[infinispan-dev] Per-invocation flag wiki

[Galder Zamarreño]

Fair point, I'll add an FAQ or Wiki on this.

On May 16, 2011, at 5:24 PM, Emmanuel Bernard wrote:

> Yes I think something use case driven would make a nice portal.
> 
> On 16 mai 2011, at 17:22, Galder Zamarreño wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On May 16, 2011, at 2:23 PM, Emmanuel Bernard wrote:
>> 
>>> Your description explains a use case / pattern but wo code showing how to implement it properly. 
>> 
>> True and I think you have a point, though the use of putForExternalRead() itself is something that should be documented either its javadoc or a separate wiki.
>> 
>> This wiki should be limited to explaining the actual flags.
>> 
>>> In this case what's the best way for me to verify that the new data has indeed been pushed to the cache?
>>> put and then immediate get
>>> Put, wait, get
>>> Put all entries, then get all entries, and loop till all entries supposedly put are indeed present. 
>>> Same as above but with some kind of batch size instead of all the data set?
>>> Or is there some kind of queue/log I can look for to get the reliable list of failures?
>> 
>> If you need immediate verification I would not use putForExternalRead() but maybe a putAsync() with the flags you want which returns you a future and allows you to verify the result in a less wacky way.
>> 
>> The normal use case of PFER is:
>> 1. Check the cache whether an k/v is present
>> 2. If not present, go to db and call PFER with it.
>> 3. Use whatever you retrieved from db to do your job.
>> ...
>> N. Check the cache whether k/v is present
>> N+1. Oh, it's present, so just use it instead of going to DB.
>> 
>> This could be a good FAQ, wdyt?
>> 
>>> 
>>> Emmanuel 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 16 mai 2011, at 10:20, Galder Zamarreño <galder at redhat.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> More wikis. I've just created http://community.jboss.org/docs/DOC-16803 which explains what Infinispan flags are, what they're used for...etc.
>>>> 
>>>> Feedback appreciated
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