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Paper 1
1. Defined a custom exception FileException in the IDL file. The deleteFile() method in the server
implementation (FileManagerImpl) throws this exception when an error occurs during file
deletion. The client code (FileManagerClient) handles the exception using a try-catch block
and displays the error message if an exception is raised. Write the code snippet for the same.
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Ans. To define a custom exception FileException in the IDL file, implement the
deleteFile() method in the server (FileManagerImpl) that throws this exception when an
error occurs during file deletion, and handle this exception in the client code
(FileManagerClient), follow the steps below:

Step 1: Define the Custom Exception in the IDL File

FileManager.idl:

idl
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module FileManagerModule {
exception FileException {
string message;
};

interface FileManager {
void deleteFile(in string filename) raises (FileException);
};
};

Step 2: Implement the Server (FileManagerImpl)

FileManagerImpl.java:

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package FileManagerModule;

import java.io.File;
import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;
import org.omg.PortableServer.POA;
import org.omg.PortableServer.POAHelper;

public class FileManagerImpl extends FileManagerPOA {

private ORB orb;

public void setORB(ORB orb_val) {

orb = orb_val;
}

@Override
public void deleteFile(String filename) throws FileException {
File file = new File(filename);
if (!file.exists()) {
 throw new FileException("File not found: " + filename);
}
if (!file.delete()) {
throw new FileException("Failed to delete file: " + filename);
}
}
}

Step 3: Handle the Exception in the Client (FileManagerClient)

FileManagerClient.java:

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package FileManagerModule;

import org.omg.CORBA.*;
import FileManagerModule.FileManager;
import FileManagerModule.FileManagerHelper;
import FileManagerModule.FileException;

public class FileManagerClient {

public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
// Create and initialize the ORB
ORB orb = ORB.init(args, null);

// Get the root naming context

org.omg.CORBA.Object objRef =
orb.resolve_initial_references("NameService");
NamingContextExt ncRef = NamingContextExtHelper.narrow(objRef);

// Resolve the Object Reference in Naming

String name = "FileManager";
FileManager fileManager =
FileManagerHelper.narrow(ncRef.resolve_str(name));

// Call the deleteFile method

try {
String filename = "example.txt";
fileManager.deleteFile(filename);
System.out.println("File deleted successfully: " +
filename);
} catch (FileException e) {
System.err.println("FileException caught: " + e.message);
}

} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println("ERROR : " + e);
e.printStackTrace(System.out);
}
}
}

Summary of the Code:

1. IDL File:
o Defines the FileException exception with a message attribute.
 o Declares the FileManager interface with the deleteFile method, which can
raise the FileException.
2. Server Implementation (FileManagerImpl):
o Implements the FileManager interface.
o In the deleteFile method, checks if the file exists and attempts to delete it.
o Throws a FileException if the file does not exist or if the deletion fails.
3. Client Code (FileManagerClient):
o Initializes the ORB and gets the reference to the FileManager object.
o Calls the deleteFile method inside a try-catch block.
o Catches the FileException and displays an error message if it occurs.

This setup ensures that the deleteFile method in the server can signal errors via the
FileException, and the client can handle these exceptions appropriately.

2. Identify main tasks and challenges of Enterprise Application Integration for Customer
Relationship Management.
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Ans. Main Tasks of Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) for Customer Relationship Management
(CRM)

1. Data Integration:

o Task: Combine data from different systems (e.g., sales, marketing, customer service)
to create a unified view of customer information.

o Challenge: Data consistency and integrity across disparate systems.

2. Process Integration:

o Task: Ensure that business processes (e.g., lead management, order processing) can
seamlessly interact across different applications.

o Challenge: Synchronizing processes and managing dependencies across different

systems.

3. Application Integration:

o Task: Enable different CRM-related applications to communicate and work together

(e.g., ERP systems, customer support software).

o Challenge: Interoperability issues due to different protocols, data formats, and APIs.

4. Real-time Data Synchronization:

o Task: Ensure real-time updates and synchronization of customer data across all
integrated systems.

o Challenge: Managing real-time data flows and ensuring low latency.

5. Scalability and Performance Management:

 o Task: Ensure that the integration infrastructure can handle increasing volumes of
data and transactions.

o Challenge: Balancing load and optimizing performance across integrated systems.

6. Security and Compliance:

o Task: Protect sensitive customer data and ensure compliance with regulatory
requirements (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).

o Challenge: Implementing robust security measures and maintaining compliance

across integrated systems.

7. Workflow Automation:

o Task: Automate workflows that involve multiple systems (e.g., automated customer
onboarding processes).

o Challenge: Designing and managing complex automated workflows that span

multiple applications.

8. Error Handling and Monitoring:

o Task: Detect, log, and handle errors that occur during integration processes.

o Challenge: Implementing comprehensive monitoring and troubleshooting

mechanisms.

9. User Training and Adoption:

o Task: Ensure that users are adequately trained to use the integrated CRM system.

o Challenge: Managing change and ensuring user adoption of the new integrated
processes and tools.

10. Legacy System Integration:

o Task: Integrate legacy systems with modern CRM solutions.

o Challenge: Compatibility issues and the technical debt associated with outdated
systems.

Challenges of Enterprise Application Integration for CRM

1. Data Silos:

o Challenge: Different departments often maintain their own data, leading to data
silos that hinder a unified customer view.

2. Complexity of Integration:

o Challenge: Integrating multiple systems with different architectures, technologies,

and data formats can be highly complex.

3. Cost and Resource Allocation:

o Challenge: EAI projects can be costly and resource-intensive, requiring significant

investment in technology and skilled personnel.
 4. Data Quality and Consistency:

o Challenge: Ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and completeness across all

integrated systems.

5. Vendor Lock-in:

o Challenge: Dependence on specific vendors or proprietary technologies can limit

flexibility and increase long-term costs.

6. Technical Skill Requirements:

o Challenge: EAI requires specialized technical skills and knowledge, which can be
scarce and expensive.

7. Managing Change:

o Challenge: Resistance to change from employees and stakeholders can hinder the
successful implementation of integrated systems.

8. Scalability Issues:

o Challenge: Ensuring that the integrated system can scale to accommodate growing
data volumes and user demands.

9. Maintaining Integration Over Time:

o Challenge: Integration needs to be maintained and updated as systems evolve,

which can be resource-intensive.

10. Compliance and Regulatory Challenges:

o Challenge: Ensuring that the integrated system complies with all relevant regulations
and industry standards, which can be complex and vary by region.

Conclusion

Enterprise Application Integration for Customer Relationship Management involves a combination of

tasks aimed at unifying data, processes, and applications to provide a seamless customer experience.
The challenges associated with EAI are significant and require careful planning, robust technology
solutions, and skilled personnel to address them effectively.

3. The HR department of Wipro Technologies uses A portal to keep a track of all the employees
who change their Address. When an employee changes their address at one location, it gets
reflected in other places like Sales, Payroll, Marketing etc. The application is built using
Publisher-Subscriber Model. Explain with a diagram of how this event is handled using
publisher-subscriber model.

Ans. Publisher-Subscriber Model for Address Change in Wipro Technologies' HR Portal

The Publisher-Subscriber (Pub-Sub) model is an event-driven architecture pattern where publishers

send messages (events) to subscribers through a central message broker or event bus. The
subscribers register their interest in certain events, and they receive updates when those events
occur. This decouples the producers of data (publishers) from the consumers (subscribers), allowing
for more flexible and scalable systems.

Scenario: Address Change Notification System

Components:

1. Publisher: The HR Portal (Address Change Module).

2. Subscribers: Systems like Sales, Payroll, Marketing, etc.

3. Message Broker/Event Bus: A central system that handles the distribution of messages from
publishers to subscribers.

Steps in the Address Change Process:

1. Employee Updates Address:

o An employee updates their address in the HR Portal.

o The HR Portal acts as the publisher of the "AddressChange" event.

2. Event Generation:

o The HR Portal generates an "AddressChange" event with the new address details.

3. Event Publishing:

o The "AddressChange" event is published to the message broker/event bus.

4. Event Distribution:

o The message broker/event bus distributes the "AddressChange" event to all

interested subscribers (Sales, Payroll, Marketing, etc.).

5. Subscribers Receive Event:

o Each subscribed system receives the "AddressChange" event.

o They update their records with the new address details.

6. Systems Update:

o Sales, Payroll, Marketing, etc., update their databases with the new address
information, ensuring consistency across all departments.

Diagram

Below is a simplified diagram illustrating the Publisher-Subscriber model for this scenario:

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+-------------+

| HR Portal |

| (Publisher) |
 +-------------+

| 1. Employee updates address

+-------------+

| AddressChange|

| Event |

+-------------+

| 2. Publish event

+--------------------+

| Message Broker |

| (Event Bus) |

+--------------------+

+-----------+------------+

| | |

v v v

+---------+ +---------+ +---------+

| Sales | | Payroll | | Marketing|

| (Subscriber)| (Subscriber)| (Subscriber)|

+---------+ +---------+ +---------+

| | |

v v v

+----+ +----+ +----+

| DB | | DB | | DB |

+----+ +----+ +----+

Explanation

1. HR Portal (Publisher): The HR portal is responsible for allowing employees to update their
addresses. When an update occurs, it publishes an "AddressChange" event to the message
broker.
 2. Message Broker (Event Bus): The message broker receives the "AddressChange" event and is
responsible for distributing this event to all registered subscribers. It acts as a mediator
between the publisher and subscribers.

3. Subscribers (Sales, Payroll, Marketing): These are the systems interested in receiving
updates about address changes. They subscribe to the "AddressChange" event and update
their respective databases when they receive the event.

4. Databases (DB): Each subscriber updates its own database to reflect the new address
information.

Benefits of Using Publisher-Subscriber Model

1. Decoupling: Publishers and subscribers are decoupled, meaning they do not need to know
about each other's existence. This makes the system more flexible and easier to maintain.

2. Scalability: New subscribers can be added without changing the publisher or existing
subscribers.

3. Flexibility: Different systems can handle the event in their own way, allowing for diverse
handling logic.

4. Real-time Updates: Changes are propagated in real-time, ensuring that all systems have the
most up-to-date information.

This model ensures that an address change by any employee in the HR portal is promptly and
consistently reflected across all relevant departments, maintaining data integrity and consistency.

4. Design a loan broker system using integration pattern. List the individual task that loan broker
needs to perform for messaging.
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Ans. Loan Broker System Using Integration Pattern

To design a loan broker system using integration patterns, we can utilize various Enterprise
Integration Patterns (EIP) to handle messaging, communication, and data flow between
different components of the system. The main goal is to integrate multiple loan providers and
facilitate the loan application process for customers in an efficient and scalable manner.

Integration Patterns

1. Message Channel: Establishes a communication pathway between different

components.
2. Message Router: Routes messages to the appropriate destination based on specific
criteria.
3. Message Translator: Transforms messages into a format suitable for the receiving
system.
4. Message Broker: Manages the distribution of messages to different endpoints.
5. Aggregator: Collects and consolidates multiple messages into a single message.

Components of the Loan Broker System

 1. Loan Broker: The main entry point for customers to apply for loans.
2. Customer Interface: A web or mobile interface where customers submit loan
applications.
3. Loan Providers: Various banks or financial institutions that offer loans.
4. Message Broker: Central hub that handles communication between the loan broker
and loan providers.
5. Loan Evaluation Service: Evaluates and ranks loan offers from different providers.
6. Notification Service: Sends notifications to customers about the status of their loan
applications.

