From 1ea03343f7fa6e765d202d959c166836860ce7a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timm Fitschen <t.fitschen@indiscale.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 23:52:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] WIP: minimal grpc example

---
 pom.xml                                       | 681 ++++++++++--------
 src/main/java/caosdb/server/CaosDBServer.java |  87 +--
 src/main/java/caosdb/server/GRPCServer.java   |  14 +
 .../server/grpc/EntityTransactionImpl.java    |  19 +
 src/main/proto/EntityService.proto            |  13 +
 5 files changed, 452 insertions(+), 362 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/main/java/caosdb/server/GRPCServer.java
 create mode 100644 src/main/java/caosdb/server/grpc/EntityTransactionImpl.java
 create mode 100644 src/main/proto/EntityService.proto

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c8f79b3d..00e5919b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,321 +1,364 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!--
- * ** header v3.0
- * This file is a part of the CaosDB Project.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2018 Research Group Biomedical Physics,
- * Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization Göttingen
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
- * License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- * ** end header
--->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>bmp.ds.mpg.de</groupId>
-  <artifactId>caosdb-server</artifactId>
-  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>CaosDB Server</name>
-  <properties>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <project.build.testSourceDirectory>src/test/java</project.build.testSourceDirectory>
-  </properties>
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>maven-central</id>
-      <url>http://central.maven.org/maven2/</url>
-      <name>Maven Central</name>
-    </repository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>maven-restlet</id>
-      <name>Public online Restlet repository</name>
-      <url>http://maven.restlet.com</url>
-    </repository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>local-maven-repo</id>
-      <url>file:///${project.basedir}/.m2-local</url>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>de.timmfitschen</groupId>
-      <artifactId>easy-units</artifactId>
-      <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.shiro</groupId>
-      <artifactId>shiro-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.1</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.12</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <!-- preventing parallel execution of some test classes -->
-      <groupId>com.github.stephenc.jcip</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jcip-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jdom2</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.6</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.restlet.jse</groupId>
-      <artifactId>org.restlet</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.12</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.restlet.jse</groupId>
-      <artifactId>org.restlet.ext.fileupload</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.12</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>6.0.6</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
-      <artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
-      <version>3.16.1</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>net.snaq</groupId>
-      <artifactId>dbpool</artifactId>
-      <version>7.0.1</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.reflections</groupId>
-      <artifactId>reflections</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.11</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.googlecode.lanterna</groupId>
-      <artifactId>lanterna</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.9</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
-      <artifactId>antlr4</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8-1</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.restlet.jse</groupId>
-      <artifactId>org.restlet.ext.jetty</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.12</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-math</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.12</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
-      <artifactId>javax.mail</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.0-rc1</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-jcs-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.kohsuke</groupId>
-      <artifactId>libpam4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.8</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jetty-util-ajax</artifactId>
-      <version>9.2.14.v20151106</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>2.11.1</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.21</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.11.1</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.11.1</version>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-  <build>
-    <sourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
-    <scriptSourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
-    <testSourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
-    <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/classes</outputDirectory>
-    <testOutputDirectory>${basedir}/target/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4.3</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>shade</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-jar-with-dependencies</finalName>
-              <transformers>
-                <transformer implementation="com.github.edwgiz.mavenShadePlugin.log4j2CacheTransformer.PluginsCacheFileTransformer"></transformer>
-                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
-                  <mainClass>caosdb.server.CaosDBServer</mainClass>
-                </transformer>
