Hello,
I can see using JTA resource manager and writing a resource adapter for evocations from execution node
Also, providing entries for task (client).
What I'm not sure what alternative would be used to implement this without JTA resource manager.
Whether we want to integrate with a JTA transaction manager or not, we will have to design a resource manager of some sort to implement this functionality.
From a JTA transaction manager perspective, it means essentially implementing the
XAResource interface for JPPF jobs/tasks, as it defines the contract between the transaction manager and resource manager.
I don't see why you mention a resource adapter at the node level. JPPF nodes, like almost everything else in JPPF, are not running in a managed environment (at least not in the J2EE sense), but rather they are standalone J2SE components. We do have a J2EE resource adapter that wraps a JPPF client in order to JPPF-enable application servers, and we should think of adding transaction support to it, but that shouldn't be the main focus, at least at the beginning.
I recommend that you read the
JPPF documentation first, to familiarize yourself with the framework and understand how it works and its capabilities.
In terms on design thoughts, my preferences would be to implement this feature as a JPPF add-on (see related documentation on
Extending and Customizing JPPF, and example uses and implementations in our
samples pack). This would allow independent work from the rest and is well in line with the philosophy of the product. If the current extension capabilities are not sufficient, we might have to add to them to achieve our goal, which is great too.
Also, would creating a job queue reader and consolidated output queue be desirable in this feature addition?
I have no idea what you mean here. Can you please elaborate on this and on what it would bring?
Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
-Laurent
