Change C++ application entry point to remove dependency on frontends

.daily_canary

@@ -1 +1 @@
-No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'!
+No no he's not dead, he's, he's resting!

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Changed
+
+- The entry point for creation of C++ apps is now `make_user_endpoints()`. The old entry point `get_rpc_handler()` has been removed.
+
 ## [2.0.0-rc1]
 
 ### Added

doc/build_apps/api.rst

@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ Developer API
 
 A CCF application is composed of the following:
 
-- The :ref:`Application Entry Point <build_apps/api:Application Entry Point>` which registers the application in CCF.
+- The :ref:`Application Entry Point <build_apps/api:Application Entry Point>` which creates the application in CCF.
 - A collection of :cpp:class:`endpoints <ccf::endpoints::Endpoint>` handling HTTP requests and grouped in a single :cpp:class:`registry <ccf::endpoints::EndpointRegistry>`. An :cpp:class:`endpoint <ccf::endpoints::Endpoint>` reads and writes to the key-value store via the :ref:`Key-Value Store API <build_apps/kv/api:Key-Value Store API>`.
 - An optional set of :ref:`JavaScript FFI Plugins <build_apps/api:JavaScript FFI Plugins>` that can be registered to extend the built-in JavaScript API surface.
 
 Application Entry Point
 -----------------------
 
-.. doxygenfunction:: ccfapp::get_rpc_handler
+.. doxygenfunction:: ccfapp::make_user_endpoints
    :project: CCF
 
 

doc/build_apps/logging_cpp.rst

@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ The Logging application simply has:
 
 .. note::
 
-    :cpp:class:`kv::Store` tables are essentially the only interface between CCF
-    and the application, and the sole mechanism for it to have state.
+    :cpp:class:`kv::Store` tables are the only interface between CCF and the replicated application, and the sole mechanism for it to have distributed state.
 
     The Logging application keeps its state in a pair of tables, one containing private encrypted logs and the other containing public unencrypted logs. Their type is defined as:
 
@@ -44,10 +43,10 @@ The Logging application simply has:
         :lines: 1
         :dedent:
 
-RPC Handler
------------
+Application Endpoints
+---------------------
 
-The type returned by :cpp:func:`ccfapp::get_rpc_handler()` should subclass :cpp:class:`ccf::RpcFrontend`, passing the base constructor a reference to an implementation of :cpp:class:`ccf::EndpointRegistry`:
+The implementation of :cpp:func:`ccfapp::make_user_endpoints()` should return a subclass of :cpp:class:`ccf::endpoints::EndpointRegistry`, containing the endpoints that constitute the app.
 
 .. literalinclude:: ../../samples/apps/logging/logging.cpp
     :language: cpp
@@ -75,7 +74,9 @@ Each function is installed as the handler for a specific HTTP resource, defined
 
 This example installs at ``"log/private", HTTP_POST``, so will be invoked for HTTP requests beginning :http:POST:`/app/log/private`.
 
-The return value from ``make_endpoint`` is an ``Endpoint&`` object which can be used to alter how the handler is executed. For example, the handler for :http:POST:`/app/log/private` shown above sets a `schema` declaring the types of its request and response bodies. These will be used in calls to the :http:GET:`/app/api` endpoint to populate the relevant parts of the OpenAPI document. There are other endpoints installed for the URI path ``/app/log/private`` with different verbs, to handle :http:GET:`GET </app/log/private>` and :http:DELETE:`DELETE </app/log/private>` requests. Any other verbs, without an installed endpoint, will not be accepted - the framework will return a ``405 Method Not Allowed`` response.
+The return value from ``make_endpoint`` is an ``Endpoint&`` object which can be used to alter how the handler is executed. For example, the handler for :http:POST:`/app/log/private` shown above sets a `schema` declaring the types of its request and response bodies. These will be used in calls to the :http:GET:`/app/api` endpoint to populate the relevant parts of the OpenAPI document. That OpenAPI document in turn is used to generate the entries in this documentation describing :http:POST:`/app/log/private`.
+
+There are other endpoints installed for the URI path ``/app/log/private`` with different verbs, to handle :http:GET:`GET </app/log/private>` and :http:DELETE:`DELETE </app/log/private>` requests. Requests with those verbs will be executed by the appropriate handler. Any other verbs, without an installed endpoint, will not be accepted - the framework will return a ``405 Method Not Allowed`` response.
 
