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On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:49 AM, Ishaaq Chandy <ish...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good to know. Thanks for the awesomely quick response Ted! > > Ishaaq > > On 28 September 2011 10:36, Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If the reconnection is done before the session expires, the ephemeral is > > never deleted. > > > > If the session expires either due to time when disconnected or because > the > > ZK servers are all taken down, then the ephemeral is deleted when the > > server > > decides the session has expired and the client is notified of the session > > expiration as soon as possible. Ephemerals are never brought back after > > the > > session expires. > > > > Note that taking down one ZK server of many will just cause a very short > > disconnect. If even one ZK server stays up, the session and the > ephemeral > > can survive although a quorum will have to be re-established soon to > > preserve the session. > > > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Ishaaq Chandy <ish...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > What is the expected behaviour of ephemerals on disconnects? > > > > > > Suppose a client creates an ephemeral and then, some time later, we > have > > a > > > network failure, or ZK shuts down/crashes. > > > > > > During this downtime, the client JVM is still up and running. What > > happens > > > when the ZK connection is re-established, does the ephemeral > > > get automatically recreated or does the client have to make an explicit > > > call > > > to recreate it? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Ishaaq > > > > > >
