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[jira] [Comment Edited] (SOLR-12595) CloudSolrClient.Builder should accept a zkHost connection string

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Vilius Pranckaitis edited comment on SOLR-12595 at 8/1/18 9:41 AM:
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When you use other tools:
 - You can construct a [Zookeeper client|https://zookeeper.apache.org/doc/r3.4.13/api/index.html] with a ZK connection string;
 - You can initialize a [Curator framework|https://curator.apache.org/apidocs/org/apache/curator/framework/CuratorFrameworkFactory.html] with a ZK connection string;
 - You can [launch Solr|https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/7_4/setting-up-an-external-zookeeper-ensemble.html#updating-solr-s-include-files] using a ZK connection string.
 - And so on...

But when it comes to initialization of {{CloudSolrClient}} using a ZK connection string, the options are:
 - To write some code to split ZK connection string into pieces and call the existing constructor;
 - To use deprecated {{withClusterStateProvider()}};
 - [To extend the {{CloudSolrClient.Builder}}|https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/blob/5dffff7df7b0d1b122976a10cf05ace13a9ad6e1/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/CloudSolrClient.java#L1553-L1554].

In my opinion, the current constructors for {{CloudSolrClient.Builder}} goes against the principle of least astonishment. When I received a PR which had a comment about {{CloudSolrClient}} not supporting ZK connection strings, I couldn't believe and had to double-check with the Javadocs.

I'm not sure which version of the constructor–a connection string one or the list of hosts one–would be more confusing for someone who is not familiar with ZK. But for me, who had some experience with ZK – definitely the latter one.

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I had taken a look at the recent changes of {{CloudSolrClient.Builder}} and I think I see where things are going. Moving some of the parameters to constructors will prevent some of the runtime errors, and should also allow to remove some of that [state provider construction code|https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/blob/5dffff7df7b0d1b122976a10cf05ace13a9ad6e1/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/CloudSolrClient.java#L1567-L1576], which is also duplicated in [{{CloudSolrClient}}|https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/blob/5dffff7df7b0d1b122976a10cf05ace13a9ad6e1/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/CloudSolrClient.java#L255-L266] (though probably not before some of the deprecated methods will be removed). I could help with this, too.


was (Author: vpranckaitis):
When you use other tools:
 - You can construct a [Zookeeper client|https://zookeeper.apache.org/doc/r3.4.13/api/index.html] with a ZK connection string;
 - You can initialize a [Curator framework|https://curator.apache.org/apidocs/org/apache/curator/framework/CuratorFrameworkFactory.html] with a ZK connection string;
 - You can [launch Solr|https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/7_4/setting-up-an-external-zookeeper-ensemble.html#updating-solr-s-include-files] using a ZK connection string.
 - And so on...

But when it comes to initialization of {{CloudSolrClient}} using a ZK connection string, the options are:
 - Write some code to split ZK connection string into pieces and call the existing constructor;
 - Use deprecated {{withClusterStateProvider()}};
 - [Extend the {{CloudSolrClient.Builder}}|https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/blob/5dffff7df7b0d1b122976a10cf05ace13a9ad6e1/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/CloudSolrClient.java#L1553-L1554].

In my opinion, the current constructors for {{CloudSolrClient.Builder}} goes against the principle of least astonishment. When I received a PR which had a comment about {{CloudSolrClient}} not supporting ZK connection strings, I couldn't believe and had to double-check with the Javadocs.

I'm not sure which version of the constructor–a connection string one or the list of hosts one–would be more confusing for someone who is not familiar with ZK. But for me, who had some experience with ZK – definitely the latter one.

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I had taken a look at the recent changes of {{CloudSolrClient.Builder}} and I think I see where things are going. Moving some of the parameters to constructors will prevent some of the runtime errors, and should also allow to remove some of that [state provider construction code|https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/blob/5dffff7df7b0d1b122976a10cf05ace13a9ad6e1/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/CloudSolrClient.java#L1567-L1576], which is also duplicated in [{{CloudSolrClient}}|https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/blob/5dffff7df7b0d1b122976a10cf05ace13a9ad6e1/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/CloudSolrClient.java#L255-L266] (though probably not before some of the deprecated methods will be removed). I could help with this, too.

> CloudSolrClient.Builder should accept a zkHost connection string
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: SOLR-12595
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-12595
>             Project: Solr
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>      Security Level: Public(Default Security Level. Issues are Public) 
>          Components: SolrJ
>    Affects Versions: 7.4
>            Reporter: Vilius Pranckaitis
>            Priority: Minor
>          Time Spent: 20m
>  Remaining Estimate: 0h
>
> SOLR-11629 improved {{CloudSolrClient.Builder}} workflow by adding two new constructors:
> {code:java}
> 1.   public Builder(List<String> solrUrls) {
> 2.   public Builder(List<String> zkHosts, Optional<String> zkChroot) {
> {code}
> It is not unusual to format ZooKeeper connection details as a single string (e.g. {{zk1:2181,zk2:2181/some_chroot}}). However, these new constructors make it difficult to use such connection strings.
> It would be fairly simple to add a third constructor which would accept a connection string:
> {code:java}
> 3.   public Builder(String zkHost) {
> {code}
> {{CloudSolrClient.Builder}} uses ZooKeeper details to construct a {{ZkClientClusterStateProvider}}, which [already supports ZK connection strings|https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/blob/d87ea6b1ccd28e0dd8e30565fe95b2e0a31f82e8/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/ZkClientClusterStateProvider.java#L57-L59].



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