Allow for sending of message batches in JChannel and protocols -------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JGRP-2225 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JGRP-2225 Project: JGroups Issue Type: Feature Request Reporter: Bela Ban Assignee: Bela Ban Fix For: 5.0 Currently, we receive messages and message batches, but we're not able to _send_ message batches. Investigate adding a {{JChannel.send(MessageBatch)}} and {{Protocol.down(MessageBatch)}}. The use case is that if we want to send 10 messages to the same destination, we currently send 10 messages. Because they're on the same thread, they;re _not_ likely to end up in the same batch. Sending a message batch down the stack ensures that all messages end up in the same message batch (unless the max bundle size is exceeded).