added remote active objects configuration + remote tx semantics

akka.ipr

@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@
   <component name="IdProvider" IDEtalkID="0E3A0445954D4D390C337AFB20B2746C" />
   <component name="InspectionProjectProfileManager">
     <option name="PROJECT_PROFILE" value="Project Default" />
-    <version value="1.0" />
+    <option name="USE_PROJECT_LEVEL_SETTINGS" value="false" />
+    <scopes />
     <profiles>
       <profile version="1.0" is_locked="false">
         <option name="myName" value="Project Default" />

fun-test-java/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/api/InMemFailer.java

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package se.scalablesolutions.akka.api;
 
-import java.io.Serializable;
-
 public class InMemFailer { 
-  public void fail() {
+  public int fail() {
     throw new RuntimeException("expected");
   }
 }

fun-test-java/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/api/InMemoryStateTest.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package se.scalablesolutions.akka.api;
 
 import se.scalablesolutions.akka.kernel.config.*;
 import static se.scalablesolutions.akka.kernel.config.JavaConfig.*;
+import se.scalablesolutions.akka.kernel.actor.*;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ public class InMemoryStateTest extends TestCase {
   static String messageLog = "";
 
   final private ActiveObjectGuiceConfiguratorForJava conf = new ActiveObjectGuiceConfiguratorForJava();
+  final private ActiveObjectFactory factory = new ActiveObjectFactory();
 
   protected void setUp() {
     conf.configureActiveObjects(
@@ -30,16 +32,16 @@ public class InMemoryStateTest extends TestCase {
   }
 
   public void testMapShouldNotRollbackStateForStatefulServerInCaseOfSuccess() {
-    InMemStateful stateful = conf.getActiveObject(InMemStateful.class);
+    InMemStateful stateful = factory.newRemoteInstance(InMemStateful.class); // conf.getActiveObject(InMemStateful.class);
     stateful.setMapState("testShouldNotRollbackStateForStatefulServerInCaseOfSuccess", "init"); // set init state
     stateful.success("testShouldNotRollbackStateForStatefulServerInCaseOfSuccess", "new state"); // transactional
     assertEquals("new state", stateful.getMapState("testShouldNotRollbackStateForStatefulServerInCaseOfSuccess"));
   }
 
   public void testMapShouldRollbackStateForStatefulServerInCaseOfFailure() {
-   InMemStateful stateful = conf.getActiveObject(InMemStateful.class);
+   InMemStateful stateful = factory.newRemoteInstance(InMemStateful.class); // conf.getActiveObject(InMemStateful.class);
    stateful.setMapState("testShouldRollbackStateForStatefulServerInCaseOfFailure", "init"); // set init state
-   InMemFailer failer = conf.getActiveObject(InMemFailer.class);
+   InMemFailer failer = factory.newRemoteInstance(InMemFailer.class); //conf.getActiveObject(InMemFailer.class);
    try {
      stateful.failure("testShouldRollbackStateForStatefulServerInCaseOfFailure", "new state", failer); // call failing transactional method
      fail("should have thrown an exception");

fun-test-java/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/api/NettyClient.java

@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ package se.scalablesolutions.akka.api;
 
 public class NettyClient {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
-    new se.scalablesolutions.akka.kernel.nio.NettyClient();
   }
 }

fun-test-java/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/api/PersistentFailer.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package se.scalablesolutions.akka.api;
 
 public class PersistentFailer {
-  public void fail() {
+  public int fail() {
     throw new RuntimeException("expected");
   }
 }

fun-test-java/src/test/java/se/scalablesolutions/akka/api/PersistentStateful.java

@@ -50,11 +50,12 @@ public class PersistentStateful {
   }
 
   @transactional
-  public void failure(String key, String msg, PersistentFailer failer) {
+  public String failure(String key, String msg, PersistentFailer failer) {
     mapState.put(key, msg);
     vectorState.add(msg);
     refState.swap(msg);
     failer.fail();
+    return msg;
   }
 
   @transactional

kernel/akka-kernel.iml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <facet type="web" name="Web">
       <configuration>
         <descriptors>
-          <deploymentDescriptor name="web.xml" url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/web.xml" />
+          <deploymentDescriptor name="web.xml" url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/web.xml" optional="false" version="2.5" />
         </descriptors>
         <webroots>
           <root url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/main/resources" relative="/" />

kernel/src/main/scala/actor/ActiveObject.scala

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import scala.collection.mutable.HashMap
 
 sealed class ActiveObjectException(msg: String) extends RuntimeException(msg)
 class ActiveObjectInvocationTimeoutException(msg: String) extends ActiveObjectException(msg)
+class TransactionAwareException(val cause: Throwable, val tx: Option[Transaction]) extends RuntimeException(cause)
 
 object Annotations {
   import se.scalablesolutions.akka.annotation._
@@ -42,15 +43,36 @@ object Annotations {
  * @author <a href="http://jonasboner.com">Jonas Bon&#233;r</a>
  */
 class ActiveObjectFactory {
-  def newInstance[T](target: Class[T], actor: Actor): T = {
+  def newInstance[T](target: Class[T]): T = ActiveObject.newInstance(target, new Dispatcher(target.getName), false)
+
+  def newInstance[T](intf: Class[T], target: AnyRef): T = ActiveObject.newInstance(intf, target, new Dispatcher(intf.getName), false)
+
+  def newRemoteInstance[T](target: Class[T]): T = ActiveObject.newInstance(target, new Dispatcher(target.getName), true)
+
+  def newRemoteInstance[T](intf: Class[T], target: AnyRef): T = ActiveObject.newInstance(intf, target, new Dispatcher(intf.getName), true)
+
+  /*
+  def newInstanceAndLink[T](target: Class[T], supervisor: AnyRef): T = {
+    val actor = new Dispatcher(target.getName)
     ActiveObject.newInstance(target, actor)
   }
 
