net.sf.ehcache.distribution
Interface CacheManagerPeerProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

MulticastRMICacheManagerPeerProvider, RMICacheManagerPeerProvider

public interface CacheManagerPeerProvider

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

Version:

$Id: CacheManagerPeerProvider.java 52 2006-04-24 14:50:03Z 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.
void	init() Notifies providers to initialise themselves.
java.util.List	listRemoteCachePeers(Cache cache)
void	registerPeer(java.lang.String rmiUrl) Register a new peer.
void	unregisterPeer(java.lang.String rmiUrl) Unregisters a peer.

Method Detail

registerPeer

public void registerPeer(java.lang.String rmiUrl)

Register a new peer.

Parameters:

rmiUrl -

unregisterPeer

public void unregisterPeer(java.lang.String rmiUrl)

Unregisters a peer.

Parameters:

rmiUrl -

listRemoteCachePeers

public java.util.List listRemoteCachePeers(Cache cache)
                                    throws CacheException

Returns:

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

Throws:

CacheException

init

public void init()

Notifies providers to initialise themselves.

Throws:

CacheException

dispose

public 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