C++ Client
You can use the native C++ client to connect to Hazelcast cluster members and
perform almost all operations that a member can perform.
Clients differ from members in that clients do not hold data. The C++ client is
by default a smart client, i.e., it knows where the data is and asks directly for the correct member.
You can disable this feature (using the ClientConfig::setSmart method) if you do not want
the clients to connect to every member.
The features of C++ clients are listed below:
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Access to distributed data structures (IMap, IQueue, MultiMap, ITopic, etc.).
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Access to transactional distributed data structures (TransactionalMap, TransactionalQueue, etc.).
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Ability to add cluster listeners to a cluster and entry/item listeners to distributed data structures.
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Distributed synchronization mechanisms with ILock, ISemaphore and ICountDownLatch.
See Hazelcast C++ client’s own GitHub repo for information on setting the client up, installing and compiling it, its serialization support and APIs such as raw pointer and query. You can also find code samples for this client in this repo.
