// .NET StockTrader Sample WCF Application for Benchmarking, Performance Analysis and Design Considerations for Service-Oriented Applications // Note that for ClosedOrders alert control we use in-page script to generate our repeating table rows in the HTML. // vs. using databound Repeater controls as we do in the AccountOrders (control), Portfolio (page), and MarketSummary (control). // The choice of display method is up to the architect; Repeaters and GridViews have many features you do not // get with in-page script; there is however a performance tradeoff; so we opted to use // in-page script vs. Repeaters/Gridviews here becuase this control is embedded in every authenticated // page. using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Web; using System.Web.Caching; using System.Web.Security; using Trade.StockTraderWebApplicationServiceClient; using Trade.StockTraderWebApplicationModelClasses; using Trade.StockTraderWebApplicationSettings; namespace Trade.Web { /// /// Checks for closed orders, and displays alert if any. /// public partial class ClosedOrders : System.Web.UI.UserControl { public List closedOrderData; protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e) { //configlink.HRef = "http://" + HttpContext.Current.Server.MachineName + "/" + Settings.PAGE_PATH_CONFIG; //Here we are going to use an absolute expiration and the .NET object cache to enable //the application to optionally not execute the order alert query on every page; rather just check every //n seconds (this setting is adjustable in Web.config). Executing the alert control //logic on every page is not the best design: users can stand to get their completion alerts after 60 //seconds vs. right away, plus we are going to invalidate the cache entry //anyway on an order being placed, so they will only have to wait if they place the order from //another browser. The reduction on database queries is substantial (and impact on perf) //simply by making this choice. They will STILL get an order alert within 60 seconds of //browsing even if another program (such as the async Order Processor Service or any program) completes //the order outside of the scope of the Web application. //Order alerts and stock market summary/mkt index are the only two places in this app that really //make sense to cache. All other data elements such as account info/balances, stock prices, //holdings, orders etc. are not good candidates for caching in our opinion. These data elements //should always reflect what is actually in the database. This is becuase other systems besides //StockTrader would quite likely be changing this data in the real world, so invalidating the cache within StockTrader app //(ala WebSphere Trade 6.1) does more harm than good--since the middle tier is completely unaware of //what other applications may have done to change the database information being cached. //On the other hand, order alerts and market summaries are excellent choices for caching: //data here can be safely be refreshed every 30, 60 seconds (or more) without impacting data //integrity or alarming a user with an inconsistent value. //The .NET cache for this control will only be used if the Web.config setting //"CheckOrderAlertsOnEveryRequest" = false. For benchmark comparisons, its important this be true //if measuring .NET perf against WebSphere or other product if those products are not also caching data. //In our published data, we used the "true" setting so the control is executed on every //requested page, and alerts come up immediately as opposed to slightly delayed. string userid = HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name; if (userid == "") { HttpCookie authcookie = Request.Cookies[FormsAuthentication.FormsCookieName]; if (authcookie.Equals(null)) { FormsAuthentication.SignOut(); Response.Redirect(Settings.PAGE_LOGIN); } FormsAuthenticationTicket ticket = (FormsAuthenticationTicket)FormsAuthentication.Decrypt(authcookie.Value); userid = ticket.Name; } if (Settings.CHECK_ORDER_ALERT_EVERY_REQUEST || Cache[Settings.CACHE_KEY_CLOSED_ORDERSALERT + userid] == null) { //Either the setting in web.config is set for checking on every page, or //the timeout on our cache has expired. So we must invoke our BSL layer //now to check for closed orders. BSLClient businessServicesClient = new BSLClient(); closedOrderData = businessServicesClient.getClosedOrders(userid); //We are not interested in actually caching any data here: after all, users only get notified //via an alert 1 time per order. Rather, we are using the cache as a convenient way to //ensure alert checks only happen based on our desired frequency. if (!Settings.CHECK_ORDER_ALERT_EVERY_REQUEST) Cache.Insert(Settings.CACHE_KEY_CLOSED_ORDERSALERT + userid, userid, null, System.DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(Settings.ORDER_ALERT_CHECK_FREQUENCY), System.Web.Caching.Cache.NoSlidingExpiration, System.Web.Caching.CacheItemPriority.Normal, null); } } } }