source: branches/HeuristicLab.Hive-3.4/sources/HeuristicLab.Clients.Hive/3.4/ExperimentManager/HiveExperimentClient.cs @ 5591

#region License Information
/* HeuristicLab
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
 *
 * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
 *
 * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * HeuristicLab 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading;
using HeuristicLab.Clients.Hive.Jobs;
using HeuristicLab.Common;
using HeuristicLab.Core;
using HeuristicLab.Optimization;
using HeuristicLab.Services.Hive.Common;
using HeuristicLab.Services.Hive.Common.DataTransfer;
using HeuristicLab.Services.Hive.Common.ServiceContracts;
using HeuristicLab.Tracing;

namespace HeuristicLab.Clients.Hive {
  using System.Configuration;
  using System.IO;
  using HeuristicLab.PluginInfrastructure;
  using DT = HeuristicLab.Services.Hive.Common.DataTransfer;

  /// <summary>
  /// An experiment which contains multiple batch runs of algorithms.
  /// </summary>
  [Item(itemName, itemDescription)]
  public class HiveExperimentClient : NamedItem, IExecutable, IProgressReporter {
    private object locker = new object();
    private const string itemName = "Hive Experiment";
    private const string itemDescription = "A runner for a single experiment, which's algorithms are executed in the Hive.";
    private System.Timers.Timer timer;
    private DateTime lastUpdateTime;
    private Guid rootJobId;
    private JobResultPoller jobResultPoller;

    private Guid hiveExperimentId;
    public Guid HiveExperimentId {
      get { return hiveExperimentId; }
      set { hiveExperimentId = value; }
    }

    private HiveJob hiveJob;
    public HiveJob HiveJob {
      get { return hiveJob; }
      set {
        DeregisterHiveJobEvents();
        if (hiveJob != value) {
          hiveJob = value;
          RegisterHiveJobEvents();
          OnHiveJobChanged();
        }
      }
    }

    private ILog log;
    public ILog Log {
      get { return log; }
    }

    private string resourceNames;
    public string ResourceNames {
      get { return resourceNames; }
      set {
        if (resourceNames != value) {
          resourceNames = value;
          OnResourceNamesChanged();
        }
      }
    }

    private bool isPollingResults;
    public bool IsPollingResults {
      get { return isPollingResults; }
      private set {
        if (isPollingResults != value) {
          isPollingResults = value;
          OnIsPollingResultsChanged();
        }
      }
    }

    private bool isProgressing;
    public bool IsProgressing {
      get { return isProgressing; }
      set {
        if (isProgressing != value) {
          isProgressing = value;
          OnIsProgressingChanged();
        }
      }
    }

    private IProgress progress;
    public IProgress Progress {
      get { return progress; }
    }

    private IEnumerable<Plugin> onlinePlugins;
    public IEnumerable<Plugin> OnlinePlugins {
      get { return onlinePlugins; }
      set { onlinePlugins = value; }
    }

    private List<Plugin> alreadyUploadedPlugins;
    public List<Plugin> AlreadyUploadedPlugins {
      get { return alreadyUploadedPlugins; }
      set { alreadyUploadedPlugins = value; }
    }

    private bool useLocalPlugins;
    public bool UseLocalPlugins {
      get { return useLocalPlugins; }
      set { useLocalPlugins = value; }
    }

    public HiveExperimentClient()
      : base(itemName, itemDescription) {
      this.ResourceNames = "HEAL";
      this.log = new Log();
      InitTimer();
    }
    public HiveExperimentClient(DT.HiveExperiment hiveExperimentDto)
      : this() {
      UpdateFromDto(hiveExperimentDto);
    }
    protected HiveExperimentClient(HiveExperimentClient original, Cloner cloner)
      : base(original, cloner) {
      this.ResourceNames = original.resourceNames;
      this.ExecutionState = original.executionState;
      this.ExecutionTime = original.executionTime;
      this.log = cloner.Clone(original.log);
      this.lastUpdateTime = original.lastUpdateTime;
      this.rootJobId = original.rootJobId;
    }
    public override IDeepCloneable Clone(Cloner cloner) {
      return new HiveExperimentClient(this, cloner);
    }

