[jira] [Commented] (ZOOKEEPER-2169) Enable creation of nodes with TTLs

["Jordan Zimmerman (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Jordan Zimmerman commented on ZOOKEEPER-2169:
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A merge, a merge. My kingdom for a merge. 

> Enable creation of nodes with TTLs
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>                 Key: ZOOKEEPER-2169
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-2169
>             Project: ZooKeeper
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: c client, java client, jute, server
>    Affects Versions: 3.6.0
>            Reporter: Camille Fournier
>            Assignee: Jordan Zimmerman
>             Fix For: 3.6.0
>
>         Attachments: ZOOKEEPER-2169-2.patch, ZOOKEEPER-2169-3.patch, ZOOKEEPER-2169-4.patch, ZOOKEEPER-2169-5.patch, ZOOKEEPER-2169.patch
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> As a user, I would like to be able to create a node that is NOT tied to a session but that WILL expire automatically if action is not taken by some client within a time window.
> I propose this to enable clients interacting with ZK via http or other "thin clients" to create ephemeral-like nodes.
> Some ideas for the design, up for discussion:
> The node should support all normal ZK node operations including ACLs, sequential key generation, etc, however, it should not support the ephemeral flag. The node will be created with a TTL that is updated via a refresh operation. 
> The ZK quorum will watch this node similarly to the way that it watches for session liveness; if the node is not refreshed within the TTL, it will expire.
> QUESTIONS:
> 1) Should we let the refresh operation set the TTL to a different base value?
> 2) If so, should the setting of the TTL to a new base value cause a watch to fire?
> 3) Do we want to allow these nodes to have children or prevent this similar to ephemeral nodes?



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