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//******************************************************************************
//
// File:    JobBackend.java
// Package: edu.rit.pj.cluster
// Unit:    Class edu.rit.pj.cluster.JobBackend
//
// This Java source file is copyright (C) 2012 by Alan Kaminsky. All rights
// reserved. For further information, contact the author, Alan Kaminsky, at
// ark@cs.rit.edu.
//
// This Java source file is part of the Parallel Java Library ("PJ"). PJ is free
// software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
// General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
// version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
//
// PJ is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
// WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
//
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// combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and conditions of the
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// permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
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// exception statement from your version.
//
// A copy of the GNU General Public License is provided in the file gpl.txt. You
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package edu.rit.pj.cluster;

import edu.rit.mp.ChannelGroup;
import edu.rit.mp.ChannelGroupClosedException;
import edu.rit.mp.Status;

import edu.rit.mp.ObjectBuf;

import edu.rit.mp.buf.ObjectItemBuf;

import edu.rit.util.ByteSequence;
import edu.rit.util.Timer;
import edu.rit.util.TimerTask;
import edu.rit.util.TimerThread;

import java.lang.reflect.Method;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintStream;

import java.net.InetSocketAddress;

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Properties;

import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;

/**
 * Class JobBackend is the main program for a job backend process in the PJ
 * cluster middleware. The job backend process is launched by an SSH remote
 * login from the job frontend process (class {@linkplain JobFrontend}).
 * <P>
 * The command line for the job backend main program is:
 * <P>
 * java edu.rit.pj.cluster.JobBackend <I>username</I> <I>jobnum</I> <I>K</I>
 * <I>rank</I> <I>hasFrontendComm</I> <I>frontendHost</I> <I>frontendPort</I>
 * <I>backendHost</I>
 * <BR><I>username</I> = User name
 * <BR><I>jobnum</I> = Job number
 * <BR><I>K</I> = Number of backend processes (&gt;= 1)
 * <BR><I>rank</I> = Rank of this backend process (0 .. <I>K</I>-1)
 * <BR><I>hasFrontendComm</I> = Whether the frontend communicator exists
 * (<TT>true</TT> or <TT>false</TT>)
 * <BR><I>frontendHost</I> = Job frontend's middleware channel group host name
 * <BR><I>frontendPort</I> = Job frontend's middleware channel group port number
 * <BR><I>backendHost</I> = Job backend's middleware channel group host name
 *
 * @author  Alan Kaminsky
 * @version 24-Jan-2012
 */
public class JobBackend
	implements Runnable, JobBackendRef
	{

// Hidden class-wide data members.

	private static JobBackend theJobBackend;

// Hidden data members.

	// Command line arguments.
	private String username;
	private int jobnum;
	private int K;
	private int rank;
	private boolean hasFrontendComm;
	private String frontendHost;
	private int frontendPort;
	private String backendHost;

	// Timer thread for lease renewals and expirations.
	private TimerThread myLeaseTimerThread;

	// Timers for the lease with the job frontend.
	private Timer myFrontendRenewTimer;
	private Timer myFrontendExpireTimer;

	// Middleware channel group and address array.
	private ChannelGroup myMiddlewareChannelGroup;
	private InetSocketAddress[] myMiddlewareAddress;

	// Job frontend proxy.
	private JobFrontendRef myJobFrontend;

	// For loading classes from the job frontend process.
	private ResourceCache myResourceCache;
	private BackendClassLoader myClassLoader;

	// World communicator channel group and address array.
	private ChannelGroup myWorldChannelGroup;
	private InetSocketAddress[] myWorldAddress;

	// Frontend communicator channel group and address array.
	private ChannelGroup myFrontendChannelGroup;
	private InetSocketAddress[] myFrontendAddress;

	// Java system properties.
	private Properties myProperties;

	// Main class name.
	private String myMainClassName;

	// Command line arguments.
	private String[] myArgs;

	// Flag set true to commence job.
	private boolean commence;

	// Buffer for receiving job backend messages.
	private ObjectItemBuf<JobBackendMessage> myBuffer =
		ObjectBuf.buffer ((JobBackendMessage) null);