-  def newInstance[T](intf: Class[T], target: AnyRef, actor: Actor): T = {
+  def newInstanceAndLink[T](intf: Class[T], target: AnyRef, supervisor: AnyRef): T = {
+    val actor = new Dispatcher(target.getName)
     ActiveObject.newInstance(intf, target, actor)
   }
+  */
+  // ================================================
 
-  def supervise(restartStrategy: RestartStrategy, components: List[Worker]): Supervisor =
+  private[kernel] def newInstance[T](target: Class[T], actor: Actor, remote: Boolean): T = {
+    ActiveObject.newInstance(target, actor, remote)
+  }
+
+  private[kernel] def newInstance[T](intf: Class[T], target: AnyRef, actor: Actor, remote: Boolean): T = {
+    ActiveObject.newInstance(intf, target, actor, remote)
+  }
+
+  private[kernel] def supervise(restartStrategy: RestartStrategy, components: List[Worker]): Supervisor =
     ActiveObject.supervise(restartStrategy, components)
 }
 
@@ -62,28 +84,40 @@ class ActiveObjectFactory {
 object ActiveObject {
   val AKKA_CAMEL_ROUTING_SCHEME = "akka"
 
-  val RemoteClient = new NettyClient
-
   private[kernel] val threadBoundTx: ThreadLocal[Option[Transaction]] = {
     val tl = new ThreadLocal[Option[Transaction]]
     tl.set(None)
     tl
   }
 
-  def newInstance[T](target: Class[T], actor: Actor): T = {
+  def newInstance[T](target: Class[T]): T = newInstance(target, new Dispatcher(target.getName), false)
+
+  def newInstance[T](intf: Class[T], target: AnyRef): T = newInstance(intf, target, new Dispatcher(intf.getName), false)
+
+  def newRemoteInstance[T](target: Class[T]): T = newInstance(target, new Dispatcher(target.getName), true)
+
+  def newRemoteInstance[T](intf: Class[T], target: AnyRef): T = newInstance(intf, target, new Dispatcher(intf.getName), true)
+
+  // ================================================
+
+  private[kernel] def newInstance[T](target: Class[T], actor: Actor, remote: Boolean): T = {
+    if (remote) NettyClient.connect
     val proxy = Proxy.newInstance(target, false, true)
     // FIXME switch to weaving in the aspect at compile time
-    proxy.asInstanceOf[Advisable].aw_addAdvice("execution(* *.*(..))", new SequentialTransactionalAroundAdvice(target, proxy, actor))
+    proxy.asInstanceOf[Advisable].aw_addAdvice(
+      "execution(* *.*(..))", new SequentialTransactionalAroundAdvice(target, proxy, actor, remote))
     proxy.asInstanceOf[T]
   }
 
-  def newInstance[T](intf: Class[T], target: AnyRef, actor: Actor): T = {
+  private[kernel] def newInstance[T](intf: Class[T], target: AnyRef, actor: Actor, remote: Boolean): T = {
+    if (remote) NettyClient.connect
     val proxy = Proxy.newInstance(Array(intf), Array(target), false, true)
-    proxy.asInstanceOf[Advisable].aw_addAdvice("execution(* *.*(..))", new SequentialTransactionalAroundAdvice(intf, target, actor))
+    proxy.asInstanceOf[Advisable].aw_addAdvice(
+      "execution(* *.*(..))", new SequentialTransactionalAroundAdvice(intf, target, actor, remote))
     proxy.asInstanceOf[T]
   }
 
-  def supervise(restartStrategy: RestartStrategy, components: List[Worker]): Supervisor = {
+  private[kernel] def supervise(restartStrategy: RestartStrategy, components: List[Worker]): Supervisor = {
     object factory extends SupervisorFactory {
       override def getSupervisorConfig = SupervisorConfig(restartStrategy, components)
     }
@@ -98,7 +132,8 @@ object ActiveObject {
  */
 
 // FIXME: STM that allows concurrent updates, detects collision, rolls back and restarts
-@serializable sealed class SequentialTransactionalAroundAdvice(target: Class[_], targetInstance: AnyRef, actor: Actor) extends AroundAdvice {
+@serializable sealed class SequentialTransactionalAroundAdvice(
+    target: Class[_], targetInstance: AnyRef, actor: Actor, val remote: Boolean) extends AroundAdvice {
   private val changeSet = new ChangeSet(target.getName)
   
   private val (maps, vectors, refs) = getTransactionalItemsFor(targetInstance)
@@ -119,20 +154,7 @@ object ActiveObject {
     val rtti = joinpoint.getRtti.asInstanceOf[MethodRtti]
     val method = rtti.getMethod
 
