Merger Extension

    Summary

    Merge strategy for return result aggregation in group.

    Extension Interface

    org.apache.dubbo.rpc.cluster.Merger

    Extension Configuration

    <dubbo:method merger="xxx" />
    

    Existing Extension

    • org.apache.dubbo.rpc.cluster.merger.ArrayMerger
    • org.apache.dubbo.rpc.cluster.merger.ListMerger
    • org.apache.dubbo.rpc.cluster.merger.SetMerger
    • org.apache.dubbo.rpc.cluster.merger.MapMerger

    Extension Guide

    Directory layout:

    src
     |-main
        |-java
            |-com
                |-xxx
                    |-XxxMerger.java (Merger implementation)
        |-resources
            |-META-INF
                |-dubbo
                    |-org.apache.dubbo.rpc.cluster.Merger (plain text file with the content: xxx=com.xxx.XxxMerger)
    

    XxxMerger.java:

    package com.xxx;
     
    import org.apache.dubbo.rpc.cluster.Merger;
     
    public class XxxMerger<T> implements Merger<T> {
        public T merge(T... results) {
            // ...
        }
    }
    

    META-INF/dubbo/org.apache.dubbo.rpc.cluster.Merger:

    xxx=com.xxx.XxxMerger