meteor and java app data push

Question

I have this set up - Java application is collecting and pushing data to mongodb for client side to retrieve and display. I want to try to use meteor for the client side. What is the best approach with meteor:

• use DDPClient to connect to meteor's mongodb and only push data to it or

• configure meteor to point to my existing mongodb that is already collecting data from my Java application

Answer 1

Both should work - the short answer. The longer answer:

• Using DDPClient for Java is important if your app needs to have a subset of data in sync in java client as well, it might be a big memory and computational overhead if used mindlessly
• Pointing Meteor at existing MongoDB will work if the oplog tailing is enabled and supported, otherwise there will be 10s lags between Meteor noticing new updates