[infinispan-dev] Dynamic Externalizers sorted for ISPN-986 - looking for some feedback

[Vladimir Blagojevic]

On 11-04-01 11:54 AM, Galder Zamarreño wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Re: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ISPN-986
>
> As indicated in my comments, there's two room for two types of serialization mechanisms: one for end users and the other for SPIs.
>
> I've got a solution for this in https://github.com/galderz/infinispan/commit/09096f7998c0d0a5aae76d55bf59c72fe1cb510e and wanted to give a heads up to everyone on what it involves:
>
> - Two separate externalizer interfaces: Externalizer (which currently, to disrupt as little code as possible, is named EndUserExternalier) and ExternalizerSpi or ServiceProviderExternalizer (currently named Externalizer). The first API is basic read/write methods and the second one with a couple of more methods for more specialised behaivour. Do people like these names? Or can someone come up with better names? More detailed info on the use cases in the JIRA.

I say forget disrupting little code as possible as a guideline, lets 
integrate a solution with these automatically installed Externalizers 
that you mention in the JIRA. I bet you most users will love and only 
need that. OTOH current mechanism should stay in place for both SPIs and 
regular super users willing to put an effort and squeeze out every bit 
of performance.