一、简介
Hessian和Burlap是由Caucho Technology提供的基于HTTP协议的轻量级远程服务解决方案。他们都致力于借助尽可能简单那的API和通信协议来简化Web服务。
Hession和Burlap就如同一个事物的两面，但是每一个解决方案都服务于略微不同的目的。Hession就像RMI一样，使用二进制尽心客户端和服务端的交互。但与其他二进制远程调用技术（如，RMI）不同的是，它的二进制消息可以移植到其他开发语言中（如，PHP、Python、C++、C#）。Burlap是一种基于XML的远程调用技术，这使得它可以自然而然的移植到任何能够解析XML的语言上。正因为如此，Burlap比起Hessian的二进制格式而言有更强的可读性。但，与其他基于XML的远程技术（如，SOAP、XML-RPC）不同，Burlap的消息结构尽可能的简单，不需要额外的外部定义语言（如，WSDL、IDL）。
你可能想知道如何在Hession和Burlap之间抉择，很大程度，他们是一样的。唯一的区别在于Hession的消息似乎二进制的，在带宽上更有优势，而Burlap的消息是XML的，有更好的可读性。
由于Hessian和Burlap都是基于HTTP协议的，他们都解决了RMI所头疼的防火墙渗透问题。但是当传递过来的RPC消息中包含序列化对象时，RMI就完胜Hessian和Burlap了。因为Hessian和Burlap都采用私有的序列化机制，如果数据模型非常复杂，那么Hessian和Burlap的序列化模型可能无法胜任。
二、Hession开发步骤
1、编写服务接口
1 package com.cnblogs.javalouvre.service;
2
3 public interface GreetService {
4
5 String sayHello(String name);
6
7 }
2、编写服务实现类，须继承自com.caucho.hessian.server.HessianServlet
1 package com.cnblogs.javalouvre.service;
2
3 import com.caucho.hessian.server.HessianServlet;
4
5 public class GreetServiceImpl extends HessianServlet implements GreetService {
6
7 private static final long serialVersionUID = 1880738686281295739L;
8
9 @Override
10 public String sayHello(String name) {
11 return "Hello " + name;
12 }
13
14 }
3、配置web.xml
1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2 <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
3 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
4 xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
5 version="2.5">
6
7 <servlet>
8 <servlet-name>HessianServlet</servlet-name>
9 <servlet-class>com.caucho.hessian.server.HessianServlet</servlet-class>
10 <init-param>
11 <param-name>home-class</param-name>
12 <param-value>com.cnblogs.javalouvre.service.GreetServiceImpl</param-value>
13 </init-param>
14 <init-param>
15 <param-name>home-api</param-name>
16 <param-value>com.cnblogs.javalouvre.service.GreetService</param-value>
17 </init-param>
18 <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
19 </servlet>
20
21 <servlet-mapping>
22 <servlet-name>HessianServlet</servlet-name>
23 <url-pattern>/GreetService</url-pattern>
24 </servlet-mapping>
25
26 <welcome-file-list>
27 <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
28 <welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file>
29 <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
30 </welcome-file-list>
31
32 </web-app>
4、测试客户端
1 package com.cnblogs.javalouvre.client;
2
3 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
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5 import com.caucho.hessian.client.HessianProxyFactory;
6 import com.cnblogs.javalouvre.service.GreetService;
7
8 public class Client {
9
10 public static void main(String[] args) {
11 String url = "http://10.108.1.138:8080/Hessian/GreetService";
12
13 try {
14 GreetService service = (GreetService) (new HessianProxyFactory()).create(GreetService.class, url);
15 System.out.println(service.sayHello("Jobs"));
16 } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
17 e.printStackTrace();
18 }
19 }
20
21 }
三、Burlap开发步骤
1、编写服务接口(同Hessian示例的接口)
2、编写服务实现类，须继承自com.caucho.burlap.server.BurlapServlet
1 package com.cnblogs.javalouvre.service;
2
3 import com.caucho.burlap.server.BurlapServlet;
4
5 public class GreetServiceImpl extends BurlapServlet implements GreetService {
6
7 @Override
8 public String sayHello(String name) {
9 return "Hello " + name;
10 }
11
12 }
3、配置web.xml
1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2 <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
3 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
4 xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
5 version="2.5">
6
7 <servlet>
8 <servlet-name>GreetService</servlet-name>
9 <servlet-class>com.cnblogs.javalouvre.service.GreetServiceImpl</servlet-class>
10 <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
11 </servlet>
12
13 <servlet-mapping>
14 <servlet-name>GreetService</servlet-name>
15 <url-pattern>/GreetService</url-pattern>
16 </servlet-mapping>
17
18 <welcome-file-list>
19 <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
20 <welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file>
21 <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
22 </welcome-file-list>
23
24 </web-app>
4、测试客户端
1 package com.cnblogs.javalouvre.client;
2
3 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
4
5 import com.caucho.burlap.client.BurlapProxyFactory;
6 import com.cnblogs.javalouvre.service.GreetService;
7
8 public class Client {
9
10 public static void main(String[] args) {
11 String url = "http://10.108.1.138:8080/Burlap/GreetService";
12
13 try {
14 GreetService service = (GreetService) (new BurlapProxyFactory()).create(GreetService.class, url);
15 System.out.println(service.sayHello("Jobs"));
16 } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
17 e.printStackTrace();
18 }
19 }
20
21 }