org.jgroups.protocols
Class FD

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.jgroups.stack.Protocol
      extended byorg.jgroups.protocols.FD

public class FD
extends Protocol

Failure detection based on simple heartbeat protocol. Regularly polls members for liveness. Multicasts SUSPECT messages when a member is not reachable. The simple algorithms works as follows: the membership is known and ordered. Each HB protocol periodically sends an 'are-you-alive' message to its *neighbor*. A neighbor is the next in rank in the membership list, which is recomputed upon a view change. When a response hasn't been received for n milliseconds and m tries, the corresponding member is suspected (and eventually excluded if faulty).

FD starts when it detects (in a view change notification) that there are at least 2 members in the group. It stops running when the membership drops below 2.

When a message is received from the monitored neighbor member, it causes the pinger thread to 'skip' sending the next are-you-alive message. Thus, traffic is reduced.

When we receive a ping from a member that's not in the membership list, we shun it by sending it a NOT_MEMBER message. That member will then leave the group (and possibly rejoin). This is only done if shun is true.

Version:
$Revision: 1.10 $
Author:
Bela Ban

Nested Class Summary
static class FD.FdHeader
           
 
Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class org.jgroups.stack.Protocol
down_handler, down_prot, down_queue, down_thread, down_thread_prio, log, observer, props, stack, up_handler, up_prot, up_queue, up_thread, up_thread_prio
 
Constructor Summary
FD()
           
 
Method Summary
 void down(Event evt)
          An event is to be sent down the stack.
 java.lang.String getName()
           
 void init()
          Called after instance has been created (null constructor) and before protocol is started.
 boolean setProperties(java.util.Properties props)
          Configures the protocol initially.
 void stop()
          This method is called on a Channel.disconnect().
 void up(Event evt)
          An event was received from the layer below.
 
Methods inherited from class org.jgroups.stack.Protocol
destroy, getDownProtocol, getDownQueue, getProperties, getUpProtocol, getUpQueue, handleSpecialDownEvent, passDown, passUp, providedDownServices, providedUpServices, receiveDownEvent, receiveUpEvent, requiredDownServices, requiredUpServices, setDownProtocol, setObserver, setPropertiesInternal, setProtocolStack, setUpProtocol, start, startDownHandler, startUpHandler, stopInternal
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

FD

public FD()
Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()
Specified by:
getName in class Protocol

setProperties

public boolean setProperties(java.util.Properties props)
Description copied from class: Protocol
Configures the protocol initially. A configuration string consists of name=value items, separated by a ';' (semicolon), e.g.:
 "loopback=false;unicast_inport=4444"
 

Overrides:
setProperties in class Protocol

init

public void init()
          throws java.lang.Exception
Description copied from class: Protocol
Called after instance has been created (null constructor) and before protocol is started. Properties are already set. Other protocols are not yet connected and events cannot yet be sent.

Overrides:
init in class Protocol
Throws:
java.lang.Exception - Thrown if protocol cannot be initialized successfully. This will cause the ProtocolStack to fail, so the channel constructor will throw an exception

stop

public void stop()
Description copied from class: Protocol
This method is called on a Channel.disconnect(). Stops work (e.g. by closing multicast socket). Will be called from top to bottom. This means that at the time of the method invocation the neighbor protocol below is still working. This method will replace the STOP, STOP_OK, CLEANUP and CLEANUP_OK events. The ProtocolStack guarantees that when this method is called all messages in the down queue will have been flushed

Overrides:
stop in class Protocol

up

public void up(Event evt)
Description copied from class: Protocol
An event was received from the layer below. Usually the current layer will want to examine the event type and - depending on its type - perform some computation (e.g. removing headers from a MSG event type, or updating the internal membership list when receiving a VIEW_CHANGE event). Finally the event is either a) discarded, or b) an event is sent down the stack using passDown() or c) the event (or another event) is sent up the stack using passUp().

Overrides:
up in class Protocol

down

public void down(Event evt)
Description copied from class: Protocol
An event is to be sent down the stack. The layer may want to examine its type and perform some action on it, depending on the event's type. If the event is a message MSG, then the layer may need to add a header to it (or do nothing at all) before sending it down the stack using passDown(). In case of a GET_ADDRESS event (which tries to retrieve the stack's address from one of the bottom layers), the layer may need to send a new response event back up the stack using passUp().

Overrides:
down in class Protocol


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