	// Flags for shutting down the run() method.
	private boolean continueRun = true;
	private CountDownLatch runFinished = new CountDownLatch (1);

	// State of this job backend.
	private State myState = State.RUNNING;
		private static enum State
			{RUNNING,
			 TERMINATE_CANCEL_JOB,
			 TERMINATE_NO_REPORT,
			 TERMINATING};

	// Error message if job canceled, or null if job finished normally.
	private String myCancelMessage;

	// Original standard error stream; goes to the Job Launcher's log file.
	private PrintStream myJobLauncherLog;

	// For writing and reading files in the job frontend.
	private BackendFileWriter myFileWriter;
	private BackendFileReader myFileReader;

// Hidden constructors.

	/**
	 * Construct a new Job Backend.
	 *
	 * @param  username         User name.
	 * @param  jobnum           Job number.
	 * @param  K                Number of backend processes.
	 * @param  rank             Rank of this backend process.
	 * @param  hasFrontendComm  Whether the frontend communicator exists.
	 * @param  frontendHost     Host name of job frontend's middleware channel
	 *                          group.
	 * @param  frontendPort     Port number of job frontend's middleware channel
	 *                          group.
	 * @param  backendHost      Host name of job backend's middleware channel
	 *                          group.
	 *
	 * @exception  IOException
	 *     Thrown if an I/O error occurred.
	 */
	private JobBackend
		(String username,
		 int jobnum,
		 int K,
		 int rank,
		 boolean hasFrontendComm,
		 String frontendHost,
		 int frontendPort,
		 String backendHost)
		throws IOException
		{
//System.err.println ("JobBackend()");
//System.err.println ("\tusername = \""+username+"\"");
//System.err.println ("\tjobnum = "+jobnum);
//System.err.println ("\tK = "+K);
//System.err.println ("\trank = "+rank);
//System.err.println ("\thasFrontendComm = "+hasFrontendComm);
//System.err.println ("\tfrontendHost = \""+frontendHost+"\"");
//System.err.println ("\tfrontendPort = "+frontendPort);
//System.err.println ("\tbackendHost = \""+backendHost+"\"");

		// Record command line arguments.
		this.username = username;
		this.jobnum = jobnum;
		this.K = K;
		this.rank = rank;
		this.hasFrontendComm = hasFrontendComm;
		this.frontendHost = frontendHost;
		this.frontendPort = frontendPort;
		this.backendHost = backendHost;

		// Set up shutdown hook.
		Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook (new Thread()
			{
			public void run()
				{
				shutdown();
				}
			});

		// Set up lease timer thread.
		myLeaseTimerThread = new TimerThread();
		myLeaseTimerThread.setDaemon (true);
		myLeaseTimerThread.start();

		// Set up job frontend lease timers.
		myFrontendRenewTimer =
			myLeaseTimerThread.createTimer
				(new TimerTask()
					{
					public void action
						(Timer timer)
						{
						try
							{
							frontendRenewTimeout();
							}
						catch (Throwable exc)
							{
							}
						}
					});
		myFrontendExpireTimer =
			myLeaseTimerThread.createTimer
				(new TimerTask()
					{
					public void action
						(Timer timer)
						{
						try
							{
							frontendExpireTimeout();
							}
						catch (Throwable exc)
							{
							}
						}
					});

		// Start job frontend lease expiration timer regardless of whether the
		// job frontend proxy gets set up.
		myFrontendExpireTimer.start
			(Constants.LEASE_EXPIRE_INTERVAL);

		// Set up middleware channel group.
		myMiddlewareChannelGroup =
			new ChannelGroup (new InetSocketAddress (backendHost, 0));
		myMiddlewareChannelGroup.startListening();

		// Set up job frontend proxy.
		myJobFrontend =
			new JobFrontendProxy
				(myMiddlewareChannelGroup,
				 myMiddlewareChannelGroup.connect
					(new InetSocketAddress (frontendHost, frontendPort)));

		// If we get here, the job frontend proxy has been set up.

