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An Introduction to IBM WebSphere

sMash for PHP Programmers

Jonathan Lawrence & Robin Fernandes

Software Developers, WebSphere Development, IBM
projectzero.org

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Agenda

Overview of WebSphere sMash

Simple sMash demonstration
PHP in sMash
PHP sMash demonstration
Summary and Questions

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What is WebSphere sMash?

 WebSphere sMash is a new Agile Web

Application Platform
Exploiting Dynamic Scripting Languages
Optimized for producing...
 REST-based Services
 Integration Applications
 Mash-ups
 Rich Web Interfaces
Architected for...
 Speed, Simplicity & Agility

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What is WebSphere sMash?
 JavaTM Virtual Machine based runtime supporting PHP
and Groovy.
NOT a Java EE environment

 Targeted at Script developers

Not for producing Java code.

 A Commercial Project
With development done in the open and limited no-cost use.
Download for free at http://projectzero.org.

 A Full Stack Runtime

With a HTTP server, module system and simple IDE built in.

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WebSphere sMash for the application long tail
For business department and mid-market customers looking for rapidly
developed agile applications, short implementation cycles and ways to
easily reuse existing investments.

Application Server

Strategic, long-lived applications

Time to value is more important than

enduring value
Usage

Java
Enterprise
Edition

Dynamic Scripting
Number of Applications
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Accelerate business and IT alignment

Speed Dynamic scripting languages

Templates & pre-built services

Simplicity No-charge, robust browser & Eclipse based tooling

Simply create rich Web 2.0 interfaces

Application “is” the server

Agility
Clean, short-lived runtime

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Speed
WebSphere sMash is easy for developers to access, learn, and use

 Dynamic Scripting
PHP
Groovy (JavaTM Language Syntax)
 Effortless creation of RESTful
Services
 Simple event-based execution
environment
 State externalized into a shared
memory space (Global Context)
 Repository of pre-built templates,
services, libraries, and connectors

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Simplicity
WebSphere sMash makes it simple to “mash-up” services and feeds

 Free browser-based and Eclipse-

based tools provide a simple
environment for constructing
applications based on dynamic
scripting languages.

 Visual tooling makes it simple to

create complex, rich, dynamic, data-
centric Web 2.0 user interfaces based
on Ajax.

 sMash is a full stack runtime – JEE

web container not required.

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Agility
WebSphere sMash focuses on deploying applications, not servers

 Cost effective execution

Memory and disk footprint minimal.
Many apps possible per box.

 Clean execution
Applications are isolated and
secured from each other
Periodic re-cycling of applications
reduces failures

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Dynamic Scripting

 WebSphere sMash is a dynamic scripting platform

 Application Logic is created in one of two scripting
languages
 PHP (for the 3 Million existing PHP programmers)
 Groovy (for people that prefer JavaTM)

 Java is positioned as the “system” language

 Mostly used to implement system extensions and application
libraries
 Entire applications can be written in Java, if desired
 Requires more configuration

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Application-centric Runtime

 WebSphere sMash is an application-centric runtime

You create an application and run it
You do not package an application and deploy it to a multi-
application server
Each application runs in its own process (JVM)
Runtime is designed to be short lived

 WebSphere sMash is a full stack runtime

Everything needed to run the application is provided
 Including the HTTP stack
No external proxy or web server is required
 Except for clustering and multi-app routing

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Modular Architecture
 WebSphere sMash applications are based on a very small core

 Additional features provided in downloadable modules

 Applications declare dependencies using Apache Ivy
 A package management system manages your dependencies,
including facilities to:
 share dependencies on a machine
 load missing dependencies from the network on demand
 manage updates to dependencies

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Available Modules

 There are approximately 65 modules available currently

 Modules provide function in many categories
Data Formats (JSON, ATOM, RSS, XML)
Data Access
Resource Modeling
Security / Content Filtering
Activity Flows
Services
 Amazon ECS, Flickr, Weather, etc
Utilities (such as HTML parsing)
Management Tools
Development Tooling
Reliable Transport Engine for Messaging Interactions

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Agenda

Overview of WebSphere sMash

Simple sMash demonstration
PHP in sMash
PHP sMash demonstration
Summary and Questions

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Agenda

Overview of WebSphere sMash

Simple sMash demonstration
PHP in sMash
PHP sMash demonstration
Summary and Questions

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 WebSphere sMash PHP Support
PHP runtime built in JavaTM.

Compile PHP into Java bytecodes and run on a JVM.

Powerful blending of PHP and Java code.

