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Kirk Lund commented on GEODE-2270:
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org.apache.geode.management.ManagementService is the API for executing gfsh 
commands via API instead of within the cli. This was introduced in GemFire 7.0 
(pre-Geode) and the feature was originally intended to receive further work to 
complete it but the work halted after GemFire 7.0. The original specification 
called for 3 different flavors (sub-classes): Client, Peer, Manager. Those 3 
would have slight variations due to communication protocol, contextual scope 
and security. For example, the ClientManagementService would be used within a 
Client to create a Region on the Server(s) if the Client has sufficient 
security privileges.

org.apache.geode.management.MemberMXBean has three MBean operations to provide 
this functionality as a JMX API:
* String processCommand(String commandString);
* String processCommand(String commandString, Map<String, String> env);
* String processCommand(String commandString, Map<String, String> env, Byte[][] 
binaryData);

Preparing and documenting MemberMXBean#processCommand APIs was spec'ed out but 
(same as before) the work was halted after GemFire 7.0.


> Need API to call gfsh and get results dynamically from code
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: GEODE-2270
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GEODE-2270
>             Project: Geode
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: docs, gfsh, management
>            Reporter: Wes Williams
>              Labels: ManagementService, MemberMXBean, gfsh, jmx
>
> GIVEN:
> 1) The GfshParser and CommandResult are internal classes.
> 2) CommandResult returns headings, line.separator's and UI concerns along 
> with the answer
> WHEN:
> I pass a gfsh command into a public gfsh API from code
> THEN:
> I get back an XML or JSON representation of the core results without the 
> headings, line.separator's and UI concerns
> EXAMPLE (idea node and not actual implementation):
> WHEN:
>         String gfshResults = gfshPublicAPI("list regions");
>         return gfshResults;
>     String gfshPublicAPI(String gfshCommand) {
>         ParseResult parseResult = gfshParser.parse(gfshCommand);
>         String results = (String) parseResult.getMethod()+"Json"
>           .invoke(parseResult.getInstance(), parseResult.getArguments())
>        return results;
>     }
>     CommandResult gfshInternalAPI(String gfshCommand) {
>         ParseResult parseResult = gfshParser.parse(gfshCommand);
>         CommandResult results = (CommandResult) parseResult.getMethod()
>           .invoke(parseResult.getInstance(), parseResult.getArguments())
>        return results;
>     }
> Another option is to include a new property --output=json into gfsh commands 
> that return the core results without the UI concerns, per Anthony Baker's 
> comment on Fri, 04 Nov, 20:31 at: 
> https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-geode-dev/201611.mbox/browser



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