		// Start job frontend lease renewal timer.
		myFrontendRenewTimer.start
			(Constants.LEASE_RENEW_INTERVAL,
			 Constants.LEASE_RENEW_INTERVAL);

		// Set up backend class loader.
		myResourceCache = new ResourceCache();
		myClassLoader =
			new BackendClassLoader
				(/*parent        */ getClass().getClassLoader(),
				 /*theJobBackend */ this,
				 /*theJobFrontend*/ myJobFrontend,
				 /*theCache      */ myResourceCache);

		// Set up world communicator channel group.
		myWorldChannelGroup =
			new ChannelGroup (new InetSocketAddress (backendHost, 0));
		myWorldChannelGroup.setAlternateClassLoader (myClassLoader);

		// Set up frontend communicator channel group.
		if (hasFrontendComm)
			{
			myFrontendChannelGroup =
				new ChannelGroup (new InetSocketAddress (backendHost, 0));
			myFrontendChannelGroup.setAlternateClassLoader (myClassLoader);
			}

		// Set up backend file writer and reader.
		myFileWriter = new BackendFileWriter (myJobFrontend, this);
		myFileReader = new BackendFileReader (myJobFrontend, this);

		// Redirect standard input, standard output, and standard error to job
		// frontend.
		System.in.close();
		System.out.close();
		myJobLauncherLog = System.err;
		System.setIn (myFileReader.in);
		System.setOut (myFileWriter.out);
		System.setErr (myFileWriter.err);

		// Tell job frontend we're ready!
		myJobFrontend.backendReady
			(/*theJobBackend    */ this,
			 /*rank             */ rank,
			 /*middlewareAddress*/
				myMiddlewareChannelGroup.listenAddress(),
			 /*worldAddress     */
				myWorldChannelGroup.listenAddress(),
			 /*frontendAddress  */
				hasFrontendComm ?
					myFrontendChannelGroup.listenAddress() :
					null);
		}

// Exported operations.

	/**
	 * Run this Job Backend.
	 */
	public void run()
		{
		Status status = null;
		JobBackendMessage message = null;

		try
			{
			while (continueRun)
				{
				// Receive a message from any channel.
				status =
					myMiddlewareChannelGroup.receive (null, null, myBuffer);
				message = myBuffer.item;

				// Process message.
				message.invoke (this, myJobFrontend);

				// Enable garbage collection of no-longer-needed objects while
				// waiting to receive next message.
				myBuffer.item = null;
				status = null;
				message = null;
				}

			// Allow shutdown hook to proceed.
			reportRunFinished();
			}

		catch (ChannelGroupClosedException exc)
			{
			// Allow shutdown hook to proceed.
			reportRunFinished();
			}

		catch (Throwable exc)
			{
			// Allow shutdown hook to proceed.
			reportRunFinished();
			terminateCancelJob (exc);
			}

		// Exit process if necessary.
		switch (myState)
			{
			case TERMINATE_CANCEL_JOB:
			case TERMINATE_NO_REPORT:
				System.exit (1);
				break;
			case RUNNING:
			case TERMINATING:
				break;
			}
		}

	/**
	 * Cancel the job.
	 *
	 * @param  theJobFrontend  Job Frontend that is calling this method.
	 * @param  errmsg          Error message string.
	 *
	 * @exception  IOException
	 *     Thrown if an I/O error occurred.
	 */
	public synchronized void cancelJob
		(JobFrontendRef theJobFrontend,
		 String errmsg)
		throws IOException
		{
		terminateNoReport();
		}

