# wsba-coordinator-completion-simple: Example of a WS-BA Enabled JAX-WS Web Service

Paul Robinson

> The `wsba-coordinator-completion-simple` quickstart deploys a WS-BA (WS Business Activity) enabled JAX-WS Web service WAR (CoordinatorCompletion protocol).

## What is it?

The `wsba-coordinator-completion-simple` quickstart demonstrates the deployment of a WS-BA (WS Business Activity) enabled JAX-WS Web service bundled in a WAR archive (Participant Completion protocol) for deployment to WildFly Application Server.

The Web service exposes a simple `set` collection as a service. The Service allows items to be added to the set within a Business Activity.

This example demonstrates the basics of implementing a WS-BA enabled Web service. It is beyond the scope of this quick start to demonstrate more advanced features. In particular:

- The Service does not implement the required hooks to support recovery in the presence of failures.

- It also does not utilize a transactional back-end resource.

- Only one web service participates in the protocol. As WS-BA is a coordination protocol, it is best suited to multi-participant scenarios.

For a more complete example, please see the XTS demonstrator application that ships with the Narayana project: http://narayana.io.

It is also assumed that you have an understanding of WS-BusinessActivity. For more details, read the XTS documentation that ships with the Narayana project: http://narayana.io/docs/product

The application consists of a single JAX-WS web service that is deployed within a WAR archive. It is tested with a JBoss Arquillian enabled JUnit test.

When running the `org.jboss.as.quickstarts.wsba.coordinatorcompletion.simple.ClientTest#testSuccess()` method, the following steps occur:

1. A new Business Activity is created by the client.

2. Multiple operations on a WS-BA enabled Web service is invoked by the client.

3. The `JaxWSHeaderContextProcessor` in the WS Client handler chain inserts the BA context into the outgoing SOAP messages.

4. When the service receives a SOAP request, the `JaxWSHeaderContextProcessor` in its handler chain inspects the BA context and associates the request with this BA.

5. The Web service operation is invoked.

6. For the first request, in this BA, A participant is enlisted in this BA. This allows the Web Service logic to respond to protocol events, such as compensate and close.

7. The service invokes the business logic. In this case, a String value is added to the set.

8. The client can then make additional calls to the `SetService`. As the `SetService` participates as a `CoordinatorCompletion` protocol, it will continue to accept calls to `addValueToSet` until it is told to complete by the coordinator.

9. The client can then decide to complete or cancel the BA.

   - If the client decides to complete, all participants will be told to complete. Providing all participants successfully complete, the coordinator will then tell all participants to close, otherwise the completed participants will be told to compensate.

   - If the participant decides to cancel, all participants will be told to compensate.

There is another test that shows how the client can cancel a BA.

## System Requirements

The application this project produces is designed to be run on WildFly Application Server 12 or later.

All you need to build this project is Java 8.0 (Java SDK 1.8) or later and Maven 3.3.1 or later. See Configure Maven to Build and Deploy the Quickstarts to make sure you are configured correctly for testing the quickstarts.

## Use of WILDFLY_HOME

In the following instructions, replace `WILDFLY_HOME` with the actual path to your WildFly installation. The installation path is described in detail here: Use of WILDFLY_HOME and JBOSS_HOME Variables.

## Start the WildFly Standalone Server

You must start WildFly with the XTS subsystem enabled.

1. Open a terminal and navigate to the root of the WildFly directory.

2. Start the WildFly server with XTS subsystem enabled by typing the following command.

       $ WILDFLY_HOME/bin/standalone.sh --server-config=../../docs/examples/configs/standalone-xts.xml | egrep "started|stdout"

   Note | For Windows, use the `WILDFLY_HOME\bin\standalone.bat` script.

The pipe to egrep, `| egrep "started|stdout"`, is useful to show when the server has started and the output from these tests. For normal operation, this pipe can be removed.

## Run the Arquillian Tests

This quickstart provides Arquillian tests. By default, these tests are configured to be skipped since Arquillian tests require the use of a container.