-    val remoteCall = true
     val isOneWay = rtti.getMethod.getReturnType == java.lang.Void.TYPE
-    val result: AnyRef =
-      if (remoteCall) {
-        // FIXME: Make part of TX semantics??
-        val future = ActiveObject.RemoteClient.send(new RemoteRequest(false, rtti.getParameterValues, rtti.getMethod.getName, target.getName, isOneWay))
-        if (isOneWay) null // for void methods
-        else {
-          future.await_?
-          val resultOrFailure = getResultOrThrowException(future)
-          handleResult(resultOrFailure)
-        }
-        
-      } else {
     // FIXME join TX with same id, do not COMMIT
     tryToCommitTransaction
     if (isInExistingTransaction) {
@@ -142,22 +164,34 @@ object ActiveObject {
     }
     try {
       incrementTransaction
-          if (isOneWay) actor ! Invocation(joinpoint, activeTx)
+      if (remote) {
+        val future = NettyClient.send(
+          new RemoteRequest(false, rtti.getParameterValues, rtti.getMethod.getName, target.getName, isOneWay, false))
+        if (isOneWay) null // for void methods
+        else {
+          future.await_?
+          val result = getResultOrThrowException(future)
+          if (result.isDefined) result.get
+          else throw new IllegalStateException("No result defined for invocation [" + joinpoint + "]")
+        }
+      } else {
+        if (isOneWay) actor !! Invocation(joinpoint, activeTx) // FIXME investigate why ! causes TX to race
         else {
           val result = actor !! Invocation(joinpoint, activeTx)
-            val resultOrFailure =
+          if (result.isDefined) result.get
-              if (result.isDefined) result.get.asInstanceOf[ResultOrFailure[AnyRef]]
+          else throw new IllegalStateException("No result defined for invocation [" + joinpoint + "]")
-              else throw new ActiveObjectInvocationTimeoutException("TIMED OUT")
-            handleResult(resultOrFailure)
         }
+      }
+    } catch {
+      case e: TransactionAwareException =>
+        rollback(e.tx)
+        throw e.cause
     } finally {
       decrementTransaction
       if (isTransactionAborted) removeTransactionIfTopLevel
       else tryToPrecommitTransaction
     }
   }
-    result
-  }
 
   // TODO: create a method setCallee/setCaller to the joinpoint interface and compiler
   private def nullOutTransientFieldsInJoinpoint(joinpoint: JoinPoint) = {
@@ -237,6 +271,7 @@ object ActiveObject {
     else true
   } else true
 
+  /*
   private def sendOneWay(joinpoint: JoinPoint) =
     mailbox.append(new MessageHandle(this, Invocation(joinpoint, activeTx), new NullFutureResult))
 
@@ -245,6 +280,7 @@ object ActiveObject {
     future.await_?
     getResultOrThrowException(future)
   }
+  */
   
   private def postMessageToMailboxAndCreateFutureResultWithTimeout(message: AnyRef, timeout: Long): CompletableFutureResult = {
     val future = new DefaultCompletableFutureResult(timeout)
@@ -252,14 +288,19 @@ object ActiveObject {
     future
   }
 
-  private def getResultOrThrowException[T](future: FutureResult): ResultOrFailure[AnyRef] =
+  private def getResultOrThrowException[T](future: FutureResult): Option[T] =
+    if (future.exception.isDefined) {
+      val (_, cause) = future.exception.get
+      throw new TransactionAwareException(cause, activeTx)
+    } else future.result.asInstanceOf[Option[T]]
+/*
     if (future.exception.isDefined) {
       var resultOrFailure = ResultOrFailure(activeTx)
       val (toBlame, cause) = future.exception.get
       resultOrFailure() = throw cause
       resultOrFailure
     } else ResultOrFailure(future.result.get, activeTx)
-
+ */
   /**
    * Search for transactional items for a specific target instance, crawl the class hierarchy recursively up to the top.
    */
@@ -342,13 +383,15 @@ private[kernel] class Dispatcher(val targetName: String) extends Actor {
     case Invocation(joinpoint: JoinPoint, tx: Option[Transaction]) =>
       ActiveObject.threadBoundTx.set(tx)
       try {
-        reply(ResultOrFailure(joinpoint.proceed, tx))
+        reply(joinpoint.proceed)
       } catch {
         case e =>
+          throw new TransactionAwareException(e, tx)
+/*
           val resultOrFailure = ResultOrFailure(tx)
           resultOrFailure() = throw e
           reply(resultOrFailure)
-      }
+*/      }
 
     case unexpected =>
       throw new ActiveObjectException("Unexpected message [" + unexpected + "] sent to [" + this + "]")

kernel/src/main/scala/actor/Actor.scala

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class ActorMessageHandler(val actor: Actor) extends MessageHandler {
 }
 
 trait Actor extends Logging {
-  var timeout: Long = 1000L
+  var timeout: Long = 5000L
 