	/**
	 * Commence the job.
	 *
	 * @param  theJobFrontend
	 *     Job Frontend that is calling this method.
	 * @param  middlewareAddress
	 *     Array of hosts/ports for middleware messages. The first <I>K</I>
	 *     elements are for the job backend processes in rank order, the
	 *     <I>K</I>+1st element is for the job frontend process. If the
	 * @param  worldAddress
	 *     Array of hosts/ports for the world communicator. The <I>K</I>
	 *     elements are for the job backend processes in rank order.
	 * @param  frontendAddress
	 *     Array of hosts/ports for the frontend communicator. The first
	 *     <I>K</I> elements are for the job backend processes in rank order,
	 *     the <I>K</I>+1st element is for the job frontend process. If the
	 *     frontend communicator does not exist, <TT>frontendAddress</TT> is
	 *     null.
	 * @param  properties
	 *     Java system properties.
	 * @param  mainClassName
	 *     Fully qualified class name of the Java main program class to execute.
	 * @param  args
	 *     Array of 0 or more Java command line arguments.
	 *
	 * @exception  IOException
	 *     Thrown if an I/O error occurred.
	 */
	public synchronized void commenceJob
		(JobFrontendRef theJobFrontend,
		 InetSocketAddress[] middlewareAddress,
		 InetSocketAddress[] worldAddress,
		 InetSocketAddress[] frontendAddress,
		 Properties properties,
		 String mainClassName,
		 String[] args)
		throws IOException
		{
		// Record information.
		myMiddlewareAddress = middlewareAddress;
		myWorldAddress = worldAddress;
		myFrontendAddress = frontendAddress;
		myProperties = properties;
		myMainClassName = mainClassName;
		myArgs = args;

		// Notify main program to commence job.
		commence = true;
		notifyAll();
		}

	/**
	 * Report that the job finished.
	 *
	 * @param  theJobFrontend  Job frontend that is calling this method.
	 *
	 * @exception  IOException
	 *     Thrown if an I/O error occurred.
	 */
	public synchronized void jobFinished
		(JobFrontendRef theJobFrontend)
		throws IOException
		{
		continueRun = false;
		}

	/**
	 * Renew the lease on the job.
	 *
	 * @param  theJobFrontend  Job Frontend that is calling this method.
	 *
	 * @exception  IOException
	 *     Thrown if an I/O error occurred.
	 */
	public synchronized void renewLease
		(JobFrontendRef theJobFrontend)
		throws IOException
		{
		myFrontendExpireTimer.start (Constants.LEASE_EXPIRE_INTERVAL);
		}

	/**
	 * Report the content for a previously-requested resource.
	 *
	 * @param  theJobFrontend  Job Frontend that is calling this method.
	 * @param  resourceName    Resource name.
	 * @param  content         Resource content, or null if resource not found.
	 *
	 * @exception  IOException
	 *     Thrown if an I/O error occurred.
	 */
	public synchronized void reportResource
		(JobFrontendRef theJobFrontend,
		 String resourceName,
		 byte[] content)
		throws IOException
		{
		myResourceCache.put (resourceName, content);
		}

	/**
	 * Report the content for a previously-requested resource.
	 *
	 * @param  theJobFrontend  Job Frontend that is calling this method.
	 * @param  resourceName    Resource name.
	 * @param  content         Resource content, or null if resource not found.
	 *
	 * @exception  IOException
	 *     Thrown if an I/O error occurred.
	 */
	public synchronized void reportResource
		(JobFrontendRef theJobFrontend,
		 String resourceName,
		 ByteSequence content)
		throws IOException
		{
		myResourceCache.put
			(resourceName,
			 content == null ? null : content.toByteArray());
		}

	/**
	 * Report the result of opening the given output file.
	 *
	 * @param  theJobFrontend  Job Frontend that is calling this method.
	 * @param  bfd             Backend file descriptor.
	 * @param  ffd             Frontend file descriptor if success.
	 * @param  exc             Null if success, exception if failure.
	 *
	 * @exception  IOException
	 *     Thrown if an I/O error occurred.
	 */
	public synchronized void outputFileOpenResult
		(JobFrontendRef theJobFrontend,
		 int bfd,
		 int ffd,
		 IOException exc)
		throws IOException
		{
		myFileWriter.outputFileOpenResult (theJobFrontend, bfd, ffd, exc);
		}

	/**
	 * Report the result of writing the given output file.
	 *
	 * @param  theJobFrontend  Job Frontend that is calling this method.
	 * @param  ffd             Frontend file descriptor.
	 * @param  exc             Null if success, exception if failure.
	 *
	 * @exception  IOException
	 *     Thrown if an I/O error occurred.
	 */
	public synchronized void outputFileWriteResult
		(JobFrontendRef theJobFrontend,
		 int ffd,
		 IOException exc)
		throws IOException
		{
		myFileWriter.outputFileWriteResult (theJobFrontend, ffd, exc);
		}