Note | The Arquillian tests deploy the application, so make sure you undeploy the quickstart before you begin.

Follow these steps to run the tests.

1. Start the WildFly server as described above.

2. Open a terminal and navigate to the root directory of this quickstart.

3. Type the following command to run the `verify` goal with the `arq-remote` profile activated.

       $ mvn clean verify -Parq-remote

Note | You can also let Arquillian manage the WildFly server by using the `arq-managed` profile, meaning the tests will start the server for you. This profile requires that you provide Arquillian with the location of the WildFly server, either by setting the `JBOSS_HOME` environment variable, or by setting the `jbossHome` property in the `arquillian.xml` file. For more information, see Run the Arquillian Tests.

## Investigate the Console Output

When you run the Arquillian tests, Maven prints summary of the performed tests to the console. You should see the following results.

    Results :

    Tests run: 2, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0

Note | You see the following warning when you run the Arquillian tests in remote mode.
    WARNING: Configuration contain properties not supported by the backing object org.jboss.as.arquillian.container.remote.RemoteContainerConfiguration
    Unused property entries: {serverConfig=../../docs/examples/configs/standalone-xts.xml}
    Supported property names: [managementAddress, password, managementPort, managementProtocol, username]
This is because, in remote mode, you are responsible for starting the server with the XTS subsystem enabled. When you run the Arquillian tests in managed mode, the container uses the `serverConfig` property defined in the `arquillian.xml` file to start the server with the XTS subsystem enabled.

## Investigate the Server Log

The following messages should appear in the server log. Note there may be other log messages interlaced between these. The messages trace the steps taken by the tests.

Test success:

    16:24:19,191 INFO  [stdout] (management-handler-threads - 10) Starting 'testSuccess'. This test invokes a WS twice within a BA. The BA is later closes, which causes these WS calls to complete successfully.
    16:24:19,191 INFO  [stdout] (management-handler-threads - 10) [CLIENT] Creating a new Business Activity
    16:24:19,192 INFO  [stdout] (management-handler-threads - 10) [CLIENT] Beginning Business Activity (All calls to Web services that support WS-BA wil be included in this activity)
    16:24:19,216 INFO  [stdout] (management-handler-threads - 10) [CLIENT] invoking addValueToSet(1) on WS
    16:24:19,241 INFO  [stdout] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-8080-2) [SERVICE] invoked addValueToSet('1')
    16:24:19,241 INFO  [stdout] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-8080-2) [SERVICE] Enlisting a participant into the BA
    16:24:19,281 INFO  [stdout] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-8080-2) [SERVICE] Invoking the back-end business logic
    16:24:19,283 INFO  [stdout] (management-handler-threads - 10) [CLIENT] invoking addValueToSet(2) on WS
    16:24:19,308 INFO  [stdout] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-8080-2) [SERVICE] invoked addValueToSet('2')
    16:24:19,308 INFO  [stdout] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-8080-2) [SERVICE] Re-using the existing participant, already registered for this BA
    16:24:19,308 INFO  [stdout] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-8080-2) [SERVICE] Invoking the back-end business logic
    16:24:19,313 INFO  [stdout] (management-handler-threads - 10) [CLIENT] Closing Business Activity (This will cause the BA to complete successfully)
    16:24:19,419 INFO  [stdout] (TaskWorker-3) [SERVICE] Participant.complete (This tells the participant that the BA completed, but may be compensated later)
    16:24:19,498 INFO  [stdout] (TaskWorker-3) [SERVICE] Participant.confirmCompleted('true') (This tells the participant that compensation information has been logged and that it is safe to commit any changes.)
    16:24:19,498 INFO  [stdout] (TaskWorker-3) [SERVICE] Commit the backend resource (e.g. commit any changes to databases so that they are visible to others)
    16:24:19,543 INFO  [stdout] (TaskWorker-1) [SERVICE] Participant.close (The participant knows that this BA is now finished and can throw away any temporary state)

Test cancel:

