Field Detail

• DEFAULT

  static final int DEFAULT

  Start and stop sequences can be controlled by these constants This allows you to start separate components of the channel
  DEFAULT - starts or stops all components in the channel

  See Also:

  start(int), stop(int), Constant Field Values

• SND_RX_SEQ

  static final int SND_RX_SEQ

  Start and stop sequences can be controlled by these constants This allows you to start separate components of the channel
  SND_RX_SEQ - starts or stops the data receiver. Start means opening a server socket in case of a TCP implementation

  See Also:

  start(int), stop(int), Constant Field Values

• SND_TX_SEQ

  static final int SND_TX_SEQ

  Start and stop sequences can be controlled by these constants This allows you to start separate components of the channel
  SND_TX_SEQ - starts or stops the data sender. This should not open any sockets, as sockets are opened on demand when a message is being sent

  See Also:

  start(int), stop(int), Constant Field Values

• MBR_RX_SEQ

  static final int MBR_RX_SEQ

  Start and stop sequences can be controlled by these constants This allows you to start separate components of the channel
  MBR_RX_SEQ - starts or stops the membership listener. In a multicast implementation this will open a datagram socket and join a group and listen for membership messages members joining

  See Also:

  start(int), stop(int), Constant Field Values

• MBR_TX_SEQ

  static final int MBR_TX_SEQ

  Start and stop sequences can be controlled by these constants This allows you to start separate components of the channel
  MBR_TX_SEQ - starts or stops the membership broadcaster. In a multicast implementation this will open a datagram socket and join a group and broadcast the local member information

  See Also:

  start(int), stop(int), Constant Field Values

• SEND_OPTIONS_BYTE_MESSAGE

  static final int SEND_OPTIONS_BYTE_MESSAGE

  Send options, when a message is sent, it can have an option flag to trigger certain behavior. Most flags are used to trigger channel interceptors as the message passes through the channel stack.
  However, there are five default flags that every channel implementation must implement
  SEND_OPTIONS_BYTE_MESSAGE - The message is a pure byte message and no marshaling or unmarshaling will be performed.
  

  See Also:

  send(Member[], Serializable , int), send(Member[], Serializable, int, ErrorHandler), Constant Field Values

• SEND_OPTIONS_USE_ACK

  static final int SEND_OPTIONS_USE_ACK

  Send options, when a message is sent, it can have an option flag to trigger certain behavior. Most flags are used to trigger channel interceptors as the message passes through the channel stack.
  However, there are five default flags that every channel implementation must implement
  SEND_OPTIONS_USE_ACK - Message is sent and an ACK is received when the message has been received by the recipient
  If no ack is received, the message is not considered successful
  

  See Also:

  send(Member[], Serializable , int), send(Member[], Serializable, int, ErrorHandler), Constant Field Values

• SEND_OPTIONS_SYNCHRONIZED_ACK

  static final int SEND_OPTIONS_SYNCHRONIZED_ACK

  Send options, when a message is sent, it can have an option flag to trigger certain behavior. Most flags are used to trigger channel interceptors as the message passes through the channel stack.
  However, there are five default flags that every channel implementation must implement
  SEND_OPTIONS_SYNCHRONIZED_ACK - Message is sent and an ACK is received when the message has been received and processed by the recipient
  If no ack is received, the message is not considered successful
  

  See Also:

  send(Member[], Serializable , int), send(Member[], Serializable, int, ErrorHandler), Constant Field Values

• SEND_OPTIONS_ASYNCHRONOUS

  static final int SEND_OPTIONS_ASYNCHRONOUS

  Send options, when a message is sent, it can have an option flag to trigger certain behavior. Most flags are used to trigger channel interceptors as the message passes through the channel stack.
  However, there are five default flags that every channel implementation must implement
  SEND_OPTIONS_ASYNCHRONOUS - Message is sent and an ACK is received when the message has been received and processed by the recipient
  If no ack is received, the message is not considered successful
  

  See Also:

  send(Member[], Serializable , int), send(Member[], Serializable, int, ErrorHandler), Constant Field Values

• SEND_OPTIONS_SECURE

  static final int SEND_OPTIONS_SECURE

  Send options, when a message is sent, it can have an option flag to trigger certain behavior. Most flags are used to trigger channel interceptors as the message passes through the channel stack.
  However, there are five default flags that every channel implementation must implement
  SEND_OPTIONS_SECURE - Message is sent over an encrypted channel
  

  See Also:

  send(Member[], Serializable , int), send(Member[], Serializable, int, ErrorHandler), Constant Field Values

• SEND_OPTIONS_UDP

  static final int SEND_OPTIONS_UDP

  Send options. When a message is sent with this flag on the system sends the message using UDP instead of TCP

  See Also:

  send(Member[], Serializable , int), send(Member[], Serializable, int, ErrorHandler), Constant Field Values

• SEND_OPTIONS_MULTICAST

  static final int SEND_OPTIONS_MULTICAST

  Send options. When a message is sent with this flag on the system sends a UDP message on the Multicast address instead of UDP or TCP to individual addresses

  See Also:

  send(Member[], Serializable , int), send(Member[], Serializable, int, ErrorHandler), Constant Field Values

• SEND_OPTIONS_DEFAULT

  static final int SEND_OPTIONS_DEFAULT

  Send options, when a message is sent, it can have an option flag to trigger certain behavior. Most flags are used to trigger channel interceptors as the message passes through the channel stack.
  However, there are five default flags that every channel implementation must implement
  SEND_OPTIONS_DEFAULT - the default sending options, just a helper variable.
  The default is int SEND_OPTIONS_DEFAULT = SEND_OPTIONS_USE_ACK;
  

  See Also:

  SEND_OPTIONS_USE_ACK, send(Member[], Serializable , int), send(Member[], Serializable, int, ErrorHandler), Constant Field Values

Method Detail

• addInterceptor

  void addInterceptor(ChannelInterceptor interceptor)

  Adds an interceptor to the channel message chain.

