LoadBalancePolicy with preferred server, how to implement?

[myname]

I have a jboss cluster (3.2.4) up and running. For performance reasons I would like to direct client access (SFSB) to only one of the servers. Can anyone please point me to a solution for that?

I started with a clone of FirstAvailable.java, but I'm hanging in retrieving the information from the targets (where a TCPEndpoint is given behind some refs) within the chooseTarget() method. My idea was to access the ip-address from the targets and compare it to a system property value denoting the preferred server. Obviously my rmi knowledge is to weak here.

Any help is highly appreciated

Volker

[myname]

OK, found it myself. Reached out to far, trying to get that IP address.

It is much easier, just have to see it ...

Here is my solution, partial code of a copy of FirstAvailable.chooseTarget():

...
 if (targets.size() == 0)
 return null;

 String prefServer = System.getProperty("my.prefserver");
 if (prefServer != null) {
 // preferred server set, find server in targets and set it as target
 String serverName = null;
 Object targetObj=null;
 for (Iterator it = targets.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
 try {
 targetObj = it.next();
 JRMPInvoker_Stub ji = ((JRMPInvoker_Stub) targetObj);
 serverName = ji.getServerHostName();
 log.debug("Found server in cluster "+serverName);
 } catch (Exception ex) {
 log.error("Exception hit ", ex);
 }
 if (serverName.equals(prefServer)) {
 log.debug("Set server! " + serverName);
 this.electedTarget = targetObj;
 }
 }
 }
...