modules/core/src/main/java/org/apache/ignite/configuration/WALMode.java

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package org.apache.ignite.configuration;

import org.apache.ignite.Ignite;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * WAL Mode. This enum defines crash recovery guarantees when Ignite persistence is enabled.
 */
public enum WALMode {
    /**
     * FSYNC mode: full-sync disk writes. These writes survive power loss scenarios. When a control is returned
     * from the transaction commit operation, the changes are guaranteed to be persisted to disk according to the
     * transaction write synchronization mode.
     */
    FSYNC,

    /**
     * Log only mode: flushes application buffers. These writes survive process crash. When a control is returned
     * from the transaction commit operation, the changes are guaranteed to be forced to the OS buffer cache.
     * It's up to the OS to decide when to flush its caches to disk.
     */
    LOG_ONLY,

    /**
     * Background mode. Does not force application's buffer flush. Last updates may be lost in case of a process crash.
     */
    BACKGROUND,

    /**
     * WAL is disabled. Data is guaranteed to be persisted on disk only in case of graceful cluster shutdown using
     * {@link Ignite#active(boolean)} method. If an Ignite node is terminated in NONE mode abruptly, it is likely
     * that the data stored on disk is corrupted and work directory will need to be cleared for a node restart.
     */
    NONE,

    /**
     * Default mode: full-sync disk writes. These writes survive power loss scenarios. When a control is returned
     * from the transaction commit operation, the changes are guaranteed to be persisted to disk according to the
     * transaction write synchronization mode.
     * @deprecated This mode is no longer default and left here only for API compatibility. It is equivalent to the
     * {@code FSYNC} mode.
     */
    @Deprecated DEFAULT;

    /**
     * Enumerated values.
     */
    private static final WALMode[] VALS = values();

    /**
     * Efficiently gets enumerated value from its ordinal.
     *
     * @param ord Ordinal value.
     * @return Enumerated value or {@code null} if ordinal out of range.
     */
    @Nullable public static WALMode fromOrdinal(int ord) {
        return ord >= 0 && ord < VALS.length ? VALS[ord] : null;
    }
}