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

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?