    public void UpdateFromDto(DT.HiveExperiment hiveExperimentDto) {
      this.HiveExperimentId = hiveExperimentDto.Id;
      this.Name = hiveExperimentDto.Name;
      this.Description = hiveExperimentDto.Description;
      this.ResourceNames = hiveExperimentDto.ResourceNames;
      this.rootJobId = hiveExperimentDto.RootJobId;
    }

    public DT.HiveExperiment ToHiveExperimentDto() {
      return new DT.HiveExperiment() {
        Id = this.HiveExperimentId,
        Name = this.Name,
        Description = this.Description,
        ResourceNames = this.ResourceNames,
        RootJobId = this.rootJobId
      };
    }

    public void SetExperiment(Experiment experiment) {
      this.HiveJob = new HiveJob(experiment);
      Prepare();
    }

    private void RegisterHiveJobEvents() {
      if (HiveJob != null) {
        HiveJob.JobStateChanged += new EventHandler(HiveJob_JobStateChanged);
      }
    }

    private void DeregisterHiveJobEvents() {
      if (HiveJob != null) {
        HiveJob.JobStateChanged -= new EventHandler(HiveJob_JobStateChanged);
      }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Returns the experiment from the root HiveJob
    /// </summary>
    public Experiment GetExperiment() {
      if (this.HiveJob != null) {
        return HiveJob.OptimizerJob.OptimizerAsExperiment;
      }
      return null;
    }

    #region IExecutable Members
    private ExecutionState executionState;
    public ExecutionState ExecutionState {
      get { return executionState; }
      private set {
        if (executionState != value) {
          executionState = value;
          OnExecutionStateChanged();
        }
      }
    }

    private TimeSpan executionTime;
    public TimeSpan ExecutionTime {
      get { return executionTime; }
      private set {
        if (executionTime != value) {
          executionTime = value;
          OnExecutionTimeChanged();
        }
      }
    }

    public void Pause() {
      throw new NotSupportedException();
    }

    public void Prepare() {
      this.timer.Stop();
      this.ExecutionState = Core.ExecutionState.Prepared;
      this.ExecutionTime = TimeSpan.Zero;
    }

    public void Start() {
      OnStarted();
      ExecutionTime = TimeSpan.Zero;
      lastUpdateTime = DateTime.Now;
      this.ExecutionState = Core.ExecutionState.Started;

      Thread t = new Thread(RunUploadExperiment);
      t.Name = "RunUploadExperimentThread";
      t.Start();
    }

    private void RunUploadExperiment() {
      try {
        this.progress = new Progress("Connecting to server...");
        IsProgressing = true;
        ServiceLocator.Instance.CallHiveService(service => {
          IEnumerable<string> resourceNames = ToResourceNameList(this.ResourceNames);
          var resourceIds = new List<Guid>();
          foreach (var resourceName in resourceNames) {
            Guid resourceId = service.GetResourceId(resourceName);
            if (resourceId == Guid.Empty) {
              throw new ResourceNotFoundException(string.Format("Could not find the resource '{0}'", resourceName));
            }
            resourceIds.Add(resourceId);
          }

          this.HiveJob.SetIndexInParentOptimizerList(null);

          int totalJobCount = this.HiveJob.GetAllHiveJobs().Count();
          int jobCount = 0;

          this.progress.Status = "Uploading plugins...";
          this.OnlinePlugins = service.GetPlugins();
          this.AlreadyUploadedPlugins = new List<Plugin>();
          Plugin configFilePlugin = UploadConfigurationFile(service);
          this.alreadyUploadedPlugins.Add(configFilePlugin);

          this.progress.Status = "Uploading jobs...";
          UploadJobWithChildren(service, this.HiveJob, null, resourceIds, ref jobCount, totalJobCount, configFilePlugin.Id);
          this.rootJobId = this.HiveJob.Job.Id;
          LogMessage("Finished sending jobs to hive");

          // insert or update HiveExperiment
          this.progress.Status = "Uploading HiveExperiment...";

