com.cosylab.acs.maci.loadbalancing

Interface LoadBalancingStrategy

public interface LoadBalancingStrategy

Interface defining load balancing strategy. NOTE: this is not a final interface - the implementation should have an option of monitoring containers all the time (simply registering as an adminstrator?).

Author:

Matej Sekoranja

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	selectContainer(ClientInfo requestor, ContainerInfo[] containers) Select the most appropriate (i.e.

Method Detail

selectContainer

java.lang.String selectContainer(ClientInfo requestor,
                                 ContainerInfo[] containers)

Select the most appropriate (i.e. the least loaded) container.

Parameters:

requestor - client (or component) requiring component.

containers - all registered containers, can be null when no containers are logged in.

Returns:

container name, null if failed.