JBossCache 1.3.0 “Wasabi” is the next major release of JBossCache, containing a whole host of new features, including:
- Optimistic node locking (see wiki page)
- Invalidation instead of replication
- Improved CacheLoader performance
- Ability to ‘chain’ more than one CacheLoader
- A new ‘Options’ API, allowing configuration overriding on a per-invocation basis
- A new ‘ClusterCacheLoader’ that treats a remotely running caches in the same cluster as a cache loader source
- JDBCCacheLoader with improved compatibility with MySQL JDBC drivers
- Replication performance enhancements with JGroups 2.2.9
- ‘Buddy’ replication – where state can just be replicated to a single other node in the cluster rather than broadcast to every node.
Naturally, this is just a roadmap, and not all features may make it into “Wasabi”. “Wasabi” is planned for release by the end of February, 2006, with betas available by mid-January and alphas/developer releases by December.
Please visit the JBossCache design forums to participate in design discussions regarding this release.
“Wasabi”. It’s hot. You like it. You know you want some.