Hello World!
The first step to using BigMemory is to set up one or more instances of Ehcache. BigMemory uses Ehcache as its main programming interface.
Download and unpack the BigMemory Max download kit.
Add the license key (terracotta-license.key) to your classpath.
Add the following jars in the BigMemory Max download kit to your classpath:
apis/ehcache/lib/ehcache-ee-<version>.jar apis/ehcache/lib/slf4j-api-<version>.jar apis/ehcache/lib/slf4j-jdk-<version>.jar - only some versions include this jar
Create Configuration File
Create a basic configuration file, name it "ehcache.xml" and put it in your classpath:
<ehcache xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://ehcache.org/ehcache.xsd"
name="HelloWorldConfig">
<cache name="hello-world" maxBytesLocalHeap="64M"/>
</ehcache>
This tells BigMemory that you have a data store called "hello-world" and that it can use a maximum of 64 megabytes of heap in the local Java Virtual Machine.
Create HelloWorld.java
Create and compile a Java class called HelloWorld:
import net.sf.ehcache.Cache;
import net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager;
import net.sf.ehcache.Element;
public class HelloWorld {
public static void main(final String[] args) {
// Create a cache manager
final CacheManager cacheManager = new CacheManager();
// create the data store called "hello-world"
final Cache dataStore = cacheManager.getCache("hello-world");
// create a key to map the data to
final String key = "greeting";
// Create a data element
final Element putGreeting = new Element(key, "Hello, World!");
// Put the element into the data store
dataStore.put(putGreeting);
// Retrieve the data element
final Element getGreeting = dataStore.get(key);
// Print the value
System.out.println(getGreeting.getObjectValue());
}
}
Execute
When you run the program in a terminal, you will see BigMemory print out its license and startup info, then the string "Hello, World!".
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