Build SOIs using Eclipse

This topic describes how to create, build, and deploy a server object interceptor (SOI) under the Maven framework using Eclipse. It also describes how to consume the SOI from the ArcGIS Server Services Directory.

1. Create the SOI project
2. Build the SOI project
3. Deploy the SOI and testing the SOI's functions

The SOI that you will create in this topic is also provided as a sample, named Simple SOI in the ArcGIS Enterprise SDK(..\EnterpriseSDK\Samples\Java\serverobjectextensions\simplesoi).

Create the SOI project

To create a SOI using Eclipse, complete the following steps:

1. Ensure that ArcGIS Enterprise SDK, Java, and Maven are all installed on your development environment. See more details in the Installation section.

2. Open Eclipse and select File > New > Maven Project. The New Maven Project wizard appears.

3. Uncheck Create a simple project (skip archetype selection) and click Next.

4. If the soi-archetype has already been added, skip this step.

   Otherwise, click the Add Archetype button on the right, type the following values in the Add Archetype wizard, and click OK:

   • GroupId: com.esri.arcgis.enterprise.sdk
   • ArtifactId: soi-archetype
   • Version: 10.9.1 (use 10.9.0 for 10.9 SDK and 10.8.1 for 10.8.1 SDK)
   

5. The soi-archetype is now added. Select this archetype and click Next.

   

6. Enter the information in the parameters below and click Finish:

   
   • Group Id — entsdksamples.soi
   • Artifact Id — SimpleSOI
   • Package — entsdksamples.soi
   • soiName — JavaSimpleMapSOI
   • serviceType — Leave the default value MapService. Setting serviceType to ImageService will result in an image service SOI, which is supported since 10.8.1.

7. A new SOI project is created now. You should see the entsdksamples.soe package and the JavaSimpleMapSOI class under the src\main\java folder.

Verifying the servicetype

Since the Rest SOE project has already been created, please confirm which type of SOE you would like to generate: Map Service or Image Service. If you are working with a Map Service, simply keep the default settings shown in the screenshot below, where servicetype = "MapService". However, if you need an Image Service, update servicetype to "ImageService".

Build the SOI project

Building an SOI project will package the project's classes, dependencies, and resources into a .soe file, which can be deployed to ArcGIS Server. Since it's a Maven project, the Maven build lifecycle must be followed to build the SOI. Read more about project build.

You can build the SOE project by using either the Maven Build tool or the Terminal view in Eclipse.

As the project is created from soi-archetype, it automatically loads the boilerplate code that implements a ready-to-use SOI. For now, we can just customize the displayName and description of the SOI and leave the rest of the code as is.

1. Open the SOI class JavaSimpleMapSOI, located in the src\main\java folder (see A in the example above).

2. Set the displayName and description to Java Simple Map SOI (see B).

3. Follow these steps to build the project.

   • To build the project using Maven Build, do the following:

     a. Right-click the project and choose Run As > Run Configuration.

     b. Double-click Maven Build from the list on the left side of the Run Configuration wizard.

     c. The New_configuration wizard appears. Click Workspace to set the current project as the workspace. Type clean install in Goals, click Apply, and click Run.

     

     d. The project is built successfully, with detailed log messages in the Console view (see C).

   • Alternatively, to build the project in the Terminal view, do the following:

     a. Click the Terminal tab at the bottom of Eclipse (see D). If you can't find this tab, you need to add this view from Window > Show View > Other > Terminal (see E).

     b. On the Terminal view, click Open a Terminal, which is a blue button on the right. A terminal is activated.

     c. Ensure the current directory is pointing to the project's base directory.

     d. Type mvn clean install. This command does a clean build of the project and you should see Build Success.

4. Once the build finishes, a new folder named target appears in the project's base directory, and you can find the SOI file simplesoi.soe in this folder (see F). If you don't see the file, right-click and refresh the target folder or the project.

If you would like to add third-party libraries as dependencies, you can add them to the project's pom.xml (see G). The POM contains project configuration information, such as the Java compiler (JDK) used, plug-ins used, project's dependencies, and project's version. Learn more about POM dependency management.

Deploy the SOI and testing the SOI's functions

To deploy and test the Simple SOI's functions, follow the instructions at Audit requests in SOIs.

Also See

• Install the Java IDE
• Audit requests in SOIs
• Implement the SOI's interfaces