-              </transformers>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.github.edwgiz</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin.log4j2-cachefile-transformer</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.1</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
-        <artifactId>antlr4-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>4.8-1</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <sourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>antlr4</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8.1</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>11</source>
-          <target>11</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0-M3</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <includes>
-            <include>**/*.java</include>
-          </includes>
-          <systemPropertyVariables>
-            <caosdb.debug>true</caosdb.debug>
-            <log4j2.debug>true</log4j2.debug>
-          </systemPropertyVariables>
-          <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
-          <!-- Start 0.5 JVMs per CPU core
-                    Higher numbers *seem* to lead to higher failure rates... :-/ -->
-          <forkCount>0.5C</forkCount>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>run</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>java</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <mainClass>caosdb.server.CaosDBServer</mainClass>
-              <arguments>
-                <argument>silent</argument>
-              </arguments>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-          <execution>
-            <id>run-debug</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>java</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <mainClass>caosdb.server.CaosDBServer</mainClass>
-              <arguments>
-                <argument>silent</argument>
-              </arguments>
-              <systemProperties>
-                <systemProperty>
-                  <key>caosdb.debug</key>
-                  <value>true</value>
-                </systemProperty>
-              </systemProperties>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.coveo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>fmt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.1</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <skip>
-            <!-- Set skip to `true` to prevent auto-formatting while coding. -->
-            false
-          </skip>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>format</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <!-- Remove easy-units from classpath generation because of https://github.com/jdee-emacs/jdee/issues/125 
-                (no sources inside easy-units) -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <excludeArtifactIds>easy-units</excludeArtifactIds>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
-  <url>bmp.ds.mpg.de</url>
+<!-- * ** header v3.0 * This file is a part of the CaosDB Project. * * Copyright 
+	(C) 2018 Research Group Biomedical Physics, * Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics 
+	and Self-Organization Göttingen * * This program is free software: you can 
+	redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General 
+	Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 
+	3 of the * License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program 
+	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 Affero General Public License for more details. * 
+	* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License 
+	* along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * 
+	* ** end header -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<groupId>bmp.ds.mpg.de</groupId>
+	<artifactId>caosdb-server</artifactId>
+	<version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+	<name>CaosDB Server</name>
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<project.build.testSourceDirectory>src/test/java</project.build.testSourceDirectory>
+		<protobuf.version>3.12.3</protobuf.version>
+		<grpc.version>1.30.2</grpc.version>
+	</properties>
+	<repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<id>maven-central</id>
+			<url>http://central.maven.org/maven2/</url>
+			<name>Maven Central</name>
+		</repository>
+		<repository>
+			<id>maven-restlet</id>
+			<name>Public online Restlet repository</name>
+			<url>http://maven.restlet.com</url>
+		</repository>
+		<repository>
+			<id>local-maven-repo</id>
+			<url>file:///${project.basedir}/.m2-local</url>
+		</repository>
+	</repositories>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>de.timmfitschen</groupId>
+			<artifactId>easy-units</artifactId>
+			<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.shiro</groupId>
+			<artifactId>shiro-core</artifactId>
+			<version>1.4.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>4.12</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<!-- preventing parallel execution of some test classes -->
+			<groupId>com.github.stephenc.jcip</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jcip-annotations</artifactId>
+			<version>1.0-1</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jdom</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jdom2</artifactId>
+			<version>2.0.6</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.restlet.jse</groupId>
+			<artifactId>org.restlet</artifactId>
+			<version>2.3.12</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.restlet.jse</groupId>
+			<artifactId>org.restlet.ext.fileupload</artifactId>
+			<version>2.3.12</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+			<version>6.0.6</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
+			<artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
+			<version>3.16.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>net.snaq</groupId>
+			<artifactId>dbpool</artifactId>
+			<version>7.0.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.reflections</groupId>
+			<artifactId>reflections</artifactId>
+			<version>0.9.11</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.googlecode.lanterna</groupId>
+			<artifactId>lanterna</artifactId>
+			<version>2.1.9</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
