Creating Distributed Java Applications With Redis

How can we scale a Java application with minimal effort?

As we know, almost every multithreaded Java application use classes from the java.util and java.util.concurrent packages. So, it would be easier to scale the application if we have a distributed implementations of the equivalent classes. The benefit of such an approach is allowing the use of the well-known Java API, and therefore changes required in existing code would be minimal.

Redisson is a Redis-based in-memory data grid for Java. It offers implementations of the most important Java classes required for distributed applications.

Below is a list of common Java classes along with their corresponding distributed implementations based on Redis for each of them:

Redis based Distributed Java Locks and Synchronizers

Redis based Distributed Java Collections

Redis based Distributed Java Services

Redis based Distributed Java Objects

Redisson supports several types of Redis connections available for Distributed Java applications.

1. Replicated nodes: automatic master server change discovery (also supports AWS ElastiCache and Azure Redis Cache).

2. Cluster nodes: automatic servers discovery, status and topology update (also supports AWS ElastiCache Cluster and Azure Redis Cache).

3. Sentinel nodes: automatic server discovery and status update.

4. Master with Slave nodes.

5. Single node.
   
   

Quickstart

1. Define the dependency

Maven

<dependency>
   <groupId>org.redisson</groupId>
   <artifactId>redisson</artifactId>
   <version>3.3.1</version>
</dependency>  

Gradle

compile 'org.redisson:redisson:3.3.1'  

2. Create a config object in your Java application

// from JSON
Config config = Config.fromJSON(...)
// from YAML
Config config = Config.fromYAML(...)
// or dynamically
Config config = new Config();
config.useClusterServers()

3. Create a Redisson instance

RedissonClient redisson = Redisson.create(config);

4. Get the Redis based object you need in your Distributed Java application

RMap<MyKey, MyValue> map = redisson.getMap("myMap");

RLock lock = redisson.getLock("myLock");

RExecutorService executor = redisson.getExecutorService("myExecutorService");

// plus over 30 different objects and services ...

And there you have it! All taken care of.

Redisson also offers different caching implementations for Java like JCache API, Hibernate 2nd Level Cache, and Spring Cache.