problem using boot-clj to build uberjar that starts up a component based system

[Matthias Sattel]

I am currently using the component library from Stuart Sierra to build up a system. So far it works on the repl and in my tests, but somehow when I build the uberjar using boot.clj and execute it, the system doesn't start.

(defn -main
  "Startup the embedded http server and the other components."
  [& args]
  ;(start-server)
  (let [system (system/my-system {})]
    (do
      (info "Try to start my system " system)
      (component/start system))))

And my-system is build as follows:

(defn my-system [config-options]
  (do
    (info "Building my system")
    (-> (component/system-map
         :my-storage (my-storage-test-component/new-storage)
         :http (http-component/new-http-server (http-port (:http-port config-options)) (wrap-handler)))
        (component/system-using {:http {:storage :my-storage}}))
    ))

I added those log outputs because I am new to clojure and have not debugged clj code yet.
On the repl I can call the -main function and it startsup the system as expected, but when I build an uberjar with boot and start it, then it just logs the two info messages on the command line, then it seems to do nothing for some seconds and then it stops.

Any help would be great, maybe you guys can tell me how I can find the problem. Can I somehow debug into that when I run the jar file??? Could it be a problem with aot?

This is my boot config:
(task-options!
    pom {
        :project 'my-project
        :version "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT" }
    aot {:namespace '#{myproject.embedded-main}}
    jar {
        :manifest {"description" "Testing boot"}
        :main 'myproject.embedded-main })

(deftask build
     "Building the project"
     []
     (comp
        (aot)
        (pom)
        (uber)
        (jar)
        (install)))

[Ragnar Dahlén]

Hi Matthias,

I encountered similar symptoms (basically a corrupt uberjar) which I eventually tracked down to file handle leaks and fixed in: https://github.com/boot-clj/boot/pull/228

This PR has been merged but not been released yet, so I'd give boot master a go and see if that fixes your problem.

[Colin Yates]

Assuming -main is defined in myproject/embedded-main.clj then you need to know Java doesn’t like - in filenames so the actual class is my project.embedded_main. It is fine to include - when referring to Clojure construct (symbols etc.), but when defining a Java construct you need to use “_”.

Also, you don’t need (do…) in your defns like that.

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[Matthias Sattel]

Hi Ragnar,
your fix solved my issue. With the latest boot version I can build the uberjar and start the system as expected. Thanks a lot. So far I like boot a lot, very interesting build tool.