+			<artifactId>antlr4</artifactId>
+			<version>4.8-1</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.restlet.jse</groupId>
+			<artifactId>org.restlet.ext.jetty</artifactId>
+			<version>2.3.12</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-math</artifactId>
+			<version>2.2</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+			<version>1.12</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.sun.mail</groupId>
+			<artifactId>javax.mail</artifactId>
+			<version>1.6.0-rc1</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-jcs-core</artifactId>
+			<version>2.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.kohsuke</groupId>
+			<artifactId>libpam4j</artifactId>
+			<version>1.8</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jetty-util-ajax</artifactId>
+			<version>9.2.14.v20151106</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+			<version>2.11.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+			<version>1.7.21</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+			<version>2.11.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+			<version>2.11.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>grpc-netty</artifactId>
+			<version>${grpc.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>grpc-protobuf</artifactId>
+			<version>${grpc.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>grpc-stub</artifactId>
+			<version>${grpc.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+			<artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
+			<version>1.3.2</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+	<build>
+		<extensions>
+			<extension>
+				<groupId>kr.motd.maven</groupId>
+				<artifactId>os-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.6.2</version>
+			</extension>
+		</extensions>
+		<sourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+		<scriptSourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/scripts</scriptSourceDirectory>
+		<testSourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
+		<outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/classes</outputDirectory>
+		<testOutputDirectory>${basedir}/target/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.4.3</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>shade</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-jar-with-dependencies</finalName>
+							<transformers>
+								<transformer
+									implementation="com.github.edwgiz.mavenShadePlugin.log4j2CacheTransformer.PluginsCacheFileTransformer"></transformer>
+								<transformer
+									implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+									<mainClass>caosdb.server.CaosDBServer</mainClass>
+								</transformer>
+							</transformers>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+				<dependencies>
+					<dependency>
+						<groupId>com.github.edwgiz</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin.log4j2-cachefile-transformer</artifactId>
+						<version>2.8.1</version>
+					</dependency>
+				</dependencies>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
+				<artifactId>antlr4-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>4.8-1</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<sourceDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
+				</configuration>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>antlr4</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.8.1</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>11</source>
+					<target>11</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.0.0-M3</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<includes>
+						<include>**/*.java</include>
+					</includes>
+					<systemPropertyVariables>
+						<caosdb.debug>true</caosdb.debug>
+						<log4j2.debug>true</log4j2.debug>
+					</systemPropertyVariables>
+					<reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
+					<!-- Start 0.5 JVMs per CPU core Higher numbers *seem* to lead to higher 
+						failure rates... :-/ -->
+					<forkCount>0.5C</forkCount>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.6.0</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>run</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>java</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<mainClass>caosdb.server.CaosDBServer</mainClass>
+							<arguments>
+								<argument>silent</argument>
+							</arguments>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+					<execution>
+						<id>run-debug</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>java</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<mainClass>caosdb.server.CaosDBServer</mainClass>
+							<arguments>
+								<argument>silent</argument>
+							</arguments>
+							<systemProperties>
+								<systemProperty>
+									<key>caosdb.debug</key>
+									<value>true</value>
+								</systemProperty>
+							</systemProperties>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>com.coveo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>fmt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.5.1</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<skip>
+						<!-- Set skip to `true` to prevent auto-formatting while coding. -->
+						false
+					</skip>
+				</configuration>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>format</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<!-- Remove easy-units from classpath generation because of https://github.com/jdee-emacs/jdee/issues/125 
+				(no sources inside easy-units) -->
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<excludeArtifactIds>easy-units</excludeArtifactIds>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.xolstice.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>protobuf-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>0.6.1</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<protocArtifact>com.google.protobuf:protoc:${protobuf.version}:exe:${os.detected.classifier}</protocArtifact>
+					<pluginId>grpc-java</pluginId>
+					<pluginArtifact>io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java:${grpc.version}:exe:${os.detected.classifier}</pluginArtifact>
