Hi, On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Samuel Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > I need to backup our repository periodically and anticipate using the > RepositoryCopier class. I was curious that 2 of the methods in the Javadoc > mention that the source repo must not be modified during the call; however, > the others do not. Is it possible for me to perform a backup while still > allowing JCR API calls that modify the repo? In other words, will > RepositoryCopier somehow lock/cache/unlock/flush/etc for me? > I'm guessing it won't/can't do this.
You're right, the RepositoryCopier doesn't contain any protection against concurrent changes to the repository. If you allow clients to modify the repository while you're backing it up, you may end up with an inconsistent backup. BR, Jukka Zitting
