Package org.apache.catalina.tribes

QuickStart //create a channel Channel myChannel = new GroupChannel(); //create my listeners MyMessageListener msgListener = new MyMessageListener(); MyMemberListener mbrListener = new MyMemberListener(); //attach the listeners to the channel myChannel.addMembershipListener(mbrListener); myChannel.addChannelListener(msgListener); //start the channel myChannel.start(Channel.DEFAULT); //create a message to be sent, message must implement java.io.Serializable //for performance reasons you probably want them to implement java.io.Externalizable Serializable myMsg = new MyMessage(); //retrieve my current members Member[] group = myChannel.getMembers(); //send the message channel.send(group,myMsg,Channel.SEND_OPTIONS_DEFAULT); Interfaces for the Application Developer org.apache.catalina.tribes.Channel Main component to interact with to send messages org.apache.catalina.tribes.MembershipListener Listen to membership changes org.apache.catalina.tribes.ChannelListener Listen to data messages org.apache.catalina.tribes.Member Identifies a node, implementation specific, default is org.apache.catalina.tribes.membership.MemberImpl Interfaces for the Tribes Component Developer org.apache.catalina.tribes.Channel Main component to that the application interacts with org.apache.catalina.tribes.ChannelReceiver IO Component to receive messages over some network transport org.apache.catalina.tribes.ChannelSender IO Component to send messages over some network transport org.apache.catalina.tribes.MembershipService IO Component that handles membership discovery and org.apache.catalina.tribes.ChannelInterceptor interceptors between the Channel and the IO layer org.apache.catalina.tribes.ChannelMessage The message that is sent through the interceptor stack down to the IO layer org.apache.catalina.tribes.Member Identifies a node, implementation specific to the underlying IO logic

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Description

Interface Summary

Channel	Channel interface A channel is a representation of a group of nodes all participating in some sort of communication with each other.
ChannelInterceptor	A ChannelInterceptor is an interceptor that intercepts messages and membership messages in the channel stack.
ChannelInterceptor.InterceptorEvent
ChannelListener	Title: ChannelListener Description: An interface to listens to incoming messages from a channel When a message is received, the Channel will invoke the channel listener in a conditional sequence.
ChannelMessage	Message that is passed through the interceptor stack after the data serialized in the Channel object and then passed down to the interceptor and eventually down to the ChannelSender component
ChannelReceiver	ChannelReceiver Interface The ChannelReceiver interface is the data receiver component at the bottom layer, the IO layer (for layers see the javadoc for the Channel interface).
ChannelSender	ChannelReceiver Interface The ChannelSender interface is the data sender component at the bottom layer, the IO layer (for layers see the javadoc for the Channel interface).
ErrorHandler	The ErrorHandler class is used when sending messages that are sent asynchronously and the application still needs to get confirmation when the message was sent successfully or when a message errored out.
Heartbeat	Can be implemented by the ChannelListener and Membership listeners to receive heartbeat notifications from the Channel
ManagedChannel	Channel interface A managed channel interface gives you access to the components of the channels such as senders, receivers, interceptors etc for configurations purposes
Member	The Member interface, defines a member in the group.
MembershipListener	The MembershipListener interface is used as a callback to the membership service.
MembershipService	MembershipService Interface The MembershipService interface is the membership component at the bottom layer, the IO layer (for layers see the javadoc for the Channel interface).
MessageListener	Title: MessageListener Description: The listener to be registered with the ChannelReceiver, internal Tribes component

Class Summary

ByteMessage	A byte message is not serialized and deserialized by the channel instead it is sent as a byte array By default Tribes uses java serialization when it receives an object to be sent over the wire.
ChannelException.FaultyMember	Title: FaultyMember class Description: Represent a failure to a specific member when a message was sent to more than one member
Constants	Manifest constants for the org.apache.catalina.tribes package.
UniqueId	Title: Represents a globally unique Id Company:

Exception Summary

ChannelException	Channel Exception A channel exception is thrown when an internal error happens somewhere in the channel.
RemoteProcessException	Title: RemoteProcessException Description: Message thrown by a sender when USE_SYNC_ACK receives a FAIL_ACK_COMMAND.

Package org.apache.catalina.tribes Description

QuickStart

            //create a channel
            Channel myChannel = new GroupChannel();

            //create my listeners
            MyMessageListener msgListener = new MyMessageListener();
            MyMemberListener mbrListener = new MyMemberListener();

            //attach the listeners to the channel
            myChannel.addMembershipListener(mbrListener);
            myChannel.addChannelListener(msgListener);

            //start the channel
            myChannel.start(Channel.DEFAULT);

            //create a message to be sent, message must implement java.io.Serializable
            //for performance reasons you probably want them to implement java.io.Externalizable
            Serializable myMsg = new MyMessage();

            //retrieve my current members
            Member[] group = myChannel.getMembers();

            //send the message
            channel.send(group,myMsg,Channel.SEND_OPTIONS_DEFAULT);

    

Interfaces for the Application Developer

1. org.apache.catalina.tribes.Channel Main component to interact with to send messages
2. org.apache.catalina.tribes.MembershipListener Listen to membership changes
3. org.apache.catalina.tribes.ChannelListener Listen to data messages
4. org.apache.catalina.tribes.Member Identifies a node, implementation specific, default is org.apache.catalina.tribes.membership.MemberImpl

Interfaces for the Tribes Component Developer

1. org.apache.catalina.tribes.Channel Main component to that the application interacts with
2. org.apache.catalina.tribes.ChannelReceiver IO Component to receive messages over some network transport
3. org.apache.catalina.tribes.ChannelSender IO Component to send messages over some network transport
4. org.apache.catalina.tribes.MembershipService IO Component that handles membership discovery and
5. org.apache.catalina.tribes.ChannelInterceptor interceptors between the Channel and the IO layer
6. org.apache.catalina.tribes.ChannelMessage The message that is sent through the interceptor stack down to the IO layer
7. org.apache.catalina.tribes.Member Identifies a node, implementation specific to the underlying IO logic