compatibility-tests

Compatibility tests between Moleculer implementations (Node.js, Java, Go, Ruby)

Projects

Name	Language	Repository	Latest version	Lead Maintainer
moleculer-js	Node.js	https://github.com/moleculerjs/moleculer	0.13.11	icebob
moleculer-java	Java	https://github.com/moleculer-java/moleculer-java	1.1.3	berkesa
moleculer-go	Go	https://github.com/moleculer-go/moleculer	0.2.1	pentateu
moleculer-ruby	Ruby	https://github.com/moleculer-ruby/moleculer	0.3	fugufish

Feature Matrix

Service

Feature	Node.js	Java	Go	Ruby
Versioned service	✔️	✔️	❔	❌
Mixins	✔️	❌	️❔	❌
Setting	✔️	✔️	❔	✔
Metadata	✔️	❌	❔	❌
Dependencies	✔️	✔️	❔	✔
Lifecycle events	✔️	️️️✔️	❔	❌
$node internal service	✔️	❌	❔	❌
Class-based service	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

Action calls

Feature	Node.js	Java	Go	Ruby
Local call	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Remote call	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Nested call	✔️	✔️	❔️	❌
Direct call	✔️	✔️	❔️	❌
Request metadata	✔️	✔️	❔️	❌
Response metadata	✔️	✔️	❔️	❌
Metadata merging	✔️	✔️	❔️	❌
Parameter validation	✔️	❌	❔	❌
Stream in request	✔️	✔️	❔	❌
Stream in response	✔️	✔️	❔	❌
Action visibility	✔️	❌	❔	❔
Action hooks	✔️	❌	❔	❌

Events

Feature	Node.js	Java	Go	Ruby
Balanced events	✔️	✔️	❔	✔
Broadcast events	✔️	✔️	❔️	❌
BroadcastLocal events	✔️	✔️	❔️	❌
Context-based events	✔️	️️❌️	❌️	❌
Custom group definition	✔️	️️✔️	❔	❌
Internal events	️	️️
$services.changed	✔️	️️❌️	❌️	❌
$node.*	✔️	️️❌️	❌️	❌
$broker.*	✔️	️️❌️	❌️	❌
$transporter.*	✔️	️️❌️	❌️	❌

Fault-tolerance

Feature	Node.js	Java	Go	Ruby
Circuit Breaker	✔️	✔️	❔	❔
Retry	✔️	✔️	❔	❔
Timeout	✔️	✔️	❔	❔
Bulkhead	✔️	❌️	❔	❔
Fallback	✔️	❌️	❔	❔

Transporters

Feature	Node.js	Java	Go	Ruby
NATS	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌
Redis	✔️	✔️	❌	✔
MQTT	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
AMQP (0.9)	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
AMQP (1.0)	❌	❌	❌	❌
Kafka	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
NATS Streaming	✔️	❌	❌	❌
TCP	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Google PubSub	❌	✔️	❌	❌
JMS	❌	✔️	❌	❌
Custom	✔️	✔️	❔	❌
Disabled balancing	✔️	❌	❌	❌

Serializers

Feature	Node.js	Java	Go	Ruby
JSON	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
MsgPack/Notepack	✔️	✔️	❔	❌
Avro	✔️	❌	❔	❌
Protocol Buffer	✔️	❌	❔	❌
Thrift	✔️	❌	❔	❌
CBOR	❌	✔️	❌	❌
Amazon Ion	❌	✔️	❌	❌
BSON	❌	✔️	❌	❌
SMILE	❌	✔️	❌	❌
Custom	✔️	✔️	❔	❔

Strategies

Feature	Node.js	Java	Go	Ruby
Round-Robin	✔️	✔️	✔️	️️✔️
Random	✔️	✔️	❔	❌
CPU usage	✔️	✔️	❌️	❌️
Latency-based	✔️	✔️	❌️	❌️
Sharding	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Custom	✔️	✔️	❔	❔

Caching

Feature	Node.js	Java	Go	Ruby
Caching support	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Time-To-Live	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Custom key generator	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Manual caching	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Cache locking	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Cachers
- Memory	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
- Memory LRU	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- Redis	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
- JCache	❌	✔️	❌	❌
- Off-heap	❌	✔️	❌	❌
- Custom	✔️	✔️	❌	❌

Middlewares

Feature	Node.js	Java	Go	Ruby
Middleware support	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Hooks
- localAction	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
- remoteAction	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
- localEvent	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- createService	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- destroyService	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- call	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- mcall	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- emit	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- broadcast	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- broadcastLocal	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- serviceCreated	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- serviceStarting	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- serviceStarted	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- serviceStopping	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- serviceStopped	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- registerLocalService	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- serviceCreating	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- transitPublish	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- transitMessageHandler	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- transporterSend	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- transporterReceive	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- created	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- starting	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- started	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- stopping	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- stopped	✔️	❌	❌	❌

Metrics

Feature	Node.js	Java	Go	Ruby
Metrics support	✔️	❌	❌	❌
OS metrics	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Process metrics	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Moleculer metrics	✔️	❌	❌	❌
User-defined metrics	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Metric types
- Counter type	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- Gauge type	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- Info type	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- Histogram type	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- - Quantiles	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- - Buckets	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- - Rates	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Reporters
- Console	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- CSV	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- Event	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- Datadog	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- Prometheus	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- StatsD (UDP)	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- Custom reporter	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Multi reporters	✔️	❌	❌	❌

Tracing

Feature	Node.js	Java	Go	Ruby
Tracing support	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Nested spans	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Action span	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Event span	✔️	❌	❌	❌
User-defined span	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Exporters
- Console	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- Datadog	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- Event	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- Jaeger	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- Zipkin	✔️	❌	❌	❌
- Custom exporter	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Multi exporters	✔️	❌	❌	❌

Errors

Feature	Node.js	Java	Go	Ruby
MoleculerError	✔️	️️✔️	❔	❌
MoleculerRetryableError	✔️	❔	❔	❌
MoleculerServerError	✔️	❔	❔	❌
MoleculerClientError	✔️	❔	❔	❌

Additional features

Feature	Node.js	Java	Go	Ruby
Hot-reload	✔️	❌	❔	❌
Runner/Starter	✔️	✔️	❔	✔
API Gateway	✔️	✔️	❔	❌
DB access service	✔️	✔️	❔	❌
Ping nodes	✔️	✔️	❔	❌
Heartbeat	✔️	✔️	❔	✔