   @volatile private[this] var isRunning: Boolean = false
   protected[this] var id: String = super.toString
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ trait Actor extends Logging {
       else throw new IllegalArgumentException("No handler matching message [" + message + "] in actor [" + this.getClass.getName + "]")
     } catch {
       case e =>
+        if (supervisor.isDefined) supervisor.get ! Exit(this, e)
         future.completeWithException(this, e)
     }
   }
@@ -213,8 +214,7 @@ trait Actor extends Logging {
 
   private def getResultOrThrowException[T](future: FutureResult): Option[T] =
     if (future.exception.isDefined) {
-      val (toBlame, cause) = future.exception.get
+      val (_, cause) = future.exception.get
-      if (supervisor.isDefined) supervisor.get ! Exit(toBlame.asInstanceOf[Actor], cause)
       throw cause
     } else future.result.asInstanceOf[Option[T]]
 

kernel/src/main/scala/config/ActiveObjectGuiceConfigurator.scala

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class ActiveObjectGuiceConfigurator extends ActiveObjectConfigurator with CamelC
   private def newSubclassingProxy(component: Component): DependencyBinding = {
     val targetClass = component.target
     val actor = new Dispatcher(targetClass.getName)
-    val proxy = activeObjectFactory.newInstance(targetClass, actor).asInstanceOf[AnyRef]
+    val proxy = activeObjectFactory.newInstance(targetClass, actor, false).asInstanceOf[AnyRef]
     workers ::= Worker(actor, component.lifeCycle)
     activeObjectRegistry.put(targetClass, (proxy, proxy, component))
     new DependencyBinding(targetClass, proxy)
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class ActiveObjectGuiceConfigurator extends ActiveObjectConfigurator with CamelC
     val targetInstance = component.target.newInstance.asInstanceOf[AnyRef] // TODO: perhaps need to put in registry
     component.target.getConstructor(Array[Class[_]]()).setAccessible(true)
     val actor = new Dispatcher(targetClass.getName)
-    val proxy = activeObjectFactory.newInstance(targetClass, targetInstance, actor).asInstanceOf[AnyRef]
+    val proxy = activeObjectFactory.newInstance(targetClass, targetInstance, actor, false).asInstanceOf[AnyRef]
     workers ::= Worker(actor, component.lifeCycle)
     activeObjectRegistry.put(targetClass, (proxy, targetInstance, component))
     new DependencyBinding(targetClass, proxy)
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ class ActiveObjectGuiceConfigurator extends ActiveObjectConfigurator with CamelC
     supervisor = activeObjectFactory.supervise(restartStrategy, workers)
     //camelContext.addComponent(AKKA_CAMEL_ROUTING_SCHEME, new ActiveObjectComponent(this))
     //camelContext.start
+    supervisor.startSupervisor
     ActiveObjectConfigurator.registerConfigurator(this)
     this
   }

kernel/src/main/scala/nio/NettyClient.scala

@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ import org.jboss.netty.bootstrap.ClientBootstrap
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioClientSocketChannelFactory
 import org.jboss.netty.channel._
 
-class NettyClient extends Logging {
+object NettyClient extends Logging {
   private val HOSTNAME = "localhost"
   private val PORT = 9999
 
+  @volatile private var isRunning = false 
   private val futures = new ConcurrentHashMap[Long, CompletableFutureResult]
 
   private val channelFactory = new NioClientSocketChannelFactory(
@@ -33,7 +34,11 @@ class NettyClient extends Logging {
   bootstrap.setOption("tcpNoDelay", true)
   bootstrap.setOption("keepAlive", true)
 
-  private val connection = bootstrap.connect(new InetSocketAddress(HOSTNAME, PORT))
+  private var connection: ChannelFuture = _
+
+  def connect = synchronized {
+    if (!isRunning) {
+      connection = bootstrap.connect(new InetSocketAddress(HOSTNAME, PORT))
       log.info("Starting NIO client at [%s:%s]", HOSTNAME, PORT)
 
       // Wait until the connection attempt succeeds or fails.
@@ -42,13 +47,18 @@ class NettyClient extends Logging {
         log.error("Connection has failed due to [%s]", connection.getCause)
         connection.getCause.printStackTrace
       }
+      isRunning = true
+    }
+  }
 
-  def shutdown = {
+  def shutdown = synchronized {
+    if (!isRunning) {
       connection.getChannel.getCloseFuture.awaitUninterruptibly
       channelFactory.releaseExternalResources
     }
+  }
 
-  def send(request: RemoteRequest): CompletableFutureResult = {
+  def send(request: RemoteRequest): CompletableFutureResult = if (isRunning) {
     val escapedRequest = escapeRequest(request)
     if (escapedRequest.isOneWay) {
       connection.getChannel.write(escapedRequest)
@@ -61,18 +71,20 @@ class NettyClient extends Logging {
         futureResult
       }      
     }
-  }
+  } else throw new IllegalStateException("Netty client is not running, make sure you have invoked 'connect' before using the client")
 
