feat(aws-codecommit): use CloudWatch Events instead of polling by def…

…ault in the CodePipeline Action.

BREAKING CHANGE: this modifies the default behavior of the CodeCommit Action.
It also changes the internal API contract between the aws-codepipeline-api module and the CodePipeline Actions in the service packages.

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudformation/lib/pipeline-actions.ts

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export class PipelineExecuteChangeSetAction extends PipelineCloudFormationAction
       ChangeSetName: props.changeSetName,
     });
 
-    SingletonPolicy.forRole(props.stage.pipelineRole)
+    SingletonPolicy.forRole(props.stage.pipeline.role)
                    .grantExecuteChangeSet(props);
   }
 }
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ export abstract class PipelineCloudFormationDeployAction extends PipelineCloudFo
       }
     }
 
-    SingletonPolicy.forRole(props.stage.pipelineRole).grantPassRole(this.role);
+    SingletonPolicy.forRole(props.stage.pipeline.role).grantPassRole(this.role);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ export class PipelineCreateReplaceChangeSetAction extends PipelineCloudFormation
       this.addInputArtifact(props.templateConfiguration.artifact);
     }
 
-    SingletonPolicy.forRole(props.stage.pipelineRole).grantCreateReplaceChangeSet(props);
+    SingletonPolicy.forRole(props.stage.pipeline.role).grantCreateReplaceChangeSet(props);
   }
 }
 
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ export class PipelineCreateUpdateStackAction extends PipelineCloudFormationDeplo
       this.addInputArtifact(props.templateConfiguration.artifact);
     }
 
-    SingletonPolicy.forRole(props.stage.pipelineRole).grantCreateUpdateStack(props);
+    SingletonPolicy.forRole(props.stage.pipeline.role).grantCreateUpdateStack(props);
   }
 }
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ export class PipelineDeleteStackAction extends PipelineCloudFormationDeployActio
     super(parent, id, props, {
       ActionMode: 'DELETE_ONLY',
     });
-    SingletonPolicy.forRole(props.stage.pipelineRole).grantDeleteStack(props);
+    SingletonPolicy.forRole(props.stage.pipeline.role).grantDeleteStack(props);
   }
 }
 

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudformation/package.json

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "devDependencies": {
     "@aws-cdk/assert": "^0.14.1",
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-events": "^0.14.1",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.116",
     "cdk-build-tools": "^0.14.1",
     "cdk-integ-tools": "^0.14.1",

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudformation/test/test.pipeline-actions.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import cpapi = require('@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-api');
+import events = require('@aws-cdk/aws-events');
 import iam = require('@aws-cdk/aws-iam');
 import cdk = require('@aws-cdk/cdk');
 import _ = require('lodash');
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ export = nodeunit.testCase({
     'works'(test: nodeunit.Test) {
       const stack = new cdk.Stack();
       const pipelineRole = new RoleDouble(stack, 'PipelineRole');
-      const stage = new StageDouble({ pipelineRole });
+      const stage = new StageDouble({ pipeline: new PipelineDouble({ role: pipelineRole }) });
       const artifact = new cpapi.Artifact(stack as any, 'TestArtifact');
       const action = new cloudformation.PipelineCreateReplaceChangeSetAction(stack, 'Action', {
         stage,
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ export = nodeunit.testCase({
     'uses a single permission statement if the same ChangeSet name is used'(test: nodeunit.Test) {
       const stack = new cdk.Stack();
       const pipelineRole = new RoleDouble(stack, 'PipelineRole');
-      const stage = new StageDouble({ pipelineRole });
+      const stage = new StageDouble({ pipeline: new PipelineDouble({ role: pipelineRole }) });
       const artifact = new cpapi.Artifact(stack as any, 'TestArtifact');
       new cloudformation.PipelineCreateReplaceChangeSetAction(stack, 'ActionA', {
         stage,
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ export = nodeunit.testCase({
     'works'(test: nodeunit.Test) {
       const stack = new cdk.Stack();
       const pipelineRole = new RoleDouble(stack, 'PipelineRole');
-      const stage = new StageDouble({ pipelineRole });
+      const stage = new StageDouble({ pipeline: new PipelineDouble({ role: pipelineRole }) });
       new cloudformation.PipelineExecuteChangeSetAction(stack, 'Action', {
         stage,
         changeSetName: 'MyChangeSet',
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ export = nodeunit.testCase({
     'uses a single permission statement if the same ChangeSet name is used'(test: nodeunit.Test) {
       const stack = new cdk.Stack();
       const pipelineRole = new RoleDouble(stack, 'PipelineRole');
-      const stage = new StageDouble({ pipelineRole });
+      const stage = new StageDouble({ pipeline: new PipelineDouble({ role: pipelineRole }) });
       new cloudformation.PipelineExecuteChangeSetAction(stack, 'ActionA', {
         stage,
         changeSetName: 'MyChangeSet',
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ export = nodeunit.testCase({
     const stack = new cdk.Stack();
     const pipelineRole = new RoleDouble(stack, 'PipelineRole');
     const action = new cloudformation.PipelineCreateUpdateStackAction(stack, 'Action', {
-      stage: new StageDouble({ pipelineRole }),
+      stage: new StageDouble({ pipeline: new PipelineDouble({ role: pipelineRole }) }),
       templatePath: new cpapi.Artifact(stack as any, 'TestArtifact').atPath('some/file'),
       stackName: 'MyStack',
       replaceOnFailure: true,
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ export = nodeunit.testCase({
     const stack = new cdk.Stack();
     const pipelineRole = new RoleDouble(stack, 'PipelineRole');
     const action = new cloudformation.PipelineDeleteStackAction(stack, 'Action', {
-      stage: new StageDouble({ pipelineRole }),
+      stage: new StageDouble({ pipeline: new PipelineDouble({ role: pipelineRole }) }),
       stackName: 'MyStack',
     });
     const stackArn = _stackArn('MyStack');
@@ -273,26 +274,42 @@ function _stackArn(stackName: string): string {
   });
 }
 
