Author: borges Date: 2011-11-18 05:45:54 -0500 (Fri, 18 Nov 2011) New Revision: 11704 Modified: trunk/hornetq-core/src/main/java/org/hornetq/core/persistence/impl/journal/JournalStorageManager.java Log: Add Javadoc documenting class' purpose Modified: trunk/hornetq-core/src/main/java/org/hornetq/core/persistence/impl/journal/JournalStorageManager.java =================================================================== --- trunk/hornetq-core/src/main/java/org/hornetq/core/persistence/impl/journal/JournalStorageManager.java 2011-11-18 10:45:41 UTC (rev 11703) +++ trunk/hornetq-core/src/main/java/org/hornetq/core/persistence/impl/journal/JournalStorageManager.java 2011-11-18 10:45:54 UTC (rev 11704) @@ -108,13 +108,17 @@ import org.hornetq.utils.XidCodecSupport; /** - * - * A JournalStorageManager - * + * Controls access to the journals and other storage files such as the ones used to store pages and + * large messages. This class must control writing of any non-transient data, as it is the key point + * for synchronizing a replicating backup server. + * <p> + * Notice that, turning on and off replication (on the live server side) is _mostly_ a matter of + * using {@link ReplicatedJournal}s instead of regular {@link JournalImpl}, and sync the existing + * data. + * <p> * @author <a href="mailto:tim.fox@jboss.com">Tim Fox</a> * @author <a href="mailto:clebert.suconic@jboss.com">Clebert Suconic</a> * @author <a href=&quot;jmesnil(a)redhat.com&quot;&gt;Jeff Mesnil</a> - * */ public class JournalStorageManager implements StorageManager {