The new programmatic model for constructing an instance of the cache in Habanero utilises a CacheFactory. Typically, here is how it would be done:
CacheFactory factory = new DefaultCacheFactory(); // users may create a singleton wrapper for this
Cache c = factory.createCache("myCacheService.xml"); // c is now running and ready for use.
Currently the CacheFactory interface is overloaded as such:
public interface CacheFactory
{
/**
* Creates and starts a {@link org.jboss.cache.Cache} instance
* @param configFileName the named XML file should exist in the classpath.
* @return a running {@link org.jboss.cache.Cache} instance
*/
Cache createCache(String configFileName) throws ConfigurationException;
/**
* Creates {@link Cache} instance, and optionally starts it.
* @param configFileName the named XML file should exist in the classpath.
* @param start if true, the cache is started before returning.
* @return an optionally running {@link Cache} instance
*/
Cache createCache(String configFileName, boolean start) throws ConfigurationException;
/**
* Creates a {@link Cache} instance
* @param configuration the {@link Configuration} object that is passed in to configure the {@link Cache}.
* @return a running {@link Cache} instance
*/
Cache createCache(Configuration configuration) throws ConfigurationException;
/**
* Creates {@link Cache} instance, and optionally starts it.
* @param configuration the {@link Configuration} object that is passed in to configure the {@link Cache}.
* @param start if true, the cache is started before returning.
* @return an optionally running {@link Cache} instance
*/
Cache createCache(Configuration configuration, boolean start) throws ConfigurationException;
}
Is there a need to provide a mechanism to create a cache using an existing (and possibly running) JGroups channel? I.e., something analogous to
new TreeCache(myChannel); 