geode-dependencies.jar contains a MANIFEST that adds several other jars to the classpath including geode-core.
The client API is currently in geode-core. -Kirk On Monday, October 24, 2016, Mark Secrist <msecr...@pivotal.io> wrote: > Yep - I got that wrong. In both cases. It looks like in M3 anyway, > geode-dependencies is mostly empty. You'll want geode-core, which has > ClientCache and the other client APIs. Sorry about that. Looks like things > may have changed over the releases. Also for the final 1.0.0 release, > expect the packages to change from com.gemstone.gemfire to org.apache.geode. > > Mark > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 7:30 PM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','johndam...@apache.org');>> wrote: > >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 9:26 PM Mark Secrist <msecr...@pivotal.io >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','msecr...@pivotal.io');>> wrote: >> >>> You'll just need geode-dependencies.jar on your classpath for the >>> client. You can use the references found here as an example of configuring >>> Maven or Gradle. >>> http://geode.incubator.apache.org/releases/ >>> >>> >> What's the difference between these two JARs? >> >> >>> Instead of referencing geode-core, you'll reference geode-dependencies >>> as the artifact id. The Maven repo is the Apache one at: >>> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/incubator/geode/ >>> >>> >> That's not a maven repo. Everything seems to be in central though. I >> also see the 1.0.0 staging repo in nexus, but for now i'm fine with an >> earlier release. >> >> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 6:39 PM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','johndam...@apache.org');>> wrote: >>> >>>> Ok - but do I use the "geode-core" maven coordinate? Its not clear >>>> from http://geode.incubator.apache.org/releases/ that this is the >>>> client lib. >>>> >>>> On 2016-10-24 20:15 (-0400), Mark Secrist <msecr...@pivotal.io >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','msecr...@pivotal.io');>> wrote: >>>> > There's here: >>>> > http://geode.incubator.apache.org/docs/guide/basic_config/th >>>> e_cache/managing_a_client_cache.html >>>> > >>>> > And, the section in GitHub you reference shows a HelloWorld client. >>>> The >>>> > "Geode in 5 minutes" shows starting a locator and a server to >>>> represent the >>>> > cluster and how to create a client to put data into the region. There >>>> are >>>> > of course a lot of basic concepts left out, like how you configure a >>>> client >>>> > cache and the region that acts as a proxy to the server. However, the >>>> > basics are there. >>>> > >>>> > To be more clear, the connection as a client requires a ClientCache >>>> object >>>> > configured, typically using a clientCache.xml file as shown in the >>>> Geode >>>> > documentation. This configures the client to point to the locator. >>>> This >>>> > allows servers to come and go without affecting the client. The Geode >>>> > documentation shows configuring a ClientCache with an xml file that >>>> defines >>>> > the regions (proxy regions) to configure where the name of the region >>>> on >>>> > the client (proxy) side matches the name of the server side region >>>> where >>>> > the data will actually reside. The GitHub example shows the same >>>> > configuration done 100% using Java API calls. >>>> > >>>> > So, the steps on the client: >>>> > >>>> > 1. Create a ClientCache object >>>> > 2. Configure ClientCache with regerence to locator (via pool >>>> > configuration) and proxy regions. This can either be done by >>>> explicit API >>>> > calls using the ClientRegionFactory or by reading in a cache.xml >>>> file >>>> > 3. Get the region desired from the client cache >>>> > 4. Invoke gets & puts as needed >>> >>> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 5:59 PM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','johndam...@apache.org');>> >>>> > wrote: >>>> > >>>> > > Hi, >>>> > > >>>> > > Reading through the geode docs, it seems like there's a key piece >>>> missing >>>> > > - how do I actually connect as a client? >>>> > > >>>> > > If I look here http://geode.incubator.apache. >>>> org/docs/guide/developing/ >>>> > > book_intro.html, I don't see anything obvious - e.g. what maven >>>> > > coordinates to use to get a reference, or what to download. Seems >>>> like I >>>> > > need to build from source. >>>> > > >>>> > > If I look at https://github.com/apache/incu >>>> bator-geode/blob/develop/ >>>> >>> > > README.md , I get a bit more worrisome (especially as an IPMC >>>> member). >>>> >>> > > The client section links me to 3 pivotal websites and one cwiki >>>> entry. If >>>> > > I want just a plain java client, no real information available (in >>>> fact, >>>> > > the Java client line isn't a link). >>>> > > >>>> > > So, how do I begin as a java client? And at what point does geode >>>> update >>>> > > their links for internal docs? 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