org.apache.geode.distributed

Interface DistributedMember

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<DistributedMember>

public interface DistributedMember
extends Comparable<DistributedMember>

This is the fundamental representation of a member in a GemFire distributed system. A process becomes a member by calling DistributedSystem.connect(java.util.Properties).

Since:

GemFire 5.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DurableClientAttributes	getDurableClientAttributes() Returns the durable attributes for this client.
List<String>	getGroups() Returns the groups this member belongs to.
String	getHost() Returns the canonical name of the host machine for this member.
String	getId() Returns a unique identifier for this member.
String	getName() Returns this member's name.
int	getProcessId() Returns the process id for this member.
Set<Role>	getRoles() Deprecated. Roles is scheduled to be removed
String	getUniqueId() Returns an immutable unique identifier for this member.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Returns this member's name. The member name is set using the "name" gemfire property. Returns "" if the member does not have a name.

Returns:

this member's name

Since:

GemFire 7.0

getHost

String getHost()

Returns the canonical name of the host machine for this member.

Returns:

the canonical name of the host machine for this member

getRoles

@Deprecated
Set<Role> getRoles()

Deprecated. Roles is scheduled to be removed

Returns the Roles that this member performs in the system. Note that the result will contain both groups and roles.

Returns:

the Roles that this member performs in the system

getGroups

List<String> getGroups()

Returns the groups this member belongs to. A member defines the groups it is in using the "groups" gemfire property. Note that the deprecated "roles" gemfire property are also treated as groups so this result will contain both groups and roles.

Returns:

a list of groups that this member belongs to.

getProcessId

int getProcessId()

Returns the process id for this member. This may return zero if the platform or configuration does not allow native access to process info.

Returns:

the process id for this member

getId

String getId()

Returns a unique identifier for this member. Note that this value may change during the life of the member.

Returns:

a unique identifier for this member

getUniqueId

String getUniqueId()

Returns an immutable unique identifier for this member.

Returns:

an immutable unique identifier for this member

getDurableClientAttributes

DurableClientAttributes getDurableClientAttributes()

Returns the durable attributes for this client.

Returns:

the durable attributes for this client