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Hot Rod C++ Client Guide

Red Hat Data Grid 8.2

Configure and use Hot Rod C++ clients

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Abstract

Hot Rod C++ clients allow C++ runtime applications to connect and interact with remote Data Grid clusters.

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Data Grid is a high-performance, distributed in-memory data store.

Schemaless data structure
Flexibility to store different objects as key-value pairs.
Grid-based data storage
Designed to distribute and replicate data across clusters.
Elastic scaling
Dynamically adjust the number of nodes to meet demand without service disruption.
Data interoperability
Store, retrieve, and query data in the grid from different endpoints.

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Chapter 1. Installing the Hot Rod C++ client
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Install the Hot Rod C++ client on your host system as a dynamic library.

1.1. C++ compiler requirements
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Operating systemRequired compiler

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, 64-bit

C++ 11 compiler (GCC 4.8.1)

RHEL 8, 64-bit

C++ 11 compiler (GCC 4.8.1)

Data Grid provides an RPM distribution of the Hot Rod C++ client for RHEL.

Procedure

  1. Enable the repository for the Hot Rod C++ client on RHEL.

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    RHEL versionRepository

    RHEL 7

    jb-datagrid-8.1-for-rhel-7-server-rpms

    RHEL 8

    jb-datagrid-8.1-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms

  2. Install the Hot Rod C++ client. 

    # yum install jdg-cpp-client
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Chapter 2. Compiling Protobuf Schema
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Data Grid uses the ProtoStream API to store data as Protobuf-encoded entries.

Protobuf is a language-neutral format that allows clients to create and retrieve entries in remote caches using both Hot Rod and REST endpoints.

Compile Protobuf schema, .proto files, into C++ header and source files to describe your data to Data Grid.

Prerequisites

  • Install the Protobuf library and protobuf-devel package. 

    # yum install protobuf
# yum install protobuf-devel
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Procedure

  1. Set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, if it is not already set. 

    # export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/lib64
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  2. Compile Protobuf schema for the Hot Rod C++ client as required. 

    # /bin/protoc --cpp_out dllexport_decl=HR_PROTO_EXPORT:/path/to/output/ $FILE
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    HR_PROTO_EXPORT is a macro that the Hot Rod C++ client expands when it compiles the Protobuf schema.

  3. Register your Protobuf schema with Data Grid if you plan to use queries.

Chapter 3. Configuring the Hot Rod C++ client
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Hot Rod C++ clients interact with remote Data Grid clusters via the RemoteCache API.

3.1. Configuration and Remote Cache Manager APIs
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Use the ConfigurationBuilder API to configure Hot Rod C++ client connections and the RemoteCacheManager API to obtain and configure remote caches.

Configuration builder

#include "infinispan/hotrod/ConfigurationBuilder.h"
#include "infinispan/hotrod/RemoteCacheManager.h"
#include <infinispan/hotrod/RemoteCache.h>
#include <iostream>
int main () {
  ConfigurationBuilder builder;
    // Configure a cache manager to connect with Hot Rod version 2.8
    builder.protocolVersion(Configuration::PROTOCOL_VERSION_28);
    // Connect to a server at localhost with the default port.
    builder.addServer().host("127.0.0.1").port(11222);
    // Create and start a RemoteCacheManager to interact with caches.
    RemoteCacheManager cacheManager(builder.build(), false);
    cacheManager.start();
    ...
}
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Cross-site replication

ConfigurationBuilder builder;
  builder.addServer().host("127.0.0.1").port(11222);
  // Configure a remote cluster and node when using cross-site replication.
  builder.addCluster("NYC").addClusterNode("192.0.2.0", 11322);
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Near caching

ConfigurationBuilder builder;
  builder.addServer().host("127.0.0.1").port(11222);
  // Enable near-caching for the client.
  builder.nearCache().mode(NearCacheMode::INVALIDATED).maxEntries(4);
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