	/**
	 * Report the result of flushing the given output file.
	 *
	 * @param  theJobFrontend  Job Frontend that is calling this method.
	 * @param  ffd             Frontend file descriptor.
	 * @param  exc             Null if success, exception if failure.
	 *
	 * @exception  IOException
	 *     Thrown if an I/O error occurred.
	 */
	public synchronized void outputFileFlushResult
		(JobFrontendRef theJobFrontend,
		 int ffd,
		 IOException exc)
		throws IOException
		{
		myFileWriter.outputFileFlushResult (theJobFrontend, ffd, exc);
		}

	/**
	 * Report the result of closing the given output file.
	 *
	 * @param  theJobFrontend  Job Frontend that is calling this method.
	 * @param  ffd             Frontend file descriptor.
	 * @param  exc             Null if success, exception if failure.
	 *
	 * @exception  IOException
	 *     Thrown if an I/O error occurred.
	 */
	public synchronized void outputFileCloseResult
		(JobFrontendRef theJobFrontend,
		 int ffd,
		 IOException exc)
		throws IOException
		{
		myFileWriter.outputFileCloseResult (theJobFrontend, ffd, exc);
		}

	/**
	 * Report the result of opening the given input file.
	 *
	 * @param  theJobFrontend  Job Frontend that is calling this method.
	 * @param  bfd             Backend file descriptor.
	 * @param  ffd             Frontend file descriptor if success.
	 * @param  exc             Null if success, exception if failure.
	 *
	 * @exception  IOException
	 *     Thrown if an I/O error occurred.
	 */
	public synchronized void inputFileOpenResult
		(JobFrontendRef theJobFrontend,
		 int bfd,
		 int ffd,
		 IOException exc)
		throws IOException
		{
		myFileReader.inputFileOpenResult (theJobFrontend, bfd, ffd, exc);
		}

	/**
	 * Report the result of reading the given input file.
	 *
	 * @param  theJobFrontend  Job Frontend that is calling this method.
	 * @param  ffd             Frontend file descriptor.
	 * @param  buf             Bytes read.
	 * @param  len             Number of bytes read, or -1 if EOF.
	 * @param  exc             Null if success, exception if failure.
	 *
	 * @exception  IOException
	 *     Thrown if an I/O error occurred.
	 */
	public synchronized void inputFileReadResult
		(JobFrontendRef theJobFrontend,
		 int ffd,
		 byte[] buf,
		 int len,
		 IOException exc)
		throws IOException
		{
		myFileReader.inputFileReadResult (theJobFrontend, ffd, len, exc);
		}

	/**
	 * Report the result of skipping the given input file.
	 *
	 * @param  theJobFrontend  Job Frontend that is calling this method.
	 * @param  ffd             Frontend file descriptor.
	 * @param  len             Number of bytes skipped.
	 * @param  exc             Null if success, exception if failure.
	 *
	 * @exception  IOException
	 *     Thrown if an I/O error occurred.
	 */
	public synchronized void inputFileSkipResult
		(JobFrontendRef theJobFrontend,
		 int ffd,
		 long len,
		 IOException exc)
		throws IOException
		{
		myFileReader.inputFileSkipResult (theJobFrontend, ffd, len, exc);
		}

	/**
	 * Report the result of closing the given input file.
	 *
	 * @param  theJobFrontend  Job Frontend that is calling this method.
	 * @param  ffd             Frontend file descriptor.
	 * @param  exc             Null if success, exception if failure.
	 *
	 * @exception  IOException
	 *     Thrown if an I/O error occurred.
	 */
	public synchronized void inputFileCloseResult
		(JobFrontendRef theJobFrontend,
		 int ffd,
		 IOException exc)
		throws IOException
		{
		myFileReader.inputFileCloseResult (theJobFrontend, ffd, exc);
		}

	/**
	 * Close communication with this Job Backend.
	 */
	public synchronized void close()
		{
		}

	/**
	 * Obtain this job's user name.
	 *
	 * @return  User name.
	 */
	public String getUserName()
		{
		return username;
		}

	/**
	 * Obtain this job's job number.
	 *
	 * @return  Job number.
	 */
	public int getJobNumber()
		{
		return jobnum;
		}

