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IBM Rational SoftwareDevelopment Conference 2006

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By Sourav SenguptaSourav Sengupta

L&T Infotech – “Building relationships globally”

IBM Rational Software Development Conference 2006

Presenters

Devendra RajputSr. Software Engineer,

L&T Infotech

Makarand HiralikarDeputy Head – Technology Solutions,

L&T Infotech

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Agenda

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Technology Accelerators @ L&T Infotech

MarketAnalysis

Technology Solutions

Strategy

DomainCompetency

Delivery Engine

Industry Bodies

Technology Leaders

ConsultingOrganizations

Leading Analysts

Consulting

Alliances

Affiliations

Interaction

Technology Accelerators @ L&T Infotech

Code MigrationCode Migration

Technology AcceleratorsTechnology Accelerators

SDLC HelpersSDLC Helpers

Industry Solution FrameworksIndustry Solution Frameworks

Cobol to JavaCobol to Java

Struts to Spring (vice versa)Struts to Spring (vice versa)

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� Framework• Basic architecture for designing a complex application

• Helps in reducing the complexities

• Enhances the concept of reusability along with the basic principles of design pattern

� MVC ( Model View Controller) Framework • Design paradigm, originated in the Smalltalk community

• Separates Business logic/state (the Model) from User Interface (the View) and program progression/flow (the Control)

• Model: Represents the data in the system

• View: How data is represented to the user

• Controller: Responsible for controlling the flow of the program

Framework Overview -

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� Struts Framework� Based on MVC architecture

� Model – Business Services

� Transfer Objects Business Services populate and return Transfer Objects

� View – JSPs, ActionForms

� JSP queries ActionForm for form data

� Controller – ActionServlet, Actions

� ActionServlet delegates control to Action class instances

� Spring Framework � DispatcherServlet - Spring’s Front Controller implementation

� Encapsulates navigation logic & delegates to the service objects for business logic

� View- JSP’s

� ModelAndView - Created by the Controller

� Stores the Model data & associates a View to the request

� Can be a physical View implementation or a logical View name

� ViewResolver - Maps logical View names to actual View implementations

� HandlerMapping-Strategy interface used by DispatcherServlet for mapping incoming requests to individual Controllers

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Framework Migration Methodology� A simple struts application can be divided into 6 categories

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� Config Files (ex – Web.xml, struts-config. xml)� Library Files (ex- struts.jar)

� Step 1: Face Lift ( JSP’s )� Any struts specific tag is to be converted to it’s corresponding simple HTML tag

� Step 2: Organ Transplant ( Form beans) � change the existing Form beans to Command Classes

� Step 3: Heart Transplant (Action Classes)� Change the existing Action Classes to Controller Classes

� Step 4: Brain Transplant (XML’s)� Change the struts specific config files to spring specific config files

� Step 5: Blood Transfusion� Add spring specific jars in lib folder of the application

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� Step 1: Face Lift ( JSP’s ) : Changing Struts specific tags to simple HTML Tags in JSP

� JSP’s in a Struts application can contain Struts specific tags where as JSP’s in a Spring application contains simple HTML tags.

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� Step 2: Organ Transplant : Changing Struts Form Beans to Spring Command Classes � Struts provide FormBeans as interface between the JSP and the controller servlet.

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� Removing the struts specific jars (struts.jar, struts-legacy.jar etc)

� Adding Spring specific jars (standard.jar, spring.jar etc) into lib folder of the

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� All *.tld remain same

� Updating classpath entry

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File Locator

Checks

Ip/op framework

Ip project folder files

MappingJSP Parser

Other Parser(e.g. .property)

Config

XML Parser

Action

JAVA ParserFile Converter

Checks

File types

Calls parsersCreatorWriter

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Denotes Plug-able component

Framework Migrator Architecture

Highlights

�Foundation for more conversions

�2-way conversion possible

�Mappings are flexible, outside code

�Pluggable parcels

�Folder structure defined in mapping DB

Architecture details

� File Locator

� Checks the input project folder is struts or spring

� Checks the input project folder structure & files

� Stores Input & Output project folder path in mapping database

� File Converter

� Checks file types

� Calls appropriate File parsers

� File Parsers

� Individual parsers for individual file types

� Converts struts related tags, codes etc to spring equivalent

� File Creator

� Creates Spring project folders structure

� Copies converted files to appropriate folders

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J2EE Framework Migrator

� A Plug-in (MIGRATOR) which is compatible with Eclipse

� It can convert an application from Struts to Spring

� Easy to install & enhance

Features

� This plug-in reduces certain overheads :

� Creating new Folder Structure according to

the migrated framework.

� Installing related Jars of migrated framework

� Converting Configuration files from one framework to other.

� Converting one Framework specific tags to other framework specific tags

� Converting Framework specific code

Operational Features

Plug-in Development Environment

� Eclipse has provided an API for plug-in development (PDE) for RAD, which is used to develop MIGRATOR Plug-in.

� This helps it to plug in various different IDE’s like Rational Application Developer (RAD), WebsphereApplication Developer (WSAD), Netbeans, and Eclipse 3.0.

What does this plug-in do?� Creates framework specific Folder structure

� Places all framework specific jars in lib folder

� Converts framework specific code of JSP’s, Form beans, Action Classes

� Creates/Converts framework specific configuration XML’s

� Places all the converted files in appropriate folder

� Migrator can be installed on any eclipse based IDE or NetBeans IDE using the Installer provided.

� There are two ways to start Migrator

Installing Migrator Plug-in

� Phase-wise capability in terms of effectiveness of migrating a simple application from Struts to Spring

Phase in Migration Plug in Capability

Face Lift 50%

Organ Transplant 90%

Heart Transplant 30%

Brain Transplant 20%

Blood Transfusion 90%

� Overall the MIGRATOR Plug-in is capable to reduce 70% (approx) of the manual efforts in migrating a simple Struts application to Spring. Further enhancements may increase the level of automation.

Migrator Plug-in Capability

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Creator Classes

File Converter and Locator Classes

File Parsers

Mapping Database

Migrator UI

JSP with Struts tags (Before migration)

Spring JSP (After migration)

Migration Summary

� Presently MIGRATOR plug-in is capable of migrating simple applications in

Struts to Spring, for more complex applications

� It can be enhanced to migrate areas such as

� Struts tld library

� Logic tags

� Validation framework

� Error handling

� Database Mapping

� Other Controllers of Spring

Further Enhancements

� It only handles SimpleCommandController

� findForward("sucess") , “success” is user defined tag which cannot be pre assumed for

success or failure views. So after conversion both the statements of Success & Failure are inserted in comment , the programmer can choose the statement according to the view required

� Some closing tags are missed out or not in proper place , the programmer must ensure it before executing

� Programmer has to handle logical flow of the application as migrator handles only

framework specific code

Known Issues

Questions

Makarand.Hiralikar@Lntinfotech.comSourav.Sengupta@Lntinfotech.comDevendra.Rajput@Lntinfotech.com

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