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| Classes in this package implement distribution in GemFire. |
| Every virtual machine working with distributed data (client |
| VMs, the GemFire console) has an |
| instance of {@link |
| org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.DistributionManager} |
| that is responsible for sending and receiving {@link |
| org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.DistributionMessage}s. |
| A <code>DistributionManager</code> has a unique {@link |
| org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.DistributionManager#getId |
| id} and uses a MembershipManager to discover the other members of the distributed system. It |
| also uses the MembershipManager to detect when a member has left the group. |
| While some messages may be broadcast to all |
| members of the group, the vast majority of messages are only intended |
| for a subset of the group are sent point-to-point. |
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