[JCR-1341] Cluster Journal directory should be created automatically

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.4
• Fix Version/s: core 1.4.1
• Component/s: clustering
• Assignee: Dominique Pfister
• Reporter: Thomas Mueller
• Created: 24/Jan/08 10:41
• Updated: 22/Feb/08 13:11
• Resolved: 24/Jan/08 14:47

Description

If the cluster journal directory does not exist when starting the cluster, an exception is thrown: ERROR org.apache.jackrabbit.core.RepositoryImpl - failed to start Repository: Directory specified does either not exist or is not a directory: ...

As far as I know, this is not consistent with how all other components of Jackrabbit work. I think the directory should be created automatically if it does not exist:

new File(...).mkdirs();

I know you could argue this is not a bug, but in my view it is an important usability issue.