High-Level Architecture Diagram

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+-------------------+ +-----------------+
| Customer Interface| | Loan Providers |
| (Web/Mobile App) | | (Bank A, B, C) |
+--------+----------+ +--------+--------+
| |
| |
v v
+--------+----------+ +--------+--------+
| Loan Broker |<-------->| Message Broker |
| (Application) | +--------+--------+
+--------+----------+ |
| |
| |
v v
+--------+----------+ +--------+--------+
| Loan Evaluation | | Notification |
| Service | | Service |
+-------------------+ +-----------------+

Individual Tasks for Messaging

1. Receive Loan Application:

o Task: Customer submits a loan application through the Customer Interface.
o Messaging Pattern: Message Channel.
2. Transform Application Data:
o Task: Convert the loan application data into a format suitable for processing.
o Messaging Pattern: Message Translator.
3. Send Application to Message Broker:
o Task: Send the transformed loan application data to the Message Broker.
o Messaging Pattern: Message Channel.
4. Route Application to Loan Providers:
o Task: Route the loan application to multiple loan providers for evaluation.
o Messaging Pattern: Message Router.
5. Receive Loan Offers:
o Task: Loan providers evaluate the application and send back loan offers.
o Messaging Pattern: Message Channel.
6. Aggregate Loan Offers:
o Task: Collect loan offers from multiple providers and aggregate them into a
single message.
 oMessaging Pattern: Aggregator.
7. Evaluate and Rank Offers:
o Task: Evaluate the aggregated loan offers based on criteria like interest rate,
loan amount, and terms.
o Messaging Pattern: Content Filter or Message Translator.
8. Send Best Offer to Customer:
o Task: Notify the customer about the best loan offer.
o Messaging Pattern: Message Channel.
9. Handle Exceptions:
o Task: Manage any errors or exceptions that occur during the process.
o Messaging Pattern: Error Handling.

Detailed Tasks Breakdown

1. Receive Loan Application:

o Customer fills out the loan application form on the Customer Interface.
o Application data is sent to the Loan Broker.
2. Transform Application Data:
o The Loan Broker transforms the data into a standardized format.
o Ensures compatibility with loan providers' systems.
3. Send Application to Message Broker:
o The standardized loan application is sent to the Message Broker.
o The Message Broker acts as a central hub for routing and managing messages.
4. Route Application to Loan Providers:
o The Message Broker routes the application to all registered loan providers.
o Each loan provider receives the application and begins evaluation.
5. Receive Loan Offers:
o Loan providers evaluate the application and generate loan offers.
o Offers are sent back to the Message Broker.
6. Aggregate Loan Offers:
o The Message Broker collects all loan offers from different providers.
o Aggregates the offers into a single message for evaluation.
7. Evaluate and Rank Offers:
o The Loan Evaluation Service processes the aggregated offers.
o Ranks the offers based on predefined criteria (e.g., interest rates, terms).
8. Send Best Offer to Customer:
o The best loan offer is identified and sent to the Notification Service.
o The Notification Service informs the customer about the offer via email/SMS.
9. Handle Exceptions:
o Any errors during the process (e.g., communication failure, data
transformation errors) are logged and managed.
o Customers are notified if their application cannot be processed due to errors.

By utilizing these integration patterns, the loan broker system can efficiently manage the flow
of loan applications, interact with multiple loan providers, and ensure that customers receive
the best possible loan offers in a timely manner.

5. Being a Solution Architect, you are requested to design a message system management to
route incoming messages using Detour using context-based – router via control bus.
Construct a Detour with a context-based router controlled via the Control Bus. In one state
 the router routes incoming messages through additional steps while in the other it routes
messages directly to the destination channel.

Ans. Designing a Message System Management with Detour and Context-Based Router
Controlled via Control Bus

In this task, we'll design a message system that uses a detour with a context-based router
controlled via a control bus. The detour is used to redirect messages based on certain
conditions or contexts, and the control bus manages and monitors the routing logic.

Components and Patterns Involved:

1. Message Channel: Pathway for messages.

2. Context-Based Router: Routes messages based on the context or content of the message.

3. Detour: A secondary path for messages that need special handling.

4. Control Bus: Manages, monitors, and dynamically configures routing rules and behavior.

Steps to Construct the System:

1. Define the Message Flow: Establish the main message flow and the detour path.

2. Context-Based Router: Implement logic to route messages based on context.

3. Detour Path: Set up a secondary path for messages requiring special handling.

4. Control Bus: Implement the control bus to manage and dynamically configure the routing.

High-Level Architecture Diagram:

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+-----------------+

| Message In |

+--------+--------+

+--------+--------+

| Context-Based |

| Router |

+--------+--------+

+--------------+----------------+

| |
 v v

+--------------------+ +--------------------+

| Main Path | | Detour Path |

| (Normal Processing)| | (Special Handling) |

+--------+-----------+ +--------+-----------+

| |

v v

+--------+-----------+ +--------+-----------+

| Control Bus | | Control Bus |

| (Monitor & Control)| | (Monitor & Control)|

+--------------------+ +--------------------+

+-----------------+

| Message Out |

+-----------------+

Detailed Implementation:

1. Message Flow Definition:

o Message In: Entry point for incoming messages.

o Message Out: Exit point for processed messages.

2. Context-Based Router:

o Routing Logic: The router examines the context or content of the message to decide
the routing path.

o Routing Rules: Rules are defined to determine whether a message should go

through the main path or the detour path.

3. Detour Path:

o Secondary Path: Handles messages that require special processing.

o Special Handling: Additional processing or transformation required for certain

messages.

4. Control Bus:

o Dynamic Configuration: Allows dynamic changes to routing rules and logic.

o Monitoring: Monitors message flow and routing decisions.

 o Control Actions: Can reconfigure routing logic based on real-time conditions.

Example of Context-Based Router and Detour with Control Bus:

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// Pseudocode example for the Context-Based Router

public class ContextBasedRouter {

private ControlBus controlBus;

public ContextBasedRouter(ControlBus controlBus) {

this.controlBus = controlBus;

public String routeMessage(Message message) {

// Check message context or content

String context = message.getContext();

if (controlBus.shouldDetour(context)) {

return "detourPath";

} else {

return "mainPath";

// Pseudocode example for the Control Bus

public class ControlBus {

private Map<String, Boolean> detourRules;

public ControlBus() {

this.detourRules = new HashMap<>();

// Initialize default detour rules

detourRules.put("specialContext", true);
 }

public boolean shouldDetour(String context) {

return detourRules.getOrDefault(context, false);

public void updateDetourRule(String context, boolean shouldDetour) {

detourRules.put(context, shouldDetour);

// Pseudocode example for the Message System

public class MessageSystem {

private ContextBasedRouter router;

private ControlBus controlBus;

public MessageSystem() {

this.controlBus = new ControlBus();

this.router = new ContextBasedRouter(controlBus);

public void processMessage(Message message) {

String path = router.routeMessage(message);

if (path.equals("detourPath")) {

// Process message in detour path

detourProcessing(message);

} else {

// Process message in main path

mainProcessing(message);

}
 private void mainProcessing(Message message) {

// Normal processing logic

System.out.println("Processing message in main path: " + message.getContent());

// Send message to control bus for monitoring

controlBus.monitor(message, "mainPath");

private void detourProcessing(Message message) {

// Special handling logic

System.out.println("Processing message in detour path: " + message.getContent());

// Send message to control bus for monitoring

controlBus.monitor(message, "detourPath");

// Example usage

public class Main {

public static void main(String[] args) {

MessageSystem messageSystem = new MessageSystem();

Message message1 = new Message("normalContext", "Message 1");

Message message2 = new Message("specialContext", "Message 2");

messageSystem.processMessage(message1);

messageSystem.processMessage(message2);

Explanation of Pseudocode:

1. ContextBasedRouter:
 o Determines the routing path based on the message context using rules from the
ControlBus.

2. ControlBus:

o Manages and updates routing rules.

o Monitors the message processing paths.

3. MessageSystem:

o Integrates the ContextBasedRouter and ControlBus.

o Processes messages and routes them through either the main path or detour path
based on the routing decision.

Benefits of this Design:

1. Dynamic Routing: The ControlBus allows for dynamic changes to routing logic based on real-
time conditions.

2. Flexibility: Messages can be detoured for special handling without changing the main
processing logic.

3. Monitoring and Control: The ControlBus provides monitoring capabilities to track message
flow and adjust routing as needed.

4. Scalability: Additional routing rules and processing paths can be added without significant
changes to the existing system.

This design ensures that messages are routed efficiently based on their context, with the
flexibility to handle special cases through a detour path, all managed and monitored by a
central control bus.

6. In a Messaging System Operations, how can messages be tracked on a service that publishes
reply messages to the Return Address specified by the requestor?
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Ans. Tracking Messages in a Messaging System with Return Address

In a messaging system where a service publishes reply messages to the return address specified by
the requestor, it's essential to have mechanisms in place to track these messages effectively. The
process involves ensuring that messages can be correlated between request and reply, monitored for
successful delivery, and logged for auditing and troubleshooting purposes.

Key Concepts and Components:

1. Return Address: A specified address where the reply should be sent.

2. Message Correlation: A unique identifier used to link request messages with their
corresponding replies.

3. Message Logging: Recording the details of messages for monitoring and auditing.

4. Tracking System: A system to monitor the status and flow of messages.

Steps to Track Messages:

1. Assign a Correlation ID:

o Every request message should be assigned a unique correlation ID.

o The same correlation ID should be included in the reply message to link it back to the
original request.

2. Specify Return Address:

o The requestor includes a return address in the request message header.

o The service uses this address to publish the reply message.

3. Message Logging:

o Log each request and reply message along with their correlation ID and timestamp.

o Ensure that both the request and reply messages are logged to provide a complete
audit trail.

4. Tracking System:

o Implement a tracking system to monitor the status of messages.

o Use the correlation ID to track the journey of the message from request to reply.

5. Monitor Message Delivery:

o Ensure that the tracking system can verify the successful delivery of reply messages
to the specified return address.

o Handle any failures or delays in message delivery.

Detailed Implementation:

Message Structure:

• Request Message:

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"correlationId": "12345",

"returnAddress": "replyQueue",

"payload": {

// request-specific data

• Reply Message:
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"correlationId": "12345",

"payload": {

// reply-specific data

Message Flow:

1. Send Request:

o The requestor sends a request message with a unique correlationId and

returnAddress.

2. Process Request:

o The service processes the request and generates a reply message.

o The reply message includes the same correlationId to link it to the original request.

3. Publish Reply:

o The service publishes the reply message to the specified returnAddress.

4. Log Messages:

o Both the request and reply messages are logged with their correlationId.

5. Track and Monitor:

o The tracking system monitors the status of the messages using the correlationId.

o It ensures that the reply is successfully delivered to the returnAddress.

Example Code Snippet:

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// Pseudocode for sending a request

public void sendRequest(String payload) {

String correlationId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();

String returnAddress = "replyQueue";

Message requestMessage = new Message();

 requestMessage.setCorrelationId(correlationId);

requestMessage.setReturnAddress(returnAddress);

requestMessage.setPayload(payload);

// Log the request message

logMessage(requestMessage);

// Send the request message to the service

messageQueue.send("requestQueue", requestMessage);

// Pseudocode for processing a request and sending a reply

public void processRequest(Message requestMessage) {

String correlationId = requestMessage.getCorrelationId();

String returnAddress = requestMessage.getReturnAddress();

String payload = requestMessage.getPayload();

// Process the request and generate a reply

String replyPayload = processPayload(payload);

Message replyMessage = new Message();

replyMessage.setCorrelationId(correlationId);

replyMessage.setPayload(replyPayload);

// Log the reply message

logMessage(replyMessage);

// Send the reply message to the return address

messageQueue.send(returnAddress, replyMessage);

}
// Pseudocode for logging a message

public void logMessage(Message message) {

// Log the message with its correlation ID and timestamp

logger.info("Message logged: " + message);

// Pseudocode for tracking system

public void trackMessages(String correlationId) {

// Query the log for messages with the given correlation ID

List<Message> messages = queryLog(correlationId);

// Check the status of request and reply messages

if (messages.size() == 2) {

logger.info("Request and reply messages successfully tracked for correlation ID: " +
correlationId);

} else {

logger.warn("Message tracking incomplete for correlation ID: " + correlationId);

Benefits of This Approach:

1. Message Correlation: The correlation ID ensures that each request can be linked to its
corresponding reply, providing traceability.

2. Dynamic Reply Handling: The return address allows replies to be dynamically routed to the
appropriate destination specified by the requestor.

3. Comprehensive Logging: Logging both request and reply messages provides a complete
audit trail for monitoring and troubleshooting.

4. Effective Monitoring: The tracking system monitors the status and flow of messages,
ensuring successful delivery and handling failures.

By implementing these steps and utilizing the described patterns, a messaging system can effectively
track messages and ensure that replies are properly routed and monitored based on the specified
return address.

Paper 2
 1. In CORBA, the Object Adapter plays a crucial role in facilitating communication between
objects in a distributed system. However, there can be several challenges faced by the Object
Adapter in the current scenario. Explain each of those challenges precisely and define each
one.

