Using React in ActiveJ projects

In this example we will integrate React in an ActiveJ project. You can find full example sources on GitHub. Here we will consider using HttpServerLauncher and AsyncServlet to set up the server that processes the requests. See how ActiveJ makes this process extremely simple.

Creating launcher

SimpleApplicationLauncher extends HttpServerLauncher. HttpServerLauncher superclass takes care of setting up all the required configurations for the HTTP server:

public final class SimpleApplicationLauncher extends HttpServerLauncher {
  @Provides
  Executor executor() {
    return newSingleThreadExecutor();
  }

  @Provides
  IStaticLoader staticLoader(Reactor reactor, Executor executor) {
    return IStaticLoader.ofClassPath(reactor, executor, "build");
  }

  @Provides
  AsyncServlet servlet(Reactor reactor, IStaticLoader staticLoader) {
    return StaticServlet.builder(reactor, staticLoader)
      .withIndexHtml()
      .build();
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    SimpleApplicationLauncher launcher = new SimpleApplicationLauncher();
    launcher.launch(args);
  }
}

First, we provide an executor for the AsyncServlet. Then, we provide an AsyncServlet to open the index.html of the provided path. Finally, we write down main() method to launch SimpleApplicationLauncher. And that's it, no additional configurations are required. Simple and streamlined, isn't it?

Running the application

If you want to run the example, clone ActiveJ and import it as a Maven project. Check out branch v6.0-beta2. Before running the example, build the project (Ctrl + F9 for IntelliJ IDEA).

Then, run the following command in activej/examples/tutorials/react-integration/front

npm i
npm run-script build

Open SimpleApplicationLauncher class and run its main() method. Then open your favourite browser and go to localhost:8080