Refactoring Kieker’s I/O Infrastructure to Improve Scalability and Extensibility

Abstract

Kieker supports several technologies for transferring monitoring records, including highly scalable messaging solutions. However, Kieker’s current I/O infrastructure is primarily built for point-to-point connections, making it difficult to leverage the scalability of these solutions. In this paper, we report on how we refactored Kieker’s I/O infrastructure to make better use of scalable messaging, improving extensibility along the way.