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// LaunchServer.java
import com.s8.meta.api.S8;
import com.s8.meta.api.server.S8BootMethod;
import com.s8.meta.api.server.S8WebServer;

public class LaunchServer {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    S8WebServer server = S8.WEB_SERVER_FACTORY.createWebServer(
        "/path/to/app-config.xml",
        LaunchServer.class,
        params -> params.addBootMethod(
            S8BootMethod.MAIN_BOOT_PAGE, AppBoot.INSTANCE));
    server.start();
  }
}

// run on the S8 module path

// AppBoot.java — the front is a remote screen
import com.s8.meta.api.annotations.S8ObjectType;
import com.s8.meta.api.flow.S8SyncFlow;
import com.s8.meta.api.front.S8FrontObject;
import com.s8.meta.api.front.S8FrontSession;
import com.s8.meta.api.server.S8BootMethod;

public final class AppBoot implements S8BootMethod {
  static final AppBoot INSTANCE = new AppBoot();

  @Override
  public void boot(S8SyncFlow flow) throws Exception {
    S8FrontSession front = flow.front();
    HomeScreen screen = new HomeScreen(front);
    screen.setTitle("Hello S8");
    screen.vertex.expose(0);
    flow.refresh();
  }
}

@S8ObjectType(name = "app.HomeScreen")
class HomeScreen extends S8FrontObject {
  HomeScreen(S8FrontSession front) {
    super(front, "app.HomeScreen");
  }
  void setTitle(String title) {
    vertex.outbound().setStringUTF8Field("title", title);
  }
}

// Flash persistency — annotate a row, put it, get it
@S8RowType(name = "user-v1")
public class UserRow extends RowS8Object {
  public String email;
  public UserRow(String id) { super(id); }
}

TablesDB db = flow.tables();
db.createTable(new CreateTableS8Request("users", true));

UserRow row = new UserRow("u-42");
row.email = "ada@stack8.tech";
db.putRow(new PutRowS8Request("users", row, true, true));

GetRowS8Response got = db.getRow("users", "u-42");

// Spaces hold object graphs — logical, stored, versioned
SpacesDB spaces = flow.spaces();
spaces.createSpace(new CreateSpaceS8Request(
    "space/ada", new SpaceS8Object[]{ root }));

AccessSpaceS8Response res =
    spaces.accessSpace(new AccessSpaceS8Request("space/ada", true));

if (res.status == AccessSpaceS8Response.Status.OK) {
  Object[] exposed = res.objects;
}

flow.refresh();

# build.properties — identity of an S8 module
module.java = com.s8.pkgs.ui.aloe

# dependencies are target folder names under the stack root
dependencies = \
  S8-meta-env, \
  S8-meta-API, \
  S8-pkgs-ui-carbide

target = S8-pkgs-ui-aloe
main = com.s8.pkgs.ui.aloe.LaunchServer