   private def escapeRequest(request: RemoteRequest) = {
     if (request.message.isInstanceOf[Array[Object]]) {
       val args = request.message.asInstanceOf[Array[Object]].toList.asInstanceOf[scala.List[Object]]
+      var isEscaped = false
       val escapedArgs = for (arg <- args) yield {
         val clazz = arg.getClass
         if (clazz.getName.contains("$$ProxiedByAW")) {
+          isEscaped = true
           new ProxyWrapper(clazz.getSuperclass.getName)
         } else arg
       }
-      request.cloneWithNewMessage(escapedArgs)
+      request.cloneWithNewMessage(escapedArgs, isEscaped)
     } else request
   }
 }
@@ -105,11 +117,8 @@ class ObjectClientHandler(val futures: ConcurrentMap[Long, CompletableFutureResu
       if (result.isInstanceOf[RemoteReply]) {
         val reply = result.asInstanceOf[RemoteReply]
         val future = futures.get(reply.id)
-        if (reply.successful) {
+        if (reply.successful) future.completeWithResult(reply.message)
-          future.completeWithResult(reply.message)
+        else future.completeWithException(null, reply.exception)
-        } else {
-          future.completeWithException(null, reply.exception)
-        }
       } else throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown message received in NIO client handler: " + result)
     } catch {
       case e: Exception => log.error("Unexpected exception in NIO client handler: %s", e); throw e
@@ -121,9 +130,3 @@ class ObjectClientHandler(val futures: ConcurrentMap[Long, CompletableFutureResu
     event.getChannel.close
   }
 }
-
-object NettyClientRunner {
-  def main(args: Array[String]) = {
-    new NettyClient
-  }
-}

kernel/src/main/scala/nio/NettyServer.scala

@@ -22,28 +22,27 @@ import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.serialization.ObjectDecoder
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.serialization.ObjectEncoder
 
 class NettyServer extends Logging {
-  val HOSTNAME = "localhost"
+  private val HOSTNAME = "localhost"
-  val PORT = 9999
+  private val PORT = 9999
-  val CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MILLIS = 100
+  private val CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MILLIS = 100  
 
-  log.info("Starting NIO server at [%s:%s]", HOSTNAME, PORT)
+  private val factory = new NioServerSocketChannelFactory(
-  
-  val factory = new NioServerSocketChannelFactory(
     Executors.newCachedThreadPool,
     Executors.newCachedThreadPool)
 
-  val bootstrap = new ServerBootstrap(factory)
+  private val activeObjectFactory = new ActiveObjectFactory
 
+  private val bootstrap = new ServerBootstrap(factory)
   // FIXME provide different codecs (Thrift, Avro, Protobuf, JSON)
-  val handler = new ObjectServerHandler
 
+  private val handler = new ObjectServerHandler
   bootstrap.getPipeline.addLast("handler", handler)
-  
   bootstrap.setOption("child.tcpNoDelay", true)
   bootstrap.setOption("child.keepAlive", true)
   bootstrap.setOption("child.reuseAddress", true)
   bootstrap.setOption("child.connectTimeoutMillis", CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MILLIS)
 
+  log.info("Starting NIO server at [%s:%s]", HOSTNAME, PORT)
   bootstrap.bind(new InetSocketAddress(HOSTNAME, PORT))
 }
 
@@ -65,8 +64,7 @@ class ObjectServerHandler extends SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler with Logging {
   }
 
   override def channelConnected(ctx: ChannelHandlerContext, event: ChannelStateEvent) = {
-    // Send the first message if this handler is a client-side handler.
+    //e.getChannel.write(firstMessage)
-    //    if (!firstMessage.isEmpty) e.getChannel.write(firstMessage)
   }
 
   override def messageReceived(ctx: ChannelHandlerContext, event: MessageEvent) ={
@@ -90,13 +88,8 @@ class ObjectServerHandler extends SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler with Logging {
       } else {
         log.debug("Dispatching to [%s :: %s]", request.method, request.target)
         val activeObject = createActiveObject(request.target)
-//        val args = request.message.asInstanceOf[scala.List[Object]]
-//        val argClassesList = args.map(_.getClass)
-//        val argClasses = argClassesList.map(_.getClass).toArray
-//        val method = activeObject.getClass.getDeclaredMethod(request.method, argClasses)
-
         val args = request.message.asInstanceOf[scala.List[AnyRef]]
-        val argClazzes = args.map(_.getClass)//.toArray.asInstanceOf[Array[Class[_]]]
+        val argClazzes = args.map(_.getClass)
         val (unescapedArgs, unescapedArgClasses) = unescapeArgs(args, argClazzes)
         val method = activeObject.getClass.getDeclaredMethod(request.method, unescapedArgClasses)
         try {
@@ -142,15 +135,18 @@ class ObjectServerHandler extends SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler with Logging {
     val activeObjectOrNull = activeObjects.get(name)
     if (activeObjectOrNull == null) {
       val clazz = Class.forName(name)
-      val newInstance = clazz.newInstance.asInstanceOf[AnyRef] // activeObjectFactory.newInstance(clazz, new Dispatcher(invocation.target)).asInstanceOf[AnyRef]
+      try {
+        val actor = new Dispatcher(clazz.getName)
+        actor.start
+        val newInstance = activeObjectFactory.newInstance(clazz, actor, false).asInstanceOf[AnyRef]
         activeObjects.put(name, newInstance)
         newInstance
+      } catch {
+        case e =>
+          log.debug("Could not create remote active object instance due to: %s", e)
+          e.printStackTrace
+          throw e        
+      }
     } else activeObjectOrNull    
   }
 }
-
-object NettyServerRunner {
-  def main(args: Array[String]) = {
-    new NettyServer
-  }
-}

kernel/src/main/scala/nio/RequestReply.scala

@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ object IdFactory {
 
 @serializable class ProxyWrapper(val proxyName: String)
 
