Using MongoDB as a cache store

With the 5.3 release, there is a brand new feature. I'm glad to announce that you will be able to use MongoDB as a cache store.

For those who don't know MongoDB, it's an open-source document oriented NoSQL database developped by 10Gen. You can more information about it on http://www.mongodb.org/.

The question you have right now, it probably, how to use it cool cache store ? Simple, as for the other cache store you have to add a loader in your Infinispan configuration file.

Here is an exemple:

	<loaders>
	<mongodbStore xmlns="urn:infinispan:config:mongodb:5.3" >
	<connection host="localhost" port="27017" timeout="2000" acknowledgment="0"/>
	<authentication username="mongoUser" password="mongoPass" />
	<storage database="infinispan_test_database" collection="infispan_cachestore" />
	</mongodbStore>
	</loaders>

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If you prefer the programmatic API:

	ConfigurationBuilder b = new ConfigurationBuilder();
	b.loaders().addStore(MongoDBCacheStoreConfigurationBuilder.class)
	.host( "localhost" )
	.port( 27017 )
	.timeout( 1500 )
	.acknowledgment( 0 )
	.username( "mongoDBUSer" )
	.password( "mongoBDPassword" )
	.database( "infinispan_cachestore" )
	.collection( "entries" );
	final Configuration config = b.build();
	MongoDBCacheStoreConfiguration store = (MongoDBCacheStoreConfiguration) config.loaders().cacheLoaders().get(0);

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For more information about the configuration possibilities (default values, options, etc) , you can refer to the documentation page

Cheers,
Guillaume
Hibernate OGM & Infinispan contributor
Blog / @g_scheibel