 To process the raw body directly, a handler should use the general lambda signature which takes a single ``EndpointContext&`` parameter. Examples of this are also included in the logging sample app. For instance the ``log_record_text`` handler takes a raw string as the request body:
 
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ The final piece is the definition of the endpoint itself, which uses an instance
 Default Endpoints
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-The logging app sample exposes several built-in endpoints which are provided by the framework for convenience, such as ``/app/tx``, ``/app/commit``, and ``/app/user_id``. It is also possible to write an app which does not expose these endpoints, either to build a minimal user-facing API or to re-wrap this common functionality in your own format or authentication. A sample of this is provided in ``samples/apps/nobuiltins``. Whereas the logging app declares a registry inheriting from :cpp:class:`ccf::CommonEndpointRegistry`, this app inherits from :cpp:class:`ccf::BaseEndpointRegistry` which does not install any default endpoints:
+The logging app sample exposes several built-in endpoints which are provided by the framework for convenience, such as :http:GET:`/app/tx`, :http:GET:`/app/commit`, and :http:GET:`/app/receipt`. It is also possible to write an app which does not expose these endpoints, either to build a minimal user-facing API or to re-wrap this common functionality in your own format or authentication. A sample of this is provided in ``samples/apps/nobuiltins``. Whereas the logging app declares a registry inheriting from :cpp:class:`ccf::CommonEndpointRegistry`, this app inherits from :cpp:class:`ccf::BaseEndpointRegistry` which does not install any default endpoints:
 
 .. literalinclude:: ../../samples/apps/nobuiltins/nobuiltins.cpp
     :language: cpp

include/ccf/app_interface.h

@@ -2,36 +2,57 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.
 #pragma once
 
+#include "ccf/ccf_deprecated.h"
+#include "ccf/common_endpoint_registry.h"
 #include "ccf/js_plugin.h"
+#include "ccf/node_context.h"
 
 #include <memory>
 #include <vector>
 
+// Forward declarations, can be removed with deprecation
 namespace ccf
 {
-  // Forward declarations
   class RpcFrontend;
+}
 
-  struct NetworkTables;
+namespace kv
+{
+  class Store;
 }
 
 namespace ccfapp
 {
-  // Forward declaration
-  struct AbstractNodeContext;
+  CCF_DEPRECATED("Replace with make_user_endpoints")
+  std::shared_ptr<ccf::RpcFrontend> get_rpc_handler(
+    kv::Store& store, AbstractNodeContext& context);
+}
 
+namespace ccf
+{
+  class UserEndpointRegistry : public CommonEndpointRegistry
+  {
+  public:
+    UserEndpointRegistry(ccfapp::AbstractNodeContext& context) :
+      CommonEndpointRegistry(get_actor_prefix(ActorsType::users), context)
+    {}
+  };
+}
+
+namespace ccfapp
+{
   // SNIPPET_START: app_interface
-  /** To be implemented by the application to be registered by CCF.
+  /** To be implemented by the application. Creates a collection of endpoints
+   * which will be exposed to callers under /app.
    *
-   * @param network Access to the network's replicated tables
    * @param context Access to node and host services
    *
-   * @return Shared pointer to the application handler instance
+   * @return Unique pointer to the endpoint registry instance
    */
-  std::shared_ptr<ccf::RpcFrontend> get_rpc_handler(
-    ccf::NetworkTables& network, AbstractNodeContext& context);
+  std::unique_ptr<ccf::endpoints::EndpointRegistry> make_user_endpoints(
+    ccfapp::AbstractNodeContext& context);
 
-  /** To be implemented by the application to be registered by CCF.
+  /** To be implemented by the application.
    *
    * @return Vector of JavaScript FFI plugins
    */

samples/apps/logging/logging.cpp

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "ccf/historical_queries_adapter.h"
 #include "ccf/http_query.h"
 #include "ccf/indexing/strategies/seqnos_by_key_bucketed.h"
-#include "ccf/user_frontend.h"
 #include "ccf/version.h"
 #include "node/tx_receipt.h"
 
@@ -166,6 +165,13 @@ namespace loggingapp
       get_public_params_schema(nlohmann::json::parse(j_get_public_in)),
       get_public_result_schema(nlohmann::json::parse(j_get_public_out))
     {
+      openapi_info.title = "CCF Sample Logging App";
+      openapi_info.description =
+        "This CCF sample app implements a simple logging application, securely "
+        "recording messages at client-specified IDs. It demonstrates most of "
+        "the features available to CCF apps.";
+      openapi_info.document_version = "1.7.0";
+
       index_per_public_key = std::make_shared<RecordsIndexingStrategy>(
         PUBLIC_RECORDS, context.get_lfs_access(), 10000, 20);
       context.get_indexing_strategies().install_strategy(index_per_public_key);
@@ -1482,38 +1488,15 @@ namespace loggingapp
       ccf::UserEndpointRegistry::tick(elapsed, tx_count);
     }
   };
-
-  class Logger : public ccf::RpcFrontend
-  {
-  private:
-    LoggerHandlers logger_handlers;
-
-  public:
-    Logger(ccf::NetworkTables& network, ccfapp::AbstractNodeContext& context) :
-      ccf::RpcFrontend(*network.tables, logger_handlers),
-      logger_handlers(context)
-    {}
-
-    void open(std::optional<crypto::Pem*> identity = std::nullopt) override
-    {
-      ccf::RpcFrontend::open(identity);
-      logger_handlers.openapi_info.title = "CCF Sample Logging App";
-      logger_handlers.openapi_info.description =
-        "This CCF sample app implements a simple logging application, securely "
-        "recording messages at client-specified IDs. It demonstrates most of "
-        "the features available to CCF apps.";
-      logger_handlers.openapi_info.document_version = "1.7.0";
-    }
-  };
 }
 