-@serializable class RemoteRequest(val isActor: Boolean, val message: AnyRef, val method: String, val target: String, val isOneWay: Boolean) {
+@serializable class RemoteRequest(val isActor: Boolean,
+                                  val message: AnyRef,
+                                  val method: String,
+                                  val target: String,
+                                  val isOneWay: Boolean,
+                                  val isEscaped: Boolean) {
   private[RemoteRequest] var _id = IdFactory.nextId
   def id = _id
 
@@ -44,8 +49,8 @@ object IdFactory {
 
   def newReplyWithException(error: Throwable) = synchronized { new RemoteReply(false, id, null, error) }
 
-  def cloneWithNewMessage(message: AnyRef) = synchronized {
+  def cloneWithNewMessage(message: AnyRef, isEscaped: Boolean) = synchronized {
-    val request = new RemoteRequest(isActor, message, method, target, isOneWay)
+    val request = new RemoteRequest(isActor, message, method, target, isOneWay, isEscaped)
     request._id = id
     request
   }

kernel/src/main/scala/reactor/EventBasedSingleThreadDispatcher.scala

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ class EventBasedSingleThreadDispatcher extends MessageDispatcherBase {
     selectorThread = new Thread {
       override def run = {
         while (active) {
-          guard.synchronized { /* empty */ } // prevents risk for deadlock as described in [http://developers.sun.com/learning/javaoneonline/2006/coreplatform/TS-1315.pdf]
           try {
             messageDemultiplexer.select
           } catch { case e: InterruptedException => active = false }

kernel/src/main/scala/reactor/EventBasedThreadPoolDispatcher.scala

@@ -32,23 +32,18 @@ class EventBasedThreadPoolDispatcher extends MessageDispatcherBase {
   private val queue = new LinkedBlockingQueue[Runnable]
   private val handlerExecutor = new ThreadPoolExecutor(minNrThreads, maxNrThreads, timeOut, timeUnit, queue, threadFactory, rejectedExecutionHandler)
 
-  //private val handlerExecutor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool()
-
   def start = if (!active) {
     active = true
     val messageDemultiplexer = new EventBasedThreadPoolDemultiplexer(messageQueue)
     selectorThread = new Thread {
-      //val enqued = new LinkedList[MessageHandle]
       override def run = {
         while (active) {
           try {
-            guard.synchronized { /* empty */ } // prevents risk for deadlock as described in [http://developers.sun.com/learning/javaoneonline/2006/coreplatform/TS-1315.pdf]
             try {
               guard.synchronized { /* empty */ } // prevents risk for deadlock as described in [http://developers.sun.com/learning/javaoneonline/2006/coreplatform/TS-1315.pdf]
               messageDemultiplexer.select
             } catch {case e: InterruptedException => active = false}
             val queue = messageDemultiplexer.acquireSelectedQueue
-//            while (!queue.isEmpty) {
             for (index <- 0 until queue.size) {
               val message = queue.peek
               val messageHandler = getIfNotBusy(message.sender)
@@ -63,10 +58,6 @@ class EventBasedThreadPoolDispatcher extends MessageDispatcherBase {
                 queue.remove
               }
             }
-//            }
-            if (!queue.isEmpty) {
-              for (index <- 0 until queue.size) messageQueue.append(queue.remove)
-             }
           } finally {
             messageDemultiplexer.releaseSelectedQueue
           }

kernel/src/main/scala/reactor/Future.scala

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class DefaultCompletableFutureResult(timeout: Long) extends CompletableFutureRes
   private var _result: Option[AnyRef] = None
   private var _exception: Option[Tuple2[AnyRef, Throwable]] = None
 
-  override def await_? = try {
+  def await_? = try {
     _lock.lock
     var wait = timeoutInNanos - (currentTimeInNanos - _startTimeInNanos)
     while (!_completed && wait > 0) {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class DefaultCompletableFutureResult(timeout: Long) extends CompletableFutureRes
     _lock.unlock
   }
 
-  override def await_! = try {
+  def await_! = try {
     _lock.lock
     while (!_completed) {
       _signal.await
@@ -65,35 +65,35 @@ class DefaultCompletableFutureResult(timeout: Long) extends CompletableFutureRes
     _lock.unlock
   }
 
-  override def isCompleted: Boolean = try {
+  def isCompleted: Boolean = try {
     _lock.lock
     _completed
   } finally {
     _lock.unlock
   }
 
-  override def isExpired: Boolean = try {
+  def isExpired: Boolean = try {
     _lock.lock
     timeoutInNanos - (currentTimeInNanos - _startTimeInNanos) <= 0
   } finally {
     _lock.unlock
   }
 
-  override def result: Option[AnyRef] = try {
+  def result: Option[AnyRef] = try {
     _lock.lock
     _result
   } finally {
     _lock.unlock
   }
 
