Networker Extension

    Summary

    Extension for peer to peer network grouping.

    Extension Interface

    org.apache.dubbo.remoting.p2p.Networker

    Extension Configuration

    <dubbo:protocol networker="xxx" />
    <!-- default configuration, it takes effect if networker attribute is not set in <dubbo:protocol> -->
    <dubbo:provider networker="xxx" /> 
    

    Existing Extension

    • org.apache.dubbo.remoting.p2p.support.MulticastNetworker
    • org.apache.dubbo.remoting.p2p.support.FileNetworker

    Extension Guide

    Directory layout:

    src
     |-main
        |-java
            |-com
                |-xxx
                    |-XxxNetworker.java (Networker implementation)
        |-resources
            |-META-INF
                |-dubbo
                    |-org.apache.dubbo.remoting.p2p.Networker (plain text file with the content: xxx=com.xxx.XxxNetworker)
    

    XxxNetworker.java:

    package com.xxx;
     
    import org.apache.dubbo.remoting.p2p.Networker;
     
    public class XxxNetworker implements Networker {
        public Group lookup(URL url) {
            // ...
        }
    }
    

    META-INF/dubbo/org.apache.dubbo.remoting.p2p.Networker:

    xxx=com.xxx.XxxNetworker