-class StageDouble implements cpapi.IStage, cpapi.IInternalStage {
-  public readonly name: string;
+class PipelineDouble implements cpapi.IPipeline {
   public readonly pipelineArn: string;
-  public readonly pipelineRole: iam.Role;
-  public readonly _internal = this;
+  public readonly role: iam.Role;
 
-  public readonly actions = new Array<cpapi.Action>();
-
-  constructor({ name, pipelineName, pipelineRole }: { name?: string, pipelineName?: string, pipelineRole: iam.Role }) {
-    this.name = name || 'TestStage';
+  constructor({ pipelineName, role }: { pipelineName?: string, role: iam.Role }) {
     this.pipelineArn = cdk.ArnUtils.fromComponents({ service: 'codepipeline', resource: 'pipeline', resourceName: pipelineName || 'TestPipeline' });
-    this.pipelineRole = pipelineRole;
+    this.role = role;
   }
 
-  public grantPipelineBucketRead() {
-    throw new Error('Unsupported');
+  public get uniqueId(): string {
+    throw new Error("Unsupported");
   }
 
-  public grantPipelineBucketReadWrite() {
-    throw new Error('Unsupported');
+  public grantBucketRead(): void {
+    throw new Error("Unsupported");
+  }
+
+  public grantBucketReadWrite(): void {
+    throw new Error("Unsupported");
+  }
+
+  public asEventRuleTarget(): events.EventRuleTargetProps {
+    throw new Error("Unsupported");
+  }
+}
+
+class StageDouble implements cpapi.IStage, cpapi.IInternalStage {
+  public readonly name: string;
+  public readonly pipeline: cpapi.IPipeline;
+  public readonly _internal = this;
+
+  public readonly actions = new Array<cpapi.Action>();
+
+  constructor({ name, pipeline }: { name?: string, pipeline: cpapi.IPipeline }) {
+    this.name = name || 'TestStage';
+    this.pipeline = pipeline;
   }
 
   public _attachAction(action: cpapi.Action) {

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codebuild/lib/pipeline-actions.ts

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export class PipelineTestAction extends codepipeline.TestAction {
 function setCodeBuildNeededPermissions(stage: codepipeline.IStage, project: ProjectRef,
                                        needsPipelineBucketWrite: boolean) {
   // grant the Pipeline role the required permissions to this Project
-  stage.pipelineRole.addToPolicy(new iam.PolicyStatement()
+  stage.pipeline.role.addToPolicy(new iam.PolicyStatement()
     .addResource(project.projectArn)
     .addActions(
       'codebuild:BatchGetBuilds',
@@ -117,11 +117,9 @@ function setCodeBuildNeededPermissions(stage: codepipeline.IStage, project: Proj
     ));
 
   // allow the Project access to the Pipline's artifact Bucket
-  if (project.role) {
-    if (needsPipelineBucketWrite) {
-      stage.grantPipelineBucketReadWrite(project.role);
-    } else {
-      stage.grantPipelineBucketRead(project.role);
-    }
+  if (needsPipelineBucketWrite) {
+    stage.pipeline.grantBucketReadWrite(project.role);
+  } else {
+    stage.pipeline.grantBucketRead(project.role);
   }
 }

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codecommit/lib/pipeline-action.ts

@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ export interface CommonPipelineSourceActionProps extends codepipeline.CommonActi
    */
   branch?: string;
 
-  // TODO: use CloudWatch events instead
   /**
-   * Whether or not AWS CodePipeline should poll for source changes.
+   * Whether AWS CodePipeline should poll for source changes.
+   * If this is `false`, the Pipeline will use CloudWatch Events to detect source changes instead.
    *
-   * @default true
+   * @default false
    */
   pollForSourceChanges?: boolean;
 }
@@ -54,11 +54,15 @@ export class PipelineSourceAction extends codepipeline.SourceAction {
       configuration: {
         RepositoryName: props.repository.repositoryName,
         BranchName: props.branch || 'master',
-        PollForSourceChanges: props.pollForSourceChanges !== undefined ? props.pollForSourceChanges : true
+        PollForSourceChanges: props.pollForSourceChanges || false,
       },
       outputArtifactName: props.outputArtifactName
     });
 