	/**
	 * Obtain the number of backend processes in this job.
	 *
	 * @return  <I>K</I>, the number of backend processes.
	 */
	public int getK()
		{
		return K;
		}

	/**
	 * Obtain the rank of this backend process in this job.
	 *
	 * @return  Rank.
	 */
	public int getRank()
		{
		return rank;
		}

	/**
	 * Obtain the backend host name on which this job is running.
	 *
	 * @return  Host name.
	 */
	public String getBackendHost()
		{
		return backendHost;
		}

	/**
	 * Determine whether the frontend communicator exists in this job.
	 *
	 * @return  True if the frontend communicator exists, false if it doesn't.
	 */
	public boolean hasFrontendCommunicator()
		{
		return hasFrontendComm;
		}

	/**
	 * Obtain this job's backend class loader.
	 *
	 * @return  Class loader.
	 */
	public ClassLoader getClassLoader()
		{
		return myClassLoader;
		}

	/**
	 * Obtain this job's backend file writer.
	 *
	 * @return  Backend file writer.
	 */
	public BackendFileWriter getFileWriter()
		{
		return myFileWriter;
		}

	/**
	 * Obtain this job's backend file reader.
	 *
	 * @return  Backend file reader.
	 */
	public BackendFileReader getFileReader()
		{
		return myFileReader;
		}

	/**
	 * Wait until this job commences.
	 */
	public synchronized void waitForCommence()
		{
		while (! commence)
			{
			try
				{
				wait();
				}
			catch (InterruptedException exc)
				{
				}
			}
		}

	/**
	 * Obtain this job's world communicator channel group. If this job has not
	 * commenced yet, null is returned.
	 *
	 * @return  Channel group.
	 */
	public ChannelGroup getWorldChannelGroup()
		{
		return myWorldChannelGroup;
		}

	/**
	 * Obtain this job's array of hosts/ports for the world communicator. The
	 * <I>K</I> elements are for the job backend processes in rank order. If
	 * this job has not commenced yet, null is returned.
	 *
	 * @return  Array of world communicator addresses.
	 */
	public InetSocketAddress[] getWorldAddress()
		{
		return myWorldAddress;
		}

	/**
	 * Obtain this job's frontend communicator channel group. If the frontend
	 * communicator does not exist, or if this job has not commenced yet, null
	 * is returned.
	 *
	 * @return  Channel group.
	 */
	public ChannelGroup getFrontendChannelGroup()
		{
		return myFrontendChannelGroup;
		}

	/**
	 * Obtain this job's array of hosts/ports for the frontend communicator. The
	 * first <I>K</I> elements are for the job backend processes in rank order,
	 * the <I>K</I>+1st element is for the job frontend process. If the frontend
	 * communicator does not exist, or if this job has not commenced yet, null
	 * is returned.
	 *
	 * @return  Array of frontend communicator addresses.
	 */
	public InetSocketAddress[] getFrontendAddress()
		{
		return myFrontendAddress;
		}

	/**
	 * Obtain this job's Java system properties. If this job has not commenced
	 * yet, null is returned.
	 *
	 * @return  Properties.
	 */
	public Properties getProperties()
		{
		return myProperties;
		}

	/**
	 * Obtain this job's main class name. If this job has not commenced yet,
	 * null is returned.
	 *
	 * @return  Fully qualified class name of the Java main program class to
	 *          execute.
	 */
	public String getMainClassName()
		{
		return myMainClassName;
		}

	/**
	 * Obtain this job's command line arguments. If this job has not commenced
	 * yet, null is returned.
	 *
	 * @return  Array of 0 or more Java command line arguments.
	 */
	public String[] getArgs()
		{
		return myArgs;
		}