-  override def exception: Option[Tuple2[AnyRef, Throwable]] = try {
+  def exception: Option[Tuple2[AnyRef, Throwable]] = try {
     _lock.lock
     _exception
   } finally {
     _lock.unlock
   }
 
-  override def completeWithResult(result: AnyRef) = try {
+  def completeWithResult(result: AnyRef) = try {
     _lock.lock
     if (!_completed) {
       _completed = true
@@ -104,13 +104,12 @@ class DefaultCompletableFutureResult(timeout: Long) extends CompletableFutureRes
     _lock.unlock
   }
 
-  override def completeWithException(toBlame: AnyRef, exception: Throwable) = try {
+  def completeWithException(toBlame: AnyRef, exception: Throwable) = try {
     _lock.lock
     if (!_completed) {
       _completed = true
       _exception = Some((toBlame, exception))
     }
-
   } finally {
     _signal.signalAll
     _lock.unlock
@@ -120,13 +119,13 @@ class DefaultCompletableFutureResult(timeout: Long) extends CompletableFutureRes
 }
 
 class NullFutureResult extends CompletableFutureResult {
-  override def completeWithResult(result: AnyRef) = {}
+  def completeWithResult(result: AnyRef) = {}
-  override def completeWithException(toBlame: AnyRef, exception: Throwable) = {}
+  def completeWithException(toBlame: AnyRef, exception: Throwable) = {}
-  override def await_? = throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented for NullFutureResult")
+  def await_? = throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented for NullFutureResult")
-  override def await_! = throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented for NullFutureResult")
+  def await_! = throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented for NullFutureResult")
-  override def isCompleted: Boolean = throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented for NullFutureResult")
+  def isCompleted: Boolean = throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented for NullFutureResult")
-  override def isExpired: Boolean = throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented for NullFutureResult")
+  def isExpired: Boolean = throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented for NullFutureResult")
-  override def timeoutInNanos: Long = throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented for NullFutureResult")
+  def timeoutInNanos: Long = throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented for NullFutureResult")
-  override def result: Option[AnyRef] = None
+  def result: Option[AnyRef] = None
-  override def exception: Option[Tuple2[AnyRef, Throwable]] = None
+  def exception: Option[Tuple2[AnyRef, Throwable]] = None
 }

kernel/src/main/scala/reactor/MessageDispatcherBase.scala

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import java.util.concurrent.{ConcurrentMap, ConcurrentHashMap}
 trait MessageDispatcherBase extends MessageDispatcher {
   val messageQueue = new MessageQueue
 
+  @volatile protected var active: Boolean = false
   protected val messageHandlers = new ConcurrentHashMap[AnyRef, MessageHandler]
   protected var selectorThread: Thread = _
-  @volatile protected var active: Boolean = false
   protected val guard = new Object
 
   def registerHandler(key: AnyRef, handler: MessageHandler) = guard.synchronized {

kernel/src/main/scala/state/CassandraNode.scala

@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ final object CassandraNode extends Logging {
       val column = server.get_column(TABLE_NAME, name, VECTOR_COLUMN_FAMILY + ":" + index)
       serializer.in(column.value)
     } catch {
-      case e => throw new Predef.NoSuchElementException(e.getMessage)
+      case e =>
+        e.printStackTrace
+        throw new Predef.NoSuchElementException(e.getMessage)
     }  
   }
 
@@ -132,7 +134,11 @@ final object CassandraNode extends Logging {
     try {
       val column = server.get_column(TABLE_NAME, name, MAP_COLUMN_FAMILY + ":" + key)
       Some(serializer.in(column.value))
-    } catch { case e => None }
+    } catch {
+      case e =>
+        e.printStackTrace
+        None
+    }
   }
 
   def getMapStorageFor(name: String): List[Tuple2[String, AnyRef]]  = {

kernel/src/main/scala/stm/Transaction.scala

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ object TransactionIdFactory {
   
   def begin(changeSet: ChangeSet) = synchronized {
     ensureIsActiveOrNew
-    if (status == TransactionStatus.New) log.debug("Server [%s] is starting NEW transaction [%s]", changeSet.id, this)
+    if (status == TransactionStatus.New) log.debug("TX BEGIN - Server [%s] is starting NEW transaction [%s]", changeSet.id, this)
     else log.debug("Server [%s] is participating in transaction", changeSet.id)
     changeSet.full.foreach(_.begin)
     participants + changeSet
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ object TransactionIdFactory {
 
   def precommit(changeSet: ChangeSet) = synchronized {
     if (status == TransactionStatus.Active) {
-      log.debug("Pre-committing transaction [%s] for server [%s]", this, changeSet.id)
+      log.debug("TX PRECOMMIT - Pre-committing transaction [%s] for server [%s]", this, changeSet.id)
       precommitted + changeSet
     }
   }
 
   def commit(changeSet: ChangeSet) = synchronized {
     if (status == TransactionStatus.Active) {
-      log.debug("Committing transaction [%s] for server [%s]", this, changeSet.id)
+      log.debug("TX COMMIT - Committing transaction [%s] for server [%s]", this, changeSet.id)
       val haveAllPreCommitted =
         if (participants.size == precommitted.size) {{
           for (server <- participants) yield {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ object TransactionIdFactory {
 
