Project Summary
JGroups is a toolkit for reliable multicast communication. (Note that this doesn't necessarily mean IP Multicast, JGroups can also use transports such as TCP).
It can be used to create groups of processes whose members can send messages to each other. The main features include
* Group creation and deletion. Group members can be spread across LANs or WANs
* Joining and leaving of groups
* Membership detection and notification about joined/left/crashed members
* Detection and removal of crashed members
* Sending and receiving of member-to-group messages (point-to-multipoint)
* Sending and receiving of member-to-member messages (point-to-point)
In a Nutshell, JGroups...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a large development team
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took an estimated 34 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in September, 2003
ending with its most recent commit 1 day ago
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