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Netflix Conductor Testability Evaluation

This project includes an example implementation of the Saga pattern using Netflix Conductor. The original Saga Pattern Realization With Netflix Conductor has been extended by automated tests that relate to the BookTripSaga.

Start the Application

  1. Run ./gradlew clean build

  2. Execute docker-compose up --no-start

  3. Execute docker-compose start elasticsearch

  4. Execute docker-compose start dynomite

  5. Execute docker-compose up

  6. Requesting trip bookings is now possible. Either use curl commands, the provided TravelApplication.json insomnia file, which includes different trip booking requests, or access the Swagger UI of the different services:

Service
URL to Swagger UI
TravelService http://localhost:8090/swagger-ui.html
HotelService http://localhost:8081/swagger-ui.html
FlightService http://localhost:8082/swagger-ui.html

An example for such a request:

TravelRequest
{
    "duration":
    {
        "start":"2021-12-01",
        "end":"2021-12-12"
    },
    "start":
    {
        "country":"Scotland",
        "city":"Stirling"
    },
    "destination":
    {
        "country":"Sweden",
        "city":"Stockholm"
    },
    "travellerName": "Max Mustermann",
    "boardType":"breakfast",
    "customerId":"1"
}

To simulate a Saga that fails because no hotel or no flight is available, use one of the following Strings as destination country in the trip booking request: 

"Provoke hotel failure"

"Provoke flight failure"

Additionally, the Swagger UI of the Conductor server can be accessed via http://localhost:8080/.

The services also provide a health and an info endpoint that show some information about the system like that the DB is up and running. These endpoints can be accessed via:

Service
URL to health endpoint
URL to info endpoint
TravelService http://localhost:8090/api/travel/monitor/health http://localhost:8090/api/travel/monitor/info
HotelService http://localhost:8081/api/hotels/monitor/health http://localhost:8081/api/hotels/monitor/info
FlightService http://localhost:8082/api/flights/monitor/health http://localhost:8082/api/flights/monitor/info

If you are on Windows or Mac, you sometimes have to replace localhost with the default IP of your docker machine (use docker-machine ip default to get this default IP).

Stop the Application

To stop the application and remove the created containers, execute the following command: 

docker-compose down --remove-orphans

Testability

The TravelService as well as the HotelService have a testing directory that includes several tests concerning Saga-related code.

1. Unit test Saga Definition

Unit tests regarding the Saga orchestrator and the Saga definition can be found within the TravelService. However, Netflix Conductor does not provide a testing framework or allow to test the workflow definition in isolation. Therefore, it is only possible to test whether the correct workflow definition is started when executing the BookTripSaga.

2. Unit Test Saga Participant

Examples for unit testing the Saga participant can be found within the HotelService. Unit tests for a Saga participant are realized using JUnit and Mockito.

NetflixConductor_Implementations/NetflixConductor_Testability-Evaluation

Last update: 2022-02-15
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