          DT.HiveExperiment he = service.GetHiveExperiment(service.AddHiveExperiment(this.ToHiveExperimentDto()));
          this.UpdateFromDto(he);

          StartResultPolling();
        });
      }
      catch (Exception e) {
        OnExceptionOccured(e);
        this.Prepare();
      }
      finally {
        IsProgressing = false;
      }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Uploads the local configuration file as plugin
    /// </summary>
    private static Plugin UploadConfigurationFile(IHiveService service) {
      string exeFilePath = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "HeuristicLab 3.3.exe");
      string configFileName = Path.GetFileName(ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(exeFilePath).FilePath);

      Plugin configPlugin = new Plugin() {
        Name = "Configuration",
        IsLocal = true,
        Version = new Version()
      };
      PluginData configFile = new PluginData() {
        FileName = configFileName,
        Data = File.ReadAllBytes(configFileName)
      };
      configPlugin.Id = service.AddPlugin(configPlugin, new List<PluginData> { configFile });
      return configPlugin;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Uploads the given job and all its child-jobs while setting the proper parentJobId values for the childs
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="service"></param>
    /// <param name="hiveJob"></param>
    /// <param name="parentHiveJob">shall be null if its the root job</param>
    /// <param name="groups"></param>
    private void UploadJobWithChildren(IHiveService service, HiveJob hiveJob, HiveJob parentHiveJob, IEnumerable<Guid> groups, ref int jobCount, int totalJobCount, Guid configPluginId) {
      jobCount++;
      this.progress.Status = string.Format("Serializing job {0} of {1}", jobCount, totalJobCount);
      JobData jobData;
      List<IPluginDescription> plugins;

      if (hiveJob.OptimizerJob.ComputeInParallel &&
        (hiveJob.OptimizerJob.Optimizer is Optimization.Experiment || hiveJob.OptimizerJob.Optimizer is Optimization.BatchRun)) {
        hiveJob.Job.IsParentJob = true;
        hiveJob.Job.FinishWhenChildJobsFinished = true;
        hiveJob.OptimizerJob.CollectChildJobs = false; // don't collect child-jobs on slaves
        jobData = hiveJob.GetAsJobData(true, out plugins);
      } else {
        hiveJob.Job.IsParentJob = false;
        hiveJob.Job.FinishWhenChildJobsFinished = false;
        jobData = hiveJob.GetAsJobData(false, out plugins);
      }

      hiveJob.Job.PluginsNeededIds = GetPluginDependencies(service, onlinePlugins, alreadyUploadedPlugins, plugins, useLocalPlugins);
      hiveJob.Job.PluginsNeededIds.Add(configPluginId);

      this.progress.Status = string.Format("Uploading job {0} of {1} ({2} kb)", jobCount, totalJobCount, jobData.Data.Count() / 1024);
      this.progress.ProgressValue = (double)jobCount / totalJobCount;

      hiveJob.Job.SetState(JobState.Transferring);
      if (parentHiveJob != null) {
        hiveJob.Job.Id = service.AddChildJob(parentHiveJob.Job.Id, hiveJob.Job, jobData);
      } else {
        hiveJob.Job.Id = service.AddJob(hiveJob.Job, jobData, groups);
      }

      LogMessage(hiveJob.Job.Id, "Job sent to Hive");

      foreach (HiveJob child in hiveJob.ChildHiveJobs) {
        UploadJobWithChildren(service, child, hiveJob, groups, ref jobCount, totalJobCount, configPluginId);
      }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Converts a string which can contain Ids separated by ';' to a enumerable
    /// </summary>
    private IEnumerable<string> ToResourceNameList(string resourceGroups) {
      if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(resourceGroups)) {
        return resourceNames.Split(';');
      } else {
        return new List<string>();
      }
    }

    public void Stop() {
      ServiceLocator.Instance.CallHiveService(service => {
        foreach (HiveJob hj in HiveJob.GetAllHiveJobs()) {
          service.StopJob(hj.Job.Id);
        }
      });
    }

    #endregion


    #region HiveJob Events
    void HiveJob_JobStateChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) {
      if (HiveJob != null) {
        rootJobId = HiveJob.Job.Id;
      }
    }
    #endregion