 namespace ccfapp
 {
   // SNIPPET_START: app_interface
-  std::shared_ptr<ccf::RpcFrontend> get_rpc_handler(
-    ccf::NetworkTables& nwt, ccfapp::AbstractNodeContext& context)
+  std::unique_ptr<ccf::endpoints::EndpointRegistry> make_user_endpoints(
+    ccfapp::AbstractNodeContext& context)
   {
-    return make_shared<loggingapp::Logger>(nwt, context);
+    return std::make_unique<loggingapp::LoggerHandlers>(context);
   }
   // SNIPPET_END: app_interface
 }

samples/apps/nobuiltins/nobuiltins.cpp

@@ -329,26 +329,13 @@ namespace nobuiltins
         .install();
     }
   };
-
-  class NoBuiltinsFrontend : public ccf::RpcFrontend
-  {
-  private:
-    NoBuiltinsRegistry nbr;
-
-  public:
-    NoBuiltinsFrontend(
-      ccf::NetworkTables& network, ccfapp::AbstractNodeContext& context) :
-      ccf::RpcFrontend(*network.tables, nbr),
-      nbr(context)
-    {}
-  };
 }
 
 namespace ccfapp
 {
-  std::shared_ptr<ccf::RpcFrontend> get_rpc_handler(
-    ccf::NetworkTables& nwt, ccfapp::AbstractNodeContext& context)
+  std::unique_ptr<ccf::endpoints::EndpointRegistry> make_user_endpoints(
+    ccfapp::AbstractNodeContext& context)
   {
-    return std::make_shared<nobuiltins::NoBuiltinsFrontend>(nwt, context);
+    return std::make_unique<nobuiltins::NoBuiltinsRegistry>(context);
   }
 }

src/apps/js_generic/js_generic.cpp

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
 namespace ccfapp
 {
-  std::shared_ptr<ccf::RpcFrontend> get_rpc_handler(
-    ccf::NetworkTables& network, ccfapp::AbstractNodeContext& context)
+  std::unique_ptr<ccf::endpoints::EndpointRegistry> make_user_endpoints(
+    ccfapp::AbstractNodeContext& context)
   {
-    return get_rpc_handler_impl(network, context);
+    return make_user_endpoints_impl(context);
   }
 
   std::vector<ccf::js::FFIPlugin> get_js_plugins()

src/apps/js_generic/js_generic_base.cpp

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include "ccf/crypto/key_wrap.h"
 #include "ccf/crypto/rsa_key_pair.h"
 #include "ccf/historical_queries_adapter.h"
-#include "ccf/user_frontend.h"
 #include "ccf/version.h"
 #include "js/wrap.h"
 #include "kv/untyped_map.h"
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ namespace ccfapp
     struct JSDynamicEndpoint : public ccf::endpoints::EndpointDefinition
     {};
 
-    NetworkTables& network;
     ccfapp::AbstractNodeContext& context;
     metrics::Tracker metrics_tracker;
 
@@ -471,9 +469,8 @@ namespace ccfapp
     }
 
   public:
-    JSHandlers(NetworkTables& network, AbstractNodeContext& context) :
+    JSHandlers(AbstractNodeContext& context) :
       UserEndpointRegistry(context),
-      network(network),
       context(context)
     {
       metrics_tracker.install_endpoint(*this);
@@ -681,21 +678,10 @@ namespace ccfapp
 
 #pragma clang diagnostic pop
 
-  class JS : public ccf::RpcFrontend
+  std::unique_ptr<ccf::endpoints::EndpointRegistry> make_user_endpoints_impl(
+    ccfapp::AbstractNodeContext& context)
   {
-  private:
-    JSHandlers js_handlers;
-
-  public:
-    JS(NetworkTables& network, ccfapp::AbstractNodeContext& context) :
-      ccf::RpcFrontend(*network.tables, js_handlers),
-      js_handlers(network, context)
-    {}
-  };
-
-  std::shared_ptr<ccf::RpcFrontend> get_rpc_handler_impl(
-    NetworkTables& network, ccfapp::AbstractNodeContext& context)
-  {
-    return make_shared<JS>(network, context);
+    return std::make_unique<JSHandlers>(context);
   }
+
 } // namespace ccfapp

src/apps/js_generic/js_generic_base.h

@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 
 namespace ccfapp
 {
-  std::shared_ptr<ccf::RpcFrontend> get_rpc_handler_impl(
-    ccf::NetworkTables& network, ccfapp::AbstractNodeContext& context);
+  std::unique_ptr<ccf::endpoints::EndpointRegistry> make_user_endpoints_impl(
+    ccfapp::AbstractNodeContext& context);
 }

src/apps/js_v8/js_v8.cpp

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
 namespace ccfapp
 {
-  std::shared_ptr<ccf::RpcFrontend> get_rpc_handler(
-    ccf::NetworkTables& network, ccfapp::AbstractNodeContext& context)
+  std::unique_ptr<ccf::endpoints::EndpointRegistry> make_user_endpoints(
+    ccfapp::AbstractNodeContext& context)
   {
-    return get_rpc_handler_impl(network, context);
+    return make_user_endpoints_impl(context);
   }
 
   std::vector<ccf::js::FFIPlugin> get_js_plugins()