[jbosscache-dev] Re: JGroups Shared Transport support in JBC

Bela Ban wrote: > > > Brian Stansberry wrote: >> In JGroups 2.6.2, the JGroups team is introducing the shared >> transport as a (superior) alternative to the multiplexer. Want to >> touch off a discussion of how to take advantage of that in JBC. >> >> Currently in JBC, user can inject a ChannelFactory into their cache >> configuration, and configure a MultiplexerStack (string). If both >> are set, JBC calls ChannelFactory.createMultiplexerChannel(), which >> returns a MuxChannel. >> >> So, how can JBC get a regular JChannel w/ a shared transport instead >> of a MuxChannel? Couple solutions come to mind: >> >> 1) Add a configuration property ChannelStack to the JBC config. If >> present, JBC calls JChannelFactory.createChannel(String) instead of >> ChannelFactory.createMultiplexerChannel(). Basically, the user >> indicates what they want by how they configure. This IMHO is the >> cleanest and simplest. >> >> Problem is the createChannel(String) method is not exposed in the >> ChannelFactory interface; it's only in the JChannelFactory >> implementation. JBC needs to use the interface. Bela, can this >> method be added to the interface in 2.6.2? > > I changed this in the 2.6 branch, however, as 2.6.2 was released > yesterday I cannot add it to 2.6.2... > Oh well. I just noticed it not being in the interface when I started drafting this. :(