org.gridgain.grid.segmentation

Interface GridSegmentationResolver

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

public interface GridSegmentationResolver
extends Serializable

This is interface for segmentation (a.k.a "split-brain" problem) resolvers.

Each segmentation resolver checks segment for validity, using its inner logic. Typically, resolver should run light-weight single check (i.e. one IP address or one shared folder). Compound segment checks may be performed using several resolvers.

Note that GridGain support a logical segmentation and not limited to network related segmentation only. For example, a particular segmentation resolver can check for specific application or service present on the network and mark the topology as segmented in case it is not available. In other words you can equate the service outage with network outage via segmentation resolution and employ the unified approach in dealing with these types of problems.

See Also:

GridConfiguration.getSegmentationResolvers(), GridConfiguration.getSegmentationPolicy(), GridConfiguration.getSegmentCheckFrequency(), GridConfiguration.isAllSegmentationResolversPassRequired(), GridConfiguration.isWaitForSegmentOnStart(), GridSegmentationPolicy

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isValidSegment() Checks whether segment is valid.

Method Detail

isValidSegment

boolean isValidSegment()
                       throws GridException

Checks whether segment is valid.

When segmentation happens every node ends up in either one of two segments:

• Correct segment
• Invalid segment

Nodes in correct segment will continue operate as if nodes in the invalid segment simply left the topology (i.e. the topology just got "smaller"). Nodes in the invalid segment will realized that were "left out or disconnected" from the correct segment and will try to reconnect via segmentation policy set in configuration.

Returns:

True if segment is correct, false otherwise.

Throws:

GridException - If an error occurred.