Using the Data Grid in your Applications
The following sections will detail how to use the underlying Data Grid Hazelcast instance in Payara within your code.
Accessing the JNDI registered Hazelcast instance
By default, the JNDI name of the hazelcast instance is
payara/Hazelcast, though this can be altered using the
set-hazelcast-configuration command.
You will need to import the following packages into your Java class:
import com.hazelcast.core.HazelcastInstance;
import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.InitialContext;To import the Hazelcast package, you will need to set the Payara Hazelcast package as a dependency in the project pom.xml file (for Maven projects), or have the Hazelcast JAR set as a project dependency (if using a non-Maven based project). To add the Payara Hazelcast package as a dependency in a POM, enter the following in the dependencies section:
<dependency>
<groupId>fish.payara.api</groupId>
<artifactId>payara-api</artifactId>
<version>5.2021.8</version>
</dependency>The Hazelcast JAR (for non-Maven projects), can either be downloaded from the Hazelcast website, or you can make use of the JAR packaged with Payara. The JAR packaged with Payara can be found at <Payara Installation Directory>/glassfish/modules/hazelcast.jar.
The following will initialize a HazelcastInstance variable in the
instance embedded in Payara:
Context ctx = new InitialContext();
HazelcastInstance instance = (HazelcastInstance) ctx.lookup("payara/Hazelcast");You will have to wrap this in a try-catch clause, or throw the
NamingException exception that this code can generate.
Using Hazelcast for Web and EJB Container Persistence
Hazelcast can be used as the persistence provider for both Web and EJB containers.
Setting Hazelcast as the Persistence provider through the Admin Console
| Note on Payara Server 5.181 hazelcast is the default persistence provider. |
To set up Hazelcast for persistence:
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Select the instance’s configuration from the page tree:
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Select "Availability Service" to view the "Availability Service" page:
Setting Hazelcast as the Persistence provider using Asadmin
To configure the persistence provider with asadmin, you have to use the set command.