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

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...