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

[Bela Ban]

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...


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Bela Ban
Lead JGroups / Clustering Team
JBoss - a division of Red Hat