[infinispan-dev] [jgroups-dev] Ability to retrieve a JChannel via multiplexer stack name, where is it gone?

[Bela Ban]

Brian Stansberry wrote:
> On 12/04/2009 06:46 AM, Manik Surtani wrote:
>> On 4 Dec 2009, at 12:19, Galder Zamarreno wrote:
>>>>> I mean, users could create such implementation if they want, but we
>>>>> should provide one so that they don't have to do so?
>>>> What would the default we provide do? :)
>>> Hmmm, the default (called StandaloneJGroupsChannelLookup) should
>>> probably do what JBC did which is:
>>>
>>> - Take the shared transport name or multiplexer name via a property
>>> - Take the mux channel factory (prob hardcoded to
>>> org.jgroups.JChannelFactory)
>>> - Return a JChannel with it:
>>>
>> JGroups' ChannelFactory is deprecated and no longer recommended for use.
>>
>> http://javagroups.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/javagroups/JGroups/src/org/jgroups/ChannelFactory.java?revision=1.13&view=markup
>>
>
> I think the JGroups community should come up with and publish something
> like ChannelFactory if JGroups itself drops it. It's quite useful -- a
> class that parses a stacks.xml and presents an API for instantiating
> channels. Reinventing that particular wheel in every project that uses
> JGroups seems silly. I'd be perfectly happy to publish the AS's
> ChannelFactory impl as a separate module with no dependencies other than
> JGroups itself.

If you want to maintain it, we can leave it in JGroups...


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Bela Ban
Lead JGroups / Clustering Team
JBoss