Chapter 18. Custom Interceptors
It is possible to add custom interceptors to Red Hat Data Grid, both declaratively and programatically. Custom interceptors are a way of extending Red Hat Data Grid by being able to influence or respond to any modifications to cache. Example of such modifications are: elements are added/removed/updated or transactions are committed. For a detailed list refer to CommandInterceptor API.
18.1. Adding custom interceptors declaratively
Custom interceptors can be added on a per named cache basis. This is because each named cache have its own interceptor stack. Following xml snippet depicts the ways in which a custom interceptor can be added.
<local-cache name="cacheWithCustomInterceptors"> <!-- Define custom interceptors. All custom interceptors need to extend org.jboss.cache.interceptors.base.CommandInterceptor --> <custom-interceptors> <interceptor position="FIRST" class="com.mycompany.CustomInterceptor1"> <property name="attributeOne">value1</property> <property name="attributeTwo">value2</property> </interceptor> <interceptor position="LAST" class="com.mycompany.CustomInterceptor2"/> <interceptor index="3" class="com.mycompany.CustomInterceptor1"/> <interceptor before="org.infinispanpan.interceptors.CallInterceptor" class="com.mycompany.CustomInterceptor2"/> <interceptor after="org.infinispanpan.interceptors.CallInterceptor" class="com.mycompany.CustomInterceptor1"/> </custom-interceptors> </local-cache>
18.2. Adding custom interceptors programatically
In order to do that one needs to obtain a reference to the AdvancedCache . This can be done ass follows:
CacheManager cm = getCacheManager();//magic
Cache aCache = cm.getCache("aName");
AdvancedCache advCache = aCache.getAdvancedCache();Then one of the addInterceptor() methods should be used to add the actual interceptor. For further documentation refer to AdvancedCache javadoc.
18.3. Custom interceptor design
When writing a custom interceptor, you need to abide by the following rules.
+ * Custom interceptors must extend BaseCustomInterceptor * Custom interceptors must declare a public, empty constructor to enable construction. * Custom interceptors will have setters for any property defined through property tags used in the XML configuration.
