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package org.apache.axis2.clustering.context;
import org.apache.axis2.clustering.ClusteringFault;
import org.apache.axis2.context.AbstractContext;
import org.apache.axis2.context.ConfigurationContext;
import org.apache.axis2.description.ParameterInclude;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
/**
*
* This interface is responsible for handling context replication. The property changes in the
*
* Axis2 context hierarchy
* in this node, are propagated to all other nodes in the cluster.
*
*
* It is not mandatory to have a ContextManager in a node. If we are not interested in
*
* High Availability, we may disable context replication by commenting out the "contextManager"
* section in the axis2.xml cluster configuration section. In such a scenatio, the cluster will be
* used only for the purpose of
* Scalability
*
*
* The implementation of this interface is set by the
* {@link org.apache.axis2.deployment.ClusterBuilder}, by
* reading the "contextManager" element in the axis2.xml
*
* e.g.
*
*
*
*
*
*
*/
public interface ContextManager extends ParameterInclude {
/**
* This method is called when properties in an {@link AbstractContext} are updated.
* This could be addition of new properties, modifications of existing properties or
* removal of properties.
*
* @param context The context to be replicated
* @throws ClusteringFault If replication fails
*/
void updateContext(AbstractContext context) throws ClusteringFault;
/**
* This method is called when one need to update/replicate only certains properties in the
* specified context
*
* @param context The AbstractContext containing the properties to be replicated
* @param propertyNames The names of the specific properties that should be replicated
* @throws ClusteringFault If replication fails
*/
void updateContext(AbstractContext context, String[] propertyNames) throws ClusteringFault;
/**
* This method is called when properties in a collection of {@link AbstractContext}s are updated.
* This could be addition of new properties, modifications of existing properties or
* removal of properties.
*
* @param contexts The AbstractContexts containing the properties to be replicated
* @throws ClusteringFault If replication fails
*/
void updateContexts(AbstractContext[] contexts) throws ClusteringFault;
/**
* This method is called when {@link AbstractContext} is removed from the system
*
* @param context The AbstractContext to be removed
* @throws ClusteringFault If context removal fails
*/
void removeContext(AbstractContext context) throws ClusteringFault;
/**
* This is a check to see whether the properties in an instance of {@link AbstractContext}
* should be replicated. This allows an implementer to dissallow the replication of properties
* stored in a certain type of context
*
* @param context The instance of AbstractContext under consideration
* @return True - if the provided {@link AbstractContext} is clusterable
*/
boolean isContextClusterable(AbstractContext context);
/**
* @param listener ContextManagerListener
*/
void setContextManagerListener(ContextManagerListener listener);
/**
* Set the system's configuration context. This will be used by the clustering implementations
* to get information about the Axis2 environment and to correspond with the Axis2 environment
*
* @param configurationContext The configuration context
*/
void setConfigurationContext(ConfigurationContext configurationContext);
/**
*
* All properties in the context with type contextType which have
* names that match the specified pattern will be excluded from replication.
*
*
*
* Only prefixes and suffixes are allowed. e.g. the local_* pattern indicates that
* all property names starting with local_ should be omitted from replication. *_local pattern
* indicated that all property names ending with _local should be omitted from replication.
* * pattern indicates that all properties should be excluded.
*
*
* Generally, we can use the context class name as the context type.
*
*
* @param contextType The type of the context such as
* org.apache.axis2.context.ConfigurationContext,
* org.apache.axis2.context.ServiceGroupContext &
* org.apache.axis2.context.ServiceContext.
* Also "defaults" is a special type, which will apply to all contexts
* @param patterns The patterns
*/
void setReplicationExcludePatterns(String contextType, List patterns);
/**
* Get all the excluded context property name patterns
*
* @return All the excluded pattern of all the contexts. The key of the Map is the
* the contextType. See {@link #setReplicationExcludePatterns(String,List)}.
* The values are of type {@link List} of {@link String} Objects,
* which are a collection of patterns to be excluded.
* @see #setReplicationExcludePatterns(String, java.util.List)
*/
Map getReplicationExcludePatterns();
}