edu.isi.pegasus.planner.selector.site
Class NonJavaCallout

java.lang.Object
  edu.isi.pegasus.planner.selector.site.Abstract
      edu.isi.pegasus.planner.selector.site.AbstractPerJob
          edu.isi.pegasus.planner.selector.site.NonJavaCallout

All Implemented Interfaces:

SiteSelector

public class NonJavaCallout
extends AbstractPerJob

This is the class that implements a call-out to a site selector which is an application or executable script. In order to use the site selector implemented by this class, the property pegasus.selector.site must be set to value NonJavaCallout.

This site selector implements a popen() like call to an external application that conforms to the API laid out here. The name of the application to run is specified by the property pegasus.selector.site.path. Its value points to a locally available application.

If the external executable requires certain environment variables to be set for execution, these can be specified in the property files, using the prefix pegasus.selector.site.env. The name of the environment variable is obtained by stripping the prefix. For example, to set the variable PATH to a certain value, use the following entry in your user property file:

   pegasus.selector.site.env.PATH = /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
 

The site selector populates the environment of the external application with the following default properties, which can be overwritten by user-specified properties:

key	value
PEGASUS_HOME	As set by the system
CLASSPATH	From java.class.path
JAVA_HOME	From java.home
USER	From user.name, if present
LOGNAME	From user.name, if present
HOME	From user.home, if present
TMP	From java.io.tmpdir, if present
TZ	From user.timezone, if present

The user can specify the environment variables, by specifying the properties with the prefix pegasus.selector.site.env. prefix. for e.g user can override the default user.name property by setting the property pegasus.selector.site.env.user.home .

The external application is invoked with one commandline argument. This argument is the name of a temporary file. The temporary file is created for each invocation anew by the site selecting caller. Being temporary, the file is deleted after the site selector returns with success. The deletion of the file is governed by the property pegasus.selector.site.keep.tmp. It can have a tristate value with the valid values being

              ALWAYS
              NEVER
              ONERROR
 

The external application is expected to write one line to stdout. The line starts with the string SOLUTION:, followed by the chosen site handle. Optionally, separated by a colon, the name of a jobmanager for the site can be provided by the site selector. Two examples for successful site selections are:

   SOLUTION:mysite:my.job.mgr/jobmanager-batch
   SOLUTION:siteY
 

Note, these are two examples. The site selector only returns one line with the appropriate solution. If no site is found to be eligble, the poolhandle should be set to NONE by the site selector.

The temporary file is the corner stone of the communication between the site selecting caller and the external site selector. It is a collection of key-value pairs. Each pair is separated by an equals (=) sign, and stands on a line of its own. There are no multi-line values permitted.

The following pairs are generated for the siteselector temporary file:

#	key	value
1	version	The version of the site selector API, currently 2.0
1	transformation	The fully-qualified definition identifier for the TR, ns::id:vs.
1	derivation	The fully-qualified definition identifier for the DV, ns::id:vs.
1	job.level	The job's depth in the DFS tree of the workflow DAG
1	job.id	The job's ID, as used in the DAX file.
N	resource.id	A pool handle, followed by a whitespace, followed by a gridftp server. Typically, each gridftp server is enumerated once, so you may have multiple occurances of the same site.
M	input.lfn	An input LFN, optionally followed by a whitespace and filesize.
1	wf.name	The label of the DAX, as found in the DAX's root element.
1	wf.index	The DAX index, which is incremented for each partition.
1	wf.time	The mtime of the workflow.
1	wf.manager	The name of the workflow manager to be used, e.g. dagman.
1	vo.name	unused at present, name of the virtual organization who runs this WF.
1	vo.group	unused at present, usage not clear .

In order to detect malfunctioning site selectors, a timeout is attached with each site selector, see property pegasus.selector.site.timeout. By default, a site selector is given up upon after 60 s.