ANS. Challenges Faced by the Object Adapter in CORBA

The Object Adapter in CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) is a key component that
bridges the gap between the CORBA object request broker (ORB) and the actual implementation of
CORBA objects. Despite its critical role, the Object Adapter faces several challenges in a distributed
system scenario. Below are the key challenges and their precise definitions:

1. Object Activation and Deactivation:

o Definition: Object activation refers to the process of making an object available for
handling requests, while deactivation is the process of making the object
unavailable.

o Challenge: Efficiently managing the lifecycle of objects, especially in systems with a

large number of objects, can be complex. This involves handling requests for object
activation, ensuring objects are properly deactivated when not needed, and
managing resources effectively to avoid overloading the system.

2. Object Reference Management:

o Definition: Object references are handles that clients use to invoke methods on
remote objects.

o Challenge: Generating, managing, and resolving object references in a consistent

and reliable manner is difficult. This includes ensuring that object references remain
valid, handling the mapping between object references and their implementations,
and managing reference lifetimes to prevent memory leaks.

3. Request Dispatching:

o Definition: The process of routing incoming client requests to the appropriate object
implementation.

o Challenge: Efficiently dispatching requests to the correct object instance, especially

in a high-throughput system with many concurrent requests, requires careful
handling of concurrency and load balancing. Additionally, ensuring low latency and
high reliability in request dispatching is critical for system performance.

4. Security and Access Control:

o Definition: Implementing mechanisms to protect objects and data from

unauthorized access and ensuring that only authorized clients can interact with
objects.

o Challenge: Enforcing security policies and access controls can be complex in a

distributed environment. This includes authenticating clients, authorizing access to
objects, encrypting communications, and ensuring secure object activation and
deactivation processes.
 5. Fault Tolerance and Reliability:

o Definition: Ensuring the system can continue operating correctly even in the
presence of failures.

o Challenge: Implementing fault tolerance mechanisms such as replication, failover,

and recovery strategies to handle object and system failures. This also involves
ensuring that state consistency is maintained across distributed objects and that
clients can transparently recover from failures.

6. Interoperability and Heterogeneity:

o Definition: The ability of the CORBA system to interact with different systems and
technologies.

o Challenge: Managing interactions between diverse systems and ensuring

interoperability between different ORB implementations, platforms, and
programming languages. This includes handling differences in data representation,
communication protocols, and interface definitions.

7. Scalability:

o Definition: The ability of the system to handle increasing numbers of objects and
requests without degrading performance.

o Challenge: Designing the Object Adapter to scale effectively as the number of

objects and the volume of requests grow. This involves efficient resource
management, load balancing, and optimizing performance to handle a large number
of concurrent operations.

8. Portability:

o Definition: The ability of the Object Adapter to operate across different

environments and platforms without modification.

o Challenge: Ensuring that the Object Adapter is portable across various operating
systems and hardware platforms. This requires abstracting platform-specific details
and adhering to standard interfaces and protocols.

Summary

The Object Adapter in CORBA is essential for facilitating communication between distributed objects
and the ORB. However, it faces several challenges including object activation and deactivation, object
reference management, request dispatching, security and access control, fault tolerance and
reliability, interoperability and heterogeneity, scalability, and portability. Addressing these challenges
requires careful design and implementation to ensure that the distributed system operates
efficiently, securely, and reliably.

2. A Messaging middleware company is in process of implementing an Object Bus (a.k.a Message

Bus or Event Bus), requires designing a system that enables communication and interaction
between different objects or components in a distributed environment. While there are various
approaches to implementing an Object Bus. Exemplify high-level outline of the steps involved.
 [10M]

ANS. Designing and implementing an Object Bus (or Message Bus / Event Bus) for enabling
communication between different objects or components in a distributed environment involves
several high-level steps. The goal is to create a system that supports reliable, scalable, and efficient
message-based communication. Below is a high-level outline of the steps involved in implementing
such a system:

1. Define Requirements and Objectives

• Identify Requirements: Gather detailed requirements for the Object Bus, including the types
of messages, communication patterns (e.g., publish/subscribe, request/reply), and
performance goals.

• Define Objectives: Establish objectives for the system, such as scalability, reliability, fault
tolerance, and security.

2. Design the Architecture

• Components: Identify and design the main components of the Object Bus, including:

o Message Producer: Components or objects that generate messages.

o Message Consumer: Components or objects that consume messages.

o Message Bus: The central system for routing and managing messages.

• Communication Patterns: Choose communication patterns that the Object Bus will support,
such as:

o Publish/Subscribe: Where producers publish messages to topics and consumers

subscribe to those topics.

o Request/Reply: Where requests are sent and replies are received.

• Message Format: Define the message format and schema, including headers, payloads, and
metadata.

3. Implement Core Messaging Infrastructure

• Message Broker: Develop or integrate a message broker that handles the routing and
delivery of messages between producers and consumers.

o Routing Logic: Implement the logic for routing messages based on topics, queues, or
other criteria.

o Persistence: If required, implement message persistence to ensure reliability and

durability.

• Message Queues: Implement or configure message queues to handle message buffering and
ensure that messages are delivered even if consumers are temporarily unavailable.

4. Develop Communication Interfaces

 • APIs for Producers and Consumers: Develop APIs that allow components to produce and
consume messages. These APIs should support the required communication patterns and
message formats.

• Protocols: Define and implement communication protocols for message exchange, such as
HTTP, TCP, or custom protocols.

5. Implement Message Handling Mechanisms

• Message Transformation: Implement mechanisms for transforming messages if needed,

such as converting between different formats or data types.

• Error Handling: Design and implement error handling mechanisms to manage message
processing errors and failures.

• Acknowledgements: Implement message acknowledgements and confirmation mechanisms

to ensure reliable delivery.

6. Ensure Scalability and Performance

• Load Balancing: Implement load balancing to distribute message processing across multiple
instances of the Object Bus.

• Performance Tuning: Optimize performance through efficient message routing, queuing, and
processing techniques.

7. Implement Security Measures

• Authentication and Authorization: Implement mechanisms for authenticating and

authorizing message producers and consumers.

• Encryption: Ensure message confidentiality and integrity through encryption of message

payloads and communication channels.

• Access Control: Define and enforce access control policies to restrict who can produce or
consume messages.

8. Testing and Validation

• Unit Testing: Test individual components and functionalities of the Object Bus.

• Integration Testing: Test the integration of the Object Bus with other system components to
ensure end-to-end functionality.

• Performance Testing: Validate that the Object Bus meets performance requirements under
expected load conditions.

9. Deployment and Monitoring

• Deployment: Deploy the Object Bus and its components into the production environment.

• Monitoring: Implement monitoring tools to track the health and performance of the Object
Bus. This includes monitoring message traffic, system load, and error rates.

• Logging: Implement logging mechanisms to capture detailed information about message

exchanges and system behavior for troubleshooting and auditing purposes.
10. Documentation and Training

• Documentation: Create comprehensive documentation for the Object Bus, including design
specifications, API references, and usage guidelines.

• Training: Provide training for developers and system administrators on how to use and
manage the Object Bus.

Summary

Implementing an Object Bus involves defining requirements, designing the architecture, developing
core messaging infrastructure, creating communication interfaces, handling messages, ensuring
scalability and performance, implementing security measures, testing and validation, deploying and
monitoring, and providing documentation and training. Each step is crucial for building a robust and
efficient Object Bus system that enables seamless communication and interaction between
distributed components.

3. A Finance Team of IT company uses a portal to keep a track of all the employees who change
their Address. When an employee changes their address at one location, it gets reflected in other
places like Sales, Payroll, Marketing etc. The application is built using Publisher-Subscriber Model.
Explain with a diagram of how this event is handled using publisher-subscriber model.
[6M]

ANS.

In a Publisher-Subscriber (Pub-Sub) model, the interaction between components is designed to be

decoupled, allowing for more flexible and scalable communication. In the scenario where a Finance
Team needs to track changes in employee addresses and propagate these changes to other
departments like Sales, Payroll, Marketing, etc., the Pub-Sub model can effectively manage these
events.

Publisher-Subscriber Model Overview

1. Publisher: The component that generates events or notifications about changes. In this case,
it’s the system or module where the employee address change is initiated.

2. Subscriber: The components that receive and process events or notifications. Here, these are
the departments like Sales, Payroll, and Marketing that need to update their records with the
new address information.

3. Event Bus (Message Bus): The intermediary that facilitates the distribution of events from
the Publisher to the Subscribers.

High-Level Steps:

1. Address Change Event: An employee updates their address in the Finance system.

2. Publish Event: The Finance system publishes an "Address Change" event to the Event Bus.

3. Event Distribution: The Event Bus routes the address change event to all registered
Subscribers.
 4. Subscribers Receive Event: Sales, Payroll, Marketing, etc., receive the event and update their
records accordingly.

Diagram of the Publisher-Subscriber Model

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+----------------------+

| Employee Portal |

| (Publisher) |

+----------+-----------+

+----------------------+

| Event Bus |

| (Message Distribution) |

+-----+--------+--------+

| | |

v v v

+------------------+ +-----------------+ +-----------------+

| Sales System | | Payroll System | | Marketing System |

| (Subscriber) | | (Subscriber) | | (Subscriber) |

+------------------+ +-----------------+ +-----------------+

Detailed Explanation:

1. Employee Portal (Publisher):

o The Employee Portal is where address changes are initiated. When an employee
updates their address, this action triggers an "Address Change" event.

o The Portal acts as a Publisher by sending this event to the Event Bus.

2. Event Bus:

o The Event Bus is responsible for receiving events from Publishers and distributing
them to all Subscribers.

o It ensures that the "Address Change" event is delivered to all relevant Subscribers
(Sales, Payroll, Marketing) in a reliable manner.

o The Event Bus may include features like message queuing, persistence, and routing
based on event topics or types.
 3. Sales System, Payroll System, Marketing System (Subscribers):

o These systems are configured to subscribe to "Address Change" events.

o When the Event Bus delivers an event, each Subscriber processes the event and
updates its records with the new address information.

o This ensures that all departments have the most up-to-date address information.

Benefits of the Publisher-Subscriber Model:

1. Decoupling: The Publisher (Employee Portal) does not need to know the details of the
Subscribers (Sales, Payroll, Marketing). It simply publishes events, and the Event Bus takes
care of distribution.

2. Scalability: New Subscribers can be added or removed without affecting the Publisher. This
allows the system to scale and adapt to new requirements.

3. Flexibility: The Event Bus can support various communication patterns and message types,
making it easier to integrate different systems and components.

4. Reliability: Event persistence and retry mechanisms in the Event Bus ensure that events are
not lost and are delivered even in case of failures.

In summary, the Publisher-Subscriber model allows the Employee Portal to publish address change
events, which are then distributed by the Event Bus to all relevant systems. Each Subscriber updates
its records based on the received events, ensuring consistent and up-to-date address information
across the organization.

4. Consider a scenario of communication happens between application as follows

Scenario I: Apps communicate through different APIs (the language).

Scenario II: The apps resort to the middleware (the translator) to communicate with each other,
instead of understanding every other API (Application Programming Interface)

A. Consider both the scenario for IOT application using Middleware and discuss metrics
need to be consider for the following use case: “Device’s exchange information and
send data to a middleware.”
[4M]

B. What are the metrics used for performance evaluation of Middleware? [6M]

ANSWER.

A. Metrics for IoT Applications Using Middleware

In an IoT (Internet of Things) application where devices exchange information and send data to
middleware, there are different considerations based on the communication scenarios:

Scenario I: Direct API Communication

• Direct API Communication involves each application or device using its specific API for
communication. This scenario might lead to complex integrations as each system needs to
understand and interact with the APIs of other systems directly.
Scenario II: Middleware-Based Communication

• Middleware-Based Communication involves using middleware to facilitate communication

between applications. The middleware acts as a translator, allowing devices and applications
to communicate without having to understand each other's APIs directly.

Metrics to Consider:

1. Latency:

o Definition: The time taken for a message or data to travel from the source device to
the destination through the middleware.

o Importance: Low latency is crucial for real-time or near-real-time IoT applications

where timely data exchange is essential.

2. Throughput:

o Definition: The volume of data or number of messages the middleware can handle
per unit of time.

o Importance: High throughput is important for systems with a large number of

devices or high-frequency data exchanges.

