modules/platforms/dotnet/Apache.Ignite.Core/Deployment/PeerAssemblyLoadingMode.cs

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namespace Apache.Ignite.Core.Deployment
{
    using System;
    using Apache.Ignite.Core.Compute;

    /// <summary>
    /// Peer assembly loading mode.
    /// See <see cref="IgniteConfiguration.PeerAssemblyLoadingMode"/>.
    /// </summary>
    public enum PeerAssemblyLoadingMode
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Disabled peer assembly loading. Default mode.
        /// </summary>
        Disabled,

        /// <summary>
        /// Automatically load assemblies from remote nodes into the current <see cref="AppDomain"/>.
        /// <para />
        /// .NET does not allow assembly unloading, which means that all peer-loaded assemblies will
        /// live as long as the current AppDomain lives. This may cause increased memory usage.
        /// <para />
        /// Assemblies are distinguished using their fully qualified name. Multiple versions of the same assembly can
        /// be loaded and the correct version will be used (according to Type.AssemblyQualifiedName).
        /// So in case when a new version of some type needs to be executed on remote nodes,
        /// corresponding assembly version should be bumped up. If assembly is recompiled without version increment,
        /// it is considered the same as before and won't be updated.
        /// <para />
        /// Assemblies are requested from remote nodes on demand.
        /// For example, <see cref="IComputeFunc{TRes}"/> is sent to all nodes
        /// via <see cref="ICompute.Broadcast{TRes}"/>. Each node then deserializes the instance and,
        /// if containing assembly is not present, requests it from originating node (which did the
        /// <see cref="ICompute.Broadcast{TRes}"/> call), if it is alive, or from any other node in cluster.
        /// Therefore it is possible that eventually all nodes in cluster will have this assebly loaded.
        /// </summary>
        CurrentAppDomain
    }
}