0 Replies Latest reply on Sep 22, 2011 6:34 AM by patrick1

    Relationship between HttpInvoker and servlet based server invoker ?

    patrick1

      Hi,

       

      I am using JBossAS 6.1 in order to deploy ejb services. Thoses services are remotely accessed by a swing client using HTTP.

      I followed the article http://community.jboss.org/wiki/EJB3OverHTTPHTTPSInJBossAS-5 (even though it is targeted for JBossAS 5.1 it works for version 6.1)

      I followed also the article http://community.jboss.org/wiki/EJBJMSAndJNDIOverHTTPViaNATFirewallWithUnifiedInvoker. The unified invoker does not seem to exist anymore on JBoss 6.1 and from what I understand is replaced by the http-invoker.sar component.

       

      I therefore modified the jboss-service.xml file found under $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/deploy/http-invoker.sar/META-INF as follow in order to access my ejb through a firewall public address on the 80 port:

       

      <server>
       
         <!-- The HTTP invoker service configration
         -->
         <mbean code="org.jboss.invocation.http.server.HttpInvoker"
           name="jboss:service=invoker,type=http">
            <!-- Use a URL of the form http://<hostname>:8080/invoker/EJBInvokerServlet
             where <hostname> is InetAddress.getHostname value on which the server
             is running.
             -->
            <attribute name="InvokerURL">
               <!-- To get value, ask the ServiceBindingManager to do a host and string 
                    replacement operation using the HTTP connector port 
                    see JBAS-8540 -->
               <value-factory bean="ServiceBindingManager" method="getStringBinding">
                  <parameter>jboss.web:service=WebServer</parameter>
                  <parameter>HttpConnector</parameter>
                  <!--parameter>http://${hostforurl}:${port}/invoker/EJBInvokerServlet</parameter-->
                  <parameter>http://${jboss.public.address}:80/invoker/EJBInvokerServlet</parameter>
               </value-factory>
            </attribute>
         </mbean>
       
          <!-- Expose the Naming service interface via HTTP -->
          <mbean code="org.jboss.invocation.http.server.HttpProxyFactory"
             name="jboss:service=invoker,type=http,target=Naming">
             <!-- The Naming service we are proxying -->
             <attribute name="InvokerName">jboss:service=NamingBeanImpl</attribute>
             <!-- Compose the invoker URL from the cluster node address -->
             <attribute name="InvokerURL">
               <!-- To get value, ask the ServiceBindingManager to do a string 
                    replacement operation using the HTTP connector port -->
               <value-factory bean="ServiceBindingManager" method="getStringBinding">
                  <parameter>jboss.web:service=WebServer</parameter>
                  <parameter>HttpConnector</parameter>
                  <!--parameter>http://${hostforurl}:${port}/invoker/JMXInvokerServlet</parameter-->
                  <parameter>http://${jboss.public.address}:80/invoker/JMXInvokerServlet</parameter>
               </value-factory>
             </attribute>
             <attribute name="ExportedInterface">org.jnp.interfaces.Naming</attribute>
             <attribute name="JndiName"></attribute>
             <attribute name="ClientInterceptors">
                 <interceptors>
                    <interceptor>org.jboss.proxy.ClientMethodInterceptor</interceptor>
                    <interceptor>org.jboss.proxy.SecurityInterceptor</interceptor>
                    <interceptor>org.jboss.naming.interceptors.ExceptionInterceptor</interceptor>
                    <interceptor>org.jboss.invocation.InvokerInterceptor</interceptor>
                 </interceptors>
             </attribute>
          </mbean>
       
          <!-- Expose the Naming service interface via clustered HTTP. This maps
          to the ReadOnlyJNDIFactory servlet URL
          -->
          <mbean code="org.jboss.invocation.http.server.HttpProxyFactory"
             name="jboss:service=invoker,type=http,target=Naming,readonly=true">
             <attribute name="InvokerName">jboss:service=NamingBeanImpl</attribute>
             <attribute name="InvokerURL">
               <!-- To get value, ask the ServiceBindingManager to do a string 
                    replacement operation using the HTTP connector port -->
               <value-factory bean="ServiceBindingManager" method="getStringBinding">
                  <parameter>jboss.web:service=WebServer</parameter>
                  <parameter>HttpConnector</parameter>
                  <parameter>http://${hostforurl}:${port}/invoker/readonly/JMXInvokerServlet</parameter>
               </value-factory>
             </attribute>
             <attribute name="ExportedInterface">org.jnp.interfaces.Naming</attribute>
             <attribute name="JndiName"></attribute>
             <attribute name="ClientInterceptors">
                 <interceptors>
                    <interceptor>org.jboss.proxy.ClientMethodInterceptor</interceptor>
                    <interceptor>org.jboss.proxy.SecurityInterceptor</interceptor>
                    <interceptor>org.jboss.naming.interceptors.ExceptionInterceptor</interceptor>
                    <interceptor>org.jboss.invocation.InvokerInterceptor</interceptor>
                 </interceptors>
             </attribute>
          </mbean>
       </server>
      

       

      All is working fine. I just don't understand the relationship between the HttpInvoker service configuration and the servlet based server invoker configuration. How do those 2 components communicate with each other ? The JBoss remoting guide only details the ServerInvokerServlet and ServletInvokerServer therefore where does this HttpInvoker fits in the whole picture ?

       

      Thanks for any explanations.

       

      - Patrick

       

      Message was edited by: Patrick Jusseau