Request for cookbook on Mobile SERVICE Application

Hi,
I've been trying to get some technical docs for Mobile SERVICE, but I couldn't. I'm new to Mobile Service CRM, and have just started to support CRM mobile client SERVICE application. I have downloaded some related documents from SAP, but if you have some useful documents would helpful to me, could you please send them to me?
Email: [email protected]
Thanks a lot,
Regards
Krishna

Hi Krishna,
I dont have a cookbook, but have you referred to the SAP Online help.
help.sap.com
You can find some useful info there.
Also, what specific area of Service do you require help with? We may be able to help out.
Regards,
Gervase

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I have fixed the handshake.
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* isn't another instance of the service already running. If it is
* the case, a DuplicateServiceException will be thrown. In the
* other case, the Service will start. When the "stop" command is
* invoked, the Service will attempt to stop a running instance of
* the Service. The other property is Service.Port and it defines
* the Port number which will be used to support the functionalities
* offered by the Service class.
* It is recommended to set these properties as command line arguments
* when launching the application. Moreover, batch files or shell
* scripts can be created for invoking the start and stop commands.
* @author Gabriel Aubut-Lussier
public class Service implements Runnable {
     public final static String START_COMMAND = "start";
     public final static String STOP_COMMAND = "stop";
     public final static String SERVICE_COMMAND = "Service.Command";
     public final static String SERVICE_PORT = "Service.Port";
     private final static String GREETING = "Greetings";
     private final static String QUERY = "?";
     private final static String ACCEPT = "yes";
     private final static String DECLINE = "no";
     private final static String SHUTDOWN = "shutdown ";
     private final static int SO_TIMEOUT = 100;
      * This is the application-specific String
     private String serviceClass;
      * This is the command which we will execute when start() is invoked
      * The value is either "start" or "stop"
      * This value can be configured using the System property: Service.Command
     private String serviceCommand;
      * This is the port which is used to watch for duplicate instances
      * This value can be configured using the System property: Service.Port
     private int servicePort;
     private Serviceable service;
     private ServerSocket serviceListener;
     private Thread serviceThread;
      * Creates a new service registering the hooks required to perform
      * clean termination sequences.
      * @param s A Serviceable class
      * @throws DuplicateServiceException If there is a duplicate instance running
     public Service(Serviceable s) throws DuplicateServiceException {
          service = s;
          serviceClass = s.getClass().toString();
          serviceCommand = System.getProperty(SERVICE_COMMAND);
          String servicePortString = System.getProperty(SERVICE_PORT);
          if(servicePortString == null)
               servicePort = -1;
          else
               servicePort = Integer.parseInt(servicePortString);
      * Try running this new Service instance if there isn't one
      * already running.
      * @throws DuplicateServiceException if another service instance is already running.
      * @throws BindException if another application is using the configured port.
     public void start() throws DuplicateServiceException, BindException {
          if(serviceCommand == null || servicePort < 0 || servicePort > 65535) {
               throw new IllegalArgumentException("The command and port number must be specified.");
          if(serviceCommand.equals(START_COMMAND)) {
               try {
                    serviceListener = new ServerSocket(servicePort);
                    serviceThread = new Thread(this);
                    serviceThread.start();
                    service.startup();
               } catch(BindException e) {
                    queryOtherInstance();
                    throw e;
               } catch(IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
          } else if(serviceCommand.equals(STOP_COMMAND)) {
               shutdown();
      * Send the shutdown command to the running instance of the application.
     public boolean shutdown() {
          boolean shutdownSuccessful = false;
          try {
               Socket sock = new Socket("localhost", servicePort);
               sock.setSoTimeout(SO_TIMEOUT);
               //If the greeting doesn't match, it's not a duplicate instance
               //and we can't shut it down
               InputStreamReader in = new InputStreamReader(sock.getInputStream());
               OutputStreamWriter out;
               if(receivedGreeting(in)) {
                    //Sending the shutdown command
                    out = new OutputStreamWriter(sock.getOutputStream());
                    out.write(SHUTDOWN + serviceClass);
                    out.flush();
                    //Read the confirmation
                    char cBuf[] = new char[1024];
                    int amount = in.read(cBuf);
                    String confirmation = new String(cBuf, 0, amount);
                    if(confirmation.equals(ACCEPT)) {
                         shutdownSuccessful = true;
                    out.close();
               //Closing the connection
               in.close();
               sock.close();
          } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
               //This exception shouldn't happen unless the loopback address doesn't exist?
          } catch (IOException e) {
               //This exception may occur when trying to stop a service which wasn't running.
               //There is no need to do anything in this case.
          return shutdownSuccessful;
      * Reads the greeting from the running instance we are interacting with.
      * @param in An InputStreamReader built on the Socket's InputStream
      * @return True if we received the expected greeting, false otherwise
      * @throws IOException if a problem occurs while receiving the greeting
     private boolean receivedGreeting(InputStreamReader in) throws IOException {
          //Reading the expected greeting from the server
          char cBuf[] = new char[1024];
          int amount = in.read(cBuf);
          String greeting = new String(cBuf, 0, amount);
          return greeting.equals(GREETING);
      * While the Service is running, it listens on a port to make sure no
      * other instance of this Service is started and to listen to shutdown
      * commands.
     public void run() {
          boolean keepGoing = true;
          while(keepGoing) {
               Socket sock;
               InputStreamReader in;
               try {
                    sock = serviceListener.accept();
                    sock.setSoTimeout(SO_TIMEOUT);
                    //Sending a greeting
                    OutputStreamWriter out = new OutputStreamWriter(sock.getOutputStream());
                    out.write(GREETING);
                    out.flush();
                    //Reading the incoming message
                    in = new InputStreamReader(sock.getInputStream());
                    char cBuf[] = new char[1024];
                    int amount = in.read(cBuf);
                    String message = new String(cBuf, 0, amount);
                    //Writing an answer
                    boolean invoked = message.equals(serviceClass + QUERY);
                    if(invoked) {
                         out.write(ACCEPT);
                    } else {
                         out.write(DECLINE);
                         keepGoing = !message.equals(SHUTDOWN + serviceClass);
                    out.flush();
                    //Closing the connection
                    out.close();
                    in.close();
                    sock.close();
                    //Notify the running application is there has been an invocation
                    if(invoked) {
                         service.invoke();
               } catch (IOException e) {
                    //Seems like an IO operation failed. Let's just forget about
                    //this connection attempt and wait for another
          //Shutdown the Service
          service.shutdown();
          try {
               serviceListener.close();
          } catch(IOException e) {
               //Couldn't close the serverSocket upon shutdown?
               //weird... but anyhow...
      * Connects to the configured port to check out wether it is a duplicate
      * instance of the application or if it is another application using the
      * same port number. If it is another application, nothing will happen.
      * @throws DuplicateServiceException if it is a duplicate instance
     private void queryOtherInstance() throws DuplicateServiceException {
          try {
               Socket sock = new Socket("localhost", servicePort);
               sock.setSoTimeout(SO_TIMEOUT);
               //Read greeting
               InputStreamReader in = new InputStreamReader(sock.getInputStream());
               String answer = null;
               if(receivedGreeting(in)) {
                    //Writing the application-specific query
                    OutputStreamWriter out = new OutputStreamWriter(sock.getOutputStream());
                    out.write(service.getClass().toString() + "?");
                    out.flush();
                    //Reading the answer
                    char[] cBuf = new char[3];
                    int amount = in.read(cBuf);
                    answer = new String(cBuf, 0, amount);
                    out.close();
               //Closing the connection
               in.close();
               sock.close();
               //If the answer is "yes" then it is a duplicate
               if(answer != null && answer.equals("yes")) {
                    throw new DuplicateServiceException("An instance of the service is already running.");
          } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
               //This exception shouldn't happen unless the loopback address doesn't exist?
          } catch (IOException e) {
               //If we fail to query the application appropriately we consider
               //it isn't a duplicate entry so we do nothing.
     public String getServiceCommand() {
          return serviceCommand;
     public void setServiceCommand(String serviceCommand) {
          this.serviceCommand = serviceCommand;
     public int getServicePort() {
          return servicePort;
     public void setServicePort(int servicePort) {
          this.servicePort = servicePort;
Main.java
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.net.BindException;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
public class Main implements Serviceable {
     private JFrame window;
     private Service service;
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          new Main();
     public Main() {
          try {
               service = new Service(this);
               service.start();
          } catch(DuplicateServiceException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
          } catch(BindException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
     public void startup() {
          window = new JFrame("SERVICE TEST! :D");
          window.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
          window.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
               public void windowClosed(WindowEvent e) {
                    service.shutdown();
          window.setVisible(true);
     public void shutdown() {
          System.out.println("Application shutdown");
          window.dispose();
     public void invoke() {
          System.out.println("Another instance tried to startup");
          window.toFront();
}

