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You should + be able to build the Tuscany SCA Ruby Extension with other versions of Ruby. + The extension has been tested with the + <A HREF="http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/12751/ruby185-21.exe">Ruby 1.8.5 One-Click Installer</A> + on Windows and the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/ruby-1.8.5-p12.tar.gz">1.8.5 source code</A> + (compiled locally) on Linux. + </TD> + </TR> + </TBODY> + </TABLE> + </DIV> + + <DIV CLASS="section"> + <A NAME="install"><H2>Installing the Tuscany SCA Ruby Extension</H2></A> + <A NAME="linuxbin"><H3>Getting the Tuscany SCA Ruby Extension working with the binary release on Linux and Mac OS X</H3></A> + <OL> + <LI>Ensure the Ruby libraries are available on the PATH environment variable</LI> + </OL> + <A NAME="linuxsrc"><H3>Getting the Tuscany SCA Ruby Extension working with the source release on Linux and Mac OS X</H3></A> + <OL> + <LI>You will need the Tuscany SCA and SDO libraries - follow the instructions + <A HREF="../GettingStarted.html">here</A> to build the SCA libraries and default extensions</LI> + <LI>The following environment variables are required: + <UL> + <LI>TUSCANY_SCACPP=<path to built Tuscany SCA> + <LI>TUSCANY_SDOCPP=<path to installed Tuscany SDO> + <LI>RUBY_LIB=<path to Ruby libraries></LI> + <LI>RUBY_INCLUDE=<path to Ruby includes><BR/> + Note: If you are using a default installation of Ruby these are usually:<BR/> + RUBY_LIB=/usr/lib<BR/> + RUBY_INCLUDE=/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/i386-linux</LI> + </UL></LI> + <LI>Build the Ruby source only with the following command sequence: + <UL> + <LI>cd <tuscany_sca_install_dir></LI> + <LI>./configure --prefix=$TUSCANY_SCACPP --enable-ruby --enable-cpp=no --enable-wsbinding=no</LI> + <LI>make</LI> + <LI>make install</LI> + </UL> + NOTE: If you don't provide a --prefix configure option, it will by default install into + /usr/local/tuscany/sca</LI> + </OL> + + <A NAME="winbin"><H3>Getting the Tuscany SCA Ruby Extension working with the binary release on Windows</H3></A> + <OL> + <LI>Ensure the Ruby libraries are available on the PATH environment variable</LI> + </OL> + <A NAME="winsrc"><H3>Getting the Tuscany SCA Ruby Extension working with the source release on Windows</H3></A> + <OL> + <LI>Unzip the supplied source zip file</LI> + <LI>The following environment variables are required: + <UL> + <LI>TUSCANY_SCACPP=<path to built Tuscany SCA> + <LI>TUSCANY_SDOCPP=<path to installed Tuscany SDO> + <LI>RUBY_HOME=<path to installed Ruby> + </UL></LI> + <LI>You must have set up the environment for Microsoft Visual C++ tools. The build command + will call vcvars32 to set the environment. Ensure the directory containing this is on your path. + This will be where you installed the compiler.</LI> + <LI>Build the source: + <UL> + <LI>cd <to where you unzipped the source></LI> + <LI>build</LI> + </UL> + This will build all the projects and put the required output into the 'deploy' directory<BR/><BR/> + Alternatively, open the workspace at <tuscany_sca_install_dir>/projects/tuscany_sca/tuscany_sca.dsw + in Visual Studio 6 or at at <tuscany_sca_install_dir>/projectsvc7/tuscany_sca/tuscany_sca.sln + in Visual Studio 7.1 - you can build projects individually + or build the samples to rebuild all the projects</LI> + </OL> + </DIV> + + + <DIV CLASS="section"> + <A NAME="pm"><H2>The Tuscany Ruby Programming Model</H2></A> + <P>This section will explain the Tuscany Ruby programming model to help you to + write your own Ruby components and clients. + </P> + <P>The Tuscany Ruby component and client support comes from a Ruby extension + library that is built in the <tuscany_sca_install_dir>/extensions/ruby/bin + directory on Windows and <tuscany_sca_install_dir>/extensions/ruby/lib on + Linux and Mac OS X. + </P> + <A NAME="clients"><H3>Clients</H3></A> + <P>Using the Ruby SCA extension library, a Ruby client can search for an SCA service with: + </P> +<PRE>require("libtuscany_sca_ruby") + +calculator = SCA::locateService("CalculatorComponent/CalculatorService") +</PRE> + <P>This finds the component and service as defined in the composite and componentType + side files and returns a proxy object that can call the SCA service. You can then + simply call a business method on "calculator", like this: + </P> +<PRE>result = calculator.add(12.3, 45.6)</PRE> + </P> + <A NAME="components"><H3>Components</H3></A> + <P>Ruby component implementations are standard Ruby scripts, where class-level + functions or module-level functions can be invoked by the Tuscany runtime. To + use a Ruby component implementation, use the implementation.ruby element in + your .composite file. For example: + </P> +<PRE><implementation.ruby script="CalculatorImpl.rb"/> +</PRE> + <P>To instantiate a class instance and use a class-level function, the Ruby class must + have a default constructor (an initialize() method that takes no arguments) and the + class attribute must be definde in the implementation.ruby element + in your composite, like so: + </P> +<PRE><implementation.ruby script="CalculatorImpl.rb" class="CalculatorImpl"/> +</PRE> + <P>Tuscany currently supports passing simple types (strings, ints, floats, etc) as well + as Service Data Objects into and out of Ruby components. Service Data Objects are represented + in Ruby as REXML Document objects (see the <A HREF="../samples/RubyBigBank/README.html"> + Ruby BigBank sample</A> for a demonstration). + </P> + <P>You can write a componentType file for your Ruby component, but you don't have to - the Ruby + extension introspects Ruby component implementation classes for you and binds public + attributes to references and properties. + </P> + <A NAME="references"><H3>References</H3></A> + <P>References can be invoked from Ruby component implementations by the use of public + attributes in the component implementation classes, like this: + </P> +<PRE>class CalculatorImpl + + # Define the public attribute that corresponds to the divideService reference + attr_writer :divideService + +... + + def div(arg1, arg2) + print "Ruby - CalculatorImpl.div\n" + # Invoke the divideService reference + @divideService.divide(arg1.to_f, arg2.to_f) + end + +... +end +</PRE> + <P>and in your composite file: + </P> +<PRE><component name="CalculatorComponent"> + <implementation.ruby script="CalculatorImpl.rb"/> + <reference name="divideService">DivideComponent/DivideService</reference> +</component> +</PRE> + <A NAME="properties"><H3>Properties</H3></A> + <P>A composite with a property defined for a component like so: + </P> +<PRE><component name="DivideComponent"> + <implementation.ruby script="DivideImpl.rb" class="DivideImpl"/> + <property name="round">true</property> +</component> +</PRE> + <P>allows a public attribute of a Ruby component implementation class to be + assigned the property value, so it can be used like so: + </P> +<PRE>class DivideImpl + + # Define the public attribute that corresponds to the round property + attr_writer :round + +... + + def divide(arg1, arg2) + print "Ruby - DivideImpl.divide ", arg1, " / ", arg2, "\n" + res = arg1.to_f / arg2.to_f + # Use the round property + if @round then + res = res.round + print "DivideImpl.divide rounding\n" + end + print "DivideImpl.divide ", res, "\n" + res + end +end +</PRE> +</P> + </DIV> + + <DIV CLASS="section"> + <A NAME="help"><H2>Getting Help</H2></A> + + <P>First place to look is at the Tuscany FAQ at + <A HREF="http://incubator.apache.org/tuscany/faq.html" + TARGET="_blank">http://incubator.apache.org/tuscany/faq.html</A> </P> + + <P>Any problem with this release can be reported to the Tuscany + <A HREF="http://incubator.apache.org/tuscany/mail-lists.html" + TARGET="_blank">mailing lists</A> or create a JIRA issue at <A HREF="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/Tuscany" + TARGET="_blank">http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/Tuscany</A>.</P> + </DIV> + </DIV> +</DIV> +</BODY> + +</HTML> + |