    #region Eventhandler

    public event EventHandler ExecutionTimeChanged;
    private void OnExecutionTimeChanged() {
      EventHandler handler = ExecutionTimeChanged;
      if (handler != null) handler(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }

    public event EventHandler ExecutionStateChanged;
    private void OnExecutionStateChanged() {
      LogMessage("ExecutionState changed to " + executionState.ToString());
      EventHandler handler = ExecutionStateChanged;
      if (handler != null) handler(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }

    public event EventHandler Started;
    private void OnStarted() {
      LogMessage("Started");
      timer.Start();
      EventHandler handler = Started;
      if (handler != null) handler(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }

    public event EventHandler Stopped;
    private void OnStopped() {
      LogMessage("Stopped");
      timer.Stop();
      EventHandler handler = Stopped;
      if (handler != null) handler(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }

    public event EventHandler Paused;
    private void OnPaused() {
      LogMessage("Paused");
      EventHandler handler = Paused;
      if (handler != null) handler(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }

    public event EventHandler Prepared;
    protected virtual void OnPrepared() {
      LogMessage("Prepared");
      EventHandler handler = Prepared;
      if (handler != null) handler(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }

    public event EventHandler ResourceNamesChanged;
    protected virtual void OnResourceNamesChanged() {
      EventHandler handler = ResourceNamesChanged;
      if (handler != null) handler(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }

    public event EventHandler IsResultsPollingChanged;
    private void OnIsPollingResultsChanged() {
      if (this.IsPollingResults) {
        LogMessage("Results Polling Started");
      } else {
        LogMessage("Results Polling Stopped");
      }
      EventHandler handler = IsResultsPollingChanged;
      if (handler != null) handler(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }

    public event EventHandler<EventArgs<Exception>> ExceptionOccurred;
    private void OnExceptionOccured(Exception e) {
      var handler = ExceptionOccurred;
      if (handler != null) handler(this, new EventArgs<Exception>(e));
    }

    public event EventHandler HiveJobChanged;
    private void OnHiveJobChanged() {
      if (jobResultPoller != null && jobResultPoller.IsPolling) {
        jobResultPoller.Stop();
        DeregisterResultPollingEvents();
      }
      if (HiveJob != null) {
        jobResultPoller = new JobResultPoller(HiveJob, ApplicationConstants.ResultPollingInterval);
        RegisterResultPollingEvents();
      }
      EventHandler handler = HiveJobChanged;
      if (handler != null) handler(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }

    public event EventHandler IsProgressingChanged;
    private void OnIsProgressingChanged() {
      var handler = IsProgressingChanged;
      if (handler != null) handler(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }
    #endregion

    #region JobResultPoller Events

    public void StartResultPolling() {
      if (!jobResultPoller.IsPolling) {
        jobResultPoller.Start();
      } else {
        throw new JobResultPollingException("Result polling already running");
      }
    }

    public void StopResultPolling() {
      if (jobResultPoller.IsPolling) {
        jobResultPoller.Stop();
      } else {
        throw new JobResultPollingException("Result polling not running");
      }
    }

