Contents

• Contents
• Overview
  • Channel
  • Building Blocks
  • The Protocol Stack
• Installation and Configuration
  • Directory structure
  • Requirements
  • Installing the compiled version
  • Installing and compiling the source version using the make build system (on UNIX platforms)
  • Installing and compiling the source version using the ANT build system (on all platforms)
  • Testing your Setup
  • Running a Demo Program
  • Using IP Multicasting without a network connection
  • It doesn't work !
  • I have discovered a bug !
• Channel and related classes
  • Utility classes
    • objectToByteBuffer(), objectFromByteBuffer()
    • getStackTrace()
    • printMessage()
    • activeThreads()
    • printMembers()
  • Interfaces
    • Transport
    • MessageListener
    • MembershipListener
    • ChannelListener
  • Address
  • Message
  • View
    • ViewId
    • MergeView
  • Membership
  • Channel
    • Creating a channel
    • Channel properties
    • Setting options
    • Connecting to a channel
    • Getting the local address and the group name
    • Getting the current view
    • Sending a message
    • Receiving a message
    • Peeking at a message
    • Getting the group's state
    • Disconnecting from a channel
    • Closing a channel
• Building Blocks
  • PullPushAdapter
    • Example
  • MessageDispatcher
    • Example
  • RpcDispatcher
    • Example
  • DistributedHashtable
  • ReplicatedHashtable
  • DistributedTree
  • NotificationBus
• Advanced Concepts
  • Setting up the protocol stack
    • Properties
  • Using multiple channels
  • Transport protocols
    • UDP
    • TCP
    • TUNNEL
    • Difference between Router and GossipServer
• Bibliography
• About this document ...