   def rollback(changeSet: ChangeSet) = synchronized {
     ensureIsActiveOrAborted
-    log.debug("Server [%s] has initiated transaction rollback for [%s], rolling back [%s]", changeSet.id, this, participants)
+    log.debug("TX ROLLBACK - Server [%s] has initiated transaction rollback for [%s], rolling back [%s]", changeSet.id, this, participants)
     participants.foreach(_.full.foreach(_.rollback))
     status = TransactionStatus.Aborted
     participants.clear
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ object TransactionIdFactory {
 
   def join(changeSet: ChangeSet) = synchronized {
     ensureIsActive
-    log.debug("Server [%s] is joining transaction [%s]" , changeSet.id, this)
+    log.debug("TX JOIN - Server [%s] is joining transaction [%s]" , changeSet.id, this)
     changeSet.full.foreach(_.begin)
     participants + changeSet
   }

kernel/src/test/scala/EventBasedDispatcherTest.scala

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ class EventBasedDispatcherTest {
       try {
         if (threadingIssueDetected.get) return
         if (guardLock.tryLock) {
-          Thread.sleep(100)
           handleLatch.countDown
         } else {
           threadingIssueDetected.set(true)
@@ -55,12 +54,12 @@ class EventBasedDispatcherTest {
 
   private def internalTestMessagesDispatchedToTheSameHandlerAreExecutedSequentially: Unit = {
     val guardLock = new ReentrantLock
-    val handleLatch = new CountDownLatch(10)
+    val handleLatch = new CountDownLatch(100)
     val key = "key"
     val dispatcher = new EventBasedSingleThreadDispatcher
     dispatcher.registerHandler(key, new TestMessageHandle(handleLatch))
     dispatcher.start
-    for (i <- 0 until 10) {
+    for (i <- 0 until 100) {
       dispatcher.messageQueue.append(new MessageHandle(key, new Object, new NullFutureResult))
     }
     assertTrue(handleLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS))

kernel/src/test/scala/ThreadBasedDispatcherTest.scala

@@ -30,38 +30,42 @@ class ThreadBasedDispatcherTest {
     internalTestMessagesDispatchedToDifferentHandlersAreExecutedConcurrently
   }
 
-  //@Test
+  @Test
   def testMessagesDispatchedToHandlersAreExecutedInFIFOOrder = {
     internalTestMessagesDispatchedToHandlersAreExecutedInFIFOOrder
   }
 
-  private def internalTestMessagesDispatchedToTheSameHandlerAreExecutedSequentially: Unit = {
+  class TestMessageHandle(handleLatch: CountDownLatch) extends MessageHandler {
-    val guardLock = new ReentrantLock
+    val guardLock: Lock = new ReentrantLock
-    val handleLatch = new CountDownLatch(100)
+
-    val key = "key"
-    val dispatcher = new EventBasedThreadPoolDispatcher
-    dispatcher.registerHandler(key, new MessageHandler {
     def handle(message: MessageHandle) {
       try {
         if (threadingIssueDetected.get) return
         if (guardLock.tryLock) {
-            Thread.sleep(100)
           handleLatch.countDown
-          } else threadingIssueDetected.set(true)
+        } else {
+          threadingIssueDetected.set(true)
+        }
       } catch {
         case e: Exception => threadingIssueDetected.set(true)
       } finally {
         guardLock.unlock
       }
     }
-    })
+  }
+
+  private def internalTestMessagesDispatchedToTheSameHandlerAreExecutedSequentially: Unit = {
+    val guardLock = new ReentrantLock
+    val handleLatch = new CountDownLatch(100)
+    val key = "key"
+    val dispatcher = new EventBasedSingleThreadDispatcher
+    dispatcher.registerHandler(key, new TestMessageHandle(handleLatch))
     dispatcher.start
     for (i <- 0 until 100) {
       dispatcher.messageQueue.append(new MessageHandle(key, new Object, new NullFutureResult))
     }
-    assertTrue(handleLatch.await(5000, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+    assertTrue(handleLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
     assertFalse(threadingIssueDetected.get)
-    //dispatcher.shutdown
   }
 
   private def internalTestMessagesDispatchedToDifferentHandlersAreExecutedConcurrently: Unit = {
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ class ThreadBasedDispatcherTest {
     val handleLatch = new CountDownLatch(200)
     val key1 = "key1"
     val key2 = "key2"
-    val dispatcher = new EventBasedThreadPoolDispatcher
+    val dispatcher = new EventBasedSingleThreadDispatcher
     dispatcher.registerHandler(key1, new MessageHandler {
       var currentValue = -1;
       def handle(message: MessageHandle) {
@@ -121,7 +125,7 @@ class ThreadBasedDispatcherTest {
       dispatcher.messageQueue.append(new MessageHandle(key1, new Integer(i), new NullFutureResult))
       dispatcher.messageQueue.append(new MessageHandle(key2, new Integer(i), new NullFutureResult))
     }
-    assertTrue(handleLatch.await(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+    assertTrue(handleLatch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
     assertFalse(threadingIssueDetected.get)
     dispatcher.shutdown
   }