org.apache.ignite.configuration

Interface TopologyValidator

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

public interface TopologyValidator
extends Serializable

Topology validator is used to verify that cluster topology is valid for further cache operations.

Description

The topology validator is invoked every time the cluster topology changes (either a new node joined or an existing node failed or left).

If topology validator is not configured, then the cluster topology is always considered to be valid.

Whenever the validate(Collection) method returns true, then the topology is considered valid for a certain cache and all operations on this cache will be allowed to proceed. Otherwise, all update operations on the cache are restricted with the following exceptions:

• CacheException will be thrown for all update operations (put, remove, etc) attempt.
• IgniteException will be thrown for the transaction commit attempt.

After returning false and declaring the topology not valid, the topology validator can return to normal state whenever the next topology change happens.

Example

The example below shows how a validator can be used to allow cache updates only in case if the cluster topology contains exactly 2 nodes:

 new TopologyValidator() {
    public boolean validate(Collection nodes) {
       return nodes.size() == 2;
    }
 }
 

Configuration

The topology validator can be configured either from code or XML via CacheConfiguration.setTopologyValidator(TopologyValidator) method.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	validate(Collection<ClusterNode> nodes) Validates topology.

Method Detail

validate

boolean validate(Collection<ClusterNode> nodes)

Validates topology.

Parameters:

nodes - Collection of nodes.

Returns:

true in case topology is valid for specific cache, otherwise false