Ben, I dont think I fully understand the use case. Is it possible that you can register a different callback for that key?
Something like: zk.exists(String path, Watcher watcher) where you can register a different watcher for this path? Would this work? mahadev On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Ben Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > We have an interesting problem use case that we wanted to ping the group > about. > > We have a Key on all of our Ensemble servers. All of our clients are also > subscribed to this key. We want to remove the key from the ensemble servers > without this action getting propagated down to the clients. Or if it does > get propagated down - at a minimum we do not want to watch callback function > to be called. > > Is there a way to in essence sever the watches from the server perspective > without the client knowing? > > We are investing looking into the hidden keys on the zookeeper servers that > hold the list of watches and possibly editing that key. has anyone done that > before? Do we know what happens when that key is edited manually? > > Any other suggestions or possibilities available to us? > > Thanks > Ben
