Hi All,

Thanks, the second step (RegionStatus page) is merged to master.

For the last step, opened a new PR (#7390) for the CanaryStatus page and
the removal of the Jamon dependency which is a bit smaller change.

Would be great if you could review it.

Many thanks in advance,
Dávid

Dávid Paksy <[email protected]> ezt írta (időpont: 2025. okt. 9., Cs,
17:28):

> Hi,
>
> Many thanks for your help in the Jamon to JSP migration so far.
>
> I merged the first step, the MasterStatus page yesterday.
> Now I opened a PR (7371) for the second step: the RegionStatus page.
> The last step will be the CanaryStatus page and the removal of the Jamon
> dependency which is a smaller change.
>
> I'd appreciate if you could review PR 7371 (RegionStatus page).
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> Dávid
>
> Dávid Paksy <[email protected]> ezt írta (időpont: 2025. aug. 18., H,
> 13:27):
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Can you please check the Master Status page Jamon to JSP migration PR
>> https://github.com/apache/hbase/pull/6875 if you'll have some time?
>>
>> Many thanks in advance,
>> Dávid
>>
>> Dávid Paksy <[email protected]> ezt írta (időpont: 2025. ápr. 10.,
>> Cs, 9:13):
>>
>>> Many thanks to your feedback István!
>>> I agree that the underscores in the sub-page names does not conform to
>>> the existing naming convention (camel case without underscores) so I'll
>>> change them.
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Dávid
>>>
>>> Istvan Toth <[email protected]> ezt írta (időpont: 2025. ápr. 10., Cs,
>>> 7:07):
>>>
>>>> Looks fine to me at a glance.
>>>> We perhaps still have too much code in the pages, but it's probably
>>>> better
>>>> to concentrate on the framework change for now, and do refactorings
>>>> later.
>>>> I'm also not sure about using underscore in the sub-page names.
>>>>
>>>> Stoty
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM Dávid Paksy <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Hi All,
>>>> >
>>>> > Since there are quite some Jamon code, as a first step I created a PR
>>>> to
>>>> > migrate the Master Status page back to JSP:
>>>> > https://github.com/apache/hbase/pull/6875
>>>> >
>>>> > I still have to test it a bit more but I'd be interested in your
>>>> opinion
>>>> > about it.
>>>> >
>>>> > Many thanks,
>>>> > Dávid
>>>> >
>>>> > Dávid Paksy <[email protected]> ezt írta (időpont: 2025. márc.
>>>> 27., Cs,
>>>> > 11:49):
>>>> >
>>>> > > Many thanks for your responses and for the good discussion.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > For the next step, I created HBASE-29223 to start migrating Jamon
>>>> back to
>>>> > > JSP.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Best Regards,
>>>> > > Dávid
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Nick Dimiduk <[email protected]> ezt írta (időpont: 2025. jan.
>>>> 22.,
>>>> > > Sze, 14:05):
>>>> > >
>>>> > >> On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM Istvan Toth
>>>> <[email protected]
>>>> > >
>>>> > >> wrote:
>>>> > >> >
>>>> > >> > On the beans topic:
>>>> > >> > It does not have to be RPC, for server-side rendered pages,
>>>> simply
>>>> > >> > moving non-trivial logic from the JSP file itself to a separate
>>>> java
>>>> > >> class
>>>> > >> > may be an improvement.
>>>> > >> > (Though most of the heavy lifting is already done via the HBase
>>>> API)
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> This is the type of improvement that I meant to suggest when
>>>> bringing
>>>> > >> up Jersey and beans. My thinking is that we would render out all
>>>> the
>>>> > >> information necessary to present a page as a self-contained "bean"
>>>> /
>>>> > >> POJO / whatever data object, and then the UI would be responsible
>>>> only
>>>> > >> for rendering an appropriate view of that object. The existing
>>>> Jersey
>>>> > >> stuff renders to JSON, but we can just as easily render to html.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> I think that we are aligned on principal.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> Thanks,
>>>> > >> Nick
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> > On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 1:20 PM Nick Dimiduk <
>>>> [email protected]>
>>>> > >> wrote:
>>>> > >> >
>>>> > >> > > Thanks for bringing this up Dávid.
>>>> > >> > >
>>>> > >> > > Istvan has covered a lot of ground in his reply and I generally
>>>> > agree
>>>> > >> with
>>>> > >> > > him. I agree that we should support server-side rendering over
>>>> a
>>>> > >> JS-heavy
>>>> > >> > > solution. I agree that JSP is old but an entrenched standard,
>>>> which
>>>> > >> has
>>>> > >> > > some appeal given our history.
>>>> > >> > >
>>>> > >> > > I am concerned that we won’t ever attract frontend developers
>>>> by
>>>> > >> leaning
>>>> > >> > > into such an old technology stack. This hurts the project
>>>> doubly
>>>> > >> because it
>>>> > >> > > means both our product AND our website languishes looking old