Is one application pool preferred for all sharepoint service applications(

is one application pool preferred for all SharePoint service applications ?
I have a three-tier architected SP 2013 small farm (NLT, 2 wfe, 1 app server, 1 db server). All services will be use (Secure Store,Service Application, Managed Metadata Service Application, Search Service Application,User Profile Service Application,App
Management Service Application,Workflow Manager,Excel Service Application,BI Reporting Service Application,Power Pivot Service,Performance Point,Visio Services,BCS Service application)
I am unclear on the following:
which servers should host which service ? and why ?
Is one application pool account preferred for all SP service Applications ? if not which service applications should be logically group ? and why ?

Creating additional application pools requires more RAM memory. About 100-150 MB per app pool. But it also keeps things happening in one app pool from affecting another. So normally you create additional app pools when you want to maintain
higher service levels on one component versus another. For example. Let's assume that your service levels designate that you could survive a 3 hour outage of Search but that Managed metadata must be constantly available with minimal downtime. Then
you would put Search and MMS in separate App Pools. Otherwise there is no real advantage to splitting them up.
Services that are accessed directly by user request, like Search Query, Managed metadata, user profile should go on the Web Front ends. Services that process heavier intermittent loads are normally placed on a dedicated application server to keep them
from affecting overall performance, for example Excel Services. But its more of an art form rather than a science and depends a lot on your performance needs, your hardware, and your usage.
Paul Stork SharePoint Server MVP
Principal Architect: Blue Chip Consulting Group
Blog: http://dontpapanic.com/blog
Twitter: Follow @pstork
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