	/**
	 * Set the comment string for this job backend process. The comment string
	 * appears in the detailed job status display in the Job Scheduler's web
	 * interface. Each job backend process (rank) has its own comment string. If
	 * <TT>setComment()</TT> is never called, the comment string is empty. The
	 * comment string is typically used to display this job backend process's
	 * progress. The comment string is rendered by a web browser and can contain
	 * HTML tags.
	 * <P>
	 * Calling <TT>setComment()</TT> causes a message to be sent to the job
	 * frontend process, which in turn causes a message to be sent to the Job
	 * Scheduler. (Any I/O errors during message sending are ignored.)
	 * Consequently, don't call <TT>setComment()</TT> too frequently, or the
	 * program's performance will suffer.
	 *
	 * @param  comment  Comment string.
	 */
	public void setComment
		(String comment)
		{
		try
			{
			myJobFrontend.reportComment (this, rank, comment);
			}
		catch (IOException exc)
			{
			}
		}

	/**
	 * Obtain the Job Backend object. If the Job Backend main program is
	 * running, the job backend object for the job is returned. If some other
	 * main program is running, null is returned.
	 *
	 * @return  Job backend object, or null.
	 */
	public static JobBackend getJobBackend()
		{
		return theJobBackend;
		}

// More hidden operations.

	/**
	 * Take action when the job frontend's lease renewal timer times out.
	 *
	 * @exception  IOException
	 *     Thrown if an I/O error occurred.
	 */
	private synchronized void frontendRenewTimeout()
		throws IOException
		{
		if (myFrontendRenewTimer.isTriggered())
			{
			myJobFrontend.renewLease (this);
			}
		}

	/**
	 * Take action when the job frontend's lease expiration timer times out.
	 *
	 * @exception  IOException
	 *     Thrown if an I/O error occurred.
	 */
	private void frontendExpireTimeout()
		throws IOException
		{
		boolean doExit = false;
		synchronized (this)
			{
			if (myFrontendExpireTimer.isTriggered())
				{
				reportRunFinished();
				if (myState == State.RUNNING)
					{
					myState = State.TERMINATE_NO_REPORT;
					doExit = true;
					}
				}
			}

		// Cannot hold the synchronization lock while calling System.exit(),
		// otherwise a deadlock can occur between this thread (the timer thread)
		// and the shutdown hook thread.
		myJobLauncherLog.println ("Job frontend lease expired");
		if (doExit) System.exit (1);
		}

	/**
	 * Terminate this Job Backend immediately, sending a "cancel job" message to
	 * the Job Frontend. The error message comes from the given exception.
	 *
	 * @param  exc  Exception.
	 */
	private void terminateCancelJob
		(Throwable exc)
		{
		continueRun = false;
		if (myState == State.RUNNING)
			{
			myState = State.TERMINATE_CANCEL_JOB;
			myCancelMessage = exc.getClass().getName();
			String msg = exc.getMessage();
			if (msg != null)
				{
				myCancelMessage = myCancelMessage + ": " + msg;
				}
			//System.err.println (myCancelMessage);
			//exc.printStackTrace (System.err);
			}
		}

	/**
	 * Terminate this Job Backend immediately, with no report to the Job
	 * Frontend.
	 */
	private void terminateNoReport()
		{
		continueRun = false;
		if (myState == State.RUNNING)
			{
			myState = State.TERMINATE_NO_REPORT;
			}
		}

	/**
	 * Shut down this Job Backend.
	 */
	private void shutdown()
		{
		synchronized (this)
			{
			// Tell job frontend that we are terminating.
			if (myJobFrontend != null)
				{
				try
					{
					switch (myState)
						{
						case RUNNING:
							// Tell job frontend we finished normally.
							myJobFrontend.backendFinished (this);
							break;
						case TERMINATE_CANCEL_JOB:
							// Tell job frontend we're canceling.
							myJobFrontend.cancelJob (this, myCancelMessage);
							break;
						case TERMINATE_NO_REPORT:
						case TERMINATING:
							// Tell job frontend nothing.
							break;
						}
					}
				catch (IOException exc)
					{
					}
				}

			// Record that we are terminating.
			myState = State.TERMINATING;
			}

		// Wait until the run() method thread terminates.
		waitForRunFinished();

		// Shut down job frontend lease timers.
		synchronized (this)
			{
			myFrontendRenewTimer.stop();
			myFrontendExpireTimer.stop();
			}

		// All proxies, channels, and channel groups will close when the process
		// exits.
		}

