MariaDB Connector/J 1.5.1 Release Notes
The most recent Stable (GA) release of MariaDB Connector/J is:
MariaDB Connector/J 3.3.3
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Release date: 16 Aug 2016
MariaDB Connector/J 1.5.1 is a Release candidate (RC) release.
For a description of MariaDB Connector/J see the About MariaDB Connector/J page
Notable Changes
Evolution
Aurora host auto-discovery
(CONJ-325)
Aurora now auto discover nodes from cluster endpoint.
Aurora endpoints
Every aurora instance has a specific endpoint, i.e. an URL that identify the host. Those endpoints look like `xxx.yyy.zzz.rds.amazonaws.com`.
There is another endpoint named "cluster endpoint" (format `xxx.cluster-yyy.zzz.rds.amazonaws.com`) which is assigned to the current master instance and will change when a new master is promoted.
In previous version, cluster endpoint use was discouraged, since when a failover occur, this cluster endpoint can point for a limited time to a host that isn't the current master anymore. Old recommandation was to list all specific end-points, like :
jdbc:mysql:aurora://a.yyy.zzz.rds.amazonaws.com.com,b.yyy.zzz.rds.amazonaws.com.com/db
This kind of url string will still work, but now, recommended url string has to use only cluster endpoint :<br/>
jdbc:mysql:aurora://xxx.cluster-yyy.zzz.rds.amazonaws.com/db
Driver will automatically discover master and slaves of this cluster from current cluster end-point during connection time. This permit to add new replicas to the cluster instance will be discovered without changing driver configuration.
This discovery append at connection time, so if you are using pool framework, check if this framework as a property that controls the maximum lifetime of a connection in the pool, and set a value to avoid infinite lifetime. When this lifetime is reached, pool will discarded the current connection, and create a new one (if needed). New connections will use the new replicas. (If connections are never discarded, new replicas will begin be used only when a failover occur)
Bugfix
Changelog
For a list of all changes made in this release, with links to detailed information on each push, see the changelog.
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