[infinispan-dev] TOM

[Bela Ban]

On 3/23/12 2:12 PM, Bela Ban wrote:
> Hi Pedro,
>
> I'm currently looking at your TOM protocol (GROUP_MULTICAST).
>
> I have a couple of points to discuss:
>
> #1 We need to find a better package name for org.jgroups.protocols.pmcast
>
> #2 We also need to find a better name for the protocol GROUP_MULTICAST.
>
>
> In JGroups, we call a message to a single cluster member a *unicast*, a
> message to all cluster members a *multicast* and a message to a subset
> of the cluster members an *anycast*. So I guess both the package name
> and the protocol name should have something to do with "totally ordered"
> and "anycast"...
>
> How about
> - TOA (Total Order Anycast) ?
> - TOPR (Total Order for Partial Replication) ?
> - TOS (Total Order for a Subset) ?


- TOAST: Total Order Anycast Super Terrific ? :-) ha ha


Anyone ? The best suggestion that ends up being used earns a beer at JBW 
! :-)


-- 
Bela Ban, JGroups lead (http://www.jgroups.org)