3. Scalability:

o Definition: The ability of the middleware to handle an increasing number of devices

or data volume without performance degradation.

o Importance: Scalability ensures that the middleware can grow with the system and
accommodate more devices and data as needed.

4. Reliability and Fault Tolerance:

o Definition: The ability of the middleware to ensure data delivery even in the case of
failures or network issues.

o Importance: Ensures that data is not lost and systems remain operational even if
some components fail.

5. Data Consistency:

o Definition: The ability of the middleware to ensure that data is consistently updated
and synchronized across different systems.

o Importance: Consistency is crucial for maintaining accurate and up-to-date

information across the system.

6. Resource Utilization:

o Definition: The efficiency of the middleware in using system resources such as CPU,
memory, and network bandwidth.

o Importance: Efficient resource utilization helps in managing costs and ensures

optimal performance of the middleware.

B. Metrics for Performance Evaluation of Middleware

When evaluating the performance of middleware, several key metrics should be considered to assess
its efficiency and effectiveness:

1. Latency:

o Definition: The time it takes for a request to be processed and for a response to be
returned by the middleware.

o Measurement: Typically measured in milliseconds (ms). Lower latency indicates

faster performance.

2. Throughput:

o Definition: The number of requests or transactions processed by the middleware per

second.

o Measurement: Measured in transactions per second (TPS) or messages per second.

Higher throughput indicates better handling of high volumes.

3. Scalability:

o Definition: The ability of the middleware to handle increasing workloads by adding

more resources.

o Measurement: Assessed by testing how performance metrics (latency, throughput)

change as the load increases or as more nodes/resources are added.

4. Reliability:

o Definition: The middleware’s ability to operate correctly and consistently over time,
including handling failures gracefully.

o Measurement: Measured by uptime percentages, mean time between failures

(MTBF), and mean time to repair (MTTR). Higher reliability indicates better
performance.

5. Error Rate:

o Definition: The frequency of errors encountered during operations.

o Measurement: Measured as the percentage of failed transactions or messages

compared to the total number of transactions. Lower error rates indicate better
performance.

6. Resource Utilization:

o Definition: How efficiently the middleware uses system resources like CPU, memory,
and network bandwidth.

o Measurement: Measured by monitoring resource usage during operations. Efficient

resource utilization ensures that the middleware performs well without unnecessary
overhead.

Summary

For IoT applications, when using middleware, it’s crucial to consider metrics such as latency,
throughput, scalability, reliability, data consistency, and resource utilization. For performance
evaluation of middleware in general, focus on latency, throughput, scalability, reliability, error rate,
and resource utilization. These metrics help ensure that the middleware performs efficiently, meets
the application's requirements, and scales effectively as demands grow.

5. A. Database Architect has received a task to transform and design the data model by using
semantics of MongoDB for the below given ER diagram in UML notation. [5M]

B. Transform the following RDBMS SQL queries into NoSQL MongoDB Queries [5M]

a.) Collections: Posts

“SELECT * FROM posts INNER JOIN posts_tags ON posts.id = posts_tags.post_id INNER JOIN tags ON
posts_tags.tag_id == tags.id WHERE tags.text = 'politics' AND posts.vote_count > 10;”

b.) Colletions: Users

“Find me all users such that the first_name is Smith and was born in 1975.”

c.) For given products data model : find all products manufactured by Acme

{ _id: ObjectId("4c4b1476238d3b4dd5003981"),

slug: "wheel-barrow-9092",

sku: "9092",

details: { model_num: 4039283402,

manufacturer: "Acme", manufacturer_id: 432, color: "Green" } }

d.) Find the summary of GOOG for October 5, 2010 with the following _id query from
collections named ticks. { _id: { sym: 'GOOG', date: 20101005 } open: 40.23, high: 45.50,
low: 38.81, close: 41.22 }
 e.) Use a Mongo DB method which specifies the cursor object to display the Mongo query
results in an easy-to-read attractive format [use the same query as of above d.].

ANSWER

A. Transforming ER Diagram to MongoDB Data Model

To transform an ER diagram into a MongoDB data model, we need to understand how to map
relational data structures to MongoDB's document-based structure. Here’s a general approach for
transforming an ER diagram into MongoDB's data model:

1. Identify Entities and Relationships

• Entities: These become MongoDB collections.

• Attributes: These become fields within documents in the collections.

• Relationships: Relationships can be embedded or referenced, depending on the use case and
data access patterns.

Example ER Diagram to MongoDB Data Model

Let's assume we have the following ER diagram in UML notation:

• Entities:

o Customer: CustomerID, Name, Email

o Order: OrderID, Date, Total

o Product: ProductID, ProductName, Price

• Relationships:

o A Customer can place many Orders.

o An Order can contain multiple Products.

MongoDB Data Model:

1. Customer Collection:

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"_id": ObjectId("customer_id"),

"Name": "John Doe",

"Email": "john.doe@example.com",

"Orders": [

{
 "OrderID": "order_id_1",

"Date": "2024-08-04",

"Total": 150.00,

"Products": [

"ProductID": "product_id_1",

"ProductName": "Widget",

"Price": 50.00

},

"ProductID": "product_id_2",

"ProductName": "Gadget",

"Price": 100.00

2. Order Collection (if orders are managed separately):

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"_id": ObjectId("order_id"),

"CustomerID": "customer_id",

"Date": "2024-08-04",

"Total": 150.00,

"Products": [

"ProductID": "product_id_1",

"ProductName": "Widget",

"Price": 50.00
 },

"ProductID": "product_id_2",

"ProductName": "Gadget",

"Price": 100.00

3. Product Collection (if products are managed separately):

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"_id": ObjectId("product_id"),

"ProductName": "Widget",

"Price": 50.00

Key Points:

• Embedding: Use embedding to include related entities directly within documents for faster
access, like embedding Orders within Customer.

• Referencing: Use references when embedding is not feasible or when relationships are
complex, like having a separate Product collection.

B. Transforming SQL Queries into MongoDB Queries

a. SQL Query Transformation

SQL Query:

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SELECT * FROM posts

INNER JOIN posts_tags ON posts.id = posts_tags.post_id

INNER JOIN tags ON posts_tags.tag_id = tags.id

WHERE tags.text = 'politics' AND posts.vote_count > 10;

MongoDB Query:

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db.posts.aggregate([

$lookup: {

from: "posts_tags",

localField: "id",

foreignField: "post_id",

as: "posts_tags"

},

{ $unwind: "$posts_tags" },

$lookup: {

from: "tags",

localField: "posts_tags.tag_id",

foreignField: "id",

as: "tags"

},

{ $unwind: "$tags" },

$match: {

"tags.text": "politics",

"vote_count": { $gt: 10 }

])

b. SQL Query Transformation

SQL Query:

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SELECT * FROM users WHERE first_name = 'Smith' AND YEAR(birth_date) = 1975;

MongoDB Query:

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db.users.find({

first_name: "Smith",

birth_date: { $gte: new Date("1975-01-01"), $lt: new Date("1976-01-01") }

})

c. SQL Query Transformation

SQL Query:

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SELECT * FROM products WHERE details.manufacturer = 'Acme';

MongoDB Query:

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db.products.find({

"details.manufacturer": "Acme"

})

d. SQL Query Transformation

SQL Query:

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SELECT * FROM ticks WHERE _id.sym = 'GOOG' AND _id.date = 20101005;

MongoDB Query:

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db.ticks.findOne({

_id: {

sym: "GOOG",

date: 20101005
 }

})

e. MongoDB Query Formatting

To display MongoDB query results in an easy-to-read format, you can use the pretty() method:

MongoDB Query:

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db.ticks.findOne({

_id: {

sym: "GOOG",

date: 20101005

}).pretty()

Explanation: The pretty() method formats the query results in a more readable way, with indentation
and line breaks.

Summary

• A: Transforming an ER diagram into MongoDB involves mapping entities to collections,

attributes to fields, and relationships to embedded documents or references.

• B: SQL queries can be transformed into MongoDB queries using aggregation pipelines for
complex joins and standard query operations for simpler queries. The pretty() method helps
in formatting MongoDB query results for better readability.

6. A Famous Sports website wants to provide cricket scores as RESTful API service. Let us assume
there is a class called matchscore. If someone enters matchid as input, it’s method sharescore
will return a list of score objects. Score object contains player name and runs scored by the
player.

Please write code that can handle request in the following cases.

1.www.cricketscore.com/rest/match/getscore?matchid=100

2.www.cricketscore.com/rest/match/getscore/100

3.User submits a form that contains a field namely matchid.

Without RESTful API, the method would be as below

Public list<Score> sharescore(int matchid)

List<Score> scorelist = userdao.getscores(matched);

return scorelist;

ANSWER

To handle the scenarios you've described, we need to implement a RESTful API service that can
process various types of requests for cricket scores. We'll use a framework like Spring Boot for Java to
create this service. Here’s how you can set up your RESTful API to handle the given cases:

1. Spring Boot Setup

First, ensure you have Spring Boot set up in your project. You can create a Spring Boot project using
Spring Initializr or manually set it up.

2. Create the Score Class

This class represents the score object containing player names and runs scored.

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public class Score {

private String playerName;

private int runsScored;

// Constructors, getters, and setters

public Score() {}

public Score(String playerName, int runsScored) {

this.playerName = playerName;

this.runsScored = runsScored;

public String getPlayerName() {

return playerName;

}
 public void setPlayerName(String playerName) {

this.playerName = playerName;

public int getRunsScored() {

return runsScored;

public void setRunsScored(int runsScored) {

this.runsScored = runsScored;

3. Create the MatchScore Service

This service contains the sharescore method that interacts with the data layer.

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import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

import java.util.List;

@Service

public class MatchScoreService {

// Assume userdao is a DAO object that retrieves score data

private final UserDAO userDAO;

public MatchScoreService(UserDAO userDAO) {

this.userDAO = userDAO;

public List<Score> sharescore(int matchId) {

return userDAO.getScores(matchId);

}
}

4. Create the Controller

This controller will handle the different types of requests and return the appropriate responses.

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import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;

import java.util.List;

@RestController

@RequestMapping("/rest/match")

public class MatchScoreController {

private final MatchScoreService matchScoreService;

public MatchScoreController(MatchScoreService matchScoreService) {

this.matchScoreService = matchScoreService;

// Handle request via query parameter

@GetMapping("/getscore")

public List<Score> getScoreByQueryParam(@RequestParam int matchid) {

return matchScoreService.sharescore(matchid);

// Handle request via path variable

@GetMapping("/getscore/{matchid}")

public List<Score> getScoreByPathVariable(@PathVariable int matchid) {

return matchScoreService.sharescore(matchid);

// Handle request via form submission

 @PostMapping("/getscore")

public List<Score> getScoreByFormSubmission(@RequestParam int matchid) {

return matchScoreService.sharescore(matchid);

5. Configure the UserDAO Class

This is a placeholder for the data access object that interacts with your data source to get scores.

java

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import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;

import java.util.List;

@Repository

public class UserDAO {

public List<Score> getScores(int matchId) {

// This method should interact with the database or other data sources to retrieve scores

// Example static data for demonstration

return List.of(

new Score("Player A", 50),

new Score("Player B", 30)

);

6. Spring Boot Application Entry Point

Ensure you have a main application class to run the Spring Boot application.

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import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;

import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;

@SpringBootApplication
public class CricketScoreApplication {

public static void main(String[] args) {

SpringApplication.run(CricketScoreApplication.class, args);

Summary

1. GET Request with Query Parameter:

o Endpoint: www.cricketscore.com/rest/match/getscore?matchid=100

o Handled by getScoreByQueryParam(@RequestParam int matchid) method.

2. GET Request with Path Variable:

o Endpoint: www.cricketscore.com/rest/match/getscore/100

o Handled by getScoreByPathVariable(@PathVariable int matchid) method.

3. POST Request from Form Submission:

o Form contains a field named matchid.

o Handled by getScoreByFormSubmission(@RequestParam int matchid) method.

This setup ensures that your RESTful API can handle different types of requests efficiently and return
the appropriate cricket score data based on the match ID provided.

