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| * Copyright 1999,2004 The Apache Software Foundation. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
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| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
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| |
| package org.apache.catalina.cluster; |
| |
| /** |
| * The Member interface, defines a member in the Cluster. |
| * A member is a Tomcat process that participates in session replication.<BR> |
| * Each member can carry a set of properties, defined by the actual implementation.<BR> |
| * For TCP replication has been targeted for the first release, the hostname and listen port |
| * of the member is defined as hardcoded stuff.<BR> |
| * The Member interface together with MembershipListener, MembershipService are interfaces used to |
| * switch out the service used to establish membership in between the cluster nodes. |
| * |
| * @author Filip Hanik |
| * @version $Revision$, $Date$ |
| */ |
| |
| |
| public interface Member { |
| /** |
| * Return implementation specific properties about this cluster node. |
| */ |
| public java.util.HashMap getMemberProperties(); |
| /** |
| * Returns the name of this node, should be unique within the cluster. |
| */ |
| public String getName(); |
| /** |
| * Returns the TCP listen host for the TCP implementation |
| */ |
| public String getHost(); |
| /** |
| * Returns the TCP listen portfor the TCP implementation |
| */ |
| public int getPort(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Contains information on how long this member has been online. |
| * The result is the number of milli seconds this member has been |
| * broadcasting its membership to the cluster. |
| * @return nr of milliseconds since this member started. |
| */ |
| public long getMemberAliveTime(); |
| |
| } |