Ignite.NET plugin system allows third parties to extend the core Ignite.NET functionality.
The best way to explain how Ignite plugins work is by looking at the life cycle of plugins.
First, an Apache Ignite plugin has to be registered via the IgniteConfiguration.PluginConfigurations
property which is a collection of IPluginConfiguration
implementations. From a user's perspective, this is a manual process - a plugin's assembly has to be referenced and configured explicitly.
IPluginConfiguration
interface has two members that interact with the Java part of Apache Ignite.NET. This is described in the next section. Besides those two members, IPluginConfiguration
implementation should contain all the other plugin-specific configuration properties.
Another part of an IPluginConfiguration
implementation is the mandatory [PluginProviderType]
attribute that links a plugin configuration to a plugin implementation. For example:
[PluginProviderType(typeof(MyPluginProvider))]
public class MyPluginConfiguration : IPluginConfiguration
{
public string MyProperty { get; set; } // Plugin-specific property
public int? PluginConfigurationClosureFactoryId
{
get { return null; } // No Java part
}
public void WriteBinary(IBinaryRawWriter writer)
{
// No-op.
}
}
Summary:
IPluginConfiguration
implementation instance to IgniteConfiguration
.IPluginConfiguration
implementation for [PluginProviderType]
attribute and instantiates the specified class.IPluginProvider
implementation is the work-horse of the newly added plugin. It deals with the Ignite node life cycle by processing the calls to OnIgniteStart
and OnIgniteStop
methods. In addition, it can provide an optional API to be used by an end user via the GetPlugin<T>()
method.
The first method to be invoked on the IPluginProvider
implementation by the Ignite.NET engine is Start(IPluginContext<TestIgnitePluginConfiguration> context)
. IPluginContext
provides an access to an initial plugin configuration and all means to interact with Ignite.
When Ignite is being stopped, Stop
and OnIgniteStop
methods are executed sequentially so that the plugin implementation can accomplish all cleanup and shutdown-related tasks.
Plugins can expose user-facing API which is accessed via the IIgnite.GetPlugin(string name)
method. The Ignite engine will search for IPluginProvider
with the passed name and call GetPlugin
on it.
Ignite.NET plugin can interact with Ignite Java plugin via the PlatformTarget
& IPlatformTarget
interface pair.
On the Java side:
PlatformTarget
interface, which is a communication point with .NET:class MyPluginTarget implements PlatformTarget {
@Override public long processInLongOutLong(int type, long val) throws IgniteCheckedException {
if (type == 1)
return val + 1;
else
return val - 1;
}
... // Other methods here.
}
PlatformPluginExtension
interface:public class MyPluginExtension implements PlatformPluginExtension {
@Override public int id() {
return 42; // Unique id to be used from .NET side.
}
@Override public PlatformTarget createTarget() {
return new MyPluginTarget(); // Return target from previous step.
}
}
PluginProvider.initExtensions
method and register the PlatformPluginExtension
class:@Override public void initExtensions(PluginContext ctx, ExtensionRegistry registry) {
registry.registerExtension(PlatformPluginExtension.class, new MyPluginExtension());
}
On the .NET side:
IPluginContext.GetExtension
with a corresponding id. This will invoke the createTarget
call on the Java side:IPlatformTarget extension = pluginContext.GetExtension(42);
long result = extension.InLongOutLong(1, 2); // processInLongOutLong is called in Java
Other IPlatformTarget
methods provide an efficient way to exchange any kind of data between Java and .NET code.
Callbacks from Java
.NET -> Java call mechanism is described above; you can also do Java -> .NET calls:
IPluginContext.RegisterCallback
method.PlatformCallbackGateway.pluginCallback
with that ID on the Java side.👍Plugin Example
Detailed walk-through and a working plugin example can be found in the blog post.
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