com.continuent.tungsten.replicator.backup
Interface BackupPlugin

All Known Subinterfaces:

BackupAgent, StorageAgent

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBackupAgent, DummyBackupAgent, FileSystemStorageAgent, MySqlDumpAgent, MySqlLvmDumpAgent, PostgreSqlDumpAgent, ScriptDumpAgent

public interface BackupPlugin

This class defines a BackupPlugin. BackupPlugin instances are lightweight objects created for a single backup operation. Here is the lifecycle:

Instantiate plug-in from class name

Call setters on plug-in instance and load property names

Call configure() to signal configuration is complete

Call backup operation

Call release() to free resources

Version:

1.0

Author:

Robert Hodges

Method Summary

void	configure() Complete plug-in configuration.
void	release() Release all resources used by plug-in.

Method Detail

configure

void configure()
               throws BackupException

Complete plug-in configuration. This is called after setters are invoked.

Throws:

ReplicatorException - Thrown if configuration is incomplete or fails

BackupException

release

void release()
             throws BackupException

Release all resources used by plug-in. This is called before the plug-in is deallocated.

Throws:

ReplicatorException - Thrown if resource deallocation fails

BackupException