+    if (!props.pollForSourceChanges) {
+      props.repository.onCommit(props.stage.pipeline.uniqueId + 'EventRule', props.stage.pipeline, props.branch || 'master');
+    }
+
     // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codecommit/latest/userguide/auth-and-access-control-permissions-reference.html#aa-acp
     const actions = [
       'codecommit:GetBranch',
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ export class PipelineSourceAction extends codepipeline.SourceAction {
       'codecommit:CancelUploadArchive',
     ];
 
-    props.stage.pipelineRole.addToPolicy(new iam.PolicyStatement()
+    props.stage.pipeline.role.addToPolicy(new iam.PolicyStatement()
       .addResource(props.repository.repositoryArn)
       .addActions(...actions));
   }

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codedeploy/lib/pipeline-action.ts

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export class PipelineDeployAction extends codepipeline.DeployAction {
       resourceName: props.applicationName,
       sep: ':',
     });
-    props.stage.pipelineRole.addToPolicy(new iam.PolicyStatement()
+    props.stage.pipeline.role.addToPolicy(new iam.PolicyStatement()
       .addResource(applicationArn)
       .addActions(
         'codedeploy:GetApplicationRevision',
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class PipelineDeployAction extends codepipeline.DeployAction {
       resourceName: `${props.applicationName}/${props.deploymentGroupName}`,
       sep: ':',
     });
-    props.stage.pipelineRole.addToPolicy(new iam.PolicyStatement()
+    props.stage.pipeline.role.addToPolicy(new iam.PolicyStatement()
       .addResource(deploymentGroupArn)
       .addActions(
         'codedeploy:CreateDeployment',
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export class PipelineDeployAction extends codepipeline.DeployAction {
       resourceName: '*',
       sep: ':',
     });
-    props.stage.pipelineRole.addToPolicy(new iam.PolicyStatement()
+    props.stage.pipeline.role.addToPolicy(new iam.PolicyStatement()
       .addResource(deployConfigArn)
       .addActions(
         'codedeploy:GetDeploymentConfig',

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-api/lib/action.ts

@@ -68,42 +68,59 @@ export interface IInternalStage {
 }
 
 /**
- * The abstract interface of a Pipeline Stage that is used by Actions.
+ * The abstract view of an AWS CodePipeline as required and used by Actions.
+ * It extends {@link events.IEventRuleTarget},
+ * so this interface can be used as a Target for CloudWatch Events.
  */
-export interface IStage {
-  /**
-   * The physical, human-readable name of this Pipeline Stage.
-   */
-  readonly name: string;
-
+export interface IPipeline extends events.IEventRuleTarget {
   /**
    * The ARN of the Pipeline.
    */
   readonly pipelineArn: string;
 
   /**
-   * The service Role of the Pipeline.
+   * The unique ID of the Pipeline Construct.
    */
-  readonly pipelineRole: iam.Role;
+  readonly uniqueId: string;
 
   /**
-   * The API of Stage used internally by the CodePipeline Construct.
-   * You should never need to call any of the methods inside of it yourself.
+   * The service Role of the Pipeline.
    */
-  readonly _internal: IInternalStage;
+  readonly role: iam.Role;
 
   /* Grants read permissions to the Pipeline's S3 Bucket to the given Identity.
    *
    * @param identity the IAM Identity to grant the permissions to
    */
-  grantPipelineBucketRead(identity: iam.IPrincipal): void;
+  grantBucketRead(identity?: iam.IPrincipal): void;
 
   /**
    * Grants read & write permissions to the Pipeline's S3 Bucket to the given Identity.
    *
    * @param identity the IAM Identity to grant the permissions to
    */
-  grantPipelineBucketReadWrite(identity: iam.IPrincipal): void;
+  grantBucketReadWrite(identity?: iam.IPrincipal): void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The abstract interface of a Pipeline Stage that is used by Actions.
+ */
+export interface IStage {
+  /**
+   * The physical, human-readable name of this Pipeline Stage.
+   */
+  readonly name: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The Pipeline this Stage belongs to.
+   */
+  readonly pipeline: IPipeline;
+
+  /**
+   * The API of Stage used internally by the CodePipeline Construct.
+   * You should never need to call any of the methods inside of it yourself.
+   */
+  readonly _internal: IInternalStage;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -215,7 +232,7 @@ export abstract class Action extends cdk.Construct {
     rule.addEventPattern({
       detailType: [ 'CodePipeline Stage Execution State Change' ],
       source: [ 'aws.codepipeline' ],
-      resources: [ this.stage.pipelineArn ],
+      resources: [ this.stage.pipeline.pipelineArn ],
       detail: {
         stage: [ this.stage.name ],
         action: [ this.id ],