    16:24:19,616 INFO  [stdout] (management-handler-threads - 10) Starting 'testCancel'. This test invokes a WS twice within a BA. The BA is later cancelled, which causes these WS calls to be compensated.
    16:24:19,616 INFO  [stdout] (management-handler-threads - 10) [CLIENT] Creating a new Business Activity
    16:24:19,616 INFO  [stdout] (management-handler-threads - 10) [CLIENT] Beginning Business Activity (All calls to Web services that support WS-BA will be included in this activity)
    16:24:19,631 INFO  [stdout] (management-handler-threads - 10) [CLIENT] invoking addValueToSet(1) on WS
    16:24:19,653 INFO  [stdout] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-8080-2) [SERVICE] invoked addValueToSet('1')
    16:24:19,653 INFO  [stdout] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-8080-2) [SERVICE] Enlisting a participant into the BA
    16:24:19,685 INFO  [stdout] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-8080-2) [SERVICE] Invoking the back-end business logic
    16:24:19,688 INFO  [stdout] (management-handler-threads - 10) [CLIENT] invoking addValueToSet(2) on WS
    16:24:19,713 INFO  [stdout] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-8080-2) [SERVICE] invoked addValueToSet('2')
    16:24:19,713 INFO  [stdout] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-8080-2) [SERVICE] Re-using the existing participant, already registered for this BA
    16:24:19,713 INFO  [stdout] (http-localhost-127.0.0.1-8080-2) [SERVICE] Invoking the back-end business logic
    16:24:19,756 INFO  [stdout] (management-handler-threads - 10) [CLIENT] Cancelling Business Activity (This will cause the work to be compensated)
    16:24:19,815 INFO  [stdout] (TaskWorker-3) [SERVICE] Participant.cancel (The participant should compensate any work done within this BA)
    16:24:19,815 INFO  [stdout] (TaskWorker-3) [SERVICE] SetParticipantBA: Carrying out compensation action
    16:24:19,815 INFO  [stdout] (TaskWorker-3) [SERVICE] Compensate the backend resource by removing '1' from the set (e.g. undo any changes to databases that were previously made visible to others)
    16:24:19,816 INFO  [stdout] (TaskWorker-3) [SERVICE] Compensate the backend resource by removing '2' from the set (e.g. undo any changes to databases that were previously made visible to others)

## Run the Quickstart in Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio or Eclipse

You can also start the server and deploy the quickstarts or run the Arquillian tests in Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio or from Eclipse using JBoss tools. For general information about how to import a quickstart, add a WildFly server, and build and deploy a quickstart, see Use JBoss Developer Studio or Eclipse to Run the Quickstarts.

This quickstart is more complex than the others. It requires that you configure the WildFly server to use the standalone-xts.xml configuration file, which is located in an external configuration directory.

1. Make sure you import the quickstart into JBoss Developer Studio.

2. If you have not already done so, you must configure a new WildFly server to use the XTS configuration.

   - In the Servers tab, right-click and choose New → Server.

   - Under Select the server type:, expand Red Hat JBoss Middleware and choose Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.

   - For the Server name, enter `WildFly XTS Configuration` and click `Next`.

   - In the Create a new Server Adapter dialog, choose Create a new runtime (next page) from the drop-down menu and click Next.

   - In the JBoss Runtime dialog, enter the following information and then click Finish.

         Name: WildFly XTS Runtime
         Home Directory: Browse to the EAP_HOME directory and select it.
         Runtime JRE: Choose an alternate JRE if not correct.
         Server base directory: This should already point to your standalone server configuration directory,
         Configuration file: ../../docs/examples/configs/standalone-xts.xml

3. Start the new WildFly XTS Configuration server.

4. Right-click on the wsba-coordinator-completion-simple project, choose Run As → Maven build, enter `clean verify -Parq-remote` for the Goals, and click Run to run the Arquillian tests. The test results appear in the console.

## Debug the Application

If you want to debug the source code of any library in the project, run the following command to pull the source into your local repository. The IDE should then detect it.

    $ mvn dependency:sources