Version:

$Revision: 4507 $

Author:

Karan Vahi, Jens Vöckler

See Also:

Runtime, Process

Field Summary

static int	KEEP_ALWAYS The state denoting always to keep the temporary files.
static int	KEEP_NEVER The state denoting never to keep the temporary files.
static int	KEEP_ONERROR The state denoting to keep the temporary files only in case of error.
private ADag	mAbstractDag The abstract DAG.
private static String	mDescription The description of the site selector.
private Map	mEnvVar The map that contains the environment variables including the default ones that are set while calling out to the site selector unless they are overridden by the values set in the properties file.
private int	mKeepTMP The tristate value for whether keeping the temporary files generated or not.
private String	mSiteSelectorPath The path to the site selector.
private int	mTimeout The timeout value in seconds after which to timeout, in the case where the external site selector does nothing (nothing on stdout nor stderr).
static String	PREFIX_PROPERTIES The prefix of the property names that specify the environment variables that need to be set before calling out to the site selector.
static String	PREFIX_TEMPORARY_FILE The prefix to be used while creating a temporary file to pass to the external siteselector.
static String	SOLUTION_PREFIX The prefix that the site selector writes out on its stdout to designate that it is sending a solution.
static String	SUFFIX_TEMPORARY_FILE The suffix to be used while creating a temporary file to pass to the external siteselector.
static String	VERSION The version number associated with this API of non java callout site selection.

Fields inherited from class edu.isi.pegasus.planner.selector.site.Abstract

mBag, mLogger, mProps, mSiteStore, mTCMapper

Fields inherited from interface edu.isi.pegasus.planner.selector.SiteSelector

SITE_NOT_FOUND

Constructor Summary

NonJavaCallout()
The default constructor.

Method Summary

String	description() Returns a brief description of the site selection technique implemented by this class.
private String[]	getEnvArrFromMap() Generates an array of environment variables.
private int	getKeepTMPValue(String value) Returns the int value corresponding to the string value passed.
private String	getTempFilename() Creates a temporary file and obtains its name.
void	initialize(PegasusBag bag) Initializes the site selector.
private void	loadEnvironmentVariables() Initializes the internal hash that collects environment variables.
static void	main(String[] args) The main program that allows you to test.
void	mapJob(Job job, List sites) Calls out to the external site selector.
void	mapWorkflow(ADag workflow, List sites) Maps the jobs in the workflow to the various grid sites.
private boolean	parseStdOut(Job job, String s) Extracts the chosen site from the site selector's answer.
private File	prepareInputFile(Job job, List pools) Writes job knowledge into the temporary file passed to the external site selector.

Methods inherited from class edu.isi.pegasus.planner.selector.site.AbstractPerJob

mapWorkflow

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

PREFIX_TEMPORARY_FILE

public static final String PREFIX_TEMPORARY_FILE

The prefix to be used while creating a temporary file to pass to the external siteselector.

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Constant Field Values

SUFFIX_TEMPORARY_FILE

public static final String SUFFIX_TEMPORARY_FILE

The suffix to be used while creating a temporary file to pass to the external siteselector.

PREFIX_PROPERTIES

public static final String PREFIX_PROPERTIES

The prefix of the property names that specify the environment variables that need to be set before calling out to the site selector.

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Constant Field Values

SOLUTION_PREFIX

public static final String SOLUTION_PREFIX

The prefix that the site selector writes out on its stdout to designate that it is sending a solution.

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Constant Field Values

VERSION

public static final String VERSION

The version number associated with this API of non java callout site selection.

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Constant Field Values

KEEP_NEVER

public static final int KEEP_NEVER

The state denoting never to keep the temporary files.

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Constant Field Values

KEEP_ONERROR

public static final int KEEP_ONERROR

The state denoting to keep the temporary files only in case of error.

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Constant Field Values

KEEP_ALWAYS

public static final int KEEP_ALWAYS

The state denoting always to keep the temporary files.

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Constant Field Values

mDescription

private static final String mDescription

The description of the site selector.