	/**
	 * Wait for the run() method to finish.
	 */
	private void waitForRunFinished()
		{
		for (;;)
			{
			try
				{
				runFinished.await();
				break;
				}
			catch (InterruptedException exc)
				{
				}
			}
		}

	/**
	 * Report that the run() method finished.
	 */
	private void reportRunFinished()
		{
		runFinished.countDown();
		}

	/**
	 * Dump this job backend to the standard output, for debugging.
	 */
	private synchronized void dump()
		{
		System.out.println ("********************************");
		System.out.println ("username = " + username);
		System.out.println ("jobnum = " + jobnum);
		System.out.println ("K = " + K);
		System.out.println ("rank = " + rank);
		System.out.println ("hasFrontendComm = " + hasFrontendComm);
		for (int i = 0; i <= K; ++ i)
			{
			System.out.println ("myMiddlewareAddress[" + i + "] = " + myMiddlewareAddress[i]);
			}
		for (int i = 0; i < K; ++ i)
			{
			System.out.println ("myWorldAddress[" + i + "] = " + myWorldAddress[i]);
			}
		if (hasFrontendComm)
			{
			for (int i = 0; i <= K; ++ i)
				{
				System.out.println ("myFrontendAddress[" + i + "] = " + myFrontendAddress[i]);
				}
			}
		myProperties.list (System.out);
		System.out.println ("myMainClassName = " + myMainClassName);
		for (int i = 0; i < myArgs.length; ++ i)
			{
			System.out.println ("myArgs[" + i + "] = \"" + myArgs[i] + "\"");
			}
		}

// Main program.

	/**
	 * Job Backend main program.
	 */
	public static void main
		(String[] args)
		throws Exception
		{
		try
			{
			// Parse command line arguments.
			if (args.length != 8) usage();
			String username = args[0];
			int jobnum = Integer.parseInt (args[1]);
			int K = Integer.parseInt (args[2]);
			int rank = Integer.parseInt (args[3]);
			boolean hasFrontendComm = Boolean.parseBoolean (args[4]);
			String frontendHost = args[5];
			int frontendPort = Integer.parseInt (args[6]);
			String backendHost = args[7];

			// Set up job backend object.
			theJobBackend =
				new JobBackend
					(username, jobnum, K, rank, hasFrontendComm,
					 frontendHost, frontendPort, backendHost);
			}
		catch (Throwable exc)
			{
			exc.printStackTrace (System.err);
			System.exit (1);
			}

		// Set the main thread's context class loader to be the job backend's
		// class loader.
		Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader
			(theJobBackend.getClassLoader());

		// Run job backend object in a separate thread.
		Thread thr = new Thread (theJobBackend);
		thr.setDaemon (true);
		thr.start();

		// Wait until job commences.
		theJobBackend.waitForCommence();

		// Add any Java system properties from the job frontend process that do
		// not exist in this job backend process.
		Properties backendProperties = System.getProperties();
		Properties frontendProperties = theJobBackend.getProperties();
		for (Map.Entry<Object,Object> entry : frontendProperties.entrySet())
			{
			String name = (String) entry.getKey();
			String value = (String) entry.getValue();
			if (backendProperties.getProperty (name) == null)
				{
				backendProperties.setProperty (name, value);
				}
			}

		// Turn on headless mode. This allows graphics drawing operations (that
		// do not require a screen, keyboard, or mouse) to work.
		System.setProperty ("java.awt.headless", "true");

		// Call the job's main() method, passing in the job's command line
		// arguments.
		Class<?> mainclass =
			Class.forName
				(theJobBackend.getMainClassName(),
				 true,
				 theJobBackend.getClassLoader());
		Method mainmethod = mainclass.getMethod ("main", String[].class);
		mainmethod.invoke (null, (Object) theJobBackend.getArgs());

		// After the main() method returns and all non-daemon threads have
		// terminated, the process will exit, and the shutdown hook will call
		// the shutdown() method.
		}

	/**
	 * Print a usage message and exit.
	 */
	private static void usage()
		{
		System.err.println ("Usage: java edu.rit.pj.cluster.JobBackend <username> <jobnum> <K> <rank> <hasFrontendComm> <frontendHost> <frontendPort> <backendHost>");
		System.exit (1);
		}

	}