Installation

The installation takes place via 'hot deployment'. See the documentation of the Deploy Swiftlet for further information.

Configuration

The configuration of the Multicast Extension Swiftlet is defined within the element

      <swiftlet name="xt$multicast" .../>

of the router's configuration file. One can use the SwiftMQ Exlorer or CLI for configuration as well. They both save into that file.

Attributes of Element "swiftlet"

Definition

Attribute	Type	Mandatory	Description
statistic-send-interval	java.lang.Long	Yes	Statistic Send Interval
neighborhood-timeout	java.lang.Long	Yes	Neighborhood Timeout

Values

Attribute	Values
statistic-send-interval	Default: 60000
neighborhood-timeout	Default: 120000

Element List "connections", Parent Element: "swiftlet"

Multicast Connection Definitions. This element list contains zero or more "connection" elements with this template definition:

Definition

Attribute	Type	Mandatory	Description
name	java.lang.String	Yes	Name of this Multicast Connection
flowcontrol-enabled	java.lang.Boolean	No	Flow Control
multicastaddress	java.lang.String	Yes	Multicast Address
multicastport	java.lang.Integer	Yes	Multicast Port
interfaceaddress	java.lang.String	No	Interface Address

Values

Element List "topics", Parent Element: "connection"

Topics. This element list contains zero or more "topic" elements with this template definition:

Definition

Attribute	Type	Mandatory	Description
name	java.lang.String	Yes	Name of this Topic
receive	java.lang.Boolean	No	Receive Messages
send	java.lang.Boolean	No	Send Messages

Values

Attribute	Values
receive	Default: true
send	Default: true

CLI Commands During Deployment

This Swiftlet performs the following CLI commands during deployment:

			cc /sys$threadpool/pools
			new extension.multicast
			cc /sys$threadpool/pools/extension.multicast/threads
			new extension.xt$multicast.%

CLI Commands During Undeployment

This Swiftlet performs the following CLI commands during undeployment:

			cc /sys$threadpool/pools
			delete extension.multicast