Class FLUSH

java.lang.Object
org.jgroups.stack.Protocol
org.jgroups.protocols.pbcast.FLUSH

public class FLUSH extends Protocol
Flush, as it name implies, forces group members to flush their pending messages while blocking them to send any additional messages. The process of flushing acquiesces the group so that state transfer or a join can be done. It is also called stop-the-world model as nobody will be able to send messages while a flush is in process.

Flush is needed for:

(1) State transfer. When a member requests state transfer, the coordinator tells everyone to stop sending messages and waits for everyone's ack. Then it asks the application for its state and ships it back to the requester. After the requester has received and set the state successfully, the coordinator tells everyone to resume sending messages.

(2) View changes (e.g.a join). Before installing a new view V2, flushing would ensure that all messages *sent* in the current view V1 are indeed *delivered* in V1, rather than in V2 (in all non-faulty members). This is essentially Virtual Synchrony.

Since:
2.4
Version:
$Id$
Author:
Vladimir Blagojevic
  • Field Details

  • Constructor Details

    • FLUSH

      public FLUSH()
  • Method Details

    • getName

      public String getName()
      Specified by:
      getName in class Protocol
    • getStartFlushTimeout

      public long getStartFlushTimeout()
    • setStartFlushTimeout

      public void setStartFlushTimeout(long start_flush_timeout)
    • setProperties

      public boolean setProperties(Properties props)
      Description copied from class: Protocol
      Configures the protocol initially. A configuration string consists of name=value items, separated by a ';' (semicolon), e.g.:
       "loopback=false;unicast_inport=4444"
       
      Overrides:
      setProperties in class Protocol
    • start

      public void start() throws Exception
      Description copied from class: Protocol
      This method is called on a Channel.connect(String). Starts work. Protocols are connected and queues are ready to receive events. Will be called from bottom to top. This call will replace the START and START_OK events.
      Overrides:
      start in class Protocol
      Throws:
      Exception - Thrown if protocol cannot be started successfully. This will cause the ProtocolStack to fail, so Channel.connect(String) will throw an exception
    • stop

      public void stop()
      Description copied from class: Protocol
      This method is called on a Channel.disconnect(). Stops work (e.g. by closing multicast socket). Will be called from top to bottom. This means that at the time of the method invocation the neighbor protocol below is still working. This method will replace the STOP, STOP_OK, CLEANUP and CLEANUP_OK events. The ProtocolStack guarantees that when this method is called all messages in the down queue will have been flushed
      Overrides:
      stop in class Protocol
    • getAverageFlushDuration

      public double getAverageFlushDuration()
    • getTotalTimeInFlush

      public long getTotalTimeInFlush()
    • getNumberOfFlushes

      public int getNumberOfFlushes()
    • startFlush

      public boolean startFlush()
    • stopFlush

      public void stopFlush()
    • down

      public Object down(Event evt)
      Description copied from class: Protocol
      An event is to be sent down the stack. The layer may want to examine its type and perform some action on it, depending on the event's type. If the event is a message MSG, then the layer may need to add a header to it (or do nothing at all) before sending it down the stack using down_prot.down(). In case of a GET_ADDRESS event (which tries to retrieve the stack's address from one of the bottom layers), the layer may need to send a new response event back up the stack using up_prot.up().
      Overrides:
      down in class Protocol
    • up

      public Object up(Event evt)
      Description copied from class: Protocol
      An event was received from the layer below. Usually the current layer will want to examine the event type and - depending on its type - perform some computation (e.g. removing headers from a MSG event type, or updating the internal membership list when receiving a VIEW_CHANGE event). Finally the event is either a) discarded, or b) an event is sent down the stack using down_prot.down() or c) the event (or another event) is sent up the stack using up_prot.up().
      Overrides:
      up in class Protocol
    • providedDownServices

      public Vector<Integer> providedDownServices()
      Description copied from class: Protocol
      List of events that are provided to layers below (they will be handled when sent down from below).
      Overrides:
      providedDownServices in class Protocol
      Returns:
      Vectorinvalid input: '<'Integer (of Integers)