Reputation: 5454
I have an MDB that processes different types of messages (Object Messages). I want to keep a track of the number of messages received by the MDB and as well as keep count of the type of the messages received.
Although my MDB is distributed across multiple JVMs, I am fine keeping track of the count at individual JVM.
Using static variables is discouraged in EJB, so other alternatives do we have?
Upvotes: 0
Views: 496
Reputation: 40296
One idea:
A @Singleton
EJB comes to mind. I would call it Statistics
and keep all kinds of statistics there. Each time a Xxx
event, that requires statistics, occurs, a addToXxxCount()
method could be called. The actual count is available from the corresponding getXxxCount()
. It would require read locks on getXxxCount()
methods and write locks on addToXxxCount()
(see concurrency for singleton EJBs). Alternatively, you can synchronize yourself.
The variable that actually keeps track of the count (int
or long
) is non-static and the container guarantees the EJB is intantiated only once. And you get a central point of reference for all your statistics.
Upvotes: 2