Paper 3
1. Being a Middleware Architect of your Company, What do you suggest the steps
involved in Compiling and Running a below Java IDL application
module EchoApp {
interface Echo {
string echoString();
};
};
Answer
To compile and run a Java IDL (Interface Definition Language) application, such as
the one provided in the EchoApp module, you need to follow several steps. These
steps involve generating the necessary stubs and skeletons, implementing the server
and client, and then compiling and running these components. Here’s a detailed
guide:
Steps Involved in Compiling and Running a Java IDL Application
1. Define the IDL File
You have already provided the IDL definition:
idl
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module EchoApp {
 interface Echo {
string echoString();
};
};
2. Compile the IDL File
To generate Java code from the IDL file, you need to use an IDL compiler provided
by the CORBA implementation you are using. For example, if you are using the
Object Management Group (OMG) standard CORBA implementation, you will use
the idlj compiler.
• Command:
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idlj -fall EchoApp.idl
This command generates Java files from your IDL file. The -fall option generates all
possible files (stubs, skeletons, and helper classes).
3. Generate Java Files
After running the IDL compiler, it will generate several Java files in the current
directory or a specified directory, including:
• EchoApp/Echo.java (IDL-defined interface)
• EchoApp/EchoHelper.java (Helper class for the interface)
• EchoApp/EchoHolder.java (Holder class for the interface)
• EchoApp/EchoPOA.java (POA (Portable Object Adapter) class)
4. Implement the Server
Create the implementation for the server that will provide the functionality defined
in the IDL. This involves creating a class that extends the generated EchoPOA class
and implements the Echo interface.
• Server Implementation:
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import EchoApp.EchoPOA;
import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;

public class EchoImpl extends EchoPOA {

private ORB orb;

public void setORB(ORB orb_val) {

orb = orb_val;
}

@Override
public String echoString() {
return "Hello from EchoServer!";
}
 public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
// Initialize ORB
ORB orb = ORB.init(args, null);

// Create and initialize the root object

EchoImpl echoImpl = new EchoImpl();
echoImpl.setORB(orb);

// Get the root naming context

org.omg.CORBA.Object objRef =
orb.resolve_initial_references("NameService");
NamingContextExt ncRef = NamingContextExtHelper.narrow(objRef);

// Bind the object reference in the naming service

String name = "EchoServer";
NameComponent[] nameToBind = ncRef.to_name(name);
ncRef.rebind(nameToBind, echoImpl);

System.out.println("Echo Server ready and waiting ...");

// Wait for invocations from clients

orb.run();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
5. Implement the Client
Create the client code that will look up the server object and invoke methods on it.
• Client Implementation:
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import EchoApp.Echo;
import EchoApp.EchoHelper;
import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;

public class EchoClient {

public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
// Initialize ORB
ORB orb = ORB.init(args, null);

// Get the root naming context

 org.omg.CORBA.Object objRef =
orb.resolve_initial_references("NameService");
NamingContextExt ncRef = NamingContextExtHelper.narrow(objRef);

// Resolve the object reference in naming

String name = "EchoServer";
Echo echoRef = EchoHelper.narrow(ncRef.resolve_str(name));

// Call the echoString method and print the result

String response = echoRef.echoString();
System.out.println("Response from server: " + response);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
6. Compile the Java Code
Compile the generated and implemented Java files using the javac compiler.
• Commands:
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javac EchoApp/*.java
javac EchoImpl.java
javac EchoClient.java
7. Run the Server and Client
First, start the CORBA naming service (if using one) and then run the server and
client.
• Start Naming Service:
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startNamingService
• Run Server:
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java EchoImpl
• Run Client:
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java EchoClient
Summary
1. Define the IDL file: Write your IDL definition.
2. Compile the IDL file: Use the idlj compiler to generate Java code.
3. Generate Java files: The compiler generates stubs, skeletons, and helper classes.
 4. Implement the server: Create a server class extending EchoPOA and implementing
Echo.
5. Implement the client: Create a client that looks up the server and invokes methods.
6. Compile the Java code: Use javac to compile the generated and implemented code.
7. Run the server and client: Start the server and client applications to test
communication.
Following these steps will help you successfully compile and run a Java IDL
application, providing a framework for distributed object communication.
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2. a. What is EAI and list out its patterns and applications?

[2M]
b. Write briefly about EAI types of models and levels
[3M]

ANSWER
a. What is EAI and List Out Its Patterns and Applications
Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) is a process used to connect disparate
enterprise applications within an organization to enable them to work together in a
cohesive manner. EAI integrates different applications and systems, often with the
aim of improving operational efficiency, reducing redundancy, and ensuring
consistent data across various platforms.
Patterns of EAI:
1. Point-to-Point Integration: Direct connections between pairs of applications.
Suitable for simple systems but can become unmanageable as the number of
applications grows.
2. Hub-and-Spoke Integration: A central hub (integration server) connects to multiple
applications (spokes). This simplifies management and reduces the complexity of
connections.
3. Enterprise Service Bus (ESB): An architecture that uses a bus (ESB) for integrating
and routing messages between services. It provides capabilities like routing,
transformation, and protocol conversion.
4. Publish-Subscribe Model: Applications publish messages to a central topic or
channel, and other applications subscribe to the topics they are interested in. This
decouples the producers and consumers of data.
5. Message Broker: A system that receives messages from producers, processes them,
and forwards them to consumers. It handles message transformation, routing, and
queuing.
6. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): Applications are designed as services that
communicate over a network. Services are loosely coupled and can be reused across
different applications.
7. Data Integration: Combines data from different sources to provide a unified view.
Techniques include data warehousing, ETL (Extract, Transform, Load), and data
virtualization.
8. Business Process Management (BPM): Manages and improves business processes
through automation and integration of various applications and systems.
Applications of EAI:
• CRM Systems Integration: Connecting CRM systems with ERP, marketing tools,
and other business applications to provide a unified view of customer data.
• ERP Integration: Integrating ERP systems with supply chain management, HR, and
financial systems to streamline operations.
• Legacy System Integration: Connecting old systems with new applications to ensure
continuity and data consistency.
• E-commerce Integration: Linking e-commerce platforms with inventory, payment
gateways, and customer service systems.
• B2B Integration: Facilitating communication between businesses using standards
like EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) and APIs.
• Data Synchronization: Ensuring data consistency across multiple applications and
databases.
2. b. EAI Types of Models and Levels
Types of EAI Models:
1. Middleware-Based Integration:
o Message-Oriented Middleware (MOM): Handles the communication
between applications by sending messages through a central broker or
message queue.
o Object Middleware: Facilitates communication between objects across
different systems, such as CORBA (Common Object Request Broker
Architecture).
2. Data-Based Integration:
o ETL (Extract, Transform, Load): Extracts data from multiple sources,
transforms it into a suitable format, and loads it into a target database or data
warehouse.
 o Data Virtualization: Provides a unified view of data from multiple sources
without physically consolidating it.
3. Service-Oriented Integration:
o SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture): Applications are structured as services
that communicate over a network, enabling interoperability and reusability.
4. Application-Based Integration:
o Point-to-Point Integration: Directly connects two applications.
o Hub-and-Spoke Integration: Uses a central hub to connect multiple
applications.
5. API-Based Integration:
o RESTful APIs: Allows applications to communicate over HTTP using
standard methods like GET, POST, PUT, DELETE.
o SOAP APIs: Uses XML-based messaging protocol for communication.
Levels of EAI:
1. Application Level: Integration occurs directly between applications. This can be
point-to-point or through a central hub. It often involves synchronizing data and
functionality between disparate applications.
2. Data Level: Focuses on integrating and synchronizing data across systems. This
includes data warehouses, data lakes, and data synchronization techniques.
3. Business Process Level: Integrates business processes that span multiple
applications or systems. This can involve BPM tools and workflow automation to
streamline and coordinate processes.
4. Enterprise Level: Provides a holistic view of integration across the entire enterprise,
including strategic alignment of IT systems, data, and business processes. This often
involves SOA, ESB, and enterprise-wide data integration solutions.
5. Technical Level: Deals with the underlying technologies and protocols used for
integration, such as messaging systems, APIs, middleware, and communication
protocols.
In summary, EAI is a critical process for ensuring that different enterprise
applications and systems work together seamlessly. It involves various patterns and
models, each suited to different integration needs, and operates at multiple levels to
achieve comprehensive integration within an organization.
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 3. A software company has a legacy system in which synchronous approach of
implementing observer is used. Now the company is using the Publish-Subscribe (e.g.,
messaging) approach for implementing observer. Discuss the advantages of Publish-
Subscribe (e.g., messaging) approach over the traditional synchronous (e.g., RPC)
approach of implementing Observer.

ANSWER
When transitioning from a synchronous approach (such as Remote Procedure Call or RPC) to
a Publish-Subscribe (Pub-Sub) approach for implementing the Observer pattern, there are
several notable advantages. The Pub-Sub model, which is often implemented using
messaging systems, offers significant benefits over traditional synchronous approaches.
Here’s a detailed comparison:
1. Decoupling of Components
• Publish-Subscribe: In a Pub-Sub system, publishers and subscribers are loosely
coupled. Publishers emit messages without knowledge of which subscribers will
receive them, and subscribers express interest in specific topics or events. This
decoupling enhances flexibility and scalability, allowing components to evolve
independently.
• Synchronous (RPC): In an RPC-based synchronous system, the observer (client) is
tightly coupled with the subject (server). The client directly invokes methods on the
server, which requires both parties to be aware of each other and synchronized,
making changes and scaling more complex.
2. Asynchronous Communication
• Publish-Subscribe: Messages are sent asynchronously, meaning the publisher does
not wait for the subscriber to process the message. This allows for non-blocking
operations and can improve overall system responsiveness and throughput.
• Synchronous (RPC): Communication is synchronous, which means the client waits
for the server to respond before continuing. This can lead to delays and reduced
system responsiveness, especially if the server is slow or unresponsive.
3. Scalability
• Publish-Subscribe: Pub-Sub systems are highly scalable. New subscribers can be
added or removed without affecting the publisher or other subscribers. Messaging
systems can handle large numbers of messages and subscribers efficiently.
• Synchronous (RPC): Scalability can be a challenge with RPC due to the direct
dependencies between clients and servers. As the number of clients increases, the
server must handle more direct requests, potentially leading to performance
bottlenecks and increased load.
4. Fault Tolerance and Reliability
• Publish-Subscribe: Pub-Sub systems often have built-in mechanisms for message
persistence and retrying failed messages, improving fault tolerance. Subscribers can
process messages at their own pace, and the system can recover from failures more
gracefully.
• Synchronous (RPC): RPC systems can be more susceptible to failures. If the server is
down or slow, clients may experience delays or failures. There is typically no built-in
mechanism for retrying failed requests or persisting messages.
5. Flexibility and Extensibility
• Publish-Subscribe: The Pub-Sub model is flexible and can easily accommodate
changes. New types of messages or topics can be introduced without altering existing
components. Subscribers can dynamically express interest in different topics.
 • Synchronous (RPC): Modifying the RPC interface often requires changes to both the
client and server. Adding new features or altering existing functionality can
necessitate updates across all components that use the RPC calls.
6. Message Broadcasting
• Publish-Subscribe: A single message can be broadcast to multiple subscribers. This is
useful for scenarios where the same event needs to be processed by multiple
components.
• Synchronous (RPC): RPC is typically designed for one-to-one communication.
Broadcasting messages to multiple clients requires additional complexity and
implementation effort.
7. Reduced Network Latency
• Publish-Subscribe: Since messages are handled asynchronously, network latency can
be minimized. Subscribers can process messages at their own pace, which can reduce
the overall impact of network delays.
• Synchronous (RPC): Network latency directly affects synchronous RPC calls, as
clients must wait for server responses. High latency can lead to longer wait times and
reduced performance.
8. Event-Driven Architecture
• Publish-Subscribe: Pub-Sub fits well with event-driven architectures, where systems
react to events and changes in real time. It is ideal for scenarios where actions are
triggered by specific events.
• Synchronous (RPC): RPC is better suited for request-response scenarios and does not
naturally fit with event-driven architectures. It can be less efficient for systems that
need to respond to real-time events.
Summary
The Publish-Subscribe approach offers several advantages over traditional synchronous
methods like RPC for implementing the Observer pattern:
• Decoupling: Loose coupling between components
• Asynchronous Communication: Non-blocking operations and improved
responsiveness
• Scalability: Efficient handling of large numbers of subscribers and messages
• Fault Tolerance: Better mechanisms for message persistence and recovery
• Flexibility: Easier to adapt to changes and extend functionality
• Broadcasting: Ability to send messages to multiple subscribers
• Reduced Latency: Minimizes the impact of network delays
• Event-Driven: Well-suited for real-time, event-driven systems
These benefits make the Publish-Subscribe model a robust choice for modern, scalable, and
flexible system architectures.