    private void RegisterResultPollingEvents() {
      jobResultPoller.ExceptionOccured += new EventHandler<EventArgs<Exception>>(jobResultPoller_ExceptionOccured);
      jobResultPoller.JobResultsReceived += new EventHandler<EventArgs<IEnumerable<LightweightJob>>>(jobResultPoller_JobResultReceived);
      jobResultPoller.PollingStarted += new EventHandler(jobResultPoller_PollingStarted);
      jobResultPoller.PollingFinished += new EventHandler(jobResultPoller_PollingFinished);
      jobResultPoller.IsPollingChanged += new EventHandler(jobResultPoller_IsPollingChanged);
    }
    private void DeregisterResultPollingEvents() {
      jobResultPoller.ExceptionOccured -= new EventHandler<EventArgs<Exception>>(jobResultPoller_ExceptionOccured);
      jobResultPoller.JobResultsReceived -= new EventHandler<EventArgs<IEnumerable<LightweightJob>>>(jobResultPoller_JobResultReceived);
      jobResultPoller.PollingStarted -= new EventHandler(jobResultPoller_PollingStarted);
      jobResultPoller.PollingFinished -= new EventHandler(jobResultPoller_PollingFinished);
      jobResultPoller.IsPollingChanged -= new EventHandler(jobResultPoller_IsPollingChanged);
    }
    private void jobResultPoller_IsPollingChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) {
      this.IsPollingResults = jobResultPoller.IsPolling;
    }
    private void jobResultPoller_PollingFinished(object sender, EventArgs e) {
      LogMessage("Polling results finished");
    }
    private void jobResultPoller_PollingStarted(object sender, EventArgs e) {
      LogMessage("Polling results started");
    }
    private void jobResultPoller_JobResultReceived(object sender, EventArgs<IEnumerable<LightweightJob>> e) {
      foreach (LightweightJob lightweightJob in e.Value) {
        HiveJob hj = hiveJob.GetHiveJobByJobId(lightweightJob.Id);
        if (hj != null) {
          hj.UpdateFromLightweightJob(lightweightJob);
          if ((hj.Job.State == JobState.Aborted ||
               hj.Job.State == JobState.Failed ||
               hj.Job.State == JobState.Finished) &&
              !hj.IsFinishedOptimizerDownloaded) {
            LogMessage(hj.Job.Id, "Downloading optimizer for job");
            OptimizerJob optimizerJob = LoadOptimizerJob(hj.Job.Id);
            if (optimizerJob == null) {
              // something bad happened to this job. set to finished to allow the rest beeing downloaded
              hj.IsFinishedOptimizerDownloaded = true;
            } else {
              if (lightweightJob.ParentJobId.HasValue) {
                HiveJob parentHiveJob = HiveJob.GetHiveJobByJobId(lightweightJob.ParentJobId.Value);
                parentHiveJob.UpdateChildOptimizer(optimizerJob, hj.Job.Id);
              } else {
                this.HiveJob.IsFinishedOptimizerDownloaded = true;
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
      GC.Collect(); // force GC, because .NET is too lazy here (deserialization takes a lot of memory)
      if (AllJobsFinished()) {
        this.ExecutionState = Core.ExecutionState.Stopped;
        StopResultPolling();
        OnStopped();
      }
    }

    private bool AllJobsFinished() {
      return HiveJob.GetAllHiveJobs().All(hj => hj.IsFinishedOptimizerDownloaded);
    }

    private void jobResultPoller_ExceptionOccured(object sender, EventArgs<Exception> e) {
      OnExceptionOccured(e.Value);
    }
    #endregion

    #region Execution Time Timer
    private void InitTimer() {
      timer = new System.Timers.Timer(100);
      timer.AutoReset = true;
      timer.Elapsed += new System.Timers.ElapsedEventHandler(timer_Elapsed);
    }

    private void timer_Elapsed(object sender, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e) {
      DateTime now = DateTime.Now;
      ExecutionTime += now - lastUpdateTime;
      lastUpdateTime = now;
    }
    #endregion

    #region Logging
    private void LogMessage(string message) {
      // HeuristicLab.Log is not Thread-Safe, so lock on every call
      lock (locker) {
        log.LogMessage(message);
        Logger.Debug(message);
      }
    }

    private void LogMessage(Guid jobId, string message) {
      //GetJobItemById(jobId).LogMessage(message);
      LogMessage(message + " (jobId: " + jobId + ")");
    }

    #endregion

    #region Job Loading
    /// <summary>
    /// Downloads the root job from hive and sets the experiment, rootJob and rootJobItem
    /// </summary>
    public void LoadHiveJob() {
      progress = new Progress();
      try {
        IsProgressing = true;
        int totalJobCount = 0;
        IEnumerable<LightweightJob> allJobs;

        progress.Status = "Connecting to Server...";
        // fetch all Job objects to create the full tree of tree of HiveJob objects
        progress.Status = "Downloading list of jobs...";
        allJobs = ServiceLocator.Instance.CallHiveService(s => s.GetLightweightChildJobs(rootJobId, true, true));
        totalJobCount = allJobs.Count();

