Snoop

Snoop becomes SnoopEE [ˈsnuːpı]

SnoopEE [ˈsnuːpı] – The lean and simple discovery mechanism for Java EE based microservices.

What’s in a name, really?

Naming is hard! When I came up with the name Snoop for my discovery mechanism for microservices based on Java EE, my though was to associate the name with “snooping around for services to discover”. It seems, however, that most people’s thought goes to Snoop Dogg when hearing the name and that was never my intention.

That is one of the reasons for the renaming. Another consideration is that I want to point out that the best fit for SnoopEE is for Java EE!

At the same time I don’t want to signal that it is only for Java EE. I want it to be just as lean and simple no matter what technology used to implement the services. That is the only reason why I have been a little reluctant to the renaming.

SnoopEE has a nicer feel and as the twitter poll indicates, I am not alone thinking this.

For the record, I have nothing at all against Snoop Dogg! I just feel that Snoopy the dog is a little bit cuter…

I have crated a new page for SnoopEE, but as for everyhing else, such as GitHub repo, maven coordinates and naming, it all stays as it is until properly announced otherwise.

Meet Snoop @ JavaOne

JavaOne in San Francisco is less than a month away. If you have not registered yet, do so now!

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So far so good! Then you will need to add sessions you want to attend to to your personal schedule. Make sure you don’t wait until the last moment. The most popular sessions tend to fill up pretty fast.

My presentation Meet Snoop – a Discovery Service for Java EE may be can be found in the Schedule Builder by searching for CON1615. Add it to your schedule so that you are sure to get a seat. It may fill up…

Help Wanted – Logo for Snoop

Are you in possession of artistic and/or creative skills and want to contribute to an Open Source project?

Snoop is an open source service registry and discovery mechanism for Java EE based microservices that is in desperate need of a logo.

Have a look at https://github.com/ivargrimstad/snoop/issues/13 and see if you can help.

Check out Snoop@GitHub for more information about Snoop.

Snoop in Swarm

If you want to run a Snoop enabled microservice in WildFly Swarm, you will need to add some more dependencies to get it to work. This is because Snoop relies on being run in a Java EE 7 compliant application server. And you will need to tell Swarm what parts you need to be able to run it.

In addition to the Swarm modules your microservice depend on, you will also need to add the following dependencies that Snoop requires:

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>eu.agilejava</groupId>
    <artifactId>snoop</artifactId>
    <version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
    <artifactId>javax.json</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.4</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.wildfly.swarm</groupId>
    <artifactId>wildfly-swarm-jaxrs</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0.Alpha4</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>      
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.wildfly.swarm</groupId>
    <artifactId>wildfly-swarm-ejb</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0.Alpha4</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>      
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.wildfly.swarm</groupId>
    <artifactId>wildfly-swarm-weld</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0.Alpha4</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
  </dependency>      
</dependencies>

The build section may be just as any swarm application:

<build>
  <plugins>
    <plugin>
      <groupId>org.wildfly.swarm</groupId>
      <artifactId>wildfly-swarm-plugin</artifactId>
      <version>1.0.0.Alpha4</version>
      <executions>
        <execution>
          <goals>
            <goal>package</goal>
          </goals>
        </execution>
      </executions>
    </plugin>
  </plugins>
</build>

Doing this will enable you to run your application as a JAR:

java -jar myservice-swarm.jar

A more complete example can be found here:

https://github.com/ivargrimstad/snoop/tree/master/snoop-examples/snoop-swarm