4. A food delivery company application built using middleware technologies has

implemented Messaging to perform a Request-Reply channel to handle the requests
from its customers and once it has received a reply message, how does a requestor
identify that it has received a reply for which request? Which component of the message
construction will you use to handle the above scenario? Explain your approach in detail
with appropriate diagrams. [5M]

ANSWER
To handle request-reply communication in a messaging system, especially in a food delivery
application, it's crucial to match responses with their corresponding requests. This is achieved
using mechanisms that ensure that each reply can be correctly identified and associated with
the original request.
Key Component for Request-Reply Matching
Correlation ID: The primary component used to handle the identification of replies in a
request-reply messaging system is the Correlation ID. The Correlation ID is a unique
identifier added to each request message. When a reply is received, it includes the same
Correlation ID, allowing the requestor to match the reply to the original request.
Approach and Detailed Explanation
1. Adding a Correlation ID to Requests
When a request is sent from the client (requestor) to the server (handler), a unique Correlation
ID is generated and included in the request message. This ID is often a UUID (Universally
Unique Identifier) or a similar unique value.
• Request Message Structure:
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{
"CorrelationID": "12345",
"RequestType": "Order",
"OrderDetails": {
"Item": "Pizza",
"Quantity": 2
}
}
2. Processing the Request on the Server
Upon receiving the request, the server processes it and generates a response. The server
includes the Correlation ID from the request in the reply message.
• Reply Message Structure:
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{
"CorrelationID": "12345",
"Status": "Success",
"OrderID": "67890"
}
3. Handling the Reply on the Client
When the client receives a reply message, it extracts the Correlation ID from the response and
matches it with the pending requests in its request queue or cache. This matching allows the
client to identify which request the reply corresponds to.
• Requestor's Approach:
o Store each outgoing request along with its Correlation ID in a cache or queue.
o When a reply is received, use the Correlation ID to look up the corresponding
request.
o Process the reply based on the information associated with the Correlation ID.
4. Diagram
Here’s a simple diagram illustrating the request-reply process with Correlation ID:
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+----------------+ +----------------+
| Client | | Server |
+----------------+ +----------------+
| |
|----(1) Request with CorrelationID-->|
| |
| |
|<---(2) Process Request and Send Reply with CorrelationID---|
| |
| |
|----(3) Reply with CorrelationID---->|
| |
| |
v v
[Request Cache] [Request Processing]
• (1): The client sends a request message with a Correlation ID to the server.
• (2): The server processes the request and sends a reply message back to the client with
the same Correlation ID.
• (3): The client receives the reply, extracts the Correlation ID, and uses it to match the
reply with the original request.
Benefits of Using Correlation ID
• Unique Identification: Ensures each request and reply pair can be uniquely identified.
• Asynchronous Handling: Allows handling of asynchronous replies, where responses
may come at different times.
• Scalability: Facilitates scaling by enabling multiple requests and replies to be
managed efficiently.
• Error Handling: Helps in tracking failed or lost messages by identifying which request
is pending a reply.
Conclusion
In a request-reply messaging system, using a Correlation ID is crucial for matching replies
with their corresponding requests. This approach ensures that each response is correctly
associated with the original request, facilitating efficient and accurate processing in a
distributed system.

5. Design a message system management to route incoming messages using Detour using
context-based – router via control bus. Construct a Detour with a context-based router
controlled via the Control Bus. In one state the router routes incoming messages through
additional steps while in the other it routes messages directly to the destination channel.

ANSWER
Designing a message system that routes incoming messages using a Detour with a context-
based router controlled via a Control Bus involves a structured approach. Here's how you can
design such a system:
Components
1. Message Router: Determines how messages are routed based on their context.
2. Control Bus: Manages routing rules and state transitions.
3. Detour: An additional processing step that messages may pass through based on
routing rules.
4. Destination Channels: Endpoints where messages are finally delivered.
System Design
1. Define States for Routing
o State 1 (Detour State): In this state, messages are routed through additional
processing steps (Detour).
o State 2 (Direct Routing State): In this state, messages are routed directly to
their destination channels.
2. Context-Based Router: This component decides the routing path based on the context
or attributes of the incoming messages. The context can include message headers,
payload, or metadata.
 3. Control Bus: A centralized system that controls the state of the router and manages
routing rules. It communicates with the router to determine whether messages should
be routed through the Detour or directly to the destination.
Workflow
1. Message Arrival: Messages arrive at the system and are handled by the Router.
2. Context-Based Decision: The Router inspects the message's context to determine the
appropriate routing path.
3. State Check via Control Bus: The Control Bus checks the current state and routing
rules.
4. Routing Decision:
o In Detour State: The message is routed through the Detour for additional
processing (e.g., logging, enrichment).
o In Direct Routing State: The message is routed directly to the destination
channel.
Diagram
Here is a diagram to illustrate the message routing system with Detour, context-based routing,
and Control Bus:
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+-------------------+
| Message Arrives |
+---------+---------+
|
v
+-------------------+
| Context-Based |
| Router |
+---------+---------+
|
v
+-------------------+
| Control Bus |
+---------+---------+
/ | \
/ v \
 +-------------------+ +-------------------+
| Detour State | | Direct Routing |
| (Additional | | State (Direct |
| Processing) | | to Destination) |
+---------+---------+ +---------+---------+
| |
v v
+-------------------+ +-------------------+
| Destination | | Destination |
| Channel | | Channel |
+-------------------+ +-------------------+
Detailed Explanation
1. Message Arrival: Incoming messages enter the system.
2. Context-Based Router:
o Inspect Message: The router analyzes the message’s context (e.g., headers,
metadata) to determine routing needs.
o Decision Making: Based on the context, the router decides whether the
message should be routed through Detour or directly to the destination.
3. Control Bus:
o State Management: The Control Bus maintains and communicates the current
routing state (Detour or Direct).
o Routing Rules: It can dynamically change routing rules and states based on
system conditions or configuration changes.
4. Routing:
o Detour State: If in Detour State, the message passes through additional
processing steps. For example, the Detour could log the message or perform
data enrichment before routing it to the destination.
o Direct Routing State: If in Direct Routing State, the message is sent straight to
the destination channel without additional processing.
Use Cases
• Detour State: Useful for scenarios requiring additional processing or monitoring of
messages, such as audit logging or applying business rules.
• Direct Routing State: Efficient for scenarios where messages need to be delivered
quickly and directly to their final destination without intermediate processing.
Conclusion
The designed message system using a Detour with a context-based router and a Control Bus
allows for flexible and efficient message routing. By leveraging different states and routing
rules, the system can handle various processing requirements and adapt to changing
conditions, ensuring that messages are routed appropriately based on their context and the
current system state.

6. What is the need of messaging end point in messaging system explain it with proper
example.

ANSWER

Need for Messaging Endpoints in a Messaging System

Messaging Endpoints play a crucial role in messaging systems by serving as the

communication interfaces where messages are sent and received. They are essential for
enabling interoperability, scalability, and manageability in distributed systems.

Key Reasons for Messaging Endpoints

1. Decoupling of Components

o Explanation: Endpoints decouple message producers from consumers. This

allows different components or services to interact without needing to know
about each other’s implementation details or even their existence.

o Example: In an e-commerce application, the order service (producer) sends

order details to a message queue (endpoint). The inventory service (consumer)
receives messages from the same queue and updates stock levels. The order
service does not need to know which system processes the order details.

2. Scalability

o Explanation: Endpoints enable the system to handle varying loads by routing

messages to different services or instances as needed. This helps in distributing
the load and scaling components independently.

o Example: A stock trading platform uses message endpoints to route trade

requests to multiple trading engines. If trading volume increases, additional
trading engines can be added to the system, and the message routing can
distribute the load among them.

3. Interoperability

o Explanation: Endpoints facilitate communication between systems with

different technologies, protocols, or platforms. They act as intermediaries that
convert and route messages appropriately.

o Example: A payment processing system might use a REST API endpoint to

communicate with external payment gateways using HTTP, while internally it
uses a different protocol like JMS (Java Message Service) to communicate with
other components.
 4. Flexibility and Extensibility

o Explanation: By using endpoints, systems can be designed to add or modify

services without disrupting existing operations. Endpoints can be updated or
replaced with minimal impact on other system components.

o Example: A customer service application can introduce a new feature like

automated email notifications. A new endpoint can be added to handle email
notifications while existing endpoints for customer inquiries continue to
operate as before.

5. Reliability and Fault Tolerance

o Explanation: Endpoints can manage retries, acknowledgments, and error

handling, improving the reliability of message delivery and processing.

o Example: In a logistics system, a message endpoint responsible for dispatching

delivery orders might have built-in mechanisms to retry failed deliveries or
send alerts if an order fails to be processed.

6. Security

o Explanation: Endpoints provide a controlled interface for message exchange,

allowing for the implementation of security measures such as authentication,
authorization, and encryption.

o Example: A financial services application might use secure endpoints for

transmitting sensitive financial transactions. Endpoints can enforce security
policies to ensure that only authorized parties can send or receive messages.

Example Scenario

Scenario: An Online Food Delivery System

• Components:

o Customer Service: Handles customer orders and queries.

o Kitchen Service: Processes and prepares orders.

o Delivery Service: Manages delivery logistics.

• Messaging Endpoints:

o Order Queue (Endpoint 1): Receives order messages from the Customer
Service.

o Kitchen Queue (Endpoint 2): Receives order messages from the Order Queue
and sends order preparation updates.

o Delivery Queue (Endpoint 3): Receives delivery instructions from the Kitchen
Queue and sends delivery status updates.

Workflow:

1. Customer Service sends an order request to the Order Queue (Endpoint 1).
 2. Order Queue routes the order to the Kitchen Queue (Endpoint 2).

3. Kitchen Service processes the order and sends updates to the Delivery Queue
(Endpoint 3).

4. Delivery Service receives delivery instructions and updates the customer on delivery
status.

In this system:

• Endpoints enable each service to operate independently while communicating

through a centralized messaging system.

• The system is scalable as more services or components can be added, and endpoints
can be updated without affecting the entire system.

• Endpoints provide a structured way to handle messages, ensuring that orders are
processed, updated, and delivered efficiently.

Conclusion

Messaging endpoints are fundamental in a messaging system for ensuring smooth and
efficient communication between various components. They enable decoupling, scalability,
interoperability, flexibility, reliability, and security, making them essential for modern
distributed systems and applications.

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M]

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Paper 4
1. As you are a Middleware Architect of Large Enterprise IT company and designing the future
middleware systems for the application landscape. Write briefly about the performance and
Scaling challenges to be considered or the designers had to face in building the middleware
systems.
[5M]

ANSWER

Designing middleware systems for large enterprise applications involves addressing several
performance and scaling challenges. Here are some key considerations:

Performance Challenges

1. Latency and Throughput

o Challenge: Ensuring low latency and high throughput is crucial for middleware
performance. Latency impacts response times, while throughput affects how many
requests can be processed concurrently.
 o Consideration: Optimize message routing, reduce processing overhead, and use
efficient serialization/deserialization methods.

2. Resource Utilization

o Challenge: Efficiently using CPU, memory, and network resources is vital to maintain
system performance under varying loads.

o Consideration: Implement resource management strategies such as load balancing,

resource pooling, and garbage collection.

3. Concurrency and Parallelism

o Challenge: Middleware often needs to handle multiple requests simultaneously.

Proper management of concurrent tasks is necessary to avoid contention and ensure
smooth operation.

o Consideration: Use concurrent programming techniques, asynchronous processing,

and thread management to handle high concurrency.

4. Error Handling and Recovery

o Challenge: Middleware must handle errors gracefully and recover from failures
without impacting overall system performance.

o Consideration: Implement robust error handling mechanisms, retries, and fallback

strategies to ensure system reliability.

5. Data Consistency

o Challenge: Maintaining data consistency across distributed components can be

complex, especially when dealing with transactions and state management.

o Consideration: Use distributed transaction protocols, consistency models, and data

replication strategies to ensure data integrity.

Scaling Challenges

1. Horizontal vs. Vertical Scaling

o Challenge: Deciding between scaling out (horizontal) by adding more instances or

scaling up (vertical) by increasing the resources of existing instances.

o Consideration: Design for horizontal scalability by using stateless components and

distributed architectures. Ensure that vertical scaling is also supported by optimizing
single-instance performance.

