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package com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.ha;
/**
* Provides a way to tell the runtime about stickiness of requests. In a
* HA environment, a client's requests need to land on the same instance so
* that a {@link com.sun.org.glassfish.ha.store.api.BackingStore} entry for a key is
* accessed/modified from the same instance.
*
* <p>
* A web service feature may implement this interface. JAX-WS runtime
* checks if any feature needs stickiness of requests, and if HA is configured
* ({@link HighAvailabilityProvider#isHaEnvironmentConfigured()}), it will take
* an appropriate action. For example, in servlet transport, it would create
* JSESSIONID cookie so that a typical loadbalancer would stick the subsequent
* client requests to the same instance.
*
* @author Jitendra Kotamraju
* @since JAX-WS RI 2.2.2
*/
public interface StickyFeature {
}