12.5.3. Eviction Configuration Example

Configure eviction in JBoss Data Grid using the configuration bean or the XML file. Eviction configuration is done on a per-cache basis.
XML Configuration (Library Mode)

An example of a valid eviction XML configuration for JBoss Data Grid's Library Mode is:

<eviction strategy="LRU" maxEntries="2000"/>

Programmatic Configuration (Library Mode)

Eviction configuration can be defined programmatically in JBoss Data Grid's Library Mode using:

Configuration c = new ConfigurationBuilder().eviction().strategy(EvictionStrategy.LRU)
              .maxEntries(2000)
              .build();

XML Configuration (Remote Client-Server Mode):

An example of eviction configuration using XML in JBoss Data Grid's Remote Client-Server Mode is:

<eviction strategy="FIFO" max-entries="20"/>

Note

Note that JBoss Data Grid's Library mode uses the maxEntries parameter while Remote Client-Server mode uses the max-entries parameter to configure eviction.