>>>> and
>>>> > >> outdated.
>>>> > >> > >
>>>> > >> > > I think that we should be able to selectively opt-in to more
>>>> modern
>>>> > JS
>>>> > >> > > features. The Region Visualizer on the Master UI is one such
>>>> > example.
>>>> > >> To be
>>>> > >> > > my own critic on that feature, I do not know if the UI degrades
>>>> > >> gracefully
>>>> > >> > > for a client that does not support JS.
>>>> > >> > >
>>>> > >> > > On the comment about moving the JSPs over to consuming beans,
>>>> I did
>>>> > >> start
>>>> > >> > > an effort around this by introducing a modern (at the time)
>>>> Jersey
>>>> > >> > > environment. I think anyway that we can continue to build on
>>>> Jersey
>>>> > to
>>>> > >> > > render model objects that get rendered out via JSP (or
>>>> whatever).
>>>> > >> > >
>>>> > >> > > Thanks,
>>>> > >> > > Nick
>>>> > >> > >
>>>> > >> > > On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 at 12:55, Istvan Toth
>>>> > <[email protected]
>>>> > >> >
>>>> > >> > > wrote:
>>>> > >> > >
>>>> > >> > > > I never thought that I would voice support for JSP, but I
>>>> think
>>>> > >> that the
>>>> > >> > > > Jamon situation is a good example of the advantages of JSP.
>>>> > >> > > >
>>>> > >> > > > Yes, JSP is old, kludgy and limited, but it has been around
>>>> since
>>>> > >> > > forever,
>>>> > >> > > > and as it is part of the Java EE (jakarta) standard, we can
>>>> also
>>>> > >> expect
>>>> > >> > > it
>>>> > >> > > > to be around for a long time.
>>>> > >> > > > Jamon was a hot new thing when it was adopted by us, but
>>>> just two
>>>> > >> years
>>>> > >> > > > later it was discontinued.
>>>> > >> > > >
>>>> > >> > > > I think that given what the HBase web UI needs to do, and
>>>> given
>>>> > the
>>>> > >> lack
>>>> > >> > > of
>>>> > >> > > > frontend focus and resources in HBase, something like JSP is
>>>> > >> exactly the
>>>> > >> > > > right technology for us.
>>>> > >> > > > It is simple, super easy to pick up, has minimal
>>>> dependencies, and
>>>> > >> there
>>>> > >> > > is
>>>> > >> > > > a minimal surface area for security issues with it.
>>>> > >> > > >
>>>> > >> > > > If we move to another server-side rendering framework, there
>>>> is no
>>>> > >> > > > guarantee that that framework would be around long enough
>>>> for our
>>>> > >> > > purposes.
>>>> > >> > > >
>>>> > >> > > > (Having said that, the existing JSP pages could certainly be
>>>> > >> improved by
>>>> > >> > > > moving most of the Java code to some backing beans)
>>>> > >> > > >
>>>> > >> > > > I also want to pre-emptively mention that I would consider
>>>> moving
>>>> > >> to some
>>>> > >> > > > client-side rendering framework a huge mistake, as HBase
>>>> does not
>>>> > >> need
>>>> > >> > > such
>>>> > >> > > > functionality, and adding another intense upgrade and rewrite
>>>> > >> treadmill
>>>> > >> > > > that few of us has the expertise for would just waste our
>>>> > resources.
>>>> > >> > > >
>>>> > >> > > > Istvan
>>>> > >> > > >
>>>> > >> > > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 11:30 AM 张铎(Duo Zhang) <
>>>> > >> [email protected]>
>>>> > >> > > > wrote:
>>>> > >> > > >
>>>> > >> > > > > Are there any new ways to implement this?
>>>> > >> > > > > JSP is also a very old technology...
>>>> > >> > > > >
>>>> > >> > > > > Dávid Paksy <[email protected]> 于2024年12月12日周四 17:58写道:
>>>> > >> > > > > >
>>>> > >> > > > > > Hi,
>>>> > >> > > > > >
>>>> > >> > > > > > Sorry for sending this again - but the former mail
>>>> landed in
>>>> > >> spam
>>>> > >> > > > > (because
>>>> > >> > > > > > of the links) for some people.
>>>> > >> > > > > >
>>>> > >> > > > > > While I was working on HBASE-28832 to migrate Bootstrap I
>>>> > >> noticed
>>>> > >> > > that
>>>> > >> > > > > > HBase have a mix of JSP and Jamon code. Looks like
>>>> HBASE-3835
>>>> > >> started
>>>> > >> > > > the
>>>> > >> > > > > > work in 2011 of converting from JSP to Jamon, but the
>>>> work
>>>> > >> didn't
>>>> > >> > > > finish.
>>>> > >> > > > > > I guess the best would be to either migrate everything to
>>>> > Jamon
>>>> > >> or
>>>> > >> > > back
>>>> > >> > > > > to
>>>> > >> > > > > > JSP as having both is not ideal from maintenance
>>>> perspective.
>>>> > >> > > > > >
>>>> > >> > > > > > While Jamon has advantages (static typing of template
>>>> > >> arguments, unit
>>>> > >> > > > > > testing, etc), looking at the Jamon project, it seems
>>>> that the
>>>> > >> last
>>>> > >> > > > > release
>>>> > >> > > > > > was on 2013-12-29 and I see no newer activity.
>>>> > >> > > > > >
>>>> > >> > > > > > From this I think moving back the Jamon files to JSP
>>>> would
>>>> > >> maybe make
>>>> > >> > > > > more
>>>> > >> > > > > > sense now.
>>>> > >> > > > > >
>>>> > >> > > > > > What do you all think about this?
>>>> > >> > > > > >
>>>> > >> > > > > > Many thanks in advance,
>>>> > >> > > > > > Dávid
>>>> > >> > > > >
>>>> > >> > > >
>>>> > >> > > >
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