net.sf.ehcache.distribution
Interface CacheManagerPeerProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

JGroupManager, ManualRMICacheManagerPeerProvider, MulticastRMICacheManagerPeerProvider, RMICacheManagerPeerProvider

public interface CacheManagerPeerProvider

Provides a discovery service to locate CachePeer RMI listener peers for a Cache.

Version:

$Id: CacheManagerPeerProvider.java 519 2007-07-27 07:11:45Z gregluck $

Author:

Greg Luck

Method Summary

void	dispose() Providers may be doing all sorts of exotic things and need to be able to clean up on dispose.
long	getTimeForClusterToForm() Time for a cluster to form.
void	init() Notifies providers to initialise themselves.
java.util.List	listRemoteCachePeers(Ehcache cache)
void	registerPeer(java.lang.String rmiUrl) Register a new peer.
void	unregisterPeer(java.lang.String rmiUrl) Unregisters a peer.

Method Detail

registerPeer

void registerPeer(java.lang.String rmiUrl)

Register a new peer.

Parameters:

rmiUrl -

unregisterPeer

void unregisterPeer(java.lang.String rmiUrl)

Unregisters a peer.

Parameters:

rmiUrl -

listRemoteCachePeers

java.util.List listRemoteCachePeers(Ehcache cache)
                                    throws CacheException

Returns:

a list of CachePeer peers for the given cache, excluding the local peer.

Throws:

CacheException

init

void init()

Notifies providers to initialise themselves.

Throws:

CacheException

dispose

void dispose()
             throws CacheException

Providers may be doing all sorts of exotic things and need to be able to clean up on dispose.

Throws:

CacheException

getTimeForClusterToForm

long getTimeForClusterToForm()

Time for a cluster to form. This varies considerably, depending on the implementation.

Returns:

the time in ms, for a cluster to form