> > What makes you think the current approach for endpoints is 'incorrect'? If > it is not correct then that indeed is a problem we should get fixed >
Hiranja As currently, we generate a random one (so unique), therefore the internal operation is correct as far as users do not specify a name. However, as users also specified names if we do not validate names, we cannot grantee the uniqueness. (As per my knowledge, we do not validate names for in-lined endpoints... I did not check code … so... I may be wrong)… Therefore, there is a possibility for incorrect operation. On the other hand, the generated name does not represent any context information such as for what this endpoint is (The ‘server1.foo’ the endpoint for the service ‘foo’ in the server 1). We cannot generate such a meaningful name… On the other hand, in synapse even if you have generated internally a name for an endpoint, the end user does not know it. There is no tool for viewing names of endpoints. Then the name will become another internal thing that uses for the correct operation of endpoints and from the user perspective, he cannot easily use it for diagnosing any errors, JMS monitoring, etc. (Currently, Name is not for users but for our internal working). A named entity is used by a user to separate a particular entity from others entities in both configurations and runtime data. In synapse, Statistics (JMX) is one … JMS monitoring is another, error log analyzing is another one… However, the clustering is not. It is an internal operation. For such an internal operation, generating a name or id is perfectly OK as it is not for users. Name is for users …. Internally generated ID is for internal operations. That is why I would like, at least for any operations that require an endpoint name, to warn (at latest) users if there is no name has been specified. Making the name mandatory will be too good as it brings more advantages for users than disadvantages. A user will only recognize the importance of a context aware meaningful name, when things go wrong and he need to identify the error based on the information in the logs. …If it was a very random issue and cannot be easily reproduced, what kind of feeling will he feel? … I believe, after that day, we will put names carefully – not just a unique name but meaningful … Thanks Indika