- fabric
A collection of containers that share the same distributed runtime registry.
- Fabric Agent
The service running inside a Fabric Container that is responsible for configuring and provisioning the container according to the profiles assigned to the container . It is also responsible for updating the registry with runtime information about the services in container.
- Fabric Container
A Apache Karaf-based container that is managed by a Fabric Agent.
See Also Fabric Ensemble.
- Fabric Ensemble
A group of one or more Fabric Servers that provide a number of services that bind a fabric. These services include the Fabric Registry, dynamic load balancing, and location transparency.
See Also Fabric Registry, Fabric Server.
- Fabric Registry
A ZooKeeper-based distributed registry that stores runtime and configuration information about the services in a fabric.
- Fabric Server
A server that, as part of a Fabric Ensemble, provides a number of services that bind a fabric. These services include the Fabric Registry, dynamic load balancing, and location transparency.
See Also Fabric Registry.
- facet
A rule in an XML Schema definition used in the derivation of user-defined simple types. Common facets include length, pattern, totalDigits, and fractionDigits.
- failover
A transport that automatically moves to a new connection in the event that its current connection fails.
A cluster architecture where clients are able to migrate from a failed broker to a running broker.
- fault message
A message containing error or exception information passed between a service and its consumers. Fault messages are defined using the
faultelement in a WSDL document.See Also request-response operation, solicit-response operation.
- feature
A unit of OSGi deployment that enables you to deploy multiple bundles in a single step.
- feature repository
An XML file that defines one or more features.
- feature URL
A URL that points to a feature repository file.
- from
The DSL command that creates a message source for a route.
- Fuse Application Bundle (FAB)
A bundle that uses a POM file to specify its dependencies.
- Fuse Fabric
An open source project that provides a distributed runtime registry that provides configuration, deployment, and discovery services to a collection of distributed containers.
See Also fabric.







