[IDV #MLQ-419928]: ehcache in XmlEncoder

Jeff & Don,

Done. Please see latest commit.

-Julien

> Thanks for the answer.  I was in the process of writing you a note about
> the DHCP problem since I just ran into that.  Sounds like removing the
> ehcache dependency would be a good thing for several reasons.  Thanks
> for any solution you can get into place quickly.
> 
> Don
> 
> On 8/24/15 1:10 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> > Don,
> >
> > More below,
> >
> >> Julien/Yuan-
> >>
> >> We we are trying to upgrade RAMADDA to use TDS 4.6.  It looks like they
> >> got rid of the ehcache stuff which is used by XmlEncoder. It looks like
> >> you've added this to external.jar, but RAMADDA doesn't use that.  So, we
> >> have a couple of questions:
> >
> > Indeed we used to get it "for free" via ncidv.jar, but no longer. As a
> > consequence, it is somewhat annoying to have this heavyweight dependency 
> > lurking
> > around. Moreover, I think ehcache has fallen by the wayside. (Ehcache would 
> > also
> > expose this underlying bug in Java 7 on DHCP networks which was another 
> > annoying
> > problem though that is behind us now.)
> >
> >> - Why is the cache used in XmlEncoder?
> >
> > As I recall, XML deserialization would ask for the same information over and
> > over again, so pulling info out of cache instead of reconstructing objects 
> > from
> > scratch ameliorated performance somewhat.
> >
> >> Does it make that much of a performance difference?
> >
> > Beyond any effects at IDV start up, probably not, but at the time IDV
> > performance was in the spotlight so we were making a full-court press.
> >
> >> - Jeff pointed out that if the ehcache.xml file doesn't exist, then the
> >> static initialization will fail.
> >> - What is TDS 4.6 using for it's cache now?
> >
> > I think they may use Guava Caching (I am trying to confirm this) which is a 
> > much
> > better solution anyway.
> >
> >> If this is needed, can that be used?
> >> This is causing an error at RAMADDA startup, so we're trying to avoid this.
> >
> > In short, this issue is a good candidate for refactoring in the near-term.
> >
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> Don
> >> --
> >> Don Murray
> >> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CU-CIRES
> >> 303-497-3596
> >> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: MLQ-419928
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> >
> 
> --
> Don Murray
> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CIRES
> 303-497-3596
> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: MLQ-419928
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed