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The Gather.sbapp
sample application has two EventFlows.
The SimpleGather example uses a Gather operator to generate an alarm (a true
value) for trades of 10,000 shares or more for a stock whose
price is $200 or greater. The input stream contains the fields Symbol
, Volume
, and Price
.
Note
This is a very simple example which might be better done using a single Map operator, but it is instructive. For an example that truly requires a Gather operator, see the Compliance sample application.
The TimeoutGather example demonstrates the effect of the Optional Timeouts settings. In
this case, when no input is received for ten seconds, Gather is forced to emit whatever
tuple values it has accumulated, setting any fields not received to null. The input
stream has two string fields: Type (which must be enqueued as either Buy
or Sell
) and Symbol (which can be any string).
To run the SimpleGather example:
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In the Package Explorer, double-click to open the
Gather.sbapp
application. Make sure the application is the currently active tab in the EventFlow Editor. -
Click the
Run button. This opens the SB Test/Debug perspective and starts the application.
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In the Application Output view, select the BigTradeAlarm output stream. No output is displayed at this point, but the dequeuer is prepared to receive output. This view will eventually show the output of the application.
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In the Manual Input view, select the TradesIn input stream.
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Enter
intc
,10000
, and201
in the Symbol, Volume, and Price fields, respectively -
Click Send Data, and observe this data appears in the BigTradeAlarm stream:
BigTradeAlarm=true
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Enter
intc
,10000
, and199
in the Symbol, Volume, and Price fields, respectively -
Click Send Data, and observe this data appears in the BigTradeAlarm stream:
BigTradeAlarm=false
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Enter
intc
,1000
, and201
in the Symbol, Volume, and Price fields, respectively -
Click Send Data, and observe this data appears in the BigTradeAlarm stream:
BigTradeAlarm=false
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Enter
intc
,1000
, and187
in the Symbol, Volume, and Price fields, respectively -
Click Send Data, and observe this data appears in the BigTradeAlarm stream:
BigTradeAlarm=false
To run the TimeoutGather example:
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In the Package Explorer, double-click to open the
Gather.sbapp
application. Make sure the application is the currently active tab in the EventFlow Editor. -
Click the
Run button. This opens the SB Test/Debug perspective and starts the application.
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In the Application Output view, select the Matches output stream. No output is displayed at this point, but the dequeuer is prepared to receive output. This view will eventually show the output of the application.
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In the Manual Input view, select the SimpleBuySellMatch input stream.
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Enter
Buy
andintc
in the Type and Symbol fields, respectively, and press . -
Quickly change Type from
Buy
toSell
and press again. -
Observe this data appear in the Matches stream:
MatchedSymbol=intc
-
Now change Type from
Sell
back toBuy
again, and press . -
Do not send a Sell message. After 10 seconds, observe that the Gather operator times out, and writes the following to the Matches output stream:
MatchedSymbol=<No Match: intc,null>
When done, press F9 or click the
Stop Running Application button.
This section describes how to run the sample in UNIX terminal windows or Windows command prompt windows. On Windows, be sure to use the StreamBase Command Prompt from the Start menu as described in the Test/Debug Guide, not the default command prompt.
To run the SimpleGather example:
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Open three terminal windows on UNIX, or three StreamBase Command Prompts on Windows. In each window, navigate to the directory where the sample is installed, or to your workspace copy of the sample, as described above.
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In window 1, type:
sbd Gather.sbapp
The window shows
notice[StreamBaseServer] listening on port 10000
. -
In window 2: type:
sbc dequeue BigTradeAlarm
No output is displayed at this point, but the dequeuer is prepared to receive output. This window will eventually show the output of the application.
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In window 3, type:
sbc enqueue TradesIn
The sbc command is now awaiting keyboard input. Then type:
intc, 10000, 201
Observe this line in the dequeue window:
true
-
Type:
intc, 10000, 199.
Observe this line in the dequeue window:
false
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Type:
intc, 1000, 201.
Observe this line in the dequeue window:
false
-
Type:
intc, 1000, 187.
Observe this line in the dequeue window:
false
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In window 3, type: Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Ctrl+D (UNIX) to exit the sbc session.
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In window 3, type the following command to terminate the server and dequeuer:
sbadmin shutdown
To run the TimeoutGather example:
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Open three terminal windows on UNIX, or three StreamBase Command Prompts on Windows. In each window, navigate to the directory where the sample is installed, or to your workspace copy of the sample, as described above.
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In window 1, type:
sbd Gather.sbapp
The window shows
notice[StreamBaseServer] listening on port 10000
. -
In window 2: type:
sbc dequeue Matches
No output is displayed at this point, but the dequeuer is prepared to receive output. This window will eventually show the output of the application.
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In window 3, type:
sbc enqueue SimpleBuySellMatch
The sbc command is now awaiting keyboard input. Then type:
Buy, intc
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Still in window 3, quickly type:
Sell, intc
Observe this line in the dequeue window:
intc
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In window 3, now type:
Buy, intc
Stop typing now and wait until the dequeue window displays:
<No Match: intc,null>
The application's Gather operator reports any unmatched tuples due to its timeout setting, which in this example is set to 10 seconds.
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In window 3, type: Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Ctrl+D (UNIX) to exit the sbc session.
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In window 3, type the following command to terminate the server and dequeuer:
sbadmin shutdown
In StreamBase Studio, import this sample with the following steps:
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From the top menu, click
→ . -
Select operator from the Data Constructs and Operators category.
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Click OK.
StreamBase Studio creates a single project for all the operator samples.
When you load the sample into StreamBase Studio, Studio copies the sample project's files to your Studio workspace, which is normally part of your home directory, with full access rights.
Important
Load this sample in StreamBase Studio, and thereafter use the Studio workspace copy of the sample to run and test it, even when running from the command prompt.
Using the workspace copy of the sample avoids the permission problems that can occur when trying to work with the initially installed location of the sample. The default workspace location for this sample is:
studio-workspace
/sample_operator
See Default Installation
Directories for the location of studio-workspace
on your system.
In the default TIBCO StreamBase installation, this sample's files are initially installed in:
streambase-install-dir
/sample/operator
See Default Installation
Directories for the location of streambase-install-dir
on your system. This location
may require administrator privileges for write access, depending on your platform.