The isClosed flag and method might be used currently more as an isClosing.
The GemFireCacheImpl.isClosed() method is actually returning isClosing.
Whatever change to isClosed that will be made, will have to properly handle
cases where it's meant to be treated as isClosing().

On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 3:09 PM Mark Hanson <hans...@vmware.com> wrote:

> Hi Jake,
>
> For Option 6: We could fix isClosed as well. That is a great suggestion.
> Currently, it returns almost immediately.
> I like your options though....
>
> Any other thoughts?
>
> Any preferences? It think any of the current options seem better than the
> current situation as long as we fix isClosed.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
> ________________________________
> From: Jacob Barrett <jbarr...@pivotal.io>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 2:30 PM
> To: dev@geode.apache.org <dev@geode.apache.org>
> Subject: Re: [Discuss] Cache.close synchronous is not synchronous, but
> code still expects it to be....
>
> Option 4: Cache.closeAndWait(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) - Closes and
> waits until it is really closed.
> Option 5: Cache.close(Runnable closedCalleback) - Runs callback after
> cache is really close.
> Option 6: cache.close(); while (!cache.isClosed());
>
>
> > On Apr 14, 2020, at 2:11 PM, Mark Hanson <mhan...@pivotal.io> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I know that we have discussed this once before, but I think it bears
> repeating. We have test code that assumes cache.close is synchronous. It is
> not. Not even close. I would like discuss some possible changes.
> >
> > Option 1. Call it what it is.  Deprecate Cache.close and create a new
> method called asyncClose to replace it. Simple and descriptive.
> > Option 2. Fix cache close so it is synchronous. Some might say that we
> are going to break behavior, but I doubt any user relies on the fact that
> it is asynchronous. That would be dangerous in and of itself. Obviously, we
> don’t want to change behavior, but there have been a number of distributed
> tests that have failed for this. If internal to the code devs don’t get it
> right, where does that leave users.
> > Option 3. Status quo.
> >
> > What do you think? Are there other options I am missing?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
> >
>
>

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