com.hazelcast.client

Class HazelcastClient

java.lang.Object

com.hazelcast.client.HazelcastClient

public final class HazelcastClient
extends Object

The HazelcastClient is comparable to the Hazelcast class and provides the ability the create and manage Hazelcast clients. Hazelcast clients are HazelcastInstance implementations, so in most cases most of the code is unaware of talking to a cluster member or a client.

Smart vs unisocket clients

Hazelcast Client enables you to do all Hazelcast operations without being a member of the cluster. Clients can be:

1. smart: this means that they immediately can send an operation like map.get(key) to the member that owns that specific key.
2. unisocket: it will connect to a random member in the cluster and send requests to this member. This member then needs to send the request to the correct member.

For more information see ClientNetworkConfig.setSmartRouting(boolean).

High availability

When the connected cluster member dies, client will automatically switch to another live member.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Collection<HazelcastInstance>	getAllHazelcastClients() Gets an immutable collection of all client HazelcastInstances created in this JVM.
static HazelcastInstance	getHazelcastClientByName(String instanceName) Returns an existing HazelcastClient with instanceName.
static HazelcastInstance	getOrCreateHazelcastClient() Gets or creates a new HazelcastInstance (a new client in a cluster) with the default XML configuration looked up in: System property: Hazelcast will first check if "hazelcast.client.config" system property is set to a file or a classpath:... path.
static HazelcastInstance	getOrCreateHazelcastClient(ClientConfig config) Gets or creates a new HazelcastInstance (a new client in a cluster) with a certain name.
static HazelcastInstance	newHazelcastClient() Creates a new HazelcastInstance (a new client in a cluster).
static HazelcastInstance	newHazelcastClient(ClientConfig config) Creates a new HazelcastInstance (a new client in a cluster).
static HazelcastInstance	newHazelcastFailoverClient() Creates a client with cluster switch capability.
static HazelcastInstance	newHazelcastFailoverClient(ClientFailoverConfig clientFailoverConfig) Creates a client with cluster switch capability.
static void	setOutOfMemoryHandler(OutOfMemoryHandler outOfMemoryHandler) Sets OutOfMemoryHandler to be used when an OutOfMemoryError is caught by Hazelcast Client threads.
static void	shutdown(HazelcastInstance instance) Shutdown the provided client and remove it from the managed list
static void	shutdown(String instanceName) Shutdown the provided client and remove it from the managed list
static void	shutdownAll() Shuts down all the client HazelcastInstance created in this JVM.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

newHazelcastClient

public static HazelcastInstance newHazelcastClient()

Creates a new HazelcastInstance (a new client in a cluster). This method allows you to create and run multiple instances of Hazelcast clients on the same JVM.

To shutdown all running HazelcastInstances (all clients on this JVM) call shutdownAll().

Hazelcast will look into two places for the configuration file:

1. System property: Hazelcast will first check if "hazelcast.client.config" system property is set to a file or a classpath:... path. The configuration can either be an XML or a YAML configuration, distinguished by the suffix ('.xml' or '.yaml') of the provided configuration file's name Examples: -Dhazelcast.client.config=C:/myhazelcastclient.xml , -Dhazelcast.client.config=classpath:the-hazelcast-config.yaml , -Dhazelcast.client.config=classpath:com/mydomain/hazelcast.xml
2. "hazelcast-client.xml" file in current working directory
3. Classpath: Hazelcast will check classpath for hazelcast-client.xml file.
4. "hazelcast-client.yaml" file in current working directory
5. Classpath: Hazelcast will check classpath for hazelcast-client.yaml file.

If Hazelcast doesn't find any config file, it will start with the default configuration (hazelcast-client-default.xml) located in hazelcast.jar.

Returns:

the new HazelcastInstance

See Also:

shutdownAll(), (String)

newHazelcastClient

public static HazelcastInstance newHazelcastClient(ClientConfig config)

Creates a new HazelcastInstance (a new client in a cluster). This method allows you to create and run multiple instances of Hazelcast clients on the same JVM.

To shutdown all running HazelcastInstances (all clients on this JVM) call shutdownAll().

Parameters:

config - Configuration for the new HazelcastInstance (member)

Returns:

the new HazelcastInstance

See Also:

shutdownAll(), (String)

newHazelcastFailoverClient

public static HazelcastInstance newHazelcastFailoverClient()

Creates a client with cluster switch capability. Client will try to connect to alternative clusters according to ClientFailoverConfig when it disconnects from a cluster.

The configuration is loaded using using the following resolution mechanism:

1. first it checks if a system property 'hazelcast.client.failover.config' is set. If it exist and it begins with 'classpath:', then a classpath resource is loaded. Else it will assume it is a file reference. The configuration can either be an XML or a YAML configuration, distinguished by the suffix ('.xml' or '.yaml') of the provided configuration file's name
2. it checks if a hazelcast-client-failover.xml is available in the working dir
3. it checks if a hazelcast-client-failover.xml is available on the classpath
4. it checks if a hazelcast-client-failover.yaml is available in the working dir
5. it checks if a hazelcast-client-failover.yaml is available on the classpath
6. if none available HazelcastException is thrown

Returns:

the client instance

Throws:

HazelcastException - if no failover configuration is found

InvalidConfigurationException - if the loaded failover configuration is not valid

newHazelcastFailoverClient

public static HazelcastInstance newHazelcastFailoverClient(ClientFailoverConfig clientFailoverConfig)

Creates a client with cluster switch capability. Client will try to connect to alternative clusters according to ClientFailoverConfig when it disconnects from a cluster.

