MongoDB Java Server

Stub implementation of the core MongoDB server in Java. The MongoDB Wire Protocol is implemented with Netty. Different backends are possible and can be easily extended.

Usage

Add the following Maven dependency to your project:

<dependency>
    <groupId>de.bwaldvogel</groupId>
    <artifactId>mongo-java-server</artifactId>
    <version>1.6.0</version>
</dependency>

In-Memory backend

The in-memory backend is the default, such that mongo-java-server can be used as stub in unit tests. It does not support all features of the original MongoDB, and probably never will.

Example

public class SimpleTest {

    private MongoCollection<Document> collection;
    private MongoClient client;
    private MongoServer server;

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        server = new MongoServer(new MemoryBackend());

        // bind on a random local port
        InetSocketAddress serverAddress = server.bind();

        client = new MongoClient(new ServerAddress(serverAddress));
        collection = client.getDatabase("testdb").getCollection("testcollection");
    }

    @After
    public void tearDown() {
        client.close();
        server.shutdown();
    }

    @Test
    public void testSimpleInsertQuery() throws Exception {
        assertEquals(0, collection.count());

        // creates the database and collection in memory and insert the object
        Document obj = new Document("_id", 1).append("key", "value");
        collection.insertOne(obj);

        assertEquals(1, collection.count());
        assertEquals(obj, collection.find().first());
    }

}

H2 MVStore backend

The H2 MVStore backend connects the server to a MVStore that can either be in-memory or on-disk.

<dependency>
    <groupId>de.bwaldvogel</groupId>
    <artifactId>mongo-java-server-h2-backend</artifactId>
    <version>1.6.0</version>
</dependency>

Example

public class Application {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        MongoServer server = new MongoServer(new H2Backend("database.mv"));
        server.bind("localhost", 27017);
    }

}

Ideas for other backends

Faulty backend

A faulty backend could randomly fail queries or cause timeouts. This could be used to test the client for error resilience.

Fuzzy backend

Fuzzing the wire protocol could be used to check the robustness of client drivers.

Related Work

• jmockmongo

  • shares the basic idea of implementing the wire protocol with Netty
  • focus on in-memory backend for unit testing

• fongo

  • focus on unit testing
  • no wire protocol implementation
  • intercepts the java mongo driver
  • currently used in nosql-unit