Running

When using Visual Studio 2015+ the NuGet packages should be restored automatically. If you find that they do not or if you are using an older version of Visual Studio please execute the following in a Visual Studio command prompt:

cd {extraction-folder}\Shuttle.Esb.Samples\Shuttle.Deferred
nuget restore

Once you have opened the Shuttle.Deferred.sln solution in Visual Studio set the following projects as startup projects:

• Shuttle.Deferred.Client
• Shuttle.Deferred.Server

Set Shuttle.Core.Host.exe as the Start external program option by navigating to the bin\debug folder of the server project for the Shuttle.Deferred.Server project.

Implementation

Deferred messages refer to messages that are not immediately processed when available but are rather set to only process at a given future date.

In this guide we’ll create the following projects:

• a Console Application called Shuttle.Deferred.Client
• a Class Library called Shuttle.Deferred.Server
• and another Class Library called Shuttle.Deferred.Messages that will contain all our message classes

Messages

Create a new class library called Shuttle.Deferred.Messages with a solution called Shuttle.Deferred

Note: remember to change the Solution name.

RegisterMemberCommand

Rename the Class1 default file to RegisterMemberCommand and add a UserName property.

namespace Shuttle.Deferred.Messages
{
	public class RegisterMemberCommand
	{
		public string UserName { get; set; }
	}
}

Client

Add a new Console Application to the solution called Shuttle.Deferred.Client.

Install the Shuttle.Esb.Msmq nuget package.

This will provide access to the Msmq IQueue implementation and also include the required dependencies.

Add a reference to the Shuttle.Deferred.Messages project.

Program

Implement the main client code as follows:

using System;
using Shuttle.Esb;
using Shuttle.Deferred.Messages;

namespace Shuttle.Deferred.Client
{
	class Program
	{
		static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			using (var bus = ServiceBus.Create().Start())
			{
				string userName;

				while (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(userName = Console.ReadLine()))
				{
					bus.Send(new RegisterMemberCommand
					{
						UserName = userName
					}, c => c.Defer(DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(5)));
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

The message sent will have its IgnoreTilleDate set to 5 seconds into the future. You can have a look at the TransportMessage for more information on the message structure.

App.config

Create the shuttle configuration as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
	<configSections>
		<section name='serviceBus' type="Shuttle.Esb.ServiceBusSection, Shuttle.Esb"/>
	</configSections>

	<serviceBus>
		<messageRoutes>
			<messageRoute uri="msmq://./shuttle-server-work">
				<add specification="StartsWith" value="Shuttle.Deferred.Messages" />
			</messageRoute>
		</messageRoutes>		
	</serviceBus>
	
    <startup> 
        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
    </startup>
</configuration>

This tells shuttle that all messages that are sent and have a type name starting with Shuttle.Deferred.Messages should be sent to endpoint msmq://./shuttle-server-work.

Server

Add a new Class Library to the solution called Shuttle.Deferred.Server.

Install the Shuttle.Esb.Msmq nuget package.

This will provide access to the Msmq IQueue implementation and also include the required dependencies.

Install both the Shuttle.Core.Host and shuttle-core-infrastructure-log4net nuget packages.

The default mechanism used to host an endpoint is by using a Windows service. However, by using the Shuttle.Core.Host executable we are able to run the endpoint as a console application or register it as a Windows service for deployment.

We are also adding Log4Net to demonstrate how to add a third-party logging mechanism to shuttle.

Add a reference to the Shuttle.Deferred.Messages project.

Host

Rename the default Class1 file to Host and implement the IHost and IDisposabe interfaces as follows:

using System;
using log4net;
using Shuttle.Core.Host;
using Shuttle.Core.Infrastructure;
using Shuttle.Core.Log4Net;
using Shuttle.Esb;

namespace Shuttle.Deferred.Server
{
	public class Host : IHost, IDisposable
	{
		private IServiceBus _bus;

		public void Start()
		{
			Log.Assign(new Log4NetLog(LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(Host))));

			_bus = ServiceBus.Create().Start();
		}

		public void Dispose()
		{
			_bus.Dispose();
		}
	}
}

App.config

Add an Application Configuration File item to create the App.config and populate as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
	<configSections>
		<section name='serviceBus' type="Shuttle.Esb.ServiceBusSection, Shuttle.Esb"/>
		<section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" />
	</configSections>

	<log4net>
		<appender name="ConsoleAppender" type="log4net.Appender.ColoredConsoleAppender">
			<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
				<conversionPattern value="%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n" />
			</layout>
		</appender>
		<appender name="RollingFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender">
			<file value="logs\deferred-server" />
			<appendToFile value="true" />
			<rollingStyle value="Composite" />
			<maxSizeRollBackups value="10" />
			<maximumFileSize value="100000KB" />
			<datePattern value="-yyyyMMdd.'log'" />
			<param name="StaticLogFileName" value="false" />
			<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
				<conversionPattern value="%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n" />
			</layout>
		</appender>
		<root>
			<level value="TRACE" />
			<appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" />
			<appender-ref ref="RollingFileAppender" />
		</root>
	</log4net>

	<serviceBus>
		<inbox
		   workQueueUri="msmq://./shuttle-server-work"
		   deferredQueueUri="msmq://./shuttle-server-deferred"
		   errorQueueUri="msmq://./shuttle-error" />
	</serviceBus>
</configuration>

RegisterMemberHandler

Add a new class called RegisterMemberHandler that implements the IMessageHandler<RegisterMemberCommand> interface as follows:

using System;
using Shuttle.Esb;
using Shuttle.Deferred.Messages;

namespace Shuttle.Deferred.Server
{
	public class RegisterMemberHandler : IMessageHandler<RegisterMemberCommand>
	{
		public void ProcessMessage(IHandlerContext<RegisterMemberCommand> context)
		{
			Console.WriteLine();
			Console.WriteLine("[MEMBER REGISTERED] : user name = '{0}'", context.Message.UserName);
			Console.WriteLine();
		}
	}
}

This will write out some information to the console window and send a response back to the sender (client).

Set Shuttle.Core.Host.exe as the Start external program option by navigating to the bin\debug folder of the server project.

Run

Set both the client and server projects as the startup.

Execute

Execute the application.

The client application will wait for you to input a user name. For this example enter my user name and press enter:

You have now implemented deferred message sending.

You will also notice that Log4Net has created the log file under ~\Shuttle.Deferred\Shuttle.Deferred.Server\bin\Debug\logs.