akka.remote
Interface FailureDetectorRegistry<A>

All Known Implementing Classes:
DefaultFailureDetectorRegistry

public interface FailureDetectorRegistry<A>

Interface for a registry of Akka failure detectors. New resources are implicitly registered when heartbeat is first called with the resource given as parameter.


Method Summary
 void heartbeat(A resource)
          Records a heartbeat for a resource.
 boolean isAvailable(A resource)
          Returns true if the resource is considered to be up and healthy and returns false otherwise.
 boolean isMonitoring(A resource)
          Returns true if the failure detector has received any heartbeats and started monitoring of the resource.
 void remove(A resource)
          Removes the heartbeat management for a resource.
 void reset()
          Removes all resources and any associated failure detector state.
 

Method Detail

isAvailable

boolean isAvailable(A resource)
Returns true if the resource is considered to be up and healthy and returns false otherwise. For unregistered resources it returns true.


isMonitoring

boolean isMonitoring(A resource)
Returns true if the failure detector has received any heartbeats and started monitoring of the resource.


heartbeat

void heartbeat(A resource)
Records a heartbeat for a resource. If the resource is not yet registered (i.e. this is the first heartbeat) then it is automatially registered.


remove

void remove(A resource)
Removes the heartbeat management for a resource.


reset

void reset()
Removes all resources and any associated failure detector state.