Simba(Distributed Mutex)

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Introduction

Simba aims to provide easy-to-use and flexible distributed lock services and supports multiple storage implementations: relational databases, Redis, and Zookeeper.

Installation

Gradle

Kotlin DSL

    implementation("me.ahoo.simba:simba-spring-boot-starter:${simbaVersion}")

Maven

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">

    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>4.1.0</version>
        <relativePath/>
    </parent>
    <artifactId>demo</artifactId>
    <properties>
        <simba.version>simbaVersion</simba.version>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>me.ahoo.simba</groupId>
            <artifactId>simba-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
            <version>${simba.version}</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    
</project>

The starter provides Simba auto-configuration only. Add exactly one complete backend dependency set below; the backend infrastructure is still required.

application.yaml

simba:
  jdbc:
    enabled: true
#  redis:
#    enabled: true

spring:
  datasource:
    url: jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/simba_db
    username: root
    password: root

Optional-1: JdbcMutexContendService

JdbcMutexContendService

Kotlin DSL

    implementation("me.ahoo.simba:simba-jdbc:${simbaVersion}")
    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc")
    runtimeOnly("com.mysql:mysql-connector-j")

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>me.ahoo.simba</groupId>
    <artifactId>simba-jdbc</artifactId>
    <version>${simba.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jdbc</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
    <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
    <scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
create table simba_mutex
(
    mutex             varchar(66)     not null primary key comment 'mutex name',
    acquired_at       bigint unsigned not null,
    ttl_at         bigint unsigned not null,
    transition_at bigint unsigned not null,
    owner_id          varchar(128)    not null,
    version           int unsigned    not null
);

Optional-2: RedisMutexContendService

Kotlin DSL

    implementation("me.ahoo.simba:simba-spring-redis:${simbaVersion}")
    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-redis")

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>me.ahoo.simba</groupId>
    <artifactId>simba-spring-redis</artifactId>
    <version>${simba.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-redis</artifactId>
</dependency>

Optional-3: ZookeeperMutexContendService

Kotlin DSL

    implementation("me.ahoo.simba:simba-zookeeper:${simbaVersion}")

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>me.ahoo.simba</groupId>
    <artifactId>simba-zookeeper</artifactId>
    <version>${simba.version}</version>
</dependency>

Also register a managed CuratorFramework bean as shown in the Quick Start.

Examples

Simba-Examples

Usage

MutexContender

        MutexContendService contendService = contendServiceFactory.createMutexContendService(new AbstractMutexContender(mutex) {
            @Override
            public void onAcquired(MutexState mutexState) {
                    log.info("onAcquired");
            }
            
            @Override
            public void onReleased(MutexState mutexState) {
                    log.info("onReleased");
            }
        });
        contendService.start();
        try {
            // Use the mutex-protected service.
        } finally {
            contendService.stop();
        }

SimbaLocker

        try (Locker locker = new SimbaLocker("mutex-locker", this.mutexContendServiceFactory)) {
            locker.acquire(Duration.ofSeconds(1));
        /**
         * doSomething
         */
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
        }

Scheduler

public class ExampleScheduler extends AbstractScheduler implements SmartLifecycle {

    public ExampleScheduler(MutexContendServiceFactory contendServiceFactory) {
        super("example-scheduler", contendServiceFactory);
    }

    @Override
    protected String getWorker() {
        return "ExampleScheduler";
    }

    @Override
    protected ScheduleConfig getConfig() {
        return ScheduleConfig.delay(Duration.ofSeconds(0), Duration.ofSeconds(10));
    }

    @Override
    protected void work() {
        if (log.isInfoEnabled()) {
            log.info("do some work!");
        }
    }
}

Use Cases