During this chapter we got an overview of how Infinispan works in an embedded or client/server mode and, the differences between default and named cache.

You learned how to perform simple operations on the data within the cache and how to configure an Infinispan cache, whether its declaratively or programmatically. We also covered important features and aspects, such as Eviction, Expiration, cache stores, and Passivation.

We saw how event listeners and the notifications mechanism work, the annotations used for registration, and some code.

We also talked about the JSR-107—The Java Caching API, also known as JCache, and how it works in practice with Infinispan.

In the next chapter, we will look at many different topologies that Infinispan supports, and data access patterns, to better understand where the data physically resides and how it is accessed in a distributed environment.