Reggie
v2.1.2 Release Notes

The specification for Reggie is defined not only by the Jini Lookup Service Specification, but also by the API documentation (generated by the Javadoc(TM) tool) for Administrable.

Changes since the v2.1.1 release

Changes since the v2.1 release

None

Changes since the v2.0.1 release

Handling of Evolved Types

Consider the case where service S has been deployed in a network, and S needs to be modified to implement a new interface. Let's call the modified service S'. In previous versions of Reggie, a client would not find a proxy to S' when doing a lookup by the new interface unless the S' proxy class was renamed. This version of Reggie allows a client to find a proxy to S' when doing a lookup by the new interface, even if the name of the proxy class has not been changed and there are instances of S already registered.

Reuse of Multicast Announcements

Reggie now reuses multicast announcements when there are no changes in host, port, or group information in order to minimize the expense of signing announcement packets in deployments that have been configured to use secure discovery.

Delayed Verification of Multicast Requests

Reggie also delays verifying signatures on multicast requests until it can determine that it must reply to the request. This minimizes the expense of verifying signatures in deployments configured with secure discovery.

Socket Connection Timeout when Replying to a Multicast Request

This version of Reggie allows a deployer to specify a timeout to be applied when establishing a connection to the multicast response server of a client attempting to discover Reggie. The timeout can be specified by adding a ConnectionRelativeTime constraint to Reggie's discoveryConstraints. For information on additional constraints supported by Reggie, refer to Reggie's manual pages

Modifications to Reggie's Proxies

Reggie's ServiceRegistrar, ServiceRegistration, Lease, and admin proxies now override java.lang.Object.toString() to facilitate debugging by providing additional information, like Reggie's ServiceID and underlying Java (TM) Remote Method Invocation (Java RMI) stub.

The communication protocol used between Reggie and its main proxy has been modified to enable handling of evolved types. This new protocol is not compatible with that of earlier releases.

Log File Format

The log file format used by the persistent version of Reggie in this release is not compatible with that of earlier releases.

Bug Fixes

• 4939735 - Reggie doesn't refresh self-registration on restart
  The persistent version of reggie no longer stores its self-registration; rather, the self-registration is recreated each time reggie is restarted to allow for configuration or export changes to be reflected in the proxy reggie registers with itself.
• 5002218 - Reggie should properly handle remote calls that arrive before initialization is complete
  Calls that arrive while reggie is in the process of initializing will now block until reggie has completed its initialization. Calls that arrive after reggie has commenced its shutdown process will now result in a java.rmi.NoSuchObjectException.