2. Load Balancing

o Challenge: Distributing incoming requests evenly across multiple instances to avoid

bottlenecks and ensure efficient use of resources.

o Consideration: Implement load balancing strategies and tools to distribute traffic

and workload effectively.

3. State Management
 o Challenge: Managing state in a distributed environment can be challenging,
particularly when dealing with session data or distributed caches.

o Consideration: Use distributed caching, session management solutions, and state

synchronization techniques to handle state across multiple nodes.

4. Network Bandwidth and Latency

o Challenge: As systems scale, network bandwidth and latency become critical factors
affecting overall performance.

o Consideration: Optimize network communication, use efficient protocols, and

implement data compression techniques to manage bandwidth and reduce latency.

5. Fault Tolerance and High Availability

o Challenge: Ensuring that the middleware remains operational and available even in
the event of component failures or network issues.

o Consideration: Design for fault tolerance by incorporating redundancy, failover

mechanisms, and disaster recovery plans.

6. Monitoring and Management

o Challenge: As systems scale, monitoring and managing performance, resource usage,

and health of the middleware components become more complex.

o Consideration: Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and management

tools to gain visibility into system performance and address issues proactively.

Conclusion

Designing middleware systems for large enterprise applications requires careful consideration of
performance and scaling challenges. By addressing these challenges through optimization, resource
management, and robust design strategies, you can build middleware that supports high
performance, scalability, and reliability in a dynamic and growing IT landscape.

2.Develop a middleware component with design specification for an Object Request Broker (ORB),
where an ORB provides the mechanism required for distributed objects to communicate with one
another, whether locally or on remote devices, written in different languages, or at different
locations on a network to retrieving balance amount from your bank account using CORBA.
Exchange information using CORBA and write code using Java for Bankclient and Bankserver.
[8M]

ANSWER

To develop a middleware component using an Object Request Broker (ORB) with CORBA for
retrieving a balance amount from a bank account, follow these steps:

Design Specification

1. Objective: Create a CORBA-based system where a client can request the balance of a bank
account from a server.
 2. Components:

o BankServer: Implements the CORBA server interface to provide the balance

information.

o BankClient: Uses the CORBA client interface to request and receive balance
information from the server.

o IDL (Interface Definition Language) File: Defines the interface for the CORBA objects.

3. CORBA Interface:

o Interface: Bank

o Method: getBalance(): Returns the balance of the bank account.

Steps to Implement the CORBA-Based System

1. Define the CORBA Interface (IDL File)

Create an IDL file Bank.idl that defines the Bank interface:

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// Bank.idl

module BankModule {

interface Bank {

float getBalance();

};

};

2. Generate Java Code from IDL

Use the IDL compiler provided by your ORB implementation to generate the Java stubs and
skeletons. For example, with the javac compiler from the omniORB toolkit:

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idlj -fall Bank.idl

This command generates Java files for the server and client based on the IDL definition.

3. Implement the CORBA Server

Create a BankServerImpl.java file that implements the server-side logic:

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// BankServerImpl.java
import BankModule.*;

import org.omg.CORBA.*;

import org.omg.CosNaming.*;

import org.omg.PortableServer.*;

public class BankServerImpl extends BankPOA {

private float balance;

public BankServerImpl(float initialBalance) {

this.balance = initialBalance;

@Override

public float getBalance() {

return balance;

public static void main(String[] args) {

try {

// Initialize the ORB

ORB orb = ORB.init(args, null);

// Create and register the servant

BankServerImpl bankImpl = new BankServerImpl(1000.00f);

POA rootpoa = POAHelper.narrow(orb.resolve_initial_references("RootPOA"));

rootpoa.the_POAManager().activate();

bankImpl.setORB(orb);

// Get the Naming Service reference

NamingContextExt namingContext =
NamingContextExtHelper.narrow(orb.resolve_initial_references("NameService"));
 // Register the Bank object with the Naming Service

String name = "BankServer";

NameComponent[] path = namingContext.to_name(name);

namingContext.rebind(path, bankImpl);

System.out.println("BankServer is ready and waiting...");

orb.run();

} catch (Exception e) {

e.printStackTrace();

private ORB orb;

public void setORB(ORB orb) {

this.orb = orb;

4. Implement the CORBA Client

Create a BankClient.java file that interacts with the server to retrieve the balance:

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// BankClient.java

import BankModule.*;

import org.omg.CORBA.*;

import org.omg.CosNaming.*;

public class BankClient {

public static void main(String[] args) {

try {
 // Initialize the ORB

ORB orb = ORB.init(args, null);

// Get the Naming Service reference

NamingContextExt namingContext =
NamingContextExtHelper.narrow(orb.resolve_initial_references("NameService"));

// Resolve the Bank object reference

String name = "BankServer";

Bank bank = BankHelper.narrow(namingContext.resolve_str(name));

// Invoke the getBalance method

float balance = bank.getBalance();

System.out.println("The balance is: " + balance);

} catch (Exception e) {

e.printStackTrace();

5. Compile and Run the System

o Compile the IDL-generated files:

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javac *.java

o Start the CORBA Naming Service (if required by your ORB).

o Run the BankServer:

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java BankServerImpl

o Run the BankClient:

sh
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java BankClient

Summary

In this CORBA-based system:

• The IDL file defines the interface for the Bank object.

• The BankServer implements the CORBA server to provide the balance.

• The BankClient requests the balance from the server.

• CORBA tools are used to generate the necessary stubs and skeletons from the IDL definition.

This approach enables distributed communication between client and server, with the ORB managing
the interactions, regardless of the implementation languages or locations of the objects.

3.Consider the following request line of HTTP -

GET /ambusfun/stpr/issac/index.html HTTP/1.1

a. Describe the components of request line that identically appear in the above.
[3M]

b. Illustrates with example how to use the request message body to send form data to the
server.
[3M]

c. What are the core components of the HTTP request and HTTP response?
[2M]

d. When the following error occurs “ReferenceError: nonexistent is not defined” in

http.IncomingMessage.
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ANSWER

3a. Components of the HTTP Request Line

The HTTP request line in the example GET /ambusfun/stpr/issac/index.html HTTP/1.1 consists of
three main components:

1. Method:

o Description: This specifies the HTTP method being used for the request. In this case,
GET is used, which requests the resource specified in the URL.

o Example: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.

2. Request-URI:

o Description: This indicates the path to the resource being requested on the server. It
includes the path and possibly query parameters.
 o Example: /ambusfun/stpr/issac/index.html is the path to the resource.

3. HTTP-Version:

o Description: This specifies the version of the HTTP protocol being used. Here,
HTTP/1.1 denotes that the request uses HTTP version 1.1.

o Example: HTTP/1.0, HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, etc.

3b. Using the Request Message Body to Send Form Data

When sending form data using HTTP, the data is typically included in the request message body. This
is commonly used with POST requests. Here's how you can send form data:

Example HTTP Request with Form Data:

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POST /submit-form HTTP/1.1

Host: example.com

Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Content-Length: 29

name=John+Doe&email=john@example.com

Explanation:

• Request Line: POST /submit-form HTTP/1.1 indicates that we are sending a POST request to
/submit-form.

• Headers:

o Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded specifies the media type of the

form data.

o Content-Length: 29 specifies the length of the request body.

• Request Body: name=John+Doe&email=john@example.com contains the form data being

submitted. This is URL-encoded key-value pairs.

3c. Core Components of HTTP Request and HTTP Response

HTTP Request:

1. Request Line:

o Contains the HTTP method, request URI, and HTTP version.

o Example: GET /path/resource HTTP/1.1

2. Headers:

o Provide metadata about the request (e.g., Host, User-Agent, Accept).

 3. Message Body (optional):

o Contains data sent with the request, usually with methods like POST or PUT.

HTTP Response:

1. Status Line:

o Contains the HTTP version, status code, and status message.

o Example: HTTP/1.1 200 OK

2. Headers:

o Provide metadata about the response (e.g., Content-Type, Content-Length, Server).

3. Message Body (optional):

o Contains the data being returned in the response, such as HTML, JSON, or images.

3d. ReferenceError: nonexistent is not defined in http.IncomingMessage

Explanation:

• Context: In the context of http.IncomingMessage in Node.js, this error typically occurs when
trying to access a property or method named nonexistent that has not been defined on the
http.IncomingMessage object.

• Common Cause: This usually results from a typo or an incorrect assumption about the
properties or methods available on the http.IncomingMessage object. Ensure that you're
accessing valid properties or methods that are part of the http.IncomingMessage class.

Example:

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const http = require('http');

const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {

try {

// Trying to access a non-existent property

console.log(req.nonexistent);

} catch (error) {

console.error('Error:', error.message);

res.end('Hello World');

});
server.listen(3000, () => {

console.log('Server is running on port 3000');

});

In this example, attempting to access req.nonexistent will throw a ReferenceError since nonexistent
is not a property of the http.IncomingMessage object.

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4.Describe what happens on the server in order when a client calls a JAX-RS RESTful web service.
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ANSWER

When a client calls a JAX-RS (Java API for RESTful Web Services) RESTful web service, a series of steps
occur on the server to handle the request. Here's a detailed description of the process:

1. Request Reception

• Client Request: The client sends an HTTP request to the server. This request includes details
like the HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.), the URI, headers, and possibly a
request body.

2. Servlet Container/Server Handling

• Servlet Container: The HTTP request is received by the servlet container (e.g., Tomcat, Jetty).
The servlet container is responsible for routing the request to the appropriate JAX-RS
application.

• Dispatcher: The servlet container routes the request to the JAX-RS dispatcher servlet (often a
ServletContainer or ResourceConfig).

3. JAX-RS Dispatcher Processing

• Resource Matching: The JAX-RS dispatcher examines the request URI and HTTP method to
determine which resource class and method should handle the request. It uses annotations
on resource classes and methods to match the request to the appropriate handler.

• Request URI Matching: JAX-RS maps the request URI to a specific resource class based on
the @Path annotation and other URI patterns.

4. Resource Method Invocation

• Injection: JAX-RS performs dependency injection on the resource class. It injects any
required dependencies, such as context objects (@Context), beans, or other resources.

• Parameter Binding: The dispatcher binds request parameters, path parameters, query
parameters, and request bodies to the method parameters based on annotations
(@PathParam, @QueryParam, @FormParam, @Body, etc.).
 • Method Execution: The appropriate method of the resource class is invoked. This method
processes the request, performs the necessary business logic, and prepares a response.

5. Response Construction

• Response Object: The resource method returns a response object or data (such as a Java
object, a string, or an HTTP response). JAX-RS uses message body readers and writers to
convert the response object into the appropriate format (JSON, XML, plain text, etc.) based
on the @Produces annotation and the Accept header of the request.

• Headers and Status Code: The response may include HTTP headers and status codes. JAX-RS
sets the response status code and headers based on annotations (@ResponseStatus,
@HeaderParam) and methods of the response object.

6. Response Sending

• Response Encoding: The servlet container encodes the response and sends it back to the
client. This includes setting the response status, headers, and body.

• Completion: The request-response cycle is completed, and the client receives the HTTP
response.

Summary of Steps:

1. Client Request: HTTP request is sent by the client.

2. Servlet Container: Receives the request and routes it to the JAX-RS dispatcher.

3. JAX-RS Dispatcher: Matches the request to the appropriate resource method.

4. Resource Method: Invokes the resource method, binds parameters, and executes the
method logic.

5. Response Construction: Constructs the response based on the method's return value.

6. Response Sending: Sends the response back to the client through the servlet container.

Example Code

Resource Class:

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import javax.ws.rs.GET;

import javax.ws.rs.Path;

import javax.ws.rs.Produces;

import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;

@Path("/example")

public class ExampleResource {

 @GET

@Produces("application/json")

public Response getExample() {

// Business logic

String result = "{\"message\": \"Hello, World!\"}";

return Response.ok(result).build();

Application Configuration:

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import javax.ws.rs.ApplicationPath;

import javax.ws.rs.core.Application;

import java.util.HashSet;

import java.util.Set;

@ApplicationPath("/api")

public class MyApplication extends Application {

@Override

public Set<Class<?>> getClasses() {

Set<Class<?>> classes = new HashSet<>();

classes.add(ExampleResource.class);

return classes;

In this setup:

• The client makes a GET request to /api/example.

