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Diffstat (limited to 'node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/persistence/LoadBalancerSerializer.java')
| -rw-r--r-- | node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/persistence/LoadBalancerSerializer.java | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/persistence/LoadBalancerSerializer.java b/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/persistence/LoadBalancerSerializer.java index a4b915a6128..fd2294c1b5d 100644 --- a/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/persistence/LoadBalancerSerializer.java +++ b/node-repository/src/main/java/com/yahoo/vespa/hosted/provision/persistence/LoadBalancerSerializer.java @@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ import java.util.function.Function; */ public class LoadBalancerSerializer { + // WARNING: Since there are multiple servers in a ZooKeeper cluster and they upgrade one by one + // (and rewrite all nodes on startup), changes to the serialized format must be made + // such that what is serialized on version N+1 can be read by version N: + // - ADDING FIELDS: Always ok + // - REMOVING FIELDS: Stop reading the field first. Stop writing it on a later version. + // - CHANGING THE FORMAT OF A FIELD: Don't do it bro. + private static final String idField = "id"; private static final String hostnameField = "hostname"; private static final String dnsZoneField = "dnsZone"; |