Question 1

Is this a Jev integration, or a Java framework tagged as one?

Accepted Answer

The framework, as far as the README documents. tinystruct is a Java CLI and HTTP framework built on AbstractApplication with @Action routing, and its README covers no Jev, TypeSafe or MCP integration at all. The association comes from the repository's topic tags rather than shipped code or documentation.

Question 2

Is the 86,753 requests per second figure a real benchmark?

Accepted Answer

It is one wrk run of 30 seconds against 12 threads and 400 connections on a single say endpoint, with average latency around 17.44 ms. The project presents it as a demonstration of raw throughput rather than a comparison against other stacks, so do not read it as a head-to-head result.

Question 3

Do I need a servlet container or a build plugin to try it?

Accepted Answer

No. Add the org.tinystruct:tinystruct dependency and either run bin/dispatcher in CLI mode or start the bundled HTTP server with bin/dispatcher start --import org.tinystruct.system.HttpServer. There is no main method to write and no bean wiring; you need JDK 17 or newer plus Maven.

Question 4

Is there one jar I can download and run as-is?

Accepted Answer

The supported artifact is the Maven dependency. The self-contained jar that bundles everything is about 50 MB, is not part of the release, and has to be built yourself with ./mvnw package -Pstandalone before java -jar will do anything useful.

Question 5

What do I need to build with it?

Accepted Answer

JDK 17 or higher, Maven for dependency management, and a text editor or IDE such as IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse or VS Code. Add the org.tinystruct:tinystruct dependency to your pom.xml, or start from the tinystruct archetype project.

Question 6

How do I run it as a CLI or an HTTP server?

Accepted Answer

The framework provides bin/dispatcher with commands including download, exec, generate, install, open, say, set, sql-execute, sql-query and update. Start an HTTP server with bin/dispatcher start --import org.tinystruct.system.HttpServer, then call URLs such as http://localhost:8080/?q=say/Praise%20to%20the%20Lord.

Question 7

What is the programming style?

Accepted Answer

Extend AbstractApplication and annotate methods with @Action, using modes such as HTTP_GET and HTTP_POST. No main() method is required, and CLI and web are treated as equal citizens from the same codebase, with a built-in lightweight HTTP server and minimal configuration.

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