+				</configuration>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>compile</goal>
+							<goal>compile-custom</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+
+		</plugins>
+
+	</build>
+	<url>bmp.ds.mpg.de</url>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/caosdb/server/CaosDBServer.java b/src/main/java/caosdb/server/CaosDBServer.java
index 34bfe3e2..2beabb78 100644
--- a/src/main/java/caosdb/server/CaosDBServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/caosdb/server/CaosDBServer.java
@@ -19,6 +19,49 @@
  */
 package caosdb.server;
 
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+import java.util.logging.Handler;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
+import org.apache.shiro.SecurityUtils;
+import org.apache.shiro.config.Ini;
+import org.apache.shiro.config.Ini.Section;
+import org.apache.shiro.config.IniSecurityManagerFactory;
+import org.apache.shiro.mgt.SecurityManager;
+import org.apache.shiro.subject.Subject;
+import org.apache.shiro.util.Factory;
+import org.apache.shiro.util.ThreadContext;
+import org.restlet.Application;
+import org.restlet.Component;
+import org.restlet.Context;
+import org.restlet.Request;
+import org.restlet.Response;
+import org.restlet.Restlet;
+import org.restlet.Server;
+import org.restlet.data.CookieSetting;
+import org.restlet.data.Parameter;
+import org.restlet.data.Protocol;
+import org.restlet.data.Reference;
+import org.restlet.data.ServerInfo;
+import org.restlet.data.Status;
+import org.restlet.engine.Engine;
+import org.restlet.routing.Route;
+import org.restlet.routing.Router;
+import org.restlet.routing.Template;
+import org.restlet.routing.TemplateRoute;
+import org.restlet.routing.Variable;
+import org.restlet.util.Series;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import caosdb.server.accessControl.AnonymousRealm;
 import caosdb.server.accessControl.AuthenticationUtils;
 import caosdb.server.accessControl.CaosDBAuthorizingRealm;
@@ -64,49 +107,6 @@ import caosdb.server.utils.FileUtils;
 import caosdb.server.utils.Initialization;
 import caosdb.server.utils.NullPrintStream;
 import caosdb.server.utils.Utils;
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.io.Reader;
-import java.time.ZoneId;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Properties;
-import java.util.TimeZone;
-import java.util.logging.Handler;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.LogRecord;
-import org.apache.shiro.SecurityUtils;
-import org.apache.shiro.config.Ini;
-import org.apache.shiro.config.Ini.Section;
-import org.apache.shiro.config.IniSecurityManagerFactory;
-import org.apache.shiro.mgt.SecurityManager;
-import org.apache.shiro.subject.Subject;
-import org.apache.shiro.util.Factory;
-import org.apache.shiro.util.ThreadContext;
-import org.restlet.Application;
-import org.restlet.Component;
-import org.restlet.Context;
-import org.restlet.Request;
-import org.restlet.Response;
-import org.restlet.Restlet;
-import org.restlet.Server;
-import org.restlet.data.CookieSetting;
-import org.restlet.data.Parameter;
-import org.restlet.data.Protocol;
-import org.restlet.data.Reference;
-import org.restlet.data.ServerInfo;
-import org.restlet.data.Status;
-import org.restlet.engine.Engine;
-import org.restlet.routing.Route;
-import org.restlet.routing.Router;
-import org.restlet.routing.Template;
-import org.restlet.routing.TemplateRoute;
-import org.restlet.routing.Variable;
-import org.restlet.util.Series;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class CaosDBServer extends Application {
 
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ public class CaosDBServer extends Application {
 
       init.release();
 
+      GRPCServer.startServer(8080);
       if (INSECURE) {
         runHTTPServer(port_http, initialConnections, maxTotalConnections);
       } else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/caosdb/server/GRPCServer.java b/src/main/java/caosdb/server/GRPCServer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55050592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/caosdb/server/GRPCServer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package caosdb.server;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import caosdb.server.grpc.EntityTransactionImpl;
+import io.grpc.Server;
+import io.grpc.ServerBuilder;
+
+public class GRPCServer {
+
+  public static void startServer(int port) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    Server server = ServerBuilder.forPort(port).addService(new EntityTransactionImpl()).build();
+    server.start();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/caosdb/server/grpc/EntityTransactionImpl.java b/src/main/java/caosdb/server/grpc/EntityTransactionImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70f5b0c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/caosdb/server/grpc/EntityTransactionImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package caosdb.server.grpc;
+
+import caosdb.grpc.Entity;
+import caosdb.grpc.EntityTransactionServiceGrpc.EntityTransactionServiceImplBase;
+import io.grpc.stub.StreamObserver;
+
+public class EntityTransactionImpl extends EntityTransactionServiceImplBase {
+
+  @Override
+  public void retrieve(Entity request, StreamObserver<Entity> responseObserver) {
+    Entity response = Entity.newBuilder(request)
+        .setName("EntityName")
+        .setDescription("EntityDescription")
+        .build();
+    
+    responseObserver.onNext(response);
+    responseObserver.onCompleted();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/proto/EntityService.proto b/src/main/proto/EntityService.proto
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..259fae6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/proto/EntityService.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+option java_multiple_files = true;
+package caosdb.grpc;
+
+message Entity {
+    string eid = 1;
+    string name = 2;
+    string description = 3;
+}
+
+service EntityTransactionService {
+    rpc retrieve(Entity) returns (Entity);
+}
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