1 /** 2 * Copyright 2003-2006 Greg Luck 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package net.sf.ehcache.distribution; 18 19 import net.sf.ehcache.CacheException; 20 import net.sf.ehcache.Cache; 21 22 import java.util.List; 23 24 /** 25 * Provides a discovery service to locate {@link CachePeer} RMI listener peers for a Cache. 26 * @author Greg Luck 27 * @version $Id: CacheManagerPeerProvider.java 52 2006-04-24 14:50:03Z gregluck $ 28 */ 29 public interface CacheManagerPeerProvider { 30 31 /** 32 * Register a new peer. 33 * @param rmiUrl 34 */ 35 void registerPeer(String rmiUrl); 36 37 /** 38 * Unregisters a peer. 39 * 40 * @param rmiUrl 41 */ 42 void unregisterPeer(String rmiUrl); 43 44 /** 45 * @return a list of {@link CachePeer} peers for the given cache, excluding the local peer. 46 */ 47 List listRemoteCachePeers(Cache cache) throws CacheException; 48 49 /** 50 * Notifies providers to initialise themselves. 51 * @throws CacheException 52 */ 53 void init(); 54 55 56 /** 57 * Providers may be doing all sorts of exotic things and need to be able to clean up on dispose. 58 * @throws CacheException 59 */ 60 void dispose() throws CacheException; 61 62 }