If provided clientFailoverConfig is null, the configuration is loaded using using the following resolution mechanism:

1. first it checks if a system property 'hazelcast.client.failover.config' is set. If it exist and it begins with 'classpath:', then a classpath resource is loaded. Else it will assume it is a file reference. The configuration can either be an XML or a YAML configuration, distinguished by the suffix ('.xml' or '.yaml') of the provided configuration file's name
2. it checks if a hazelcast-client-failover.xml is available in the working dir
3. it checks if a hazelcast-client-failover.xml is available on the classpath
4. it checks if a hazelcast-client-failover.yaml is available in the working dir
5. it checks if a hazelcast-client-failover.yaml is available on the classpath
6. if none available HazelcastException is thrown

Parameters:

clientFailoverConfig - config describing the failover configs and try count

Returns:

the client instance

Throws:

HazelcastException - if no failover configuration is found

InvalidConfigurationException - if the provided or the loaded failover configuration is not valid

getHazelcastClientByName

public static HazelcastInstance getHazelcastClientByName(String instanceName)

Returns an existing HazelcastClient with instanceName.

Parameters:

instanceName - Name of the HazelcastInstance (client) which can be retrieved by HazelcastInstance.getName()

Returns:

HazelcastInstance

getOrCreateHazelcastClient

public static HazelcastInstance getOrCreateHazelcastClient()

Gets or creates a new HazelcastInstance (a new client in a cluster) with the default XML configuration looked up in:

1. System property: Hazelcast will first check if "hazelcast.client.config" system property is set to a file or a classpath:... path. The configuration can either be an XML or a YAML configuration, distinguished by the suffix ('.xml' or '.yaml') of the provided configuration file's name Examples: -Dhazelcast.client.config=C:/myhazelcastclient.xml , -Dhazelcast.client.config=classpath:the-hazelcast-config.yaml , -Dhazelcast.client.config=classpath:com/mydomain/hazelcast.xml
2. "hazelcast-client.xml" file in current working directory
3. Classpath: Hazelcast will check classpath for hazelcast-client.xml file.
4. "hazelcast-client.yaml" file in current working directory
5. Classpath: Hazelcast will check classpath for hazelcast-client.yaml file.

If a configuration file is not located, an IllegalArgumentException will be thrown. If a Hazelcast instance with the same name as the configuration exists, then it is returned, otherwise it is created.

Returns:

the new HazelcastInstance

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the instance name of the config is null or empty or if no config file can be located.

See Also:

(String)

getOrCreateHazelcastClient

public static HazelcastInstance getOrCreateHazelcastClient(ClientConfig config)

Gets or creates a new HazelcastInstance (a new client in a cluster) with a certain name.

If a Hazelcast instance with the same name as the configuration exists, then it is returned, otherwise it is created.

If config is null, Hazelcast will look into two places for the configuration file:

1. System property: Hazelcast will first check if "hazelcast.client.config" system property is set to a file or a classpath:... path. The configuration can either be an XML or a YAML configuration, distinguished by the suffix ('.xml' or '.yaml') of the provided configuration file's name Examples: -Dhazelcast.client.config=C:/myhazelcastclient.xml , -Dhazelcast.client.config=classpath:the-hazelcast-config.yaml , -Dhazelcast.client.config=classpath:com/mydomain/hazelcast.xml
2. "hazelcast-client.xml" file in current working directory
3. Classpath: Hazelcast will check classpath for hazelcast-client.xml file.
4. "hazelcast-client.yaml" file in current working directory
5. Classpath: Hazelcast will check classpath for hazelcast-client.yaml file.

If a configuration file is not located, an IllegalArgumentException will be thrown.

Parameters:

config - Client configuration

Returns:

the new HazelcastInstance

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the instance name of the config is null or empty or if no config file can be located.

See Also:

(String)

getAllHazelcastClients

public static Collection<HazelcastInstance> getAllHazelcastClients()

Gets an immutable collection of all client HazelcastInstances created in this JVM.

In managed environments such as Java EE or OSGi Hazelcast can be loaded by multiple classloaders. Typically you will get at least one classloader per every application deployed. In these cases only the client HazelcastInstances created by the same application will be seen, and instances created by different applications are invisible.

The returned collection is a snapshot of the client HazelcastInstances. So changes to the client HazelcastInstances will not be visible in this collection.

Returns:

the collection of client HazelcastInstances

shutdownAll

public static void shutdownAll()

Shuts down all the client HazelcastInstance created in this JVM.

To be more precise it shuts down the HazelcastInstances loaded using the same classloader this HazelcastClient has been loaded with.

This method is mostly used for testing purposes.

See Also:

getAllHazelcastClients()

shutdown

public static void shutdown(HazelcastInstance instance)

Shutdown the provided client and remove it from the managed list

Parameters:

instance - the hazelcast client instance

shutdown

public static void shutdown(String instanceName)

Shutdown the provided client and remove it from the managed list

Parameters:

instanceName - the hazelcast client instance name

setOutOfMemoryHandler

public static void setOutOfMemoryHandler(OutOfMemoryHandler outOfMemoryHandler)

Sets OutOfMemoryHandler to be used when an OutOfMemoryError is caught by Hazelcast Client threads.

Warning: OutOfMemoryHandler may not be called although JVM throws OutOfMemoryError. Because error may be thrown from an external (user thread) thread and Hazelcast may not be informed about OutOfMemoryError.

Parameters:

outOfMemoryHandler - set when an OutOfMemoryError is caught by HazelcastClient threads

See Also:

OutOfMemoryError, OutOfMemoryHandler