My requirements consist of using ehCache to send and store data via RESTful web service calls. The data can be stored in-memory or via the filesystem…
Never used ehCache before so I am having some issues deciding on which bundle to use.
Have downloaded the following bundles:
ehcache-2.6.2
ehcache-standalone-server-1.0.0
(1) What is the difference between the two?
It seems the ehcache-2.6.2 contains src and binaries, which essentially enables one to bundle it with their webapps (by putting the compiled jar or binaries inside the webapp’s WEB-INF/lib folder). But it doesn’t seem that it has support for Restful web services.
Whereas, ehcache-standalone-server-1.0.0 (comes with an embedded Glassfish server and has support for REST & SOAP) can be used to run as a standalone server. If I my answers to my own question are correct, then that means, I should just use the standalone server?
(2) My requirements are to setup ehCache (with REST support) on Tomcat 7. So, how could I setup ehCache on Tomcat 7 as a separate app with REST & SOAP support?
Thank you for taking the time to read this…
thats right, the first package is to include ehcache into your own application (this application could also be just a REST Interface for the cache )
the second one bundels already an application server with it, because you need to run it on dedicated hardware which more memory, you need a shared cache for many webservers, or you dont have java client. …..
to run it on tomcat just download the distribution modul which is a simple WAR file, which can be deployed to tomcat or any other webserver. a REST Interface is included.