src/java/org/apache/jcs/engine/CacheInfo.java

package org.apache.jcs.engine;


/*
 * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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import java.rmi.dgc.VMID;

/**
 * A shared static variable holder for the lateral cache
 *
 */
public class CacheInfo
{

    // shouldn't be instantiated
    /** Constructor for the CacheInfo object */
    private CacheInfo() { }


    /**
     * Shouldn't be used till after reconneting, after setting = thread safe
     * Used to identify a client, so we can run multiple clients off one host.
     * Need since there is no way to identify a client other than by host in
     * rmi. TODO: may have some trouble in failover mode if the cache keeps its
     * old id. We may need to reset this when moving into failover.
     */
    protected static VMID vmid = new VMID();
    /** Description of the Field */
    public static long listenerId = vmid.hashCode();

}