        HiveJobDownloader downloader = new HiveJobDownloader(allJobs.Select(x => x.Id));
        downloader.StartAsync();

        while (!downloader.IsFinished) {
          progress.ProgressValue = downloader.FinishedCount / (double)totalJobCount;
          progress.Status = string.Format("Downloading/deserializing jobs... ({0}/{1} finished)", downloader.FinishedCount, totalJobCount);
          Thread.Sleep(500);
        }
        IDictionary<Guid, HiveJob> allHiveJobs = downloader.Results;

        this.HiveJob = allHiveJobs[this.rootJobId];


        //// download them first
        //IDictionary<Guid, Job> allJobs = new Dictionary<Guid, Job>();
        //IDictionary<Guid, JobData> allJobDatas = new Dictionary<Guid, JobData>();
        //foreach (LightweightJob lightweightJob in allResults) {
        //  jobCount++;
        //  progress.Status = string.Format("Downloading {0} of {1} jobs...", jobCount, totalJobCount);
        //  allJobs.Add(lightweightJob.Id, service.GetJob(lightweightJob.Id));
        //  allJobDatas.Add(lightweightJob.Id, service.GetJobData(lightweightJob.Id));
        //  progress.ProgressValue = (double)jobCount / totalJobCount;
        //}

        //jobCount = 1;
        //progress.Status = string.Format("Deserializing {0} of {1} jobs... ({2} kb)", jobCount, totalJobCount, allJobDatas[this.rootJobId].Data.Count() / 1024);
        //this.HiveJob = new HiveJob(allJobs[this.rootJobId], allJobDatas[this.rootJobId], false);
        //allJobDatas.Remove(this.rootJobId); // reduce memory footprint
        //allJobs.Remove(this.rootJobId);
        //progress.ProgressValue = (double)jobCount / totalJobCount;

        if (this.HiveJob.Job.DateFinished.HasValue) {
          this.ExecutionTime = this.HiveJob.Job.DateFinished.Value - this.HiveJob.Job.DateCreated;
          this.lastUpdateTime = this.HiveJob.Job.DateFinished.Value;
          this.ExecutionState = Core.ExecutionState.Stopped;
          OnStopped();
        } else {
          this.ExecutionTime = DateTime.Now - this.HiveJob.Job.DateCreated;
          this.lastUpdateTime = DateTime.Now;
          this.ExecutionState = Core.ExecutionState.Started;
          OnStarted();
        }

        // build child-job tree
        //LoadChildResults(service, this.HiveJob, allResults, allJobs, allJobDatas, progress, totalJobCount, ref jobCount);
        BuildHiveJobTree(this.HiveJob, allJobs, allHiveJobs);
        StartResultPolling();
      }
      catch (Exception e) {
        OnExceptionOccured(e);
      }
      finally {
        IsProgressing = false;
      }
    }

    private void BuildHiveJobTree(HiveJob parentHiveJob, IEnumerable<LightweightJob> allJobs, IDictionary<Guid, HiveJob> allHiveJobs) {
      IEnumerable<LightweightJob> childJobs = from job in allJobs
                                              where job.ParentJobId.HasValue && job.ParentJobId.Value == parentHiveJob.Job.Id
                                              orderby job.DateCreated ascending
                                              select job;
      foreach (LightweightJob job in childJobs) {
        HiveJob childHiveJob = allHiveJobs[job.Id];
        parentHiveJob.AddChildHiveJob(childHiveJob);
        BuildHiveJobTree(childHiveJob, allJobs, allHiveJobs);
      }
    }
    
    private OptimizerJob LoadOptimizerJob(Guid jobId) {
      JobData jobData = ServiceLocator.Instance.CallHiveService(s => s.GetJobData(jobId));
      try {
        return PersistenceUtil.Deserialize<OptimizerJob>(jobData.Data);
      }
      catch {
        return null;
      }
    }
    #endregion