Java and PHP code run in the same process
 No need for Inter-process communication.
Efficient calls between PHP, Java and Groovy
Pass data between PHP, Java and Groovy without copying
 Avoids serialising and passing data between processes.
Import Java classes as PHP Classes
 Easy access to the many Java libraries from PHP code.

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PHP in WebSphere sMash
• Runs PHP 5 scripts
Java Virtual Machine • Requires Java 5 SE or later.

HTTP server
• Extensibility via XAPI
• XAPI-C for C extensions from php.net
Zero Programming Model • XAPI-J for Java extensions, native libraries invoked
over JNI and Project Zero interface
• Extension language choice opaque to PHP script
Java- Bridge

JAR
JAR
PHP runtime • Java Bridge
TM
Groovy
Debug

JAR P8 Runtime runtime

Interpreter/Compiler
• Debug using via DBGp protocol using Eclipse with PDT
JAR

XAPI-J
XAPI-C
Java
C Extensions
Extensions

WebSphere sMash
PDT2

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Benefits of PHP in sMash.
 Develop quickly using the best tools for the job.
PHP code such as smarty, drupal, phpBB,
Java code such as Apache Lucene, POI and Eclipse BIRT

 Start simple using sMash tooling such as ZRM

Customise and extend using PHP scripts and snippets

 Build on a solid base.

PHP built on the Java VM at the heart of IBM’s enterprise software stack.
 Vast investment in JIT, Garbage Collector, RAS and tools.

 Enable agile teams to use Java and PHP skills.

Allow teams to use their full range of skills.
Integrate Java and PHP code seamlessly using the Java Bridge

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PHP – Java Bridge – Basic use
<?php
java_import("java.util.Date");
$date = new Date(81, 9, 12);
echo $date . PHP_EOL;
// prints: Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 BST 1981
java_import("java.util.HashMap");
$map = new HashMap();
$map->put("stuff", array(1,2,3,4,5));
var_dump($map->get("stuff"));
// prints: array(5) { ...
Static methods and fields
are accessible too
Java exceptions can be
caught and handled in PHP
19
Access Java methods and
fields from PHP
Types are automatically
converted at boundary of
PHP runtime
<?php
java_import("java.lang.System");
echo System::currentTimeMillis();
try {
System::getProperty(FALSE);
} catch (JavaException $exception) {
echo $exception->getMessage();
}
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Java Bridge – Extending Java in PHP

PHP classes can extend Java classes

<?php
java_import("java.io.File");

class SubFile extends File {

function SuperFile($path) {
parent::__construct($path);
}

function isThisCool() {
return TRUE; // Way cool
}
}

$file = new SubFile("/");

var_dump($file->isDirectory());
var_dump($file->isThisCool());

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PHP- Java Bridge – Iterators and Overloads
<?php
java_import("java.util.ArrayList");
Java iteration is bridged into PHP
$list = new ArrayList();
$list->add("Hello World!");
$list->add(FALSE);
$list->add(1234567890);

foreach ($list as $key => $value) {

echo "$key $value\n";
}

<?php
java_import("java.lang.String");
$signature = new JavaSignature(JAVA_INT);
var_dump(String::valueOf($signature, 1234567890));

Signatures provide explicit control for

overloaded methods

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Java Bridge – More features…
<?php
java_import("java.math.BigDecimal", NULL, FALSE, "My_BigDecimal");
$value = new My_BigDecimal("1.18E+10");
echo $value;

Import a Java class under a different

name to avoid clashes

<?php
java_import("java.lang.Comparable"); PHP reflection works on Java
echo(ReflectionClass::export("Comparable")); classes

<?php
java_import("java.io.File");
$file = new File("/home/robinf");

var_dump($file->Parent);
//equivalent to:
Java bean support provides field
var_dump($file->getParent());
access for get/set method calls

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Agenda

Overview of WebSphere sMash

Simple sMash demonstration
PHP in sMash
PHP sMash demonstration
Summary and Questions

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Agenda

Overview of WebSphere sMash

Simple sMash demonstration
PHP in sMash
PHP sMash demonstration
Summary and Questions

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Some PHP Applications that run on sMash

Forums Ajax
wiki
Debugging
FirePHP
CRM

Content Desktop
Management Virtualisation Blogging

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Features we didn’t cover
 Client Programming with the Dojo Framework
 Assemble Tooling
 Data APIs
 Security
 Eclipse-based tooling
 REST to SOAP adapter
 Reliable Messaging
 Error Handling
 Logging, Tracing, Debugging
…

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