On 18/12/2020 09:23, Benjamin Marwell wrote:
Sounds good to me, but – to be honest – a simpler solution would be
enough for now, at least for me. I actually need something which works
on Java 8.
I also want to share an excerpt from an RFC:
RFC 1123
2.3 Applications on Multihomed hosts
… Application protocol implementations **SHOULD** be prepared
to try multiple addresses from the list until success is obtained. …
SRC: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1123
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1123>
Java sadly does not implement this.
True although a library or application using the Socket or SocketChannel
APIs can cycle through the addresses too. I think there is general
agreement here that having some support for this in the Java platform
would be useful but I think it will require exploration and prototypes
in order to see what new APIs and specification changes will be required
to support it.
-Alan
