The v2 management api allows regions to be created remotely in cluster configuration and on running servers. But it does not allow you to create a region on a client. Non-spring applications can use RegionFactory to create the region on the client side.
On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 9:56 AM Dan Smith <dsm...@pivotal.io> wrote: > +1 to adding a way to copy the RegionAttributes. > > BTW, I really wish this RegionFactory was an interface. I don't know if > adding a copy constructor makes it harder to migrate to an interface later, > but maybe just having this single public method might be better? > > + <K, V> RegionFactory<K, V> createRegionFactory(RegionFactory<K, V> > regionFactory); > > On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 9:35 AM Mark Hanson <mhan...@pivotal.io> wrote: > > > Hi Udo, > > > > I disagree. I believe the currently published best practice is to use > > RegionFactory. As a part of the work I have been doing, I have been > > migrating code from the AttributesFactory pattern to the RegionFactory > > pattern. To support that, I believe a copy constructor for RegionFactory > is > > necessary. And thus a createRegionFactory > > > > Hence my changes. > > > > Thanks, > > Mark > > > > > On Dec 11, 2019, at 4:41 PM, Udo Kohlmeyer <ukohlme...@pivotal.io> > > wrote: > > > > > > I think at this point I'd be looking at the new V2 Management API's for > > Regions. > > > > > > I think any new "public" effort that we'd be adding to the product > > should be done through the Management API's for Regions, rather than > > exposing new public API's that in reality should not be made "public". > > > > > > --Udo > > > > > > On 12/11/19 3:53 PM, Mark Hanson wrote: > > >> Basically the point is to allow a use to copy a RegionFactory because > > under certain circumstances it is necessary. I found that when migrating > > from AttributesFactory. > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> Mark > > >> > > >>> On Dec 11, 2019, at 3:48 PM, Anthony Baker <aba...@pivotal.io> > wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Mark, > > >>> > > >>> Can you share how the API changes will help the user? > > >>> > > >>> Thanks, > > >>> Anthony > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>> On Dec 11, 2019, at 2:57 PM, Mark Hanson <mhan...@pivotal.io> > wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> Hi All, > > >>>> > > >>>> There was a suggestion that since I am making a couple user visible > > API changes that I might want to ask the dev list. > > >>>> > > >>>> Basically I was migrating code from AttributesFactory to > > RegionFactory and hit a few snags along the way. > > >>>> > > >>>> Please see https://github.com/apache/geode/pull/4409 < > > https://github.com/apache/geode/pull/4409> specifically Cache.java, > > RegionFactory.java, and for extra credit GemfireCacheImpl.java > > >>>> > > >>>> I have commented at the relevant changes. > > >>>> > > >>>> Thanks, > > >>>> Mark > > > > >
