org.apache.hadoop.ipc
Class Client

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client

public class Client
extends Object

A client for an IPC service. IPC calls take a single Writable as a parameter, and return a Writable as their value. A service runs on a port and is defined by a parameter class and a value class.

See Also:

Server

Field Summary

static org.apache.commons.logging.Log

LOG

Constructor Summary

Client(Class<? extends Writable> valueClass, Configuration conf)
Construct an IPC client with the default SocketFactory

Client(Class<? extends Writable> valueClass, Configuration conf, SocketFactory factory)
Construct an IPC client whose values are of the given Writable class.

Method Summary

Writable[]	call(Writable[] params, InetSocketAddress[] addresses) Deprecated. Use call(Writable[], InetSocketAddress[], Class, UserGroupInformation, Configuration) instead
Writable[]	call(Writable[] params, InetSocketAddress[] addresses, Class<?> protocol, UserGroupInformation ticket) Deprecated. Use call(Writable[], InetSocketAddress[], Class, UserGroupInformation, Configuration) instead
Writable[]	call(Writable[] params, InetSocketAddress[] addresses, Class<?> protocol, UserGroupInformation ticket, Configuration conf) Makes a set of calls in parallel.
Writable	call(Writable param, org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.ConnectionId remoteId) Make a call, passing param, to the IPC server defined by remoteId, returning the value.
Writable	call(Writable param, InetSocketAddress address) Deprecated. Use call(Writable, ConnectionId) instead
Writable	call(Writable param, InetSocketAddress addr, Class<?> protocol, UserGroupInformation ticket, int rpcTimeout) Deprecated. Use call(Writable, ConnectionId) instead
Writable	call(Writable param, InetSocketAddress addr, Class<?> protocol, UserGroupInformation ticket, int rpcTimeout, Configuration conf) Make a call, passing param, to the IPC server running at address which is servicing the protocol protocol, with the ticket credentials, rpcTimeout as timeout and conf as configuration for this connection, returning the value.
Writable	call(Writable param, InetSocketAddress addr, UserGroupInformation ticket) Deprecated. Use call(Writable, ConnectionId) instead
static void	setPingInterval(Configuration conf, int pingInterval) set the ping interval value in configuration
void	stop() Stop all threads related to this client.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

LOG

public static final org.apache.commons.logging.Log LOG

Constructor Detail

Client

public Client(Class<? extends Writable> valueClass,
              Configuration conf,
              SocketFactory factory)

Construct an IPC client whose values are of the given Writable class.

Client

public Client(Class<? extends Writable> valueClass,
              Configuration conf)

Construct an IPC client with the default SocketFactory

Parameters:

valueClass -

conf -

Method Detail

setPingInterval

public static final void setPingInterval(Configuration conf,
                                         int pingInterval)

set the ping interval value in configuration

Parameters:

conf - Configuration

pingInterval - the ping interval

stop

public void stop()

Stop all threads related to this client. No further calls may be made using this client.

call

@Deprecated
public Writable call(Writable param,
                                InetSocketAddress address)
              throws InterruptedException,
                     IOException

Deprecated. Use call(Writable, ConnectionId) instead

Make a call, passing param, to the IPC server running at address, returning the value. Throws exceptions if there are network problems or if the remote code threw an exception.

Throws:

InterruptedException

IOException

call

@Deprecated
public Writable call(Writable param,
                                InetSocketAddress addr,
                                UserGroupInformation ticket)
              throws InterruptedException,
                     IOException

Deprecated. Use call(Writable, ConnectionId) instead

Make a call, passing param, to the IPC server running at address with the ticket credentials, returning the value. Throws exceptions if there are network problems or if the remote code threw an exception.

Throws:

InterruptedException

IOException

call

@Deprecated
public Writable call(Writable param,
                                InetSocketAddress addr,
                                Class<?> protocol,
                                UserGroupInformation ticket,
                                int rpcTimeout)
              throws InterruptedException,
                     IOException

Deprecated. Use call(Writable, ConnectionId) instead

Make a call, passing param, to the IPC server running at address which is servicing the protocol protocol, with the ticket credentials and rpcTimeout as timeout, returning the value. Throws exceptions if there are network problems or if the remote code threw an exception.

Throws:

InterruptedException

IOException

call

public Writable call(Writable param,
                     InetSocketAddress addr,
                     Class<?> protocol,
                     UserGroupInformation ticket,
                     int rpcTimeout,
                     Configuration conf)
              throws InterruptedException,
                     IOException

Make a call, passing param, to the IPC server running at address which is servicing the protocol protocol, with the ticket credentials, rpcTimeout as timeout and conf as configuration for this connection, returning the value. Throws exceptions if there are network problems or if the remote code threw an exception.

Throws:

InterruptedException

IOException

call

public Writable call(Writable param,
                     org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Client.ConnectionId remoteId)
              throws InterruptedException,
                     IOException

Make a call, passing param, to the IPC server defined by remoteId, returning the value. Throws exceptions if there are network problems or if the remote code threw an exception.

Throws:

InterruptedException

IOException

call

@Deprecated
public Writable[] call(Writable[] params,
                                  InetSocketAddress[] addresses)
                throws IOException,
                       InterruptedException

Deprecated. Use call(Writable[], InetSocketAddress[], Class, UserGroupInformation, Configuration) instead

Throws:

IOException

InterruptedException

call

@Deprecated
public Writable[] call(Writable[] params,
                                  InetSocketAddress[] addresses,
                                  Class<?> protocol,
                                  UserGroupInformation ticket)
                throws IOException,
                       InterruptedException

Deprecated. Use call(Writable[], InetSocketAddress[], Class, UserGroupInformation, Configuration) instead

Throws:

IOException

InterruptedException

call

public Writable[] call(Writable[] params,
                       InetSocketAddress[] addresses,
                       Class<?> protocol,
                       UserGroupInformation ticket,
                       Configuration conf)
                throws IOException,
                       InterruptedException

Makes a set of calls in parallel. Each parameter is sent to the corresponding address. When all values are available, or have timed out or errored, the collected results are returned in an array. The array contains nulls for calls that timed out or errored.

Throws:

IOException

InterruptedException