Hello,
I am trying to develop a server/client set of applications in C++ that has the ability to be setup either all on one computer, or distributed across multiple machines (generally over an intranet). The goal is to have a possibility of N clients all connected to a single server.
The server collects data from our various sensors, bundles it into a single object, and ideally triggers a Boost::Signal2, passing the object, to send the data to all subscribed clients. The resulting processing methods of each client would be the subscribed slots and thus the processing would automatically be triggered.
The current software is designed this way through the use of .NET remoting, but we are trying to move away from being tied down to the Windows realm.
I cannot seem to find documentation as to how to set up remote objects in such a way to connect the signals and slots across processes/computers.
Do I have to do this through the use of Boost::MPI in some manner? Or do I need to change my thought process and use just Boost::MPI with object serialization to just pass the data? Or is there some third option I should be looking at instead?
Thank you,
Clark