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Constant Field Values

mEnvVar

private Map mEnvVar

The map that contains the environment variables including the default ones that are set while calling out to the site selector unless they are overridden by the values set in the properties file.

mTimeout

private int mTimeout

The timeout value in seconds after which to timeout, in the case where the external site selector does nothing (nothing on stdout nor stderr).

mKeepTMP

private int mKeepTMP

The tristate value for whether keeping the temporary files generated or not.

mSiteSelectorPath

private String mSiteSelectorPath

The path to the site selector.

mAbstractDag

private ADag mAbstractDag

The abstract DAG.

Constructor Detail

NonJavaCallout

public NonJavaCallout()

The default constructor.

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize(PegasusBag bag)

Initializes the site selector.

Specified by:

initialize in interface SiteSelector

Overrides:

initialize in class Abstract

Parameters:

bag - the bag of objects that is useful for initialization.

mapWorkflow

public void mapWorkflow(ADag workflow,
                        List sites)

Maps the jobs in the workflow to the various grid sites. The jobs are mapped by setting the site handle for the jobs.

Specified by:

mapWorkflow in interface SiteSelector

Overrides:

mapWorkflow in class Abstract

Parameters:

workflow - the workflow.

sites - the list of String objects representing the execution sites that can be used.

description

public String description()

Returns a brief description of the site selection technique implemented by this class.

Returns:

a self-description of this site selector.

mapJob

public void mapJob(Job job,
                   List sites)

Calls out to the external site selector. The method converts a Job object into an API-compliant temporary file. The file's name is provided as single commandline argument to the site selector executable when it is invoked. The executable, representing the external site selector, provides its answer on stdout. The answer is captures, and returned.

Specified by:

mapJob in class AbstractPerJob

Parameters:

job - is a representation of the DAX compute job whose site of execution need to be determined.

sites - the list of String objects representing the execution sites that can be used. FIXME: Some site selector return an empty string on failures. Also: NONE could be a valid site name.

See Also:

org.griphyn.cPlanner.classes.Job

prepareInputFile

private File prepareInputFile(Job job,
                              List pools)

Writes job knowledge into the temporary file passed to the external site selector. The job knowledge derives from the contents of the DAX job's Job record, and the a list of site candidates. The format of the file is laid out in the class's introductory documentation.

Parameters:

job - is a representation of the DAX compute job whose site of execution need to be determined.

pools - is a list of site candidates. The items of the list are String objects.

Returns:

the temporary input file was successfully prepared. A value of null implies that an error occured while writing the file.

See Also:

getTempFilename()

parseStdOut

private boolean parseStdOut(Job job,
                            String s)

Extracts the chosen site from the site selector's answer. Parses the stdout sent by the selector, to see, if the execution pool and the jobmanager were sent or not.

Parameters:

job - the job that has to be mapped.

s - is the stdout received from the site selector.

Returns:

boolean indicating if the stdout was succesfully parsed and job populated.

getTempFilename

private String getTempFilename()

Creates a temporary file and obtains its name. This method returns the absolute path to a temporary file in the system's TEMP directory. The file is guarenteed to be unique for the current invocation of the virtual machine. FIXME: However, since we return a filename and not an opened file, race conditions are still possible.

Returns:

the absolute path of a newly created temporary file.

loadEnvironmentVariables

private void loadEnvironmentVariables()

Initializes the internal hash that collects environment variables. These variables are set up to run the external helper application. Environment variables come from two source.

1. Default environment variables, fixed, hard-coded.
2. User environment variables, from properties.

getEnvArrFromMap

private String[] getEnvArrFromMap()

Generates an array of environment variables. The variables are kept in an internal map. Converts the environment variables in the map to the array format.

Returns:

array of enviroment variables set, or null if the map is empty.

See Also:

loadEnvironmentVariables()

getKeepTMPValue

private int getKeepTMPValue(String value)

Returns the int value corresponding to the string value passed.

Parameters:

value - the string value for keeping the temporary files.

Returns:

the corresponding int value.

See Also:

KEEP_ALWAYS, KEEP_NEVER, KEEP_ONERROR

main

public static void main(String[] args)

The main program that allows you to test. FIXME: Test programs should have prefix Test.....java

Parameters:

args - the arguments