pidsterhttps://github.com/pidsterfinally made it work however you can only deploy 1 instance. Deploying more
than 1 causes some cyclic something shit. Pushing my branch soon, maybe you
could help me? :)

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[galderz]

@raniejade Deploying 1 instance is a good starting point. Do you have a branch and some instructions to play a bit with it? We can then compare it with how it's done for java and get a clearer idea.

[raniejade]

Will be pushing it later when I get home, thanks!.

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Galder Zamarreño
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@raniejade https://github.com/raniejade Deploying 1 instance is a good
starting point. Do you have a branch and some instructions to play a bit
with it? We can then compare it with how it's done for java and get a
clearer idea.

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[raniejade]

Here it is guys https://github.com/raniejade/mod-lang-scala/tree/compile-scala-verticle.

[galderz]

Thanks Ranie! I'll give it a go and let you know :)

[galderz]

@raniejade Looks good, but doesn't fully work when trying to run it as a Vert.x example (https://github.com/vert-x/vertx-examples). I'm making some changes to your code to work here... I'll send you a pull req when ready.

[galderz]

@raniejade I've added some code to detect all jars within lib/ directory and tried to run your code via a Vert.x example I've created, and this is what I see: https://gist.github.com/galderz/dbd5331e435fbac2a08b (it includes step to replicate).

My branch in the mod-lang-scala repo is: t_compile
The Scala example I've added to the my Vert.x examples repo fork can be found in my t_scala_example branch

Do you know what the problem might be?

[raniejade]

The HelloWorldServer class what package is it in? The directory structure
should reflect the package of the said class.

On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Galder Zamarreño
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@raniejade https://github.com/raniejade I've added some code to detect
all jars within lib/ directory and tried to run your code via a Vert.x
example I've created, and this is what I see:
https://gist.github.com/galderz/dbd5331e435fbac2a08b (it includes step to
replicate).

My branch in the mod-lang-scala repo is: t_compile
The Scala example I've added to the my Vert.x examples repo fork can be
found in my t_scala_example branch

Do you know what the problem might be?

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[raniejade]

@galderz Do you know the link for the documentation of scala compiler api? I can't seem to find it, it's hard to work blindly LOL.

[galderz]

I've managed to get it working! Instead of executing:

[g@:~/Go/demos/vertx-examples.git/src/raw/scala/httphelloworld]% (t_scala_example) /opt/vert.x/bin/vertx run HelloWorldServer.scala

Execute:

[g@:~/Go/demos/vertx-examples.git/src/raw/scala]% (t_scala_example) /opt/vert.x/bin/vertx run httphelloworld/HelloWorldServer.scala

^ The latter option works as expected :) :) :)

[galderz]

@raniejade I'll submit a pull request with our both commits and then another to the vertx example repository.

[normanmaurer]

Awesome :)
Am 27.08.2013 um 12:38 schrieb Galder Zamarreño [email protected]:

I've managed to get it working! Instead of executing:

[g@:~/Go/demos/vertx-examples.git/src/raw/scala/httphelloworld]% (master⚡) /opt/vert.x/bin/vertx run HelloWorldServer.scala

Execute:

[g@:~/Go/demos/vertx-examples.git/src/raw/scala]% (t_scala_example) /opt/vert.x/bin/vertx run httphelloworld/HelloWorldServer.scala

^ The latter option works as expected :) :) :)

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[galderz]

I've sent a pull req for the first Scala example too.

The last thing missing is how steps 2. and 3. in these instructions need to happen automatically...

[raniejade]

Great! :)

On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Galder Zamarreño
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I've sent a pull req https://github.com/vert-x/vertx-examples/pull/3for the first Scala example too.

The last thing missing is how steps 2. and 3. in these instructionshttps://gist.github.com/galderz/dbd5331e435fbac2a08bneed to happen automatically...

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