    #region Plugin Management
    /// <summary>
    /// Checks if plugins are available on Hive Server. If not they are uploaded. Ids are returned.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="service">An active service-proxy</param>
    /// <param name="onlinePlugins">List of plugins which are available online</param>
    /// <param name="alreadyUploadedPlugins">List of plugins which have been uploaded from this HiveExperiment</param>
    /// <param name="neededPlugins">List of plugins which need to be uploaded</param>
    /// <param name="useLocalPlugins">If true, the plugins which are already online are ignored. All local plugins are uploaded, but only once.</param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    private static List<Guid> GetPluginDependencies(IHiveService service, IEnumerable<Plugin> onlinePlugins, List<Plugin> alreadyUploadedPlugins, IEnumerable<IPluginDescription> neededPlugins, bool useLocalPlugins) {
      var pluginIds = new List<Guid>();
      foreach (var neededPlugin in neededPlugins) {
        Plugin foundPlugin = alreadyUploadedPlugins.SingleOrDefault(p => p.Name == neededPlugin.Name && p.Version == neededPlugin.Version);
        if (foundPlugin == null) {
          foundPlugin = onlinePlugins.SingleOrDefault(p => p.Name == neededPlugin.Name && p.Version == neededPlugin.Version);
          if (useLocalPlugins || foundPlugin == null) {
            Plugin p = CreatePlugin(neededPlugin, useLocalPlugins);
            List<PluginData> pd = CreatePluginDatas(neededPlugin);
            p.Id = service.AddPlugin(p, pd);
            alreadyUploadedPlugins.Add(p);
            pluginIds.Add(p.Id);
          } else {
            pluginIds.Add(foundPlugin.Id);
          }
        } else {
          pluginIds.Add(foundPlugin.Id);
        }
      }
      return pluginIds;
    }

    private static Plugin CreatePlugin(IPluginDescription plugin, bool useLocalPlugins) {
      return new Plugin() { Name = plugin.Name, Version = plugin.Version, IsLocal = useLocalPlugins };
    }

    private static List<PluginData> CreatePluginDatas(IPluginDescription plugin) {
      List<PluginData> pluginDatas = new List<PluginData>();

      foreach (IPluginFile pf in plugin.Files) {
        PluginData pluginData = new PluginData();

        pluginData.Data = File.ReadAllBytes(pf.Name);
        pluginData.FileName = Path.GetFileName(pf.Name);
        pluginDatas.Add(pluginData);
      }
      return pluginDatas;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the Ids of all plugins needed for executing the job.
    /// All loaded plugins are assumed to be necessary.
    /// If a plugin with the same name and version is already online, it is used. Otherwise the local plugin is uploaded.
    /// If useLocalPlugins is true, all local plugins are uploaded regardless of the existence of the same plugin online.
    /// </summary>
    //public static List<Guid> GetPluginsNeededIds(bool useLocalPlugins) {
    //  IEnumerable<IPluginDescription> localPlugins = ApplicationManager.Manager.Plugins;
    //  List<Guid> pluginsNeededIds = new List<Guid>();

    //  using (var service = ServiceLocator.Instance.GetService()) {
    //    IEnumerable<Plugin> onlinePlugins = service.Obj.GetPlugins();

    //    foreach (IPluginDescription localPlugin in localPlugins) {
    //      Plugin found = onlinePlugins.Where(onlinePlugin => onlinePlugin.Name == localPlugin.Name && onlinePlugin.Version == localPlugin.Version).SingleOrDefault();
    //      if (!useLocalPlugins && found != null) {
    //        // plugin is available online; reuse
    //        pluginsNeededIds.Add(found.Id);
    //      } else {
    //        // upload the plugin
    //        Plugin p = new Plugin() { Name = localPlugin.Name, Version = localPlugin.Version, IsLocal = useLocalPlugins };
    //        List<PluginData> pluginDatas = new List<PluginData>();

    //        foreach (IPluginFile pf in localPlugin.Files) {
    //          PluginData pluginData = new PluginData();

    //          pluginData.Data = File.ReadAllBytes(pf.Name);
    //          pluginDatas.Add(pluginData);
    //        }
    //        pluginsNeededIds.Add(service.Obj.AddPlugin(p, pluginDatas));
    //      }
    //    }
    //  }
    //  return pluginsNeededIds;
    //}
    #endregion
  }
}