[infinispan-dev] Request for feedback on cache store support in AS7 Infinispan subsystem

[Sanne Grinovero]

On 16 September 2011 09:50, Tristan Tarrant <ttarrant at redhat.com> wrote:
> On 09/15/2011 07:08 PM, Paul Ferraro wrote:
>> The procedure for using a custom key mapper:
>> 1. Add the following property to the<jdbc-store/>:
>>   <property name="key2StringMapper">class.name.of.key.mapper</property>
>> 2. Add the jar file containing the above class and its dependencies to:
>> $JBOSS_HOME/modules/org/infinispan/main/.
>> 3. Edit $JBOSS_HOME/modules/org/infinispan/main/modules.xml and add a reference to the jar within<resources/>.
>>
>> I'll make sure this gets added to the docs.
>>
>
> I was thinking if there could be a better/simpler way and allow users to
> deploy key2stringmappers in the same way that jdbc drivers are deployed:
> by placing a jar with an appropriate
> META-INF/services/org.infinispan.loaders.keymappers.Key2StringMapper in
> the deployments dir.
>
> What do you think ?

I'd love that. The problem is that the Key2StringMapper
implementations would need to depend on the key types they where
designed for.

Sanne