Zookeeper support was added to the framework in version 4.2, comprised of:

The ZookeeperMetadataStore can be used where any MetadataStore is needed, such as peristent file list filters, etc. See Section 9.5, “Metadata Store” for more information.

<bean id="client" class="org.springframework.integration.zookeeper.config.CuratorFrameworkFactoryBean">
    <constructor-arg value="${connect.string}" />
</bean>

<bean id="meta" class="org.springframework.integration.zookeeper.metadata.ZookeeperMetadataStore">
    <constructor-arg ref="client" />
</bean>

@Bean
public MetadataStore zkStore(CuratorFramework client) {
    return new ZookeeperMetadataStore(client);
}

The ZookeeperLockRegistry can be used where any LockRegistry is needed, such as when using an Aggregator in a clustered environment, with a shared MessageStore.

A LocRegistry is used to "look up" a lock based on a key (the aggregator uses the correlationId). By default, locks in the ZookeeperLockRegistry are maintained in zookeeper under the path /SpringIntegration-LockRegistry/. You can customize the path by providing an implementation of ZookeeperLockRegistry.KeyToPathStrategy.

public interface KeyToPathStrategy {

    String pathFor(String key);

    boolean bounded();

}

If the strategy returns true from isBounded, unused locks do not need to be harvested. For unbounded strategies (such as the default) you will need to invoke expireUnusedOlderThan(long age) from time to time, to remove old unused locks from memory.

To configure an application for leader election using Zookeeper in XML:

<int-zk:leader-listener client="client" path="/siNamespace" role="cluster" />

client is a reference to a CuratorFramework bean; a CuratorFrameworkFactoryBean is available. When a leader is elected, an OnGrantedEvent will be published for the role cluster; any endpoints in that role will be started. When leadership is revoked, an OnRevokedEvent will be published for the role cluster; any endpoints in that role will be stopped. See Section 8.2, “Endpoint Roles” for more information.

In Java configuration you can create an instance of the leader initiator like this:

@Bean
public LeaderInitiatorFactoryBean leaderInitiator(CuratorFramework client) {
    return new LeaderInitiatorFactoryBean(client, "/siTest/", "cluster");
}