Jason HinchDeveloper, Atlassian

Rapid Development with ActiveObjects

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• FishEye/Crucible front-end team• Java, Python and JavaScript

• 18 months at Atlassian• Previously:

• Confluence Plugins

• Perl Development

About Me

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• Why ActiveObjects?• What is ActiveObjects?• Getting Started• Defining an Entity• CRUD with ActiveObjects• Upgrade tasks• Testing

Agenda

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• Bamboo data and actions from FishEye/Crucible• Commit Graph• Changeset• Review• Triggering Builds

The Idea

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Quick Demo

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• Fetching data from Bamboo• Dependency on External System• Large amount of data, fast

• Cache data in FishEye• Storage• Backup & Restore

The First Problem

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• In Memory Cache• Flat Files (Java/XML/JSON serialisation)• SAL property sets• Plugin managed database

Previous Solutions

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ActiveObjects

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• Can refer to two different projects• ActiveObjects Library

• Atlassian ActiveObjects Framework

ActiveObjects - What?

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• Lightweight ORM• Annotation based DDL

• Create/Read/Update/Delete (CRUD)

• Upgrades

• Built on JDK Technologies• Java Dynamic Proxies

• JDBC

ActiveObjects Library

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• Superset of ActiveObjects Library• Plugin data in the application database• Adds support for Atlassian application lifecycle

• Backup/Restore

• SAL Transactions

• Plugin lifecycle

ActiveObjects Framework

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• ActiveObjects Library• net.java.ao*

• http://java.net/projects/activeobjects/pages/Home

• ActiveObjects Framework• com.atlassian.activeobjects*

• https://studio.atlassian.com/wiki/display/AO

AO Library vs Framework

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• FishEye 2.7.0 and above

• Crucible 2.7.0 and above

• JIRA 4.4 and above

Supported Products

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• Implements Active Record Pattern• Class/Interface maps to a table

• Object instance maps to a row in the table

• Ruby on Rails, Django, CakePHP use this pattern

ActiveObjects Philosophy

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Getting Started

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pom.xml

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atlassian-plugin.xml

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Defining an Entity

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• Interface• Extends RawEntity (or subclass)

Defining an Entity

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Entity interface

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RawEntity interface

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Entity -> SQL Table

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Entity -> SQL Table

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CRUD

Create

DeleteUpdate

Read

Create

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Read

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Read

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Update

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Delete

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Transactions

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• Change Model between versions• Data Migration

• Upgrades already run

The Second Problem

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• Versioned• Schema Migrations• Data population / manipulation

Upgrade Tasks

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atlassian-plugin.xml

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ActiveObjectsUpgradeTask

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Importing Data

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• Entity• Add / Remove from ao.migrate call

• Field• Add / Remove from Entity definition

Adding / Deleting

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Renaming

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Renaming

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Renaming

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Renaming

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Renaming

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• Test the code• Multiple Databases• More Power & Trust -> More Responsibility

Third First Problem

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pom.xml

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ActiveObjectsJUnitRunner

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Initialising Data

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• May have specific requirements

• Target all supported Databases

• Set database via a Java property• -Dao.test.database=oracle

Targeting a Database

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• Set up ActiveObjects in your plugin• Build & evolve complex data structures• Unit test it against specific databases

Takeaways

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• http://answers.atlassian.com• Tag with active-objects

• Twitter: @j_hinch• https://studio.atlassian.com/browse/AO

Contact Me

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Thank you!