C++ Hot Rod Client: Getting Started

What You Will Learn

How to connect a C++ Hot Rod client to an Infinispan Server and perform basic cache operations: put, get, and print values.

Prerequisites

C++11 compatible compiler
CMake 2.6+
Infinispan C++ Hot Rod client library (libhotrod)
An Infinispan Server running on 127.0.0.1:11222

Step 1: Configure the Client

Create a ConfigurationBuilder and add the server connection:

ConfigurationBuilder builder;
builder.addServer().host("127.0.0.1").port(11222);

Step 2: Connect and Perform Cache Operations

Initialize the RemoteCacheManager, get a cache, and store and retrieve a value:

RemoteCacheManager cacheManager(builder.build(), false);
RemoteCache<std::string, std::string> cache =
    cacheManager.getCache<std::string, std::string>("default", false);
cacheManager.start();
cache.put("key", "value");
std::cout << "key = " << *cache.get("key") << std::endl;
cacheManager.stop();

Step 3: Build and Run

Build the project with CMake:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make
./simple

You should see output like:

key = value