  Parameters:

  interceptor - ChannelInterceptor

• start

  void start(int svc)
             throws ChannelException

  Starts up the channel. This can be called multiple times for individual services to start The svc parameter can be the logical or value of any constants

  Parameters:

  svc - int value of
  DEFAULT - will start all services
  MBR_RX_SEQ - starts the membership receiver
  MBR_TX_SEQ - starts the membership broadcaster
  SND_TX_SEQ - starts the replication transmitter
  SND_RX_SEQ - starts the replication receiver
  Note: In order for the membership broadcaster to transmit the correct information, it has to be started after the replication receiver.

  Throws:

  ChannelException - if a startup error occurs or the service is already started or an error occurs.

• stop

  void stop(int svc)
            throws ChannelException

  Shuts down the channel. This can be called multiple times for individual services to shutdown The svc parameter can be the logical or value of any constants

  Parameters:

  svc - int value of
  DEFAULT - will shutdown all services
  MBR_RX_SEQ - stops the membership receiver
  MBR_TX_SEQ - stops the membership broadcaster
  SND_TX_SEQ - stops the replication transmitter
  SND_RX_SEQ - stops the replication receiver
  

  Throws:

  ChannelException - if a startup error occurs or the service is already stopped or an error occurs.

• send

  UniqueId send(Member[] destination,
              Serializable msg,
              int options)
                throws ChannelException

  Send a message to one or more members in the cluster

  Parameters:

  destination - Member[] - the destinations, can not be null or zero length, the reason for that is that a membership change can occur and at that time the application is uncertain what group the message actually got sent to.

  msg - Serializable - the message to send, has to be serializable, or a ByteMessage to send a pure byte array

  options - int - sender options, see class documentation for each interceptor that is configured in order to trigger interceptors

  Returns:

  a unique Id that identifies the message that is sent

  Throws:

  ChannelException

  See Also:

  ByteMessage, SEND_OPTIONS_USE_ACK, SEND_OPTIONS_ASYNCHRONOUS, SEND_OPTIONS_SYNCHRONIZED_ACK

• send

  UniqueId send(Member[] destination,
              Serializable msg,
              int options,
              ErrorHandler handler)
                throws ChannelException

  Send a message to one or more members in the cluster

  Parameters:

  destination - Member[] - the destinations, null or zero length means all

  msg - ClusterMessage - the message to send

  options - int - sender options, see class documentation

  handler - ErrorHandler - handle errors through a callback, rather than throw it

  Returns:

  a unique Id that identifies the message that is sent

  Throws:

  ChannelException - - if a serialization error happens.

• heartbeat

  void heartbeat()

  Sends a heart beat through the interceptor stacks Use this method to alert interceptors and other components to clean up garbage, timed out messages etc.
  If you application has a background thread, then you can save one thread, by configuring your channel to not use an internal heartbeat thread and invoking this method.

  See Also:

  setHeartbeat(boolean)

• setHeartbeat

  void setHeartbeat(boolean enable)

  Enables or disables internal heartbeat.

  Parameters:

  enable - boolean - default value is implementation specific

  See Also:

  heartbeat()

• addMembershipListener

  void addMembershipListener(MembershipListener listener)

  Add a membership listener, will get notified when a new member joins, leaves or crashes
  If the membership listener implements the Heartbeat interface the heartbeat() method will be invoked when the heartbeat runs on the channel

  Parameters:

  listener - MembershipListener

  See Also:

  MembershipListener

• addChannelListener

  void addChannelListener(ChannelListener listener)

  Add a channel listener, this is a callback object when messages are received
  If the channel listener implements the Heartbeat interface the heartbeat() method will be invoked when the heartbeat runs on the channel

  Parameters:

  listener - ChannelListener

  See Also:

  ChannelListener, Heartbeat

• removeMembershipListener

  void removeMembershipListener(MembershipListener listener)

  remove a membership listener, listeners are removed based on Object.hashCode and Object.equals

  Parameters:

  listener - MembershipListener

  See Also:

  MembershipListener

• removeChannelListener

  void removeChannelListener(ChannelListener listener)

  remove a channel listener, listeners are removed based on Object.hashCode and Object.equals

  Parameters:

  listener - ChannelListener

  See Also:

  ChannelListener

• hasMembers

  boolean hasMembers()

  Returns true if there are any members in the group, this call is the same as getMembers().length > 0

  Returns:

  boolean - true if there are any members automatically discovered

• getMembers

  Member[] getMembers()

  Get all current group members

  Returns:

  all members or empty array, never null

• getLocalMember

  Member getLocalMember(boolean incAlive)

  Return the member that represents this node. This is also the data that gets broadcasted through the membership broadcaster component

  Parameters:

  incAlive - - optimization, true if you want it to calculate alive time since the membership service started.

  Returns:

  Member

• getMember

  Member getMember(Member mbr)

  Returns the member from the membership service with complete and recent data. Some implementations might serialize and send membership information along with a message, and instead of sending complete membership details, only send the primary identifier for the member but not the payload or other information. When such message is received the application can retrieve the cached member through this call.
  In most cases, this is not necessary.

  Parameters:

  mbr - Member

  Returns:

  Member