• The servlet container routes the request to MyApplication.

• MyApplication routes the request to ExampleResource's getExample method.

• The method processes the request and returns a JSON response.

 • The response is sent back to the client.

5.The Times of India Newspaper uses Serverless computing to resize images for viewing on
different devices such as desktop computers, tablets, and smartphones. Explain the steps to
handle the above scenario and automatically scale up very rapidly to accommodate spikes in
website traffic when big stories break and scale down during slower traffic periods to reduce
costs.
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a) How does AWS Lambda work?

b) List the AWS Lambda steps for the given case study along with an appropriate flow diagram?

ANSWER

Handling Image Resizing and Scaling with AWS Lambda

AWS Lambda is a serverless computing service that allows you to run code in response to events
without provisioning or managing servers. In the context of resizing images for different devices and
handling traffic spikes, AWS Lambda can be used to automatically scale up or down based on the
workload.

a) How AWS Lambda Works

AWS Lambda works by allowing you to write functions that can be triggered by various events. Here's
how it operates:

1. Function Creation: You write a Lambda function, which includes the code that will be
executed. This function is defined with a handler, which is the entry point for the code.

2. Triggering: Lambda functions can be triggered by various AWS services, such as S3,
DynamoDB, API Gateway, or even scheduled events (using CloudWatch Events).

3. Execution: When the function is triggered, AWS Lambda automatically provisions the
necessary compute resources to execute the code. You don't need to worry about the
underlying infrastructure.

4. Scaling: Lambda functions automatically scale based on the number of incoming requests. It
can handle multiple concurrent executions and scale up or down as needed.

5. Billing: You are billed based on the number of requests and the execution duration of your
functions. There is no charge for idle time, making it cost-effective.

b) AWS Lambda Steps for the Case Study

Case Study: The Times of India Newspaper needs to resize images for various devices and handle
traffic spikes efficiently.

Steps Involved:

1. Image Upload Trigger: When a new image is uploaded to an S3 bucket, it triggers an AWS
Lambda function.
 2. Lambda Function Execution: The Lambda function is responsible for resizing the image into
different sizes suitable for desktop, tablet, and smartphone screens.

3. Store Resized Images: The resized images are then stored in different S3 buckets or paths,
optimized for the different devices.

4. Automatic Scaling: AWS Lambda automatically scales the function to handle spikes in image
uploads or requests without any manual intervention.

5. Cost Management: During periods of lower traffic, Lambda scales down, reducing costs as
you only pay for the compute time used.

Flow Diagram:

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+--------------------+ +-------------------+

| Image Upload to | | AWS Lambda |

| S3 Bucket | -----> | Function |

| | | |

+--------------------+ +-------------------+

| Process Image |

| Resize Images |

| Store in S3 |

+-------------------+

+-------------------+

| Resized Images |

| Stored in |

| S3 Buckets |

+-------------------+

Detailed Steps

1. Image Upload to S3:

o Users upload images to an S3 bucket designated for incoming images.

o This S3 bucket acts as the event source for the Lambda function.

2. Lambda Function Trigger:

 o The upload event triggers an AWS Lambda function. This is configured using S3
bucket event notifications.

3. Image Processing:

o The Lambda function retrieves the uploaded image from the S3 bucket.

o The function resizes the image to various dimensions (e.g., for desktop, tablet, and
smartphone).

o AWS Lambda uses libraries like AWS SDK and image processing libraries (e.g., Pillow
for Python) to perform the resizing.

4. Storing Resized Images:

o The resized images are stored in separate S3 buckets or paths, organized by device
type.

o This makes it easy to serve the correct image size based on the device requesting it.

5. Automatic Scaling and Cost Management:

o AWS Lambda scales automatically to handle the volume of image processing

requests.

o During peak times (e.g., when big stories break), Lambda scales up to accommodate
the increased load.

o During slower periods, Lambda scales down, reducing costs since you only pay for
the time your function is executing.

By using AWS Lambda in this way, The Times of India can efficiently manage image resizing and
handle varying traffic loads without needing to manually scale infrastructure or manage servers.

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6.Metro train company in India is trying to integrate with airport authority for dynamic updates of
flight arrivals to showcase on their display. They wanted routing to be implemented to identify
the nearest metro station for sending flight information using P2P middleware. Explain the steps if
middleware uses the pastry routing algorithm to handle the information.

[5M]

ANSWER

To integrate a metro train company with an airport authority for dynamic updates of flight arrivals
and showcase this information on display screens at the nearest metro stations, the Pastry routing
algorithm can be utilized within a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) middleware system. Here's a detailed
explanation of the steps involved when using the Pastry routing algorithm:

Pastry Routing Algorithm Overview

Pastry is a structured P2P routing algorithm that allows efficient routing of messages in a distributed
network. It uses a consistent hashing mechanism to distribute and locate nodes. Each node in the
network is assigned a unique identifier, and the algorithm ensures that messages are routed
efficiently to nodes whose identifiers are close to the target.

Steps to Implement Routing Using Pastry

1. Node Initialization and Identifier Assignment

o Metro Stations as Nodes: Each metro station is represented as a node in the Pastry
network.

o Airport Authority Node: The airport authority is also a node in the network.

o Unique Identifiers: Each node, including metro stations and the airport authority, is
assigned a unique identifier using a consistent hashing function.

2. Dynamic Flight Information Updates

o Flight Arrival Data: The airport authority updates flight arrival information
dynamically.

o Data Conversion: The flight information is converted into a format suitable for
routing (e.g., message payload with flight details and destination metro station).

3. Determining the Target Metro Station

o Location Identification: For each flight arrival, the system needs to determine the
nearest metro station.

o Geospatial Data: Use geospatial data or distance calculations to identify the nearest
metro station based on the airport's location or the incoming flight's details.

4. Routing the Information Using Pastry

4.1. Create a Message for Routing

o Message Format: Construct a message containing flight arrival information and the
identifier of the nearest metro station.

4.2. Route the Message

o Start at the Airport Authority Node: The airport authority node initiates the routing
process.

o Pastry Algorithm:

▪ Lookup: The message is routed using the Pastry algorithm to the node with
the identifier closest to the target metro station identifier.

▪ Routing Table: Each node maintains a routing table to forward the message
efficiently. The routing table helps in finding the next node to forward the
message towards the destination.

▪ Message Propagation: The message traverses the network, following the

routing table entries until it reaches the node with the closest identifier to
the target.

4.3. Handling the Message at the Metro Station Node

 o Message Reception: The nearest metro station node receives the message.

o Display Update: The metro station updates its display with the flight arrival
information received.

5. Handling Dynamic Changes and Failures

o Node Join/Leave: As nodes join or leave the network, Pastry handles these changes
by updating routing tables.

o Failure Recovery: Pastry’s fault tolerance mechanism ensures that messages are
routed even if some nodes fail.

Flow Diagram

Here’s a simplified flow diagram of the process:

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+--------------------+ +------------------+ +--------------------+

| Airport Authority | ----> | Pastry Network | ----> | Nearest Metro |

| Node | | (Routing) | | Station Node |

+--------------------+ +------------------+ +--------------------+

| | |

| | |

v v v

+--------------------+ +--------------------+ +--------------------+

| Flight Information | | Routing Table | | Display Update |

| Data | | Lookup & Forward | | with Flight Info |

+--------------------+ +--------------------+ +--------------------+

Summary

• Initialization: Assign unique identifiers to all nodes in the Pastry network.

• Data Preparation: Convert flight information into a message format.

• Routing: Use Pastry to route the message to the nearest metro station node based on
identifier proximity.

• Display Update: The nearest metro station receives and updates its display with the flight
information.

Using Pastry for this routing allows efficient and scalable distribution of flight updates to the
appropriate metro stations in real-time, ensuring that passengers are informed of flight arrivals in a
timely manner.
 7. A leading oil and natural gas company has multiple nodes which produce or consume data
with other edge systems. Explain the steps if middleware uses the node insertion and
deletion in tapestry routing mechanism?
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ANSWER

Tapestry is a distributed, object-oriented routing protocol used in peer-to-peer (P2P) networks to

handle node insertion and deletion efficiently. It is designed to provide scalable and fault-tolerant
routing of messages across a distributed system. Here’s how node insertion and deletion work in
Tapestry and the steps involved:

Tapestry Routing Mechanism Overview

Tapestry uses a distributed hash table (DHT) approach where each node is identified by a unique
identifier, and each object or data is also mapped to a unique identifier. The routing mechanism
ensures that messages are efficiently routed to the node responsible for the object or data.

1. Node Insertion

When a new node joins the Tapestry network, it needs to integrate into the existing network
structure and update routing information. The steps involved are:

1. Generate Node ID

o Unique Identifier: The new node generates a unique identifier using a hash function
(e.g., SHA-1). This ID determines the node's position in the Tapestry ID space.

2. Join the Network

o Contact Neighbors: The new node contacts a known node in the network to initiate
the joining process. This is usually done by contacting a "bootstrap" node or a well-
known node in the network.

o Routing Table Update: The new node updates its routing table based on the IDs of
other nodes in the network. Each node maintains a routing table with pointers to
other nodes, organized by the ID space.

3. Update Routing Information

o Propagation: The new node’s ID and routing information are propagated through the
network. Existing nodes update their routing tables to include pointers to the new
node.

o Local Updates: Each node updates its routing table to ensure that messages for the
new node's ID are routed correctly.

o Neighbor Maintenance: The new node sets up links with its neighbors in the
network to maintain the Tapestry structure.

4. Data and Object Relocation

 o Data Reassignment: If necessary, data objects or keys that were previously held by
nodes that are now closer to the new node’s ID space may be reassigned to the new
node.

2. Node Deletion

When a node leaves the Tapestry network, it must be removed from the network, and its data must
be redistributed. The steps involved are:

1. Notify Neighbors

o Exit Notification: The departing node notifies its neighbors of its intent to leave the
network. This allows neighboring nodes to prepare for the departure.

2. Transfer Data

o Data Migration: Any data or objects held by the departing node are transferred to
other nodes in the network. This ensures that no data is lost due to the node’s
departure.

3. Update Routing Information

o Propagation: The network propagates the information about the node's departure.
Nodes update their routing tables to remove references to the departing node and
reroute messages through alternative paths.

o Routing Table Maintenance: Each node adjusts its routing table to ensure that it still
routes messages efficiently despite the node's absence.

4. Reassign Responsibilities

o Reassign Data: Data previously managed by the departing node is reassigned to

neighboring nodes that are now responsible for that data.

Example Scenario in an Oil and Natural Gas Company

Node Insertion

1. New Node Joins: An edge system (e.g., a new data sensor) is added to the network.

2. Generate ID: The sensor generates a unique ID.

3. Join Process: It contacts an existing node to join the network.

4. Routing Update: Existing nodes update their routing tables to include the new sensor.

5. Data Reassignment: Data relevant to the sensor's ID is redirected to it.

Node Deletion

1. Node Leaves: An old sensor is decommissioned.

2. Notify: The sensor notifies its neighbors.

3. Data Transfer: Data from the old sensor is moved to other sensors.

4. Routing Update: The network updates routing tables to exclude the departed sensor and
redirect traffic accordingly.
Flow Diagram

Here’s a simplified flow diagram showing the steps for node insertion and deletion in Tapestry:

Node Insertion:

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+-----------------+ +--------------------+ +------------------+

| New Node | ---> | Contact Known Node | ---> | Update Routing |

| Generates ID | | | | Tables and |

| | | | | Propagate Info |

+-----------------+ +--------------------+ +------------------+

+------------------------------+

| Update Data & Object |

| Responsibilities |

+------------------------------+

Node Deletion:

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+-----------------+ +-------------------+ +------------------+

| Departing Node | ---> | Notify Neighbors | ---> | Transfer Data |

| Notifies Network| | | | |

+-----------------+ +-------------------+ +------------------+

+------------------------------+

| Update Routing Tables and |

| Reassign Data Responsibilities|

+------------------------------+

Summary
 • Node Insertion: Involves generating an ID, joining the network, updating routing tables, and
reallocating data.

• Node Deletion: Involves notifying neighbors, transferring data, updating routing tables, and
reassigning data responsibilities.

By efficiently handling node insertion and deletion, Tapestry ensures that the network